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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · May 4

YESSSS @pikaole.bsky.social #GARtwork!!!

pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · May 4

Happy gars 🐟

Seven gars are swimming in the lime green background. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes. There are heart-shaped water droplets around.

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Apr 18

New from #JRSocInterface: Something to sink your teeth into: the mechanics of tooth indentation in frugivorous fishes: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #biomechanics @karlycohen.bsky.social @cmdonatelli.bsky.social @sbcrofts.bsky.social

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Adam Summers @fishguy.bsky.social · Apr 16

Jack Rosen's paper on biting fruits and seeds is out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Interface. 3D models of pacu and piranha jaws cutting different prey. Pacus are 'better' at fruit. Maybe eating seeds drove the evolution of frugivory from piscivory.
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royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Four panel figure. A lateral CT scan of a frugivorous fish CT scan with an inset showing the jaws in frontal view. A 3D printed model of the upper and lower teeth opposing each other. The 3D printed models mounted in a materials testing system to allow food to be bitten. The load displacement curve that results from biting fruit in with the model jows.

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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · Mar 7

UPDATE: @garlab.bsky.social is making good progress👍

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · Feb 14

How 12 UW researchers fell in love with their research bit.ly/4kcgPFt
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@fishguy.bsky.social
@kendallvalentine.bsky.social

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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · Feb 14

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,

These eggs are toxic,
No cavigar for you!

A photo of a Spotted Gar (fish) underwater with inset photo of gar eggs, which are toxic to mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and most arthropods. There are also hearts in the upper left to make this photo romantic.

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Cassandra Donatelli @cmdonatelli.bsky.social · Feb 11

Only 5 days left to submit an application to this summer's #REU - BLINKS program! We're excited to have so many awesome projects lined up 🎉
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Please pass this along and check out our website for project descriptions and application info: fhl.uw.edu/research/sum... @fishguy.bsky.social

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Cassandra Donatelli @cmdonatelli.bsky.social · Jan 16

We are excited about this summer's #REU - BLINKS program! Applications will close in mid-February. Please share with any students who you think might be interested. fhl.uw.edu/research/sum...

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Adam Summers @fishguy.bsky.social · Jan 16

Our REU summer program just went live. Here is the application form...

etap.nsf.gov/award/499/op...

And here are the project descriptions...

fhl.uw.edu/research/sum...

There is a short time line on this. Please pass it to any interested undergrads.

NSF Education & Training Application | ETAP

etap.nsf.gov

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Kelly Diamond @diamondkmg.bsky.social · Jan 6

More #sicb2025 posters today!! 6 down 2 to go! Fishes and frogs!

Myself and 2 collaborators in front of our poster on frog jumping at the SICB meeting

Lorenzo in front of his poster on why tiny fish have so much armor at the SICB meeting

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Adam Summers @fishguy.bsky.social · Jan 6

Here is an odd bit of #DeskDetritus. An unpaired bone from a walrus. The Os Baculum, or penis bone is called an oosik.

A walrus penis bone sitting on a messy desk.

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Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Jan 5

Happening now! Form, function, and mechanics of composites! @schulzscience.bsky.social

#SICB2025 #SICBbioinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social

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Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Jan 5

Now Astrid Layton gets students working on bioinspired design in engineering spaces.

#SICB2025 #SICBbioinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social

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Andrew Schulz, PhD @schulzscience.bsky.social · Jan 5

Talk number 2 is up at 2:00pm in Marquis C. If you love knitting or elephants you should stop by! #SICB2025

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Julia Notar, PhD @jnotar.bsky.social · Jan 5

Many thanks to @cmdonatelli.bsky.social and @karlycohen.bsky.social for organizing such a great symposium on bioinspiration and having complimentary sessions that welcome my weird little urchin camera

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Cassandra Donatelli @cmdonatelli.bsky.social · Jan 5

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SICBioinspired symposium today! @karlycohen.bsky.social and I had so much fun hearing from all of you. Thanks also to @biologists.bsky.social and @anatomyorg.bsky.social and @sicbjournals.bsky.social for supporting everyone here today! #SICB2025

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Cassandra Donatelli @cmdonatelli.bsky.social · Jan 5

If you are looking for armor diversity this is the talk to be at! @karlycohen.bsky.social is now showing is armor shape and material diversity in armadillos. #SICBioinspired #SICB2025

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Cassandra Donatelli @cmdonatelli.bsky.social · Jan 5

Poacher fishes are able to repair damaged armor! @karlycohen.bsky.social is figuring how and why some repair better and faster than others. #SICBioinspired #SICB2025

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Cassandra Donatelli @cmdonatelli.bsky.social · Jan 5

Bringing in the whole team to figure out what armor is. @fishguy.bsky.social @schulzscience.bsky.social @karlycohen.bsky.social and Misty Paig-Tran who isn't here in BlueSky?

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Cassandra Donatelli @cmdonatelli.bsky.social · Jan 5

@karlycohen.bsky.social is concluding our #SICBioinspired symposium with a talk about all things armor! #SICB2025

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Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Jan 5

Next we have @schulzscience.bsky.social starting at 2 PM in Marquis C!

If you are looking at the paper program this is a schedule change you don't want to miss!

#SICB2025 #SICBioinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Jan 5

We are starting back up again strong with Brian Woronowicz talking about tail movement and function in rats

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Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Jan 5

We are starting back up again strong with Brian Woronowicz talking about tail movement and function in rats

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Cassandra Donatelli @cmdonatelli.bsky.social · Jan 5

We are back for our afternoon session! Come join us this afternoon in Marquis C for some more awesome #SICBioinspired talks! #SICB2025

Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Jan 5

We are starting back up again strong with Brian Woronowicz talking about tail movement and function in rats

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Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Jan 5

Up now is Jessica Tingle using conceptual frameworks for jump between biology and engineering! #SICB #SICBinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social

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Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Jan 5

Jessica presents us a framework to help find the colleagues to answer your questions! Aiding conversations across the fields of biology and engineering

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