Bioengineering Hyperbook

Department of Bioengineering


Category: Climate Change and Pollution

Social Wasps: A Chemical Analysis 

Venom, Pheromones, Dufour’s gland, Antennae, Cuticular hydrocarbon chains, Wasp nest, Saliva

Andrew Habelrih, Eliot Azar, Malak Zakaria

A Chemical Composition to Make Them Cower: A Dive Into the Structure and Protective Adaptations of Sea Sponges 

Silica biomineralization, Secondary metabolites, Plasticity, Sponge skeleton

Olivia Ghiaur, Camille Heaney, Chris Hu, Vadim Zamaruyev

Small Bodies, Big Potential: Chemically Bonding Salps and their Environment 

Salps; Tunic; Biogeochemical cycling; Innate immunology; Sensory cells; Carbon cycling

Steven Lin, Stephanie Roy, Daniel Tang, Canyu Wu, Mollee Ye

Hydrozoans and Bryozoans: Chemical Engineers of the Sea 

Biomineralization, Bioluminescence, Differential gene expression, Stem cells, Phenotypic plasticity, Venom, pPasticity

Aizaz Ahsan Wahla, Ocean Burland, Dante Daniel Garcia Perez & Jessica Michalski

Survival Through Synthesis: The Chemical Tactics of Fungi 

Enzymes, Metabolism, Antibiotics, Bioremediation, Thermal Shock, Chemical Adaptations

Edison Luke, Felix Gamper, Lea Bleibel, Vasily Ignatov

Chemistry of Cohesion and Communication in Fish Schools 

Fish, Shoal, School, Olfaction, Chemosensory, Pheromones, Ocean acidification, Pollution

Anne-Sophie Roy, Emma Warner, Hoi Ching Wat, Lucas Yatcyshyn

Anchored by Chemistry: The Adaptations of Barnacles and Limpets 

Barnacles, Limpets, Organic Matrix, Adhesion, Reproduction, Chemical cues, Defence mechanisms

Laetitia Abdallah, Mohammad Jibran Budullah, Lucas Chan, Ralph El Hajj

Navigating the Depths of Hydrozoan and Bryozoan Physical Design Solutions  

Skeletons, Locomotion, Medusoid jet propulsion, Hydrodynamics, Feeding mechanisms, Nematocytes

Aizaz Ahsan Wahla, Ocean Burland, Dante Daniel Garcia Perez, Jessica Michalski

The Fungal Kingdom: Mechanisms of Adaptation and Interaction with the Physical World 

Symbiosis, Turgor Pressure, Fungi, Growth, Cell Structure, Morphology, Spores

Edison Luke, Felix Gamper, Lea Bleibel, Vasily Ignatov

The Physical Basis of Coral Reefs 

Maureen Awad, Evan Chow, Luke Gailloux, Rylee McKay, Adrian Yehia

An Investigation into the Mathematical Modeling of the Properties of Gonium

Pyrolysis biofuel, formal language theory/computational linguistics, flagellar fluid dynamics, phototaxis, Thermogravimetric analysis, growth modelling

Andrew D’Argenio, Breanna D’Ettorre, Lucas Elliott, Joseph Gad

An Investigation into the Chemical Properties of Gonium

Photocycles, growth regulation, depolluting enzymes, biodegradation, multicellularity evolution, protist

Andrew D’Argenio, Breanna D’Ettorre, Lucas Elliott, Joseph Gad