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