Centenary Year Research Articles

ECR Spotlight – Till Harter

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year, but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Till Harter is an author on ‘ A novel perspective on the evolutionary loss of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase at the teleost gill’, published in JEB. Till is a Postdoc in the lab of Graham Scott at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, investigating comparative physiology, specifically, red blood cell function, and more broadly, cardio-respiratory physiology in vertebrates.

ECR Spotlight – Mal Graham

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Mal Graham is an author on ‘ Dynamic gap crossing in Dendrelaphis, the sister taxon of flying snakes’, published in JEB. Mal conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Jake Socha's lab at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA. They are now a Strategy Director at Wild Animal Initiative, MN, USA, where they work on promoting interest in the field of wild animal welfare science. In their own research, they are interested in the well-being of wild animals and how biomechanical research tools can be utilized to assess welfare in the field (especially suffering due to injury and illness).

ECR Spotlight – Lucas Greville and Mattina Alonge

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Lucas Greville and Mattina Alonge are authors on ‘ Acute restraint stress rapidly impacts reproductive neuroendocrinology and downstream gonad function in big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)’, published in JEB. Lucas is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab of Liam McGuire at the Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Canada, investigating the eco-physiology of temperate bats with a focus on reproductive physiology and behaviour. Mattina is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab of Drs Helen Chmura and Creagh Breuner at the University of Montana, USA, investigating the dynamic interactions between the environment and reproductive physiology, and methods for differentiating pregnancy versus pseudopregnancy in lynx and wolverine within the (US) National Forest landscape.

ECR Spotlight – Anuradha Batabyal

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year, but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Anuradha Batabyal is the author of ‘Predator–prey systems as models for integrative research in biology: the value of a non-consumptive effects framework’, published in JEB. Anuradha conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoctoral Associate in Dr Ken Lukowiak's lab at Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Canada. She is now an Assistant Professor at FLAME University, India, investigating evolutionary behavioral ecology and cognitive biology.

Towards the Post-Modern Art Week: Anthropophagic Reflexes in the Brazilian Larp Scenes

The Brazilian Modern Art Week of 1922, a milestone in the Brazilian artistic avant-garde, completed its centenary last year. The intention of this text is to reflect on larp using the concept of anthropophagy: a cultural metaphor created by Oswald de Andrade, one of the members of the Art Week. Anthropophagy is characterized by the de-hierarchization of the hegemonic places of culture and by the critical digestion of the Other. Andrade’s reflections crossed time: they influenced literature, theater, painting, cinema and music, to name a few. Applied to larps, the concept of anthropophagy is discussed from the point of view of the communicology of Vilém Flusser, who was also influenced by Andrade’s thought. Finally, this essay seeks to reveal larp’s resonance with the Theatre of the Oppressed, proposed by Augusto Boal – also one of those influenced by anthropophagic thinking. With this resonance, I seek to highlight the transformative potential of anthropophagy, here considered inherent to larps, interpreting one Brazilian larp as a case study. Although this essay does not commit the naivety of treating larp as a panacea, its ultimate intention is to highlight the dialogical and social character of larps, as well as their potential to challenge power structures.

ECR Spotlight – Carolin Nieder

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year, but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Carolin Nieder is an author on ‘ Comparison of auditory evoked potential thresholds in three shark species’ and ‘Comparison of acoustic particle acceleration detection capabilities in three shark species’, published in JEB. Carolin conducted the research described in these articles while a PhD student in Craig Radford and Andrew Jeff's lab at Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland. She investigates the sensory and behavioural ecology of marine animals, with a particular passion for the perception of underwater sound.

ECR Spotlight – Léna de Framond

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Léna de Framond is an author on ‘ Calibrated microphone array recordings reveal that a gleaning bat emits low-intensity echolocation calls even in open-space habitat’, published in JEB. Léna conducted the research described in this article while a master's student in Dr Holger R. Goerlitz's lab at the Acoustics and Functional Ecology research group, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany. She is now a scientific assistant in the lab of Henrik Brumm at Animal Communication and Urban Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Germany, investigating acoustic interactions between animals and their environments: what ambient noise, weather and conspecifics do to their acoustic signals and how they react.

ECR Spotlight – Phoenix Quinlan

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Phoenix Quinlan is an author on ‘State-dependent, visually guided behaviors in the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae’, published in JEB. Phoenix is a PhD candidate in the lab of Paul Katz at University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, investigating neural mechanisms of sensory guided behaviors.

ECR Spotlight – Sandy Saunders

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Sandy Saunders is an author on ‘ Activation of respiratory-related bursting in an isolated medullary section from adult bullfrogs’, published in JEB. Sandy is a postdoc in the lab of Joseph Santin at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, investigating how breathing is generated, maintained and fails throughout life.

ECR Spotlight – Zoe Dellaert

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year, but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Zoe Dellaert is an author on ‘ Reconciling the variability in the biological response of marine invertebrates to climate change’, published in JEB. Zoe is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Hollie Putnam at the University of Rhode Island, USA, investigating molecular mechanisms of the responses of reef-building corals to climate change and environmental stressors at organismically relevant scales.

ECR Spotlight - Michael Lim.

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year, but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the 'comparative' approach. Michael Lim is an author on ' Intergenerational plasticity to cycling high temperature and hypoxia affects offspring stress responsiveness and tolerance in zebrafish', published in JEB. Michael conducted the research described in this article while a PhD candidate in Dr Nicholas J. Bernier's lab at the University of Guelph, Canada, investigating the impacts of anthropogenic activities on animals, and how research can improve our ability to understand and mitigate the effects.

ECR Spotlight - Brian Whyte.

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year, but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the 'comparative' approach. Brian Whyte is an author on ' The role of body size and cuticular hydrocarbons in the desiccation resistance of invasive Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)', published in JEB. Brian conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Neil Tsutsui's lab at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Abel Bernadou at the Research Center on Animal Cognition, Center for Integrative Biology, CNRS - Université Paul Sabatier, France, investigating how animals recognize friend from foe and other social categories.

ECR Spotlight – Brittney G. Borowiec

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year, but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Brittney G. Borowiec is an author on ‘ Science communication in experimental biology: experiences and recommendations’, published in JEB. Brittney is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Paul Craig in the Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Canada investigating hypoxia tolerance and metabolism of fishes, and is also an established freelance science communicator.

ECR Spotlight – Jennifer Steffen

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Jennifer Steffen is an author on ‘ Combined effects of salinity and intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species efflux in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas’, published in JEB. Jennifer is a PhD candidate in the lab of Prof. Dr Inna Sokolova at the Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Germany, investigating biochemical and molecular physiological adaptations to environmental changes with a special emphasis on mitochondrial functions.

ECR Spotlight – Kristen Jakubowski

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Kristen Jakubowski is an author on ‘ Non-linear properties of the Achilles tendon determine ankle impedance over a broad range of activations in humans’, published in JEB. Kristen conducted the research described in this article while a PhD candidate in Eric J. Perreault and Sabrina S. M. Lee's lab at Northwestern University, USA. She is now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Lena H. Ting and Gregory S. Sawicki at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, investigating an individual's neuromuscular control and their interactions with robotic devices and evaluating how devices can be designed and controlled to restore and augment human mobility.

From Tovaangar to the University of California, Los Angeles

In 2019, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) celebrated its centennial year with little public recognition of the Gabrieliño-Tongva and Tovaangar, the original inhabitants of the region known as the Los Angeles Basin. Reflecting on this occasion, this paper considers UCLA’s relationship to the invasion and colonization of California, adding to the growing body of research examining the history of chattel slavery and Indigenous dispossession in the establishment of US higher education. Focusing on lands occupied by the UCLA campus, this article tracks the movement of communally stewarded lands of the Gabrieliño-Tongva over three waves of colonialism: Spanish missionaries’ illegal seizure of lands to construct Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in 1771, privatization of lands into ranchos under Mexican governance after 1821, and the subdivision and sale of lands under US rule after 1850. (Re)storying this narrative, this article documents the unsevered link between the original inhabitants of Tovaangar and UCLA to underscore the need for postsecondary institutions to confront their colonial inheritance and reorient responsibilities that fortify the futures of California Native nations.

ECR Spotlight – Cristian Riveros-Matthey

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Cristian Riveros-Matthey is an author on ‘ The effects of crank power and cadence on muscle fascicle shortening velocity, muscle activation and joint-specific power during cycling’, published in JEB. Cristian is a PhD student in the lab of Timothy J. Carroll at The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, investigating self-selected movement patterns under optimal control theory.

Berger Paints celebrates centennial year with record sales

Berger Paints celebrates centennial year with record sales

ECR Spotlight – Chloe Fouilloux

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year, but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Chloe Fouilloux is an author on ‘ Visual environment of rearing sites affects larval response to perceived risk in poison frogs’, published in JEB. Chloe Fouilloux is a PhD researcher in the lab of Bibiana Rojas at University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland, investigating the evolutionary ecology of animals, especially with respect to decision-making and social relationships.

ECR Spotlight – Janneke Schwaner

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology during our centenary year but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Janneke Schwaner is an author on ‘ Muscle force–length dynamics during walking over obstacles indicates delayed recovery and a shift towards more strut-like function in birds with proprioceptive deficit’, published in JEB. Janneke is a post-doctoral scholar in the lab of Dr Monica Daley at University of California, Irvine, USA, investigating how we navigate complex terrain.