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<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="338" height="100" style="width:3.5208in;height:1.0416in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D3DB1B.B3C5A1F0" alt="clip_image002"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Hello Everyone,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Please join us for two presentations this <b>THURSDAY 4/26</b> by Yu Zeng (abstract provided below) and Samuel Araya (abstract to be announced),
12-1pm in Room SE2-302.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">The Fastest-Spinning Animal in the World - omnidirectional strikes in flat spiders<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Abstract:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Many ambush predators attack prey using rapid strikes, but these strikes are typically only anteriorly directed. However, a predator
may attack laterally and posteriorly oriented prey if it can couple the strikes with rapid body reorientation. I will show that the flattie spiders attack prey throughout their entire peripheral range using rapid strikes. These spiders ambush with radially
oriented, long, laterigrade legs in a ready-to-fire status. I will present how these legs are used to generate by far the fastest turning movements in legged animals.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Relevant links:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-fastest-spinning-spider-flattie">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-fastest-spinning-spider-flattie</a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/spinning-selenopidae-spider-hunts-prey-spd/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/spinning-selenopidae-spider-hunts-prey-spd/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Bio:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Dr. Zeng is currently a postdoc in Liu Lab of Physics department. He received his PhD from Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley, where
he worked with Robert Dudley and David Wake. His researches incorporate biomechanics with organismal biology to address the evolution of forms and functions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">When: Apr., 26 Thursday, 12pm – 1pm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Where: SE2-302</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Coffee and treats will be provided, please bring your own mugs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">We look forward to seeing you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Nate & Jing</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Organizers for Spring 2018: Nate Bogie and Jing Yan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Faculty coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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