The Schwalbe Lab
Sensory Biology and Biomechanics
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News & Updates
Summer 2024
Shrija, Jeremy, and Hridey presented two posters at the ASPET-GLC 2024 Conference at Rosaline Franklin University in June 2024.
Shrija present a poster at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Seattle, WA in January 2024.
Summer 2023
Anais and Jeremy present at the 2023 Richter Symposium Option II!
2023 Student Symposium
Jia and Kyle presented a poster on their project!
Shrija presented a poster on her project!
2022 Robert B. Glassman Memorial Brain, Mind, and Behavior Symposium
Alyssa, Jia, and Kyle present on their project!
Shrija presents a poster on her project!
Summer 2022
Jia and Kyle present at the 2022 Richter Scholar Symposium II!
New Lab Members! Alyssa, Kyle, and Jia begin working on silver hatchetfish swimming behavior, Shrija continues experiments on bumblebee goby sensory systems, and Gabrielle investigates hair cell death in lateral line system neuromasts.
Spring 2022
Kylie and Kerry graduate!
Reed gives his poster at the Student Symposium!
New paper Published
Mekdara, P. J., Tirmizi, S., Schwalbe, M. A. B., & Tytell, E. D. (2022). Comparison of aminoglycoside antibiotics and cobalt chloride for ablation of the lateral line system in giant danios. Integrative Organismal Biology, 4(1), obac012.
Summer 2021
From left to right: Margot Schwalbe, Kerry Mullen '22, Violet Anderson '23, Djina Jovanovic '23, and Reed Connor '22.
Violet and Djina presenting at the Richter Scholar Symposium (Option II) on Zoom.
Back in business!
Violet Anderson '23, Reed Connor '22, Djina Jovanovic '23, and Kerry Mullen '22 joined the lab. Violet and Djina investigated lateral line mediated prey detection behavior in gobies, Kerry studied feeding behavior in hatchet fish, and Reed carried the torch on the bluegill turbulence project.
Spring 2021
New paper Published
Mekdara, P. J., Nasimi, F., Schwalbe, M. A., & Tytell, E. D. (2021). Tail beat synchronization during schooling requires a functional posterior lateral line system in giant danios, Devario aequipinnatus. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icb/icab071/6274905
Spring 2020
Hannah Stinson '20 gives an oral presentation at the annual meeting for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Austin, TX (Jan 3-7, 2020).
Summer 2019
Kylie presenting at the Richter Scholar Symposium (Option II).
From left to right: Kylie Morgan '22, Hannah Stinson '20, Bodie Schwalbe, and Margot Schwalbe, PhD.
Hannah Stinson '20 and Kylie Morgan '22 join the lab to study how sensory systems influence fish swimming in turbulence.
New paper Published
Schwalbe, M. A., Boden, A. L., Wise, T. N., & Tytell, E. D. (2019). Red muscle activity in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus during forward accelerations. Scientific reports, 9(1), 8088.
Spring 2019
Margot traveled to Tampa, FL to attend the annual meeting of the Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology.
Fall 2018
New paper Published
Wise, T. N., Schwalbe, M. A., & Tytell, E. D. (2018). Hydrodynamics of linear acceleration in bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(23), jeb190892.
The Schwalbe Lab begins at Lake Forest College!