Category: Feedback Loops (Positive and Negative)
Just Keep Swimming: Structure, Movement, and Light Interactions of Unicellular Green Algae
Unicellular green algae, stress, locomotion, kinematics, swimming, light properties
Ai-Lan Ji-Eun Nguyen, Tesnim Obey, Anders Schwarz, Jackson Yu
The Chemistry Lying Deep Within a Volvox Colony
Asexual/sexual reproduction, metabolism, protein-protein interactions, phototsynesis, colony, aging/senescence
Robinson Libman, Meryem Louni, Ryan McGibbon, Ali Najjar
Unveiling the Chemistry of Radiolaria: Exploring Elemental Insights and Environmental Significance
biomineralization, bioluminescence, photosymbiosis, silica cycle, bioindicator, protists
Vicky Barré, Rhiannon Butler, Valerie Hung, Liora Benzecry
A Mathematical Analysis of Hydra
Turing pattern, regeneration, microbial symbiosis or holobiont, feedback, topology and toplogical defects
Jessica Coulson, Magnus Duffy, Ruolin Hu, Shilong Zheng
Daphnia’s Chemical Interactions: Varying Conditions Require Varying Responses
Predator-prey, environmental stressors, bioindicator, adaptation, bioremediation, kairomone, diel vertical migration
Eva Otell, Iris Sun, Marwan Sobh, Rémi Ouellete, Xinying Wang
The Biochemical Nature of Cyanobacteria
Nitrogen fixation, oxidative stress, bacteria, homeostasis, DNA repair, defense mechanism, carbon dioxide capture
Max Bai, Sierra Bushey, Maria Delgopiatof, Valerie Syme
Mathematical Analysis of Amoebas
Motility, crystal, optimization, maze-solving, swarm, oxidation
Hailey Jukes, Adele Omichinski, Nicholas Da-Costa-Bastidas, Gil Qin
Mechanics and Optics of Cyanobacteria: How to Survive over Billions of Years
Survival mechanisms, photosynthesis, buoyancy regulation, light-sensing or phototaxis, bacteria, gliding motility, biofilm
Maria Delgopiatof, Max Bai, Sierra Bushey, Valerie Syme
Mathematical Models of Diatoms: Understanding Their Complex Shape, Reproduction and Chain Formation
Diatoms, geometry, Gielis formula, structural functionality, fractals
Peter Matthews-Crochetiere, Daniel Ibrahim, Wenan Liao, Cedric Mackay
Life-Sustaining Processes of the Diatom
Diatoms, life cycles, biomineralization, reproduction, reactive oxygen species, biochemistry
Peter Matthews-Crochetiere, Daniel Ibrahim, Wenan Liao, Cedric Mackay
A Geometrical Analysis of Different Animals’ Carapace
Carapace, turtle shells, tessellation patterns, Turing patterns, Voronoi patterns, structural functionality
Elisabeth Lawton, Emma Geoffroy, Osandi Hewage, Yitao Sun
The Metabolic and Regulatory Roles of Adipose Tissue in Organisms
Metabolism, adipose tissue, fats, lipids, thermogenesis, endocrine functions
Edward Tong, Josh Negenman, Michelle Sayeh, Milana Farah