We went back to the University of Montana Flight Lab in May to continue our long-term collaboration with Bret Tobalske’s lab on flight energetics and biomechanics of hummingbirds. This year we were joined by Bret’s Ph.D. (actually newly minted Ph.D.) Tony Lapsansky who has been collaborating with us on the heat study and Doug Warrick from Oregon State University. This year we got to use Bret’s new high-speed particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) system to look at the biomechanics of escape maneuvers as well as hovering and forward flight. This PIV system is pretty amazing in that a 2 second measurement gives us more information than we could collect in a week with the system we used for the 2005 Nature paper on rufous hummingbirds. All-in-all a really productive week!
Nature
Science
AJP – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
- Augmented analgesic effect of tyramine or octopamine in combination with lidocaine is mediated with α-adrenergic receptors May 30, 2025
- Corticosterone induces fatty liver syndrome in chickens via glucocorticoid receptor and inhibition of mitochondrial supercomplex formation May 30, 2025
- Association between Heart Rate Fragmentation and Kidney Function Decline in MESA: Evidence Consistent with Parasympathetic Degradation May 30, 2025
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