Bioengineering Hyperbook

Department of Bioengineering


Category: Signaling

Marvels of Chemistry: Murmurations and their Chemical Phenomena 

Murmurations, Starlings, Chemical Signalling, Visual System, Crowding Behaviour, Metabolism, Guano

Maeve Ding, Matt Levasseur, Nicole Shen, Rachael Zhang

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

The Chemistry of Longevity: How the Naked Mole Rat Defies Aging 

Naked mole rat, Longevity, Metabolism, Cartilage, DNA repair, Acidosis, Telomerase

Clayton Dame, David Bensemana, Lana Habhab, Min Seo Song

Unlocking Locust Survival: A Chemical Analysis of Locusts 

Hormones, Neurotransmitters, Locust, phase change, Polymorphism, Colour change, Chemical communication, Cannibalism

Frederic Koran, Claire Leader, Alexandra Stoilova, Alina Weng

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

The Chemistry Behind the Coral Colony 

Biomineralization, Aragonite, Photosynthesis, Symbiosis, Zooxanthellae, Corals

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

Chemical Savants: The Role of Chemistry in Ants’ Survival, Communication and Ecology 

Ants, Exoskeleton, Pheromones, Venom, Chitin, Communication, Ecosystem, Defence, Soil

Jung Hao Cau, Luciana Chambilla Pastor, Fatima Janneh, Ya Lin

Propulsion Through the Life of Salps 

Salps; Jet propulsion; Filter feeding; Asynchronous swimming; Epithelial signalling; Carbon cycling; Vortex rings; Chain aggregation; Ocean carbon sequestration

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

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 Biophysics of Volvox

Protist, algae, hydrodynamic interaction, phototaxis, embryo inversion

Robinson Libman, Meryem Louni, Ryan McGibbon, Ali Najjar

Analysis of the Survival Mechanisms of Hydra

Survival mechanisms, photoreception, nematocyst, photobehaviour, surface attachment and detachment, spring-like behaviour and responses

Jessica Coulson, Magnus Duffy, Ruolin Hu, Shilong Zheng

An Investigation of the Physical Properties of Gonium

Flagellar motion, phototaxis, colonies, eyespot optics, helical propulsion, protist

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