Special Seminar
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
4:00 p.m., Carson Family Auditorium (CRC)
Natasha Mhatre, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
University of Toronto at Scarborough
The Sensory Ecology and Evolutionary Origins of Actively Amplified Mechanotransduction:
From Insects to Algae
Recommended Readings
Empirical Articles
Mhatre, N., Montealegre-Z, F., Balakrishnan, R., & Robert, D. (2012). Changing resonator geometry to boost sound power decouples size and song frequency in a small insect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(22), E1444–E1452. doi:10.1073/pnas.1200192109
Mhatre, N., & Robert, D. (2013). A tympanal insect ear exploits a critical oscillator for active amplification and tuning. Current Biology, 23(19), 1952–1957. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.028
Rajaraman, K., Mhatre, N., Jain, M., Postles, M., Balakrishnan, R., & Robert, D. (2013). Low pass filters and differential tympanal tuning in a paleotropical bushcricket with an unusually low frequency call. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(5), 777–787. doi:10.1242/jeb.078352
Review Paper
Mhatre, N. (2015). Active amplification in insect ears: mechanics, models and molecules. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 201(1), 19–37. doi:10.1007/s00359-014-0969-0
