Bioengineering Hyperbook

Department of Bioengineering


Category: Sexual Reproduction

Tiny Alchemists: The Chemical Foundations of Termites’ Social and Biological Success  

Termites, Symbiosis, Caste differentiation, Pheromones, Communication, Defense mechanisms

Rosalie Beaudin, Naia Kim, Mattias Sucher, Lucy Wiggers

The Chemistry of Pistol Shrimp and Antarctic Krill 

Exoskeleton, Chitin, Astaxanthin, Acetylcholine, Polyunsaturated fatty acids, Bioluminescence

Alaia Krishnan Claveras, Celina Moukarzel, Chloe Chan Lam, Julia Purdue, Lina Benchekor

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

The Chemistry Behind the Coral Colony 

Biomineralization, Aragonite, Photosynthesis, Symbiosis, Zooxanthellae, Corals

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

The Un-Bee-lievable Chemistry of Bees 

Bee, Pheromones, Venom, Honey, Wax, Brood food, Pollen

Tzu-Yu Hung, Alysha Kutuzyan, Katarina Simanic, Steven Yang

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

The Physical Basis of Coral Reefs 

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

Patterns and Proliferation: The Geometry Behind Fungal Systems 

Geometrical patterns, Growth rate, Dispersal mechanisms, Symmetry breaking, Hyphal networks, Graph theory.

Edison Luke, Felix Gamper, Lea Bleibel, Vasily Ignatov

Built on Simplicity: A Mathematical Analysis of Hydrozoa and Bryozoa 

Scaling relationships, geometry, branching patterns, growth, competitive hierarchy, Hydrozoa, Bryozoa

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