Meeting Abstract 101-3 Sunday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:15 Making macho males by transgenic overexpression of a mitochondrial antioxidant enzyme TEETS, NM; DIAS, V; SCHETELIG, MF; HANDLER, AM; HAHN, DA*; University of Kentucky; International Atomic Energy Agency; Justus-Leibeg University; United States Department of Agriculture; Univesity of Florida dahahn@ufl.edu https://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/people-directory/daniel-hahn/ Many environmental stressors generate reactive oxygen species and […]
year: 2019
beta-catenin and Myosin II differentially regulate optic axon pathfinding and growth cone morphology in the optic tract
Meeting Abstract 100-1 Sunday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 13:45 beta-catenin and Myosin II differentially regulate optic axon pathfinding and growth cone morphology in the optic tract ELUL, T*; HA, J; LAKHANI, F; BURKE, M; RADHIKA, R; REVELS, J; Touro University California tamira.elul@tu.edu The retino-tectal projection of lower vertebrates is an experimentally amenable neuronal circuit for studying mechanisms […]
The role of water and pheromones in mound-building behavior in termites
Meeting Abstract 100-4 Sunday, Jan. 6 14:15 – 14:30 The role of water and pheromones in mound-building behavior in termites RAMASWAMY, S.S; SANE, S.P.*; National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR sane@ncbs.res.in Mound-building termites construct build tall structures using the soil available from their surroundings. These mounds house their entire subterranean colony, which consists of a queen, who […]
When Does A Bug Know That It Has Stepped On A Sticky Surface
Meeting Abstract 100-6 Sunday, Jan. 6 14:45 – 15:00 When Does A Bug Know That It Has Stepped On A Sticky Surface? LOUDON, C*; TRAN, K; KOK, C; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine cloudon@uci.edu Insects associated with plants have had hundreds of millions of years to coevolve against plant defenses. […]
Solid and fluid mechanics in the skeleton Dr Mimi Koehl’s undergraduate biomechanics course and my research career in skeletal mechanobiology
Meeting Abstract 100-3 Sunday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:15 Solid and fluid mechanics in the skeleton: Dr. Mimi Koehl’s undergraduate biomechanics course and my research career in skeletal mechanobiology. MAIN, RP; Purdue University rmain@purdue.edu Every day I tap into the knowledge base that Dr. Mimi Koehl laid for me twenty years ago in her undergraduate biomechanics course, […]
Mechanical properties of muds a worm’s perspective
Meeting Abstract 100-5 Sunday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 14:45 Mechanical properties of muds: a worm’s perspective DORGAN, KM*; LOCKRIDGE, G; BALLENTINE, W; KISKADDON, E; CLEMO, WC; Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Dauphin Island Sea Lab kdorgan@disl.org Muddy marine sediments are elastic materials through which worms extend […]
How Ambient Flow Affects the Locomotion of Small Organisms
Meeting Abstract 100-7 Sunday, Jan. 6 15:00 – 15:15 How Ambient Flow Affects the Locomotion of Small Organisms KOEHL, MAR; Univ, of California, Berkeley cnidaria@berkeley.edu http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/koehl When organisms locomote in nature, they must navigate through complex habitats that vary on many spatial scales, and they are buffeted by turbulent wind or water currents and waves that also […]
A passion for colonies
Meeting Abstract 100-2 Sunday, Jan. 6 13:45 – 14:00 A passion for colonies OKAMURA, B; Natural History Museum, London b.okamura@nhm.ac.uk http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/about-science/staff-directory/life-sciences/b-okamura/index.html Unlike you and I, many animals form physiologically-integrated colonies of asexually-iterated modules – to me a bizarre and fascinating evolutionary trajectory that has resulted in complex and aesthetically-inspiring forms. This has motivated questions such as what […]
X-Ray Diffraction Resolves how Lattice Spacing Explains the Workloop Differences of Two Muscles with Identical Steady State Properties
Meeting Abstract 99-2 Sunday, Jan. 6 13:45 – 14:00 X-Ray Diffraction Resolves how Lattice Spacing Explains the Workloop Differences of Two Muscles with Identical Steady State Properties TUNE, T*; IRVING, T; SPONBERG, S; Georgia Tech; Illinois Tech; Georgia Tech ttune3@gatech.edu Muscle is energetically versatile, achieving widely varying work outputs depending on the task. Many steady state measurements […]
Tell-Tale Hearts and the Descent into Cardiac Chaos
Meeting Abstract 99-3 Sunday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:15 Tell-Tale Hearts and the Descent into Cardiac Chaos HERNDON, CJ*; FENTON, FH; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology co.herndon@gmail.com Proper contraction of cardiac muscle relies on the coordinated propagation of transmembrane voltage, and disturbances of this propagation can result in deadly cardiac arrhythmias such as fibrillation, […]
