UAntwerp Funmorph

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UAntwerp Funmorph

UAntwerp Funmorph

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Functional Morphology Lab Group of Department of Biology, University of Antwerp @UAntwerpen. Tweets in English or Dutch.

Antwerp, Belgium Katılım Haziran 2018
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Three field seasons 219 lizards 🦎 >1,000 hours of behavioral video scoring Proud of Ioanna Gavriilidi for getting this major chapter of her PhD on insularity and lizard behavior published. Serious dedication! doi.org/10.1016/j.anbe…
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This is vital information moving forward in research on the #biomechanical trade-offs within avian feeding and vocalisation, but also has broad applications for many muscle-driven lever systems. Read more here: 🔗doi.org/10.1242/jeb.25…
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Using a model of a Java finch mandible 🐦, the study shows muscle fibre type is key: overdeveloped muscles recruit slow-twitch fibres, boosting torque but reducing frequency (Henneman’s principle).
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Paper alert from @UAFunMorph ! 💥PhD researcher Cas Jorissen just published a chapter of his #PhD in @J_Exp_Biol on torque–frequency trade-offs in muscle-driven lever systems.
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In a new review paper in Biological Reviews, co-authored by @UAFunMorph PhD student Maja Mielke, Daniel Schwarz et al. synthesize this diversity across vertebrates and propose a unified terminology and conceptual framework for oropharyngeal food processing.
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From mammalian #mastication to specialized #jaw movements in fishes or #tongue driven processing in amphibians, vertebrates have evolved a remarkable diversity of ways to process food!
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Using common wall lizards in a set-up mimicking the lizards’ natural, spatiotemporally heterogeneous thermal #environment, higher cognition scores were linked to exploitation of the thermal heterogeneity, but not more accurate thermoregulation.
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Behavioural #thermoregulation is vital for #reptiles and may involve cognitive processes! A new FunMorph study led by Ioanna Gavriilidi tested whether better spatial cognition is correlated with more efficient thermoregulatory behaviour, while accounting for personality🦎🔥
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Fish suck... but species that feed on algae suck differently! 🐟 A new publication in Communications Biology by #UAFunMorph members Jana De Ridder, Peter Aerts, and Sam Van Wassenbergh, demonstrates how head motion patterns for generating suction are finetuned to species' diets
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Simon Baeckens
Simon Baeckens@simonbaeckens·
Extreme climate events can catalyze rapid evolutionary change! in our new @CurrentBiology publication, Colin and I argue it’s time to study their evolutionary consequences systematically — beyond opportunistic observations. cell.com/current-biolog…
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To help them with a smooth start, we organised an introduction session where they got the opportunity to present themselves and their project to the lab group and their fellow students. Keep an eye out for more updates from our lab, including the student projects!
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Let’s kick off the new academic year! 🎉 FunMorph welcomes 12+ @UAntwerpen master’s students this year, studying everything from boxfish 🐡 & sharks 🦈 to cats 🐆, otters 🦦, lizards 🦎, ducks 🦆 & canaries 🐤 #masterinbiology
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