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Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-22

Damaged neurons repair #axons, but it wasn't clear whether the axons of damaged ciliated #neurons in #insects could also recover. Melissa Rolls & colleagues have discovered that insect ciliated neurons do recover, even if the axon is severed close to the cell body, and they use the same mechanism for recovery as conventional neurons

#neuroethology #zoology #entomology #biology

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A Drosophila larva with the chordotonal neurons highlighted in red. The lch1 neurons are indicated with an arrow. Photo credit: Melissa Rolls.A Drosophila larva with the chordotonal neurons highlighted in red. The lch1 neurons are indicated with an arrow. Photo credit: Melissa Rolls.
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-21

Going up hills while cross country skiing is hard. Amelie Werkhausen & co show how cross country skiers use their muscles and tendons to glide across the snow while going uphill.
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#Biomechanics #Biology #Science

Read the full research here
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Two cross-country skiers. Left skier saying 'This is tough' and right skier replying 'Give it some extra bounce after you glide, that's what gets me uphill.'
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-20

In her #JEB100 ECR Spotlight, Chloe Fouilloux tells us about her #research, where she discovered that #poisonfrog #tadpoles that develop in cloudy #water are less likely to evade a predator than tadpoles reared in clear water and why she thinks having great mentors is the secret to success.

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You can find Chloe's full research paper at journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar

#zoology #neuroethology #biology #predator #mentorship

Portrait of Chloe Fouilloux with her arms crossed leaning against a tree
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-20

As part of our #JEB100 celebrations, we are launching two new grants to support junior faculty within five years of setting up their first lab. To find out more:
biologists.com/grants/kickstar

The deadline for the first round of applications is 15 July so don't miss this fabulous opportunity

#comparativephysiology #zoology #biology

Junior faculty staff grant logo (two hands shaking) and Journal of Experimental Biology logo, with the text ‘Are you an early-career researcher within five years of your first appointment to a faculty position? You could be eligible for one of our new grants for junior faculty staff.’
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-19

In their #JEB100 Commentary, @sammiefontaine & @KevinDKohl discuss how #microbiomes can influence the #thermaltolerance of #ectotherms, although questions remain regarding the role that microbes play in the thermal ecology & evolution of their hosts

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#comparativephysiology #climatechange

Schematic diagram of a potential feedback loop between warming temperatures, microbial diversity and host heat tolerance. (1) Exposure to warming environments decreases host-associated microbial diversity in a variety of ectotherms. (2) Animals with disrupted microbiomes are often less tolerant to heat than those with undisrupted communities. (3) Animals that are less heat tolerant will be more vulnerable to increasing temperatures as climate change accelerates. These warming environments may further deplete microbial community diversity, beginning the cycle again. Created with Biorender.com.
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-16

In her #JEB100 ECR Spotlight Estelle Moubarak discusses how light pollution is making it hard for #glowworms to find mates and her fascination with insect vision and her hope of starting her own lab
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Read Estelle's full research article here
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#entomology #LightPollution #zoology #biology #science

Estelle Moubarak
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-16

Meet the JEB Editors at #SEBConference2023 including Craig Franklin Trish Schulte Sanjay Sane John Terblanche & the in-house team at stand 13/15 on 6 July - Talk about your research, find out more about the journal & learn how we support researchers

SEB Centenary Conference logo with a drawing of Edinburgh Castle with "Celebrating success and shaping the future"
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-15

Issue 11 has closed and issue 12 is open

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The cover image by Mike Baird shows the flukes of a whale as it prepares to dive and accompanies the Commentary by Costello & co, discussing how wings and fins bend in remarkably similar ways, regardless of whether they are in water of air and why this is a benefit for animal locomotion

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#biomechanics #locomotion #zoology #Biology

The cover of JEB issue 11, volume 226, showing the flukes of a whale that is about to dive sticking out of the sea with four sea birds whirling around. The cover also includes the title 'Journal of Experimental Biology' at the top, with the JEB100 logo, including the words '100 YEARS OF DISCOVERY' and the Company of Biologists' logo in the bottom left hand corner
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-14

Wings and fins bend remarkably similarly among animals that fly and swim. In their Commentary, Costello & co review these patterns, describe their mechanistic benefits and propose a path forward for their study.
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#biomechanics #science #zoology #biology

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2023-06-14

🎉 We are launching our 2024 Special Issue on #RareDisease 🎉

This is driven by a team of expert editors - Monica Justice , Monkol Lek , Karen Liu & Kate Rauen - and will include breakthrough #translational science

Submit your Rare Disease research now!

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#OpenAccess

DMM Special Issue call for papers poster with cartoons of diverse patients. The title of the Special Issue is Translating Multiscale Research in Rare Disease and the submission deadline is Monday 2 October 2023
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-14

Listen to Jeremy Niven speaking to the BBC World Service about his new JEB paper 'Artificial light impairs local attraction to females in male glow-worms' (12:00 mins into the show)

#LightPollution #zoology #biology #comparativephysiology

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z2sj

A schematic of the Y-maze used by the researchers to test the glow-worms' ability to locate females when there is light pollution. The Y-maze is shown from above with the male starting in the central vertical stalk of the Y. The LED mimicking the female can be in either of the arms of the Y, with the other arm dark. The male chooses which arm to walk toward. If the male can see the LED light, he walks toward it, but when the light pollution is too great, he becomes confused and takes longer to locate the LED or fails when the light pollution is too great.
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-14

Glow-worms have lit up the fields of Europe and Asia for millions of years, but Moubarak & co show that human light pollution makes male #glowworms unable to find their glowing mates and could extinguish their twinkle for good.

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Read the full research by Moubarak & co here
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#lightpollution #comparativephysiology #zoology #science #biology

On the right, a glowing female glow-worm in the dark and on the left, the same female glow-worm with light from a camera flash.
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-13

In their #JEB100 Commentary, Essie Rodgers and Daniel Gomez Isaza highlight how exposure to mild stress can increase an organism's resilience to a different stressor through protective interactions – a phenomenon termed ‘cross-protection’

#comparativephysiology #stress #biology #zoology

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Mechanistic basis for cross-protection interactions. Circles represent two heterologous stressors that provide cross-protective benefits when they share overlapping protective mechanisms or signalling pathways. (A) Transient cross-protection can arise from short-term exposure to a priming stressor (stressor A) that activates a generalised stress response and confers protection to a second stressor of a different nature (stressor B) through HSPs, heat shock proteins. (B) Acclimatisation (or acclimation) cross-protection can occur when long-term exposure to one stressor induces physiological changes (from gene to organismal levels) that provide overlapping protection to a second, heterologous stressor. (C) Transgenerational cross-protection occurs when parental exposure to a priming stressor elicits heightened tolerance to a different stressor in offspring through genetic and non-genetic mechanisms.
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-12

In her #JEB100 ECR Spotlight, ecologist Nicole Martin discusses how welks cope well with extreme temperature after experiencing a blast of warmth with increased water acidity and why Tomanek & Somero's 1999 JEB paper (bit.ly/3Cmu2Xm) is one of her favourites

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Read the full research paper: journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar

#comparativephysiology #biology #climatechange #oceanacidification #molluscs #zoology #science

Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-12

Have an idea for a Workshop? @Co_Biologists is accepting proposals until 30 June for the 2025 programme. Find out more and hear from previous organisers in this video

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The image says 'Want to organise one of our Workshops? You focus on the science, we focus on the logistics. Next deadline for topic proposals: 30 June 2023'. The images also includes The Company of Biologists' logo and a picture of scientists mingling and chatting with cups of coffee taken at a previous Company of Biologists' Workshop.
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-09

Meet the JEB Editors at #SEBConference2023 including Craig Franklin Trish Schulte Sanjay Sane John Terblanche & the in-house team at stand 13/15 on 6 July - Talk about your research, find out more about the journal & learn how we support researchers

Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-08

Female Greenlandic seed bugs respond quickly, within 45min, to sudden blasts of heat whereas males are less able to cope. However a chilly blast 12h before seems to prepare males and females for a heatwave, suggesting a reasonable future for the insects

#climatechange #entomolgy #Arctic #zoology #science #biology

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Read the full research by Natasja Noer from Aalborg University, Denmark, & co at journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar

Two Greenlandic seed bugs (Nysius groenlandicus) on a grass seed head. Photo credit: Simon Bahrndorff.
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-07

Read this month's Editors' Choice paper, Rapid manoeuvre of fan worms (Annelida: Sabellidae) through tubes

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A Sabellastarte magnifica fan worm in an aquarium. Photo credit: Wei Jiang.
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-07

To celebrate #JEB100 we are launching two new grants to support junior faculty within five years of setting up their first lab: Research Partnership Kickstart Travel Grants and ECR Visiting Fellowships. Deadline 15 July 2023.

To find out more go to biologists.com/grants/kickstar

Junior faculty staff grant logo (two hands shaking) and Journal of Experimental Biology logo, with the text ‘Are you an early-career researcher within five years of your first appointment to a faculty position? You could be eligible for one of our new grants for junior faculty staff.’
Journal of Exp BiolJ_Exp_Biol@mstdn.science
2023-06-06

Craig White & Dustin Marshall discuss in their JEB100 Commentary how they have developed a new theory to explain the evolutionary origin of metabolic scaling, presenting an overview of the approach and its limitations

#science #biology #zoology #comparativephysiology

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A screenshot of the first page of the PDF of the Commentary, showing the title, ‘Optimisation and constraint: explaining metabolic patterns in biology’, the names of the authors, Craig White and Dustin Marshall, and part of the Abstract

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