at the University of Washington in Seattle

Hydrating in seawater: ion and water balance physiology of fly (mosquito and midge) larvae that have evolved a robust tolerance to salt

Project leads: Elissa Khodikian & Rin Prabhakaran

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Illustration by Dr. Jamie Cochran depicting the two different types of gills that some freshwater amphipod crustaceans have evolved. The large coxal gills are shown in green, and the smaller sternal gills are shown in blue. The illustrations on the left show ultrastructural differences in the epithelial cells of the two gill types.

A comparative study of amphipod crustacean gill morphology and function spanning an evolutionary shift to freshwater systems from the marine environment

Project leads: Dr. Jamie Cochran & Katherine Han

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Fluorescence microscopy image of the spermathecae, the storage organ for sperm after mating, of an adult female mosquito. Immunostaining of an ammonium transporter in the tails of sperm is shown in red, and the nuclei of the sperm cells are shown in blue.

Ammonia transport physiology across the mosquito life cycle: from ammonia sensing to locate a blood meal, to larval development in high ammonia polluted waters like sewage

Project leads: Tori Armitage & Eli Kingman Ohair

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Investigating the physiological innovations underlying the remarkable ecological success of ghost “shrimp” that are a major pest to the shellfish industry in the Pacific Northwest

Project leads: Emma Guerrini Romano & Annika McCarty (alumnus)

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