<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><img height="85" width="320" src="cid:ii_isrying40_157014a3e6ea5cb8" class="gmail-m_-6828500509125671481gmail-CToWUd">​<br></div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="text-align:center"> </span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#660000"><b> Dr. Yu Zeng</b></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#660000"><b>(Postdoc in Liu lab)</b></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#660000">How do </font></span></b><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#660000">organisms interact with their environments? A biomechanics
study </font><font face="times new roman, serif" style="font-size:12pt"><span></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#660000"><br></font></b></p><p style="text-align:start;margin:0px 0px 6px;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Dr. Zeng will give four 5-min talks, each highlights a biomechanics study on how organisms interact with their environments and what specific questions were addressed. These talks are formatted for a general audience.</p><p style="text-align:start;margin:6px 0px;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">1, flight with winglets<br>How did insects evolve flight capability? Using the stick insects as a model system, we addressed the evolution between flightlessness and flapping flight.</p><p style="text-align:start;margin:6px 0px;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">2, aerial righting without wings<br>During upside-down falls, small wingless insects use legs to interact with airflow and achieve rapid yet stable aerial righting.</p><p style="text-align:start;margin:6px 0px;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">3, bacteria rolling<br>Bacteria aggregate and roll on surfaces to achieve long distance dispersal, a novel locomotor mechanism currently under investigation at UC Merced.</p><p style="text-align:start;margin:6px 0px;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">4, spider maneuvering<br>Flat spiders strike prey with the fastest rotations in legged animals.</p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:14.4pt;text-align:justify">Where: SE2-224</span><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.4pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">When: TODAY (10/06, from 12-1:30PM)</font></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.4pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.4pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you,</font></p><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.4pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.4pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Organizers for 2016-17: Rebecca Abney and Fernanda Santos</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.4pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Faculty coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe</font></p></div>
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