Tag Archive for ‘digestion’

Sodium is necessary to absorb some dietary nutrients

As frogs develop, their intestines become shorter and the cells on the inner lining of the intestine change. Researchers have suspected that these changes help the animals transition from a diet consisting of mainly algae as a tadpole to a carnivorous diet in adulthood. This was the subject of a recent study published in the American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, which examined how the intestine […]

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2023 August Krogh Distinguished Lecturer – Dr. Tobias Wang, Aarhus University

Congratulations to Dr. Tobias Wang (Aarhus University), recipient of the 2023 August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship at the American Physiology Summit. Dr. Wang’s lecture, titled Digesting snakes are a feast for integrative physiology”, was fascinating! This was such a well-deserved honor. In fact, not only did he give a lecture describing his research on the digestive physiology of snakes, but he also gave an invited talk about blood pressure regulation in […]

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Hagfish 101: How to eat a whale from the inside out

The Dr. Dolittle award is given to outstanding graduate students or postdoctoral fellows who are conducting comparative physiology research that they are presenting at the annual Experimental Biology conference. Applicants for the award are asked to submit guest blog posts describing their research. I am very pleased to share this guest blog post from this year’s Dr. Dolittle travel award recipient, Alyssa Weinrauch. Alyssa presented her research today the Experimental […]

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Passing gas

Many children (and adults) find humor in flatulence. If you count yourself among these individuals, then a new book written by zoologist Dani Rabaiotti and ecologist Nick Caruso, coming out in April 2018, is a must-read. The book examines which animals truly pass gas and is aptly titled, “Does it Fart?” No longer will you be limited to only blaming it on the dog or cat. Although you will not […]

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