Category: Organs and Body Parts (2020)
The Blue Blood of Horseshoe Crabs: A golden Standard for Endotoxin Detection in the Biomedical Industry
horseshoe crabs, blood, endotoxins, detection, biochemistry, biosensing
Arnaud Benchetrite, Ines Hafit, Laura Hebert, Shiyuan Qiao,
Bioinformatics and Sensory Function of Mammalian Fur: An Analysis of Coat Patterning, Whiskers, and Trigger Hairs
sensing, Turing patterns, whiskers, venus flytraps, mammals, follicles
Marc Amin, Lovéni Hanumunthadu, Matthew MacDonald, Thibaud Roy
Sleeping in Flight: Adaptations of a Bird’s Brain
Birds, flight, brain function, sleep, REM
Ziyad Bouslama, Young Chae Han, Stephanie Makhlouf, Catherine Xu
Design, Purpose and Specificity of the Narwhal’s Tusk
Narwhals, tusks, ivory, dental anatomy, growth mechanisms, elephants
Taegan Hallahan, Emma Martin, Marion Vandewynckele-Bossut, Mianchen Wang
The Design of the Spine
Bison, spines, musculoskeletal system, 3D modelling, spinal injuries
Ahmed Bawany, Bianca Dubois, Yzza M’sahi, Michael Parsons
Cephalopods and their Beak
Cephalopods, beaks, mechanics, feeding, biomimicry
Palmyra Mendoza Cabrer, Karina Carlson, Rylee Mcdonald, Michael Weldon
Information Storage and Processing as Part of Pattern Formation, Photoreception, Thermoreception, and Mechanoreception of the Integument
Information storage, integument, Turing patterns, feedback loops, sensing
Juyoun Bae, Andrei Bocan, Justin Charney, Lan Anh Huynh
Regulation of the Gut and its Effect on Animal Behavior
Gastrointestinal system, gut microbiome, biochemical pathways, neurotransmitters, complex system of equations
Trevor Hum, Xavier Santerre, Kyle Vamvakas, Mathilde Wagner
Mathematical Modeling and Evolution: The Guiding Prong for Shaping Avian Eggs
Avian eggs, stress resistance, structural design, three-dimensional modelling, evolution
Leticia Le Goff, Ula Mastej, Jake Pringle, Ryan Romero
Biological Design for Lungs and Gills: Information and Storage Processing
Respiration, lungs, gills, diffusion, metabolism, oxygen
Samuel Bernard, Nabhaan Farooqi, Camille Gagnon, Will Vyse
How Computers and Robotics Helped Us Understand Flippers
Flippers, biometrics, fluid dynamics, Reynolds number, biomimicry, swimming
McKenna Baron, Nour Hanna, Guillaume Rodier, Gabriel Straface
An Analysis of Sensors and Systems of Artificial Noses
Noses, olfaction, artificial organs, sensing, biosensors
Curtis Ehlert, Ingi El Shahid, Liv Toft, Mary Wan