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
- Is academic research becoming too competitive? <i>Nature</i> examines the data October 17, 2025
- Warning signs October 17, 2025
- Time-resolved fluorescent proteins expand the microscopy palette October 17, 2025
Science
- How poop-eating beetles evolved to eat rotting flesh October 17, 2025
- Bull’s-eye! Static electricity pulls worm through air to its insect victim October 17, 2025
- Common research monkey is endangered, conservation group confirms October 17, 2025
AJP – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
- Effect of controlling CO2 on peripheral hypercapnic chemosensitivity at exercise intensities above the respiratory compensation point October 18, 2025
- The Pharyngeal Phase of Swallowing Controls Deglutitive Inhibition October 15, 2025
- Inulin Alleviates Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction Induced by Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia by modulating intestinal microbiota in Mice October 15, 2025
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