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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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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
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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')
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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.
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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')
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Relevant research areas: Panarthropod locomotion and behavior | Movement through complex environments
Level of organization: Multi-cellular organism 🐜