We then used open source tools (3D Slicer and a new module, Dental Dynamics) to measure the oral jaw bones and quantify metrics for every tooth in the dentition (>4,000 in total)!

We used high resolution microCT scanning to capture the fine morphology of the oral jaws and dentition

Pricklebacks are a group of fishes from the pacific coast that have been extensively studied for their diverse diets, with multiple evolutions of omnivory and herbivory. But we wanted to know how they ate their food, specifically the morphology of their jaws and teeth.

My first PhD chapter is out! How do related fishes adapt to eat different foods? And how do they change as they grow? 🧵 doi.org/10.1002/jmor...

IOB co author @lorenzoemartinez.bsky.social presented at SICB in 2026. His research evaluated the functional strengths and weaknesses of the armor of small #fish, called poachers. news.rhodes.edu/stories/rhod... connect www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzo-m... & read IOB's doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

IOB's co authors donated us of their cover image of doi.org/10.1093/iob/... for use on SIC'S Fine Art America account fineartamerica.com/featured/mic... Profits go to SICB student funds. Pick up some merch for the scientists in your life. #art #tomography #fish #microscopy #science #biology

IOB Just one of the incredible figures from our latest Testing the Limits: Functional Strengths and Weaknesses of Poacher (Agonidae) Armor @lorenzoemartinez.bsky.social et al doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #Science #ecology #tomography #microscopy

IOB "We quantified damage to poacher armor and skeleton under different force modes, including crushing, puncture, abrasion, and blunt impact, using micro-computed #tomography, scanning electron #microscopy, and material testing." by @lorenzoemartinez.bsky.social et al doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

Methods used to study these systems—CT scanning, histology, finite element analysis, & mechanical testing—directly influence how the biological principles of armor are defined and understood. @karlycohen.bsky.social @cmdonatelli.bsky.social @schulzscience.bsky.social et al doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

IOB's latest in issue! Testing the Limits: Functional Strengths and Weaknesses of Poacher (Agonidae) Armor doi.org/10.1093/iob/... @lorenzoemartinez.bsky.social @fishbiomeganist.bsky.social @karlycohen.bsky.social @fishguy.bsky.social @cmdonatelli.bsky.social #science #ecology

Every other summer we run a fish biomechanics course at Friday Harbor Labs. It is an awesome opportunity to learn the tools of biovisualization while experiencing the rich fish diversity of the Salish Sea. Come join us! 🧪

Summer fish class at Friday Harbor Labs 🐟 5 weeks, field + lab, real projects. Open to grads, postdocs, and undergrads. Financial aid available. Apply: February 16, 2026 Reach out to @cmdonatelli.bsky.social @fishguy.bsky.social or @karlycohen.bsky.social with questions! Details in the flyer ⬇️

ICB Form and Function in Mobulids: A Comparative Analysis of Filter #Morphology With #Bioinspiration Applications J B Teeple , news.fullerton.edu/2025/12/biol... S R Kahane-Rapport , K E Cohen , L Hamann , J A Strother , E W M Paig-Tran & read doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #science

ICB Tapered Tiles Modulate Flexibility in Segmented #Armadillo -Inspired Armor Teeple @karlycohen.bsky.social Stankowich , Misty Paig-Tran Donatelli doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #biology #geometry #science

Meet the ICB authors of Tapered Tiles Modulate Flexibility in Segmented #Armadillo -Inspired Armor doi.org/10.1093/icb/... Teeple, @karlycohen.bsky.social Stankowich Paig-Tran @cmdonatelli.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/M9f_E... #Biomechanics #science #biology #fish #sharks #bio-inspired

Have you read ICB's issue 6 yet? with Applied #ecoimmunology in #wildlife health and #conservation & authors @schulzscience.bsky.social @karlycohen.bsky.social Cohen @thomsanger.bsky.social Sanger @cmdonatelli.bsky.social Donatelli Stacy Farina and more! academic.oup.com/icb/issue/65/6

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

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? 🧪🐡

YESSSS @pikaole.bsky.social #GARtwork!!!

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

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. 🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

UPDATE: @garlab.bsky.social is making good progress👍

How 12 UW researchers fell in love with their research bit.ly/4kcgPFt 🧵 3/3 @fishguy.bsky.social @kendallvalentine.bsky.social

Roses are red, Violets are blue, These eggs are toxic, No cavigar for you!

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

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...

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.

More #sicb2025 posters today!! 6 down 2 to go! Fishes and frogs!

Here is an odd bit of #DeskDetritus. An unpaired bone from a walrus. The Os Baculum, or penis bone is called an oosik.

Happening now! Form, function, and mechanics of composites! @schulzscience.bsky.social #SICB2025 #SICBbioinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Now Astrid Layton gets students working on bioinspired design in engineering spaces. #SICB2025 #SICBbioinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Talk number 2 is up at 2:00pm in Marquis C. If you love knitting or elephants you should stop by! #SICB2025

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

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

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

@karlycohen.bsky.social is concluding our #SICBioinspired symposium with a talk about all things armor! #SICB2025

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

We are starting back up again strong with Brian Woronowicz talking about tail movement and function in rats

We are back for our afternoon session! Come join us this afternoon in Marquis C for some more awesome #SICBioinspired talks! #SICB2025

Up now is Jessica Tingle using conceptual frameworks for jump between biology and engineering! #SICB #SICBinspired @sicbjournals.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

How we ask think about our questions has major impacts on the kinds of data we collect and share

Armadillo taper affects are not stiffness, making the whole thing bendy but not too bendy

Sebastian Kruppert talks to us about the importance of soft robotics and how do we make soft materials move #SICB2025 #SICBinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social

@curlybiologist.bsky.social talks to us about denticle morphology and flow! Some denticles in the nose face the wrong way! #SICB2025 #SICBinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Next up is Sarah Bergbreiter improving robotic systems by looking to biology! Looking at neural systems and networks in flight mechanics to build better robots #SICB2025 #SICBinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Starting back up with Julia Teeple talking about the mechanics of Armadillo armor! Join us in Marquis C #SICB2025 #SICBinspired @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Julia Teeple is using #bioinspired models to understand why armadillo tiles have been hexagons for the last 38 million years. Answering complex questions with #SICBioinspired models! #SICB2025

Sarah Berbreiter at @carnegiemellon.bsky.social uses biology as inspiration for some really awesome micro robots and sensors! #SICBioinspired #SICB2025

@curlybiologist.bsky.social is telling us all about 🦈 shark skin! Focusing mostly on the nose looking at how denticles affect flow. #SICBioinspired #SICB2025