Meeting Abstract 121-4  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30  Electrogenic Sodium Transport by Insect Cation-Chloride Cotransporters? GILLEN, CM*; PIERMARINI, PM; ROMERO, MF; Kenyon College, Gambier, OH; The Ohio State University; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN gillenc@kenyon.edu Cation-chloride cotransporters (CCCs) regulate cell volume and intracellular chloride and contribute to transepithelial salt secretion and absorption. CCCs include the K-Cl, Na-Cl, […]

Meeting Abstract 121-6  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:45 – 12:00  Aquaporin Expression in the Gill of Japanese Medaka ELLIS, LV*; BOLLINGER, RJ; WEBER, HM; MADSEN, SS; TIPSMARK, CK; University of Arkansas; University of Arkansas and University of Southern Denmark; University of Arkansas; University of Southern Denmark; University of Arkansas lvellis@uark.edu Aquaporins (Aqps) are theorized to regulate cell volume […]

Meeting Abstract 120-2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45  Tuna robotics: impact of body flexibility and fin-fin interactions on swimming performance of a new tuna-inspired robotic platform WHITE, CH*; LAUDER, GV; BART-SMITH, H; University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Harvard University, Cambridge; University of Virginia, Charlottesville chw8hq@virginia.edu The performance space of fish-like robotic swimmers is largely confined to tail […]

Meeting Abstract 120-3  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:45 – 11:00  Tuna robotics: design and control of an autonomous underwater vehicle inspired by tuna ZHU, JJ*; WAINWRIGHT, DK; LAUDER, GV; BART-SMITH, H; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA jz8n@virginia.edu Design of bio-inspired autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is […]

Meeting Abstract 120-4  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:00 – 11:15  Tuna robotics: Computational FSI optimization of a tuna tail-informed propulsor with high efficiency WANG, J; QI, Z; HAN, P; DONG, H; WAINWRIGHT, DK; LAUDER, GV; ZHU, J*; BART-SMITH, H; University of Virginia; University of Virginia; University of Virginia; University of Virginia; Harvard University; Harvard University; University of Virginia; […]

Meeting Abstract 120-1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:15 – 10:30  Tuna Robotics: Exploring the High-frequency Performance Space of Swimming Fishes LAUDER, G V*; WAINWRIGHT, D K; DISANTO, V; WHITE, C; ZHU, J; BART-SMITH, H; Harvard Univ.; Harvard Univ.; Harvard Univ.; Univ. Virginia; Univ. Virginia; Univ. Virginia glauder@oeb.harvard.edu http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~glauder/ Tuna and related scombrid fishes are high performance swimmers that […]

Meeting Abstract 120-7  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:45 – 12:00  Too close for comfort: importance of inter-appendage spacing in metachronal swimming performance FORD, MP*; SANTHANAKRISHNAN, A; Oklahoma State University; Oklahoma State University askrish@okstate.edu http://www.appliedfluidslab.org Metachronal paddling of multiple appendages is a swimming strategy used by many ecologically important marine species across a wide range of body sizes and […]

Meeting Abstract 120-6  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:30 – 11:45  Gait dynamics of a quadriflagellate robophysical model ROBINSON, TL*; DIAZ, K; OZKAN-AYDIN, Y; WAN, KY; GOLDMAN, DI; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech; University of Exeter; Georgia Tech trobinson89@gatech.edu http://crablab.gatech.edu/ Quadrupedal animals locomote by coordinating their limbs to generate different gaits. While limb coordination is thought to be […]

Meeting Abstract 120-5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30  Bio-inspired Control Algorithms Integrating Steady Swimming and Maneuvering in Fish Robots HOWE, SP*; ASTLEY, HC; University of Akron; University of Akron sph43@zips.uakron.edu The majority of fish use whole-body undulations to power swimming and generate maneuvers. This style of locomotion offers certain benefits including efficiency and stealth, and consequently […]

Meeting Abstract 119-2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45  Whole-body single-cell RNA sequencing reveals neural elements in a sponge MUSSER, JM*; SCHIPPERS, K; NICKEL, M; KOHN, A; MOROZ, L; ARENDT, D; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, DE; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, DE; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, DE; University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL; University of […]