Robin Thandiackal

Postdoctoral fellow: I'm using robotics and computational approaches to answer questions around fish-like locomotion.

[Robin Thandiackal @rthandiackal]

@valedisanto @georgelauder @eLife Thanks Valentina :-)!

[Robin Thandiackal @rthandiackal]

I’m excited to announce that our new paper with @georgelauder is out in @eLife!
We investigated in-line swimming dynamics in live fish by letting them swim behind a flapping foil.
Check out the paper here: https://t.co/JT7CDJeVIY

[georgelauder @georgelauder]

Why might #fish in a #school swim behind one another? A🧵.This question arises because being behind another fish involves #swimming in faster flow. A cyclist can draft because oncoming velocity is reduced. A thrust wake is like a cyclist facing a leader with a large fan.

[Robin Thandiackal @rthandiackal]

Check out https://t.co/eB9V5UxEKq
for a short movie with some fun animations & robot videos of our recent work in @SciRobotics!

Paper: https://t.co/SY0jS1zNq1

[Eric Tytell @EricTytell]

Plus a commentary by @DarwinsDevices and me speculating about how this type of biomechanical tuning might be important for many different types of animal locomotion https://t.co/ysUGWdiBmH

[Robin Thandiackal @rthandiackal]

@georgelauder @KMRoBoTa @BIOROB_EPFL @SciRobotics Thanks so much George! :-)

[Robin Thandiackal @rthandiackal]

Our new paper with @KMRoBoTa, @BIOROB_EPFL and many more is out in @SciRobotics! We show how undulatory swimming patterns can spontaneously emerge based on local force feedback.
(https://t.co/ju7rQ8M1bP)

Check out our interactive data visualization here:
https://t.co/iqSxh9BxC1

[georgelauder @georgelauder]

New paper on #tuna robotics is out! The TunabotFlex system developed by Carl White in @BIERLABS1 @UVA (paper at https://t.co/UDTsR6rUiI) shows high-performance, self-propelled, low cost #swimming with body flexibility and tuna-like kinematics. #locomotion #robot #fish

[Julian Kimura @Kimura_Julian]

My first scientific paper!

Very excited to debut Hofstenia miamia embryos as a brand new model for studying developmental biology in acoels!

https://t.co/4TEyPOg5ML

[georgelauder @georgelauder]

How does the fibrosis response to parasites affect the escape response in #stickleback fishes? @Orang_Hutan_ with @DanielBolnick lab has shown the effects of fibrosis on body stiffness. Our talk at #SICB2021 here: https://t.co/F3h5SbLLoS. #fishsci #locomotion @SICB_DCB_DVM

[Fabio Giardina @fa_gia]

In simple models, the energetic effort of a wheel rolling over obstacles is equivalent to that of a biped walking on flat ground. Is walking nature's invention of the wheel in rugged environments? https://t.co/kgEqJ8wH2b

[Zane Wolf @the_zane_wolf]

Very excited that my first book chapter (and the rest of the book) has been published! #womeninSTEM #softrobotics

https://t.co/v5qngc4NIg

[Srivastava Lab @acoel_hofstenia]

Very excited to see (freshly graduated!) @Aly_sonRamirez ‘s paper on posterior regeneration in Hofstenia is live today!

[Christoph Winter @Christophkw]

Exciting news! We just launched https://t.co/7DysexdPOK! If you are interested in legal priorities research and the protection of future generations, especially with regards to AI, synthetic biology and climate change, follows us @legalpriority .

[Robin Thandiackal @rthandiackal]

@valedisanto @georgelauder Thanks Valentina 😊!

[Robin Thandiackal @rthandiackal]

Excited about our new paper with @georgelauder published in JEB on the turning mechanics of zebrafish. Check it out to see how we used PIV without a laser to estimate the costs of frequently occurring spontaneous turns. (https://t.co/p7jMxLYo11)

[Robin Thandiackal @rthandiackal]

@HikingHack @georgelauder PIV in our field means Particle Image Velocimetry (https://t.co/hKeggqxxQn).

[Harvard Museums of Science & Culture @HarvardMuseums]

We are happy to explore our #ocean theme with the #HMSCconnects #podcast interview “What Can #Sharks Teach Us?” with Marine Biologist Molly Gabler-Smith @molly_gabler (a Postdoc Fellow in @georgelauder's lab at @HarvardOEB). https://t.co/gCxi42Wknd. Image courtesy Stephen Smith.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Some important context for this. ICE actually runs a major portion of the student visa program, what's called the "Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)." So oddly enough it's ICE, not US Citizenship and Immigration Services, that sets rules for students.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

This is bad. ICE just told students here on student visas that if their school is going online-only this fall, the students must depart the United States and cannot remain through the fall semester. https://t.co/8DteVzexLB