Research Scientist Duke University
Joined September 2018
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Trap-jaw ants could tear themselves apart when they fire off their mandibles but @patek_lab @RFFL_UB @dukebiology show how the ants push and pull the mandibles using energy stored in a tendon and their exoskeleton to drive the jaws in a perfect arc
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ALT An Odontomachus bauri trap-jaw ant. Photo credit: @Alex Wild, used with permission
Last to register for a symposium bringing together biologists, material scientists and roboticist who are trying to understand the mechanics behind the fastest movements on the planet. Please join us! sites.duke.edu/symposium2022…
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Nature research paper: Engineered jumpers overcome biological limits via work multiplication go.nature.com/3voFsaA
Register now for a symposium bringing together biologists, material scientists and roboticist who are trying to understand the mechanics behind the fastest movements on the planet. impulsivemuri.com/symposium2…
Plasticity of the gastrocnemius elastic system in response to decreased work and power demand during growth | Now out in the Journal of Experimental Biology | The Company of Biologists journals.biologists.com/jeb/…
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My Patek labmate @TheJasonDinh was on Science Friday! Listen here.
zanne cox retweeted
The angled sunbeam is a butterfly
Its larvae have a pair of sclerotized cylinders at the back end of its body, containing tentacle organs
When threatened, it unsheathes this structure with a “brush” its end that it whirls... to startle a predator
zanne cox retweeted
Thanks everyone who attended our @ISB_2021 Tutorial. It was certainly a treat to work with @JohnRHutchinson @JonasRubenson @cox_zanne co-organizing and thanks @darione581 for the invitation. If we didn't get the chance to answer your questions, don't hesitate to contact us!
When trying to diversify your faculty, do not underestimate the value of socioeconomic diversity. "Our results suggest that the professoriate is, and has remained, accessible mainly to the socioeconomically privileged." osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6w…
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If you are interested in imaging and models. Come join myself, @JohnRHutchinson @cox_zanne @JonasRubenson for our tutorial at #ISB2021 !! @ISBiomechanics @CNBiomechanics
Make sure to check out the awesome tutorials planned for @ISB_2021!
Tutorials are scheduled for July 25 and you can sign up during registration!
You can find the details at: isb2021.com/program/tutorial…
#biomechanics #ISB2021 #wearables #imaging #deeplearning #optimalcontrol
ALT A photo with text of each of the four tutorials available during ISB 2021: wearables, imaging, deep learning, and optimal control
"Animals [were] stimulated to jump... from an electrified platorm...Despite the strong stimulus, some older female insects were not readily induced to jump but walked off the platform or found a position where they could lift their feet off the electrified parts of the platform."
A postdoctoral position in evolutionary analyses of origins, transitions, and diversification rates is available at the Patek Lab in the Biology department at Duke University. Looking for a great addition to the lab. Please apply! pateklab.biology.duke.edu/ne…
While trying to put markers on a squirming pecking squawking bird, I realized how useful those hours really were holding one kid on my hip while the other wove between my legs and they both were screaming at the top of their lungs. #productivityInChaos Nothing phases me now.
We we PLEASE put more money into the IT folks who design the FAFSA web site - because it really really sucks!
"Science reveals to us a planet that is beautifully and insistently not human....[it] shows us that we are living in an exquisitely complicated world that is not all about us. It does not belong to us alone. It never has done." -Helen McDonald Vesper Flights