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Loosely defined research area: Molecular motors | Bacterial motility and mechanics | Panarthropod locomotion and behavior | Movement through complex environments | Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems | Mathematical and computational biology

Level of biological organization considered: Molecular 🧬 | Tissue 🦴 | Single-celled organism 🦠 | Multi-cellular organism 🐜

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Evolutionarily diverse fungal zoospores show contrasting swimming patterns specific to ultrastructure
Luis Javier Galindo, Thomas A. Richards, Jasmine A Nirody†
Current Biology, forthcoming
[ bioRxiv ] [ Motility Data + Code ] [ Raw Images + Videos ] [Phylogenetic Datasets ]
Relevant research areas: Movement through complex environments | Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems
Level of organization: Single-celled organism 🦠

Kinematics and coordination of moth flies walking on smooth and rough surfaces
Erin E. Brandt†, Maria R. Manyama, Jasmine A Nirody†.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2024
[ Journal ] [ Tracking Data + Code ]
Relevant research areas: Panarthropod locomotion and behavior | Movement through complex environments
Level of organization: Multi-cellular organism 🐜

Flexible locomotion in complex environments: the influence of species, speed and sensory feedback on panarthropod inter-leg coordination
Jasmine A Nirody†.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2023. (special issue: 'A Century of Comparative Biomechanics: Emerging and Historical Perspectives on an Interdisciplinary Field')
[ Journal ]
Relevant research areas: Panarthropod locomotion and behavior | Movement through complex environments
Level of organization: Multi-cellular organism 🐜

Tardigrades exhibit robust inter-limb coordination across walking speeds
Jasmine A Nirody†, Lisset A. Duran Rosario, Deborah Johnston, Daniel J. Cohen.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021.
[ Journal ] [ bioRxiv ] [ SICB Abstract ] [ Data + Code ] || [Princeton | Oxford | Rockefeller | Smithsonian | Gizmodo | Other Press ]
Relevant research areas: Panarthropod locomotion and behavior | Movement through complex environments
Level of organization: Multi-cellular organism 🐜

Universal features in panarthropod inter-leg coordination during forward walking
Jasmine A Nirody†
Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021 (special issue: 'Physical mechanisms of behavior')
[ Journal ] [ arXiv ]
Relevant research areas: Panarthropod locomotion and behavior | Movement through complex environments
Level of organization: Multi-cellular organism 🐜

Geckos race across the water's surface using multiple mechanisms
Jasmine A. Nirody*†, Judy Jinn*, Thomas Libby, Timothy J. Lee, Ardian Jusufi, David L. Hu, Robert J. Full
Current Biology, 2018
[ Journal ] [ SICB Abstract ] || [Berkeley | Oxford | Rockefeller | Nature Highlight | New Scientist | Other Press ]
Relevant research areas: Movement through complex environments
Level of organization: Multi-cellular organism 🐜

The mechanics of slithering locomotion
David L. Hu, Jasmine Nirody, Terri Scott, Michael J. Shelley.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
[ Journal ] || [ NSF ScienceNation | Other Press ]
Relevant research areas: Movement through complex environments
Level of organization: Multi-cellular organism 🐜