Meeting Abstract S6.1-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 09:30 Reliability and Modularity in the Sea Urchin Gene Regulatory Network for Endomesoderm Specification SMITH, J.*; COSENTINO, C.; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole joelsmith@mbl.edu Development from egg to embryo is a reliable, reproducible (if not invariant) process. On the other hand, we know or at least suspect that developmental programs evolutionary […]
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Predicting performance and plasticity in the development of respiratory structures and metabolic systems
Meeting Abstract S6.3-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00 Predicting performance and plasticity in the development of respiratory structures and metabolic systems GREENLEE, Kendra J.*; MONTOOTH, Kristi L.; North Dakota State University, Fargo; Indiana University, Bloomington kendra.greenlee@ndsu.edu The scaling laws governing metabolism suggest that we can predict metabolic traits across taxonomic scales that span large differences in mass. Yet, […]
Homeostasis and dynamic stability of the phenotype Implications for understanding the nature and evolution of robustness and plasticity
Meeting Abstract S6.3-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 13:30 Homeostasis and dynamic stability of the phenotype: Implications for understanding the nature and evolution of robustness and plasticity NIJHOUT, H.F.*; REED, M.C.; Duke University; Duke University hfn@duke.edu Metabolic networks have evolved diverse and unusual homeostatic mechanisms that stabilize critical reactions against genetic and environmental variation. These mechanisms achieve stability dynamically, […]
Control and dynamics of movement in biology II what does control theory have to offer integrative biology
Meeting Abstract S6.3-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30 Control and dynamics of movement in biology II: what does control theory have to offer integrative biology? COWAN, N. J.*; DANIEL, T. L.; Johns Hopkins Univ.; Univ. of Washington ncowan@jhu.edu Control theory was developed with the objective of guiding manmade systems, not analyzing biological ones. Thus, it is natural to […]
Computational analysis of signaling data elucidates dynamic regulatory networks that govern complex cellular responses
Meeting Abstract S6.2-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:30 Computational analysis of signaling data elucidates dynamic regulatory networks that govern complex cellular responses. BAGHERI, N; Northwestern University n-bagheri@northwestern.edu A unique and evasive property of biological systems relates to their ability to move between multiple stable states, confer resilient responses, and respond consistently to dynamic inputs/stimuli despite an ever-changing, noisy […]
A New Organismal Systems Biology How Animals Walk the Tightrope Between Stability and Change
Meeting Abstract S6.0 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:15 A New Organismal Systems Biology: How Animals Walk the Tightrope Between Stability and Change PADILLA, DK*; SWALLA, BJ; TSUKIMURA, B; Stony Brook University; University of Washington; California State University Fresno Dianna.Padilla@stonybrook.edu We will highlight recent efforts to develop a research agenda to address the Organismal Grand Challenge of “How metazoans […]
What goes up must come down how sloped surfaces impact the mechanics of locomotion
Meeting Abstract S5.3-4 Sunday, Jan. 5 15:00 What goes up must come down: how sloped surfaces impact the mechanics of locomotion BIRN-JEFFERY, AV*; HIGHAM, TE; University of California Riverside aleks.birnjeffery@ucr.edu Terrestrial animals move over highly variable surfaces that include inclines and declines. Although the mechanical demands of inclined and declined locomotion differ greatly, and are both important […]
Validation of Hill-type muscle models in relation to neuromuscular recruitment and force-velocity properties predicting muscle force patterns
Meeting Abstract S5.1-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:30 Validation of Hill-type muscle models in relation to neuromuscular recruitment and force-velocity properties: predicting muscle force patterns. BIEWENER, Andrew*; WAKELING, James; LEE, Sabrina; ARNOLD-RIFE, Allison; HOLT, Natalie; Harvard University abiewener@oeb.harvard.edu Muscle models are frequently used in musculoskeletal simulations of muscle function. However, such models are rarely validated against direct measures […]
Using Anuran Landing as a Model for Studying Controlled Deceleration
Meeting Abstract S5.3-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00 Using Anuran Landing as a Model for Studying Controlled Deceleration GILLIS, GB*; EKSTROM, L; AZIZI, E; Mount Holyoke College; Wheaton College; Univ. of California, Irvine ggillis@mtholyoke.edu Anything that jumps must land, and unlike jumping, where muscles produce energy to accelerate the body into the air, landing requires muscles to dissipate […]
Partitioning the Metabolic Cost of Human Running A Task-by-Task Approach
Meeting Abstract S5.1-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 09:00 Partitioning the Metabolic Cost of Human Running: A Task-by-Task Approach ARELLANO, C.J.*; KRAM, R; Brown University arellanoc@gmail.com Humans are very tractable and thus an ideal “model system” that allows us to better understand locomotion energetics. In this talk, we review our current understanding of the biomechanical basis for the metabolic […]
