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Loosely defined research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Bacterial motility and mechanics, Panarthropod walking, Locomotion in complex environments, Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems, Mathematical biology and biophysics.
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Fungal zoospores show contrasting swimming patterns specific to phylum and cytology
Luis Javier Galindo, Thomas A. Richards, Jasmine A Nirody†. Submitted, 2024.
[ bioRxiv ] [ Motility Data + Code ] [Phylogenetic Datasets ]
Relevant research areas: Locomotion in complex environments, Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems, Mathematical biology and biophysics.
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 walking, Locomotion in complex environments.
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 ]
Coverage: [Princeton | Oxford | Rockefeller ] [ Smithsonian ] [ Gizmodo ] [ Other Press ]
Relevant research areas: Panarthropod walking, Locomotion in complex environments.
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 walking, Locomotion in complex environments.
Load-dependent adaptation near zero load in the bacterial flagellar motor.
Jasmine A Nirody†, Ashley L. Nord, Richard M. Berry.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2019.
[ Journal ] [ arXiv ] [ Code ]
Relevant research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Bacterial motility and mechanics, Locomotion in complex environments, Mathematical biology and biophysics.
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 ]
Coverage: [Berkeley | Oxford | Rockefeller ] [ Nature Highlight ] [ New Scientist ] [ Other Press ]
Relevant research areas: Locomotion in complex environments.
A catch-bond drives stator mechanosensitivity in the bacterial flagellar motor.
Ashley L. Nord, Emilie Gachon, Ruben Perez-Carrasco, Jasmine A. Nirody, Alessandro Barducci, Richard M. Berry, Francesco Pedaci.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017.
[ Journal ] [ bioRxiv ]
Relevant research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Bacterial motility and mechanics, Locomotion in complex environments, Mathematical biology and biophysics.
The influence of disuse on bone microstructure and mechanics assessed by HR-pQCT.
Galateia J. Kazakia, Willy Tjong, Jasmine A. Nirody, Andrew J. Burghardt, Julio Carballido-Gamio, Janina M. Patsch, Thomas Link, Brian T. Feeley, C. Benjamin Ma.
Bone, 2014.
[ Journal ]
Relevant research areas: Locomotion in complex environments, Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems.
The mechanics of slithering locomotion.
David L. Hu, Jasmine Nirody, Terri Scott, Michael J. Shelley.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009.
[ Journal ]
Coverage: [ NSF ScienceNation ] [ Other Press ]
Relevant research areas: Locomotion in complex environments, Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems.