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2024
Fish couple forecasting with feedback control to chase and capture moving prey
Martin BT, Sparks D, Hein AM, Liao JC
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (in press).
Towards the Yin and Yang of fish locomotion: linking energetics, ecology, and mechanics through field and lab approaches
Liao JC
The Journal of Experimental Biology (in press).
Body length determines flow refuging for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) behind wing dams
Dial TR, Collins LA, Liao JC, Tobalske BW
Journal of Experimental Biology 227:15
Kinematics and muscle activity of pectoral fins in rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss) station holding in turbulent flow
Gibbs BJ, Akanyeti O, Liao JC
Journal of Experimental Biology 227: 5.
Fantastic beasts and how to study them: rethinking experimental animal behavior
Ding SS, Fox JL, Gordus A, Abhilasha J, Liao JC, Scholz M
Journal of Experimental Biology 227: 4.
Swimming kinematics of rainbow trout behind cylinder arrays: the effect of vortex street periodicity and turbulence kinetic energy
Sparks D, Rajeev E, Canestrelli A, Liao JC
bioRxiv
2023
Anion efflux mediates transduction in hair cells of zebrafish lateral line
Lunsford ET, Bobkov YV, Ray BC Liao JC, Strother JA
PNAS 120:52
Recording central nervous system responses of freely-swimming marine and freshwater fishes with a customizable, implantable AC differential amplifier
Gibbs BJ, Strother JA, Liao JC
Journal of Neuroscience Methods 391: 109850.
2022
Evolutionary convergence of a neural mechanism in the cavefish lateral line system
Lunsford ET, Paz A, Keene AC, Liao JC
eLife 11: e77387.
Cavefish focus on which way the water flows
Fish swimming efficiency
Liao JC
Current Biology 32: R589-R683.
Fish-inspired segment models for undulatory steady swimming
Akanyeti O, Di Santo V, Goerig E, Wainwright DK, , Liao JC, Castro-Santos T
Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 17: 046007.
2021
Convergence of undulatory swimming kinematics across a diversity of fishes
Di Santo V, Goerig E, Wainwright DK, Akanyeti O, Liao JC, Castro-Santos T, Lauder GV
PNAS 188(49): e2113206118.
Corollary discharge enables proprioception from lateral line sensory feedback
Skandalis DA, Lunsford ET, and Liao JC
PLOS Biology 19(10): e3001420.
The philosophy of outliers: reintegrating rare events into biological science
Cook CN, Freeman AR, Liao JC, Mangiamele LA.
Integrative and Comparative Biology 6(1): 2191-2198.
Body caudal undulation measured by soft sensors and emulated by soft artificial muscles
Schwab F, Lunsford ET, Hong T, Wiesemuller F, Kovac M, Park YL, Akanyeti O, Liao JC, Jusufi A.
Integrative and Comparative Biology 61(5): 1955-1965.
Activity of posterior lateral line afferent neurons during swimming in zebrafish
Lunsford ET and Liao JC
Journal of Visual Experiments 168(e62233).
A numerical study of fish adaption behaviors in complex environments with a deep reinforcement learning and immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method
Zhu Y, Tian FB, Young J, Liao JC, and Lai JCS
Scientific Reports 11(1691).
2020
An algorithmic approach to natural behavior
Hein AM, Altshuler DL, Liao JC, Martin BT, and Taylor GK
Current Biology 30(11), R663-R675.
Oxygen consumption of drift-feeding rainbow trout: the energetic tradeoff between locomotion and feeding in flow
Johansen JL, Akanyeti O, and Liao JC
Journal of Experimental Biology 223, jeb220962
2019
Efferent modulation of spontaneous lateral line activity during and after zebrafish motor commands
Lunsford ET, Skandalis DA, and Liao JC
Journal of Neurophysiology 122(6), 2438-2448.
The pursuit strategy of predatory blue fish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
McHenry MJ, Johansen JL, Soto AP, Free BA, Paley DA, and Liao JC
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286(1897), 20182934.
2018
Head width influences flow sensing by the lateral line canal system in fishes
Yanagitsuru YR, Akanyeti O, and Liao JC
Journal of Experimental Biology 221(21), jeb180877.
Behavior, Electrophysiology, and Robotics Experiments to Study Lateral Line Sensing in Fishes
Haehnel-Taguchi M, Akanyeti O, and Liao JC
Journal of Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(5), 874-883.
2017
Fish Swimming in a Karman Vortex Street: Kinematics, Sensory Biology, and Energetics
Liao JC and Akanyeti O
Marine Technology Society Journal 51(5), 48-55.
Accelerating fishes increase propulsive efficiency by modulating vortex ring geometry
Akanyeti O, Putney J, Yanagitsuru Y, Lauder G, Stewart W, and Liao JC
PNAS 114(52), 13828-13833.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705968115
Computational analysis of vortex dynamics and performance enhancement due to body-fin and fin-fin interactions on fish-like locomotion
Liu G, Ren Y, Dong H, Akanyeti O, Liao JC and Lauder GV
J. Fluid Mechanics 829, 65-88
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2017.533
A non-toxic dose of cobalt chloride blocks hair cells of the zebrafish lateral line
Stewart WJ, Johansen JL, and Liao JC
Hearing Research 350, 17-21
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2017.04.001
2016
Refuging rainbow trout selectively exploit flows behind tandem cylinders
Stewart WJ, Tian F, Akanyeti O, Walker CJ, and Liao JC
Journal of Experimental Biology 219, 2182-2191
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.140475. Accepted for Outstanding Paper Prize
Synaptic Ribbons Require Ribeye for Electron Density, Proper Synaptic Localization, and Recruitment of Calcium Channels
Lv C, Stewart WJ, Akanyeti O, Frederick C, Zhu J, Santos-Sacchi J, Sheets L, Liao JC, and Zenisek D
Cell Reports 15, 1-12
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.05.045
Fish optimize sensing and locomotion during undulatory swimming
Akanyeti O, Thornycroft PJM, Lauder GV, Yanagitsuru YR, Peterson AN, and Liao JC
Nature Communications 11044
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11044
2015
Lateral line layout correlates with the differential hydrodynamic pressure on swimming fish
Ristroph L, Liao J, and Zhang J
Physical Review Letters 114, 018102
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.018102
2014
Frequency response properties of primary afferent neurons in the posterior lateral line system of larval zebrafish
Levi R, Akanyeti O, Ballo A, and Liao JC
Journal of Neurophysiology113(2), 657-668
DOI:10.1152/jn.00414.2014
Afferent and motor neuron activity in response to single neuromast stimulation in the posterior lateral line of larval zebrafish
Haehnel-Tagushi H, Akanyeti O, and Liao JC
Journal of Neurophysiology112, 1329-1339
DOI:10.1152/jn.00274.2014
Functional Architecture in Lateral Line Afferent Neurons.
Liao JC
Flow Sensing in Air and Water: Behavioral, Neural and Engineering Principles of Operation Bleckman, Mogdans & Coombs (Eds.). New York: Springer, 319-331.
2013
The Hydrodynamics of Flow Sensing
McHenry, M.J. & Liao, J.C.
Springer Handbook of Auditory Research 48: The Lateral Line S. Coombs and H. Bleckman (Eds.), New York: Springer.
DOI: 10.1007/2506_2013_13
A kinematic model of Kármán gaiting in rainbow trout
Akanyeti O, Liao JC
Journal of Experimental Biology 216, 4666-4677
DOI:10.1242/jeb.093245
The effect of flow speed and body size on Kármán gait kinematics in rainbow trout
Akanyeti O, Liao JC
Journal of Experimental Biology 216, 3442-3449
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.087502
Effects of Turbulence on Fish Swimming in Aquaculture
Liao JC, Cotel A
Swimming Physiology of Fish: Towards Using Exercise to Farm a Fit Fish in Sustainable Aquaculture A.P. Palstra and J.V. Planas (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31049-2_5
2012
Physiology of afferent neurons in larval zebrafish provides a functional framework for lateral line somatotopy.
Liao JC, Haehnel M
Journal of Neurophysiology 107, 2615-2623
DOI:10.1152/jn.01108.2011
Zebrafish Larvae Exhibit Rheotaxis and Can Escape a Continuous Suction Source Using Their Lateral Line.
Olszewski J, Haehenl M, Tagushi M, Liao J
PLoSOne 7(5): e36661.
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0036661
2011
Heterogeneity and dynamics of lateral line afferent innervation during development in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Haehnel M, Taguchi M, Liao JC
The Journal of Comparative Neurology 520, 1376-1386
The IPOS framework: linking fish swimming performance in altered flows from laboratory experiments to rivers.
Lacey, J., Neary, V., Liao, J., Enders, E. and Tritico, H.
River Research and Applications RRA-10-0239.R2.
An efficient immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for the hydrodynamic interaction of elastic filaments.
Fang-Bao Tian, Haoxiang Luo, Luoding Zhu, James C. Liao and Xi-Yun Lu
Journal of Computational Physics. 230, 7266–7283
Rainbow trout consume less oxygen in turbulence: the energetics of swimming behaviors at different speeds.
Masashige Taguchi and James C. Liao
Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 428-1436
2000-2010
Organization and physiology of posterior lateral line afferent neurons in larval zebrafish.
Liao, J.C. (2010)
Biology Letters published online before print February 24, 2010.
Shared versus specialized glycinergic spinal interneurons in axial motor circuits of larval zebrafish.
Liao, J.C. and Fetcho, J.R. (2008)
The Journal of Neuroscience 28(48), 12982-92
A review of fish swimming mechanics and behavior in altered flows.
Liao, J.C. (2007)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 362 (1487), 1973-93
Passive propulsion in vortex wakes.
D. N. Beal, F. S. Hover, M. S. Triantafyllou, J. C. Liao & G. V. Lauder (2006)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 549, 385-402
The role of the lateral line and vision on body kinematics and hydrodynamic preference of rainbow trout in turbulent flow.
Liao, J.C. (2006)
The Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 4077-4090
Neuromuscular control of fish swimming in a vortex street: implications for energy economy.
Liao, J.C. (2004)
The Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 3495-3506
Fish exploiting vortices use less muscle.
Liao, J. C., Beal, D. N., Lauder, G.V., and Triantafyllou, M.S. (2003)
Science 302, 1566-1569. (cover article)
The Kármán gait; novel kinematics of rainbow trout swimming in a vortex street.
Liao, J. C., Beal, D. N., Lauder, G.V., and Triantafyllou, M.S. (2003)
The Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 1059-1073. (cover article)
Swimming in needlefish: anguilliform locomotion with fins.
Liao, J. C. (2002)
The Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 2875-2884
Function of the heterocercal tail in white sturgeon: flow visualization during steady swimming and vertical maneuvering.
Liao, J. and Lauder, G.V. (2000)
The Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 3585-3594