Meeting Abstract 61-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15 Stable Isotope Assisted Labeling Reveals Seasonal Influence on Microbial Metabolite Incorporation in Ground Squirrels CAREY, HV*; REGAN, MD; CHIANG, E; SUEN, G; ASSADI-PORTER, F; University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of Wisconsin-Madison HANNAH.CAREY@WISC.EDU https://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/people/careyh/ Diet exerts a major influence on the […]
year: 2020
Mechanisms of detoxification in herbivorous mammals
Meeting Abstract 61-5 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45 Mechanisms of detoxification in herbivorous mammals DEARING, MD; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah denise.dearing@utah.edu http://dearing.biology.utah.edu/lab/index.html Herbivores are confronted with potentially toxic diets at every meal, and therefore, must employ physiological, microbial or behavioral processes to circumvent dietary toxicity. This presentation reviews our physiological and behavioral work […]
Dietary Adaptation to High Starch Involves Increased Abundance of α-Glucosidase and its mRNA
Meeting Abstract 61-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 13:45 – 14:00 Dietary Adaptation to High Starch Involves Increased Abundance of α-Glucosidase and its mRNA CAVIEDES-VIDAL, E*; BRUN, A; MAGALLANES, ME; BARRET-WILT, GA; KARASOV, WH; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas – Universidad Nacional de San Luis; Universidad Nacional de San Luis; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; […]
Deer Mouse Lungs as Flexible Environmental Interfaces
Meeting Abstract 61-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45 Deer Mouse Lungs as Flexible Environmental Interfaces HAMMOND, KA*; DOLAN, JE; SAWAYA, M; University of California Riverside; University of California Riverside; University of California Riverside khammond@ucr.edu Because of the flexible and fast growing tissues in their digestive tracts, many animal species are able to respond to increases in […]
Using your head Finite Element Analysis of head-first burrowing Pygopodids (Gekkota)
Meeting Abstract 60-5 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45 Using your head! Finite Element Analysis of head-first burrowing Pygopodids (Gekkota) GURGIS, GP*; DAZA, JD; BRENNAN, IG; HUTCHINSON , M; BAUER , AM; OLORI, JC; SUNY Oswego; Sam Houston State University; The Australian National University; South Australian Museum; Villanova University; SUNY Oswego ggurgis@oswego.edu Pygopodids are limb-reduced, miniaturized geckos […]
Steering Behaviors of C elegans Locomotion in Heterogeneous Environments
Meeting Abstract 60-7 Sunday, Jan. 5 15:00 – 15:15 Steering Behaviors of C. elegans Locomotion in Heterogeneous Environments DIAZ, K*; WANG, T; CHONG, B; DING, JL; LU, H; SARTORETTI, G; CHOSET, H; GOLDMAN, DI; Georgia Tech; Carnegie Mellon; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech; Carnegie Mellon; Carnegie Mellon; Georgia Tech kelimar.diaz@gatech.edu To successfully traverse dissipative environments, slithering […]
Robophysical Investigation of Root Nutation through Heterogeneous Environments
Meeting Abstract 60-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 13:45 – 14:00 Robophysical Investigation of Root Nutation through Heterogeneous Environments MURRAY-COOPER, M*; OZKAN-AYDIN, Y; AYDIN, E; NACLERIO, N; MCCASKEY, E N; HAWKES, E; GOLDMAN, D I; School of Physics, Georgia Tech; School of Physics, Georgia Tech; School of Physics, Georgia Tech; Mechanical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara; School of Physics, Georgia […]
Reconfigurable control modules enable rapid burrowing in a decapod crustacean
Meeting Abstract 60-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45 Reconfigurable control modules enable rapid burrowing in a decapod crustacean MCINROE, BW*; BOLAS, T; KO, I; FULL, RJ; UC Berkeley; UC Berkeley; UC Berkeley; UC Berkeley bmcinroe@berkeley.edu Animals have innovated a multitude of strategies to locomote over and in natural substrates. To develop principles of adaptive locomotion in […]
Lateral bending and buckling aids earthworm locomotion in confined environments
Meeting Abstract 60-6 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:45 – 15:00 Lateral bending and buckling aids earthworm locomotion in confined environments CARRUTHERS FERRERO, A*; OZKAN AYDIN, Y; GOLDMAN, DI; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech alexandra.carruthers@gatech.edu Earthworms locomote in confined spaces and underground via retrograde peristaltic gaits where a transient substrate anchor is formed by the contraction of longitudinal […]
Functional Recovery of Burrowing Behavior in Sea Lampreys After Spinal Cord Injury
Meeting Abstract 60-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15 Functional Recovery of Burrowing Behavior in Sea Lampreys After Spinal Cord Injury KATZ, HR*; MCCARTHY, NA; FOUKE, KE; MORGAN, JR; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; Carthage College, Kenosha, WI; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA hkatz@mbl.edu Following a complete spinal cord […]
