Alexander Blanke

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Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

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Professor Alexander Blanke is a faculty member at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany. His research areas encompass biomechanics, sensory biology, and the ecological impacts of microplastics, as evidenced by his recent articles on campaniform sensilla in hexapods, bio-inspired filtration systems, and insect morphology. His work contributes to a deeper understanding of the mechanics of animal function and adaptation within diverse ecosystems.

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Mikromanipulator-Rasterelektronenmikroskop (MREM)

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Fieldemmission Scanning Electron Microscope with micro-manipulators, sample lock and EDX

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Development of a bioinspired filtration system

Open Date: 2021-01-01

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NeuroNex: Communication, Coordination, and Control in Neuromechanical Systems (C3NS)

Open Date: 2020-01-01

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The mechanical evolution from biting-chewing to piercing-sucking in insects

Open Date: 2018-02-01

Close Date: 2023-01-31

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Ansgar Büschges

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A parametric finite element model of leg campaniform sensilla in Drosophila to study campaniform sensilla location and arrangement

An overview of campaniform sensilla arrangement and location on hexapod legs

The diversity of biological models for bio-inspired aerosol filters

Linking shape conspicuous asymmetry with shape covariation patterns and performance in the insect head and mandibles

A bite force database of 654 insect species

Retention of microplastics by biofilms and their ingestion by protists in rivers

A comparison of dissection and 3D approaches to estimate muscle physiological cross-sectional area, validated by <i>in vivo</i> bite forces

Diversity of filter feeding and variations in cross-flow filtration of five ram-feeding fish species

forceX and forceR: A mobile setup and r package to measure and analyse a wide range of animal closing forces

Ultra high-resolution biomechanics suggest that substructures within insect mechanosensors decisively affect their sensitivity

A previously unknown feeding mode in millipedes and the convergence of fluid feeding across arthropods

Suspension feeders: diversity, principles of particle separation and biomimetic potential

Ovipositor and mouthparts in a fossil insect support a novel ecological role for early orthopterans in 300 million years old forests

Juvenile ecology drives adult morphology in two insect orders

First steps toward suctorial feeding in millipedes: Comparative morphology of the head of the Platydesmida (Diplopoda: Colobognatha)

Neuromodulation Can Be Simple: Myoinhibitory Peptide, Contained in Dedicated Regulatory Pathways, Is the Only Neurally-Mediated Peptide Modulator of Stick Insect Leg Muscle

Neuromodulation can be simple: myoinhibitory peptide, contained in dedicated regulatory pathways, is the only neurally-mediated peptide modulator of stick insect leg muscle.

Location and arrangement of campaniform sensilla in Drosophila melanogaster.

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Ansgar Büschges

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