Dylan Wainwright

I’m a #newPI at @PurdueEEB, @PurdueBiolSci, & @PurdueFNR! Students and postdocs interested in joining the lab in Fall 2023, please reach out! 🐠🦈🐟See below for more details. #AcademicTwitter #science #fish

How are structural variations in scales related to different functions in fish? Dylan Wainwright (@fishwright3) at the department of @PurdueBiolSci Purdue University (@LifeAtPurdue) tackles this & other questions in this new article👉 bit.ly/3XsiGtV #microscopy #biology

Thankful to share our new #stickyfish paper in @J_Exp_Biol before Twitter explodes! doi.org/10.1242/jeb.24… @fishwright3 @Fishguy_FHL @Karly_Cohen & I found that the adhesive performance of clingfish, lumpsuckers, and snailfish suction discs reflect their ecologies 🧵1/6

Issue 22’s cover image by @jmhuiee shows the fluorescent ventral adhesive disc of a northern clingfish. In the accompanying article, @jmhuiee @fishwright3 @Fishguy_FHL @Karly_Cohen compare the maximum adhesive forces of clingfish, lumpsuckers & snailfish journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/22…

Why did the earliest plant vascular systems diversify so rapidly? We think they evolved to tolerate drought. We show why xylem connectivity was critical for preventing hydraulic failure. @BoudaLab @WasonLab @KyraPrats @HuggettLab @Medullosa 🧵👇 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@NoahwithFish Yep I’ll be there!

Scales of the redbreast sunfish showing a subtle transition from smooth-edged to spiny-edged. We typically think of these as different scale “types” that occur on different species. #fishes #marinebio

Dylan Wainwright @fishwright3 is a new professor here @PurdueEEB and is recruiting graduate students and postdocs. He studies connections between form and function in organisms (mostly fishes and sharks) by using 3D imaging, biomechanical testing, and comparative studies. 1/2

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@NyaziaBey Best of luck with the grfp! I was tagged in an earlier reply on this thread - I’m a new PI who mostly studies fish biomechanics and functional morphology, although occasionally other critters too. I am currently recruiting PhD students and would be happy to talk if interested.

thank you everyone! I am so grateful for support and new connections. i will follow up with folks after i submit my grfp application 😅

hi ✨ I am applying into grad school, looking for labs that research crustaceans (crabs), ocean acidification, biomechanics and morphology, or any combination of those! 🦀🌊 any leads greatly appreciated!

@AndrewDeWoody I’ll have to check out your work! And yes, this species and the longear complex of species have some great colors!

@fishwright3 That’s cool! I worked on this species as a postdoc, and they’re beautiful—especially breeding males.

@zuzmus Secondary loss of spines is certainly a good idea! Thanks for the interest!

Cycloid and ctenoid scales on one fish! Cool to brainstorm around it, although an option of all-ctenoid scales, some with secondarily lost spines might be the case…

@brunfmelo Nothing strictly evolutionary that I can think of, but @georgelauder and I published a paper describing this in a closely related species - the bluegill sunfish. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@fishwright3 Any evo paper investigating this you recommend?

@hannahiweller I’ve often wondered! I’m unsure of good theories from the lit, but I think it might be about needing flexibility or no longer needing protection on the cheek - just guessing at this though! (Also… some fishes have chunky cheek scales in the reverse pattern)

@fishwright3 You might be the guy to ask...do we have hypotheses for why some fish have reduced or no scales on their cheeks?

@JudsonLab I like it too! someone needs to do some testing on this so we can get some evidence.

@fishwright3 I would buy-in to the hydrodynamic theory, similar idea with racing cars --> smooth aerodynamic in the front increased turbulence in the back and more downforce

@georgelauder Thanks George! Might need to post our original bluegill paper that shows this too…people seem intrigued

Nice image Dylan!

@skoenigb There are some ideas out there - increasing flexibility or perhaps something to do with hydrodynamics but we don’t know for sure!

@fishwright3 Any theory on benefits of more spines near caudal fin?