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Cassandra Donatelli
@cmdonatelli.bsky.social
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Fish | Biomechanics | Chaos | She/her
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sicbjournals.bsky.social
IOB - out now!
Twist and Snout: Head and Body #Morphologies Determine Feeding #Kinematics in Substrate-Biting #Fishes

Tal Perevolotsky, Jacob M Brotman-Krass, Yarden Ratner, Yael Avigad, @fishguy.bsky.social , @cmdonatelli.bsky.social , Roi Holzman

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#morphology #science
September 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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fishguy.bsky.social
Just wrapped up a week of SlicerMorph/MorphoDepot/MorphoCloud work with @jaimiagray.bsky.social, @cmdonatelli.bsky.social and a great team of folks.

This is Enophrys taurina with a damaged preopercular spine. Fighting or defense?
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Enophrys taurina CT scan. Enophrys taurina CT scan
October 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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solomonrdavid.bsky.social
YESSSS @pikaole.bsky.social #GARtwork!!!
pikaole.bsky.social pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · May 4
Happy gars 🐟
Seven gars are swimming in the lime green background. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes. There are heart-shaped water droplets around.
May 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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royalsocietypublishing.org
New from #JRSocInterface: Something to sink your teeth into: the mechanics of tooth indentation in frugivorous fishes: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #biomechanics @karlycohen.bsky.social @cmdonatelli.bsky.social @sbcrofts.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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fishguy.bsky.social
Jack Rosen's paper on biting fruits and seeds is out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Interface. 3D models of pacu and piranha jaws cutting different prey. Pacus are 'better' at fruit. Maybe eating seeds drove the evolution of frugivory from piscivory.
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royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Four panel figure. A lateral CT scan of a frugivorous fish CT scan with an inset showing the jaws in frontal view. A 3D printed model of the upper and lower teeth opposing each other. The 3D printed models mounted in a materials testing system to allow food to be bitten. The load displacement curve that results from biting fruit in with the model jows.
April 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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solomonrdavid.bsky.social
UPDATE: @garlab.bsky.social is making good progress👍
March 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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How 12 UW researchers fell in love with their research bit.ly/4kcgPFt
🧵 3/3

@fishguy.bsky.social
@kendallvalentine.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,

These eggs are toxic,
No cavigar for you!
A photo of a Spotted Gar (fish) underwater with inset photo of gar eggs, which are toxic to mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and most arthropods. There are also hearts in the upper left to make this photo romantic.
February 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
cmdonatelli.bsky.social
Only 5 days left to submit an application to this summer's #REU - BLINKS program! We're excited to have so many awesome projects lined up 🎉
🦊🦀🪸🐠🌕🌱♻️🌏🌊🤖🐚☁️

Please pass this along and check out our website for project descriptions and application info: fhl.uw.edu/research/sum... @fishguy.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
cmdonatelli.bsky.social
We are excited about this summer's #REU - BLINKS program! Applications will close in mid-February. Please share with any students who you think might be interested. fhl.uw.edu/research/sum...
January 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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fishguy.bsky.social
Our REU summer program just went live. Here is the application form...

etap.nsf.gov/award/499/op...

And here are the project descriptions...

fhl.uw.edu/research/sum...

There is a short time line on this. Please pass it to any interested undergrads.
NSF Education & Training Application | ETAP
etap.nsf.gov
January 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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diamondkmg.bsky.social
More #sicb2025 posters today!! 6 down 2 to go! Fishes and frogs!
Myself and 2 collaborators in front of our poster on frog jumping at the SICB meeting Lorenzo in front of his poster on why tiny fish have so much armor at the SICB meeting
January 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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fishguy.bsky.social
Here is an odd bit of #DeskDetritus. An unpaired bone from a walrus. The Os Baculum, or penis bone is called an oosik.
A walrus penis bone sitting on a messy desk.
January 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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karlycohen.bsky.social
Happening now! Form, function, and mechanics of composites! @schulzscience.bsky.social

#SICB2025 #SICBbioinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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karlycohen.bsky.social
Now Astrid Layton gets students working on bioinspired design in engineering spaces.

#SICB2025 #SICBbioinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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schulzscience.bsky.social
Talk number 2 is up at 2:00pm in Marquis C. If you love knitting or elephants you should stop by! #SICB2025
January 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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jnotar.bsky.social
Many thanks to @cmdonatelli.bsky.social and @karlycohen.bsky.social for organizing such a great symposium on bioinspiration and having complimentary sessions that welcome my weird little urchin camera
January 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
cmdonatelli.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SICBioinspired symposium today! @karlycohen.bsky.social and I had so much fun hearing from all of you. Thanks also to @biologists.bsky.social and @anatomyorg.bsky.social and @sicbjournals.bsky.social for supporting everyone here today! #SICB2025
January 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
cmdonatelli.bsky.social
Poacher fishes are able to repair damaged armor! @karlycohen.bsky.social is figuring how and why some repair better and faster than others. #SICBioinspired #SICB2025
January 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
cmdonatelli.bsky.social
@karlycohen.bsky.social is concluding our #SICBioinspired symposium with a talk about all things armor! #SICB2025
January 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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karlycohen.bsky.social
Next we have @schulzscience.bsky.social starting at 2 PM in Marquis C!

If you are looking at the paper program this is a schedule change you don't want to miss!

#SICB2025 #SICBioinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social
karlycohen.bsky.social Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Jan 5
We are starting back up again strong with Brian Woronowicz talking about tail movement and function in rats
January 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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karlycohen.bsky.social
We are starting back up again strong with Brian Woronowicz talking about tail movement and function in rats
January 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
cmdonatelli.bsky.social
We are back for our afternoon session! Come join us this afternoon in Marquis C for some more awesome #SICBioinspired talks! #SICB2025
karlycohen.bsky.social Dr. Karly E. Cohen @karlycohen.bsky.social · Jan 5
We are starting back up again strong with Brian Woronowicz talking about tail movement and function in rats
January 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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karlycohen.bsky.social
Up now is Jessica Tingle using conceptual frameworks for jump between biology and engineering! #SICB #SICBinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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karlycohen.bsky.social
Jessica presents us a framework to help find the colleagues to answer your questions! Aiding conversations across the fields of biology and engineering
January 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM