MRI: Acquisition of a High-speed Camera System to Record Animal Movements in Three Dimensions

位于弗雷斯诺的加州州立大学正在接受美国国家科学基金会的资助，建立一个3D运动工作室来研究生物运动。这项研究将由大学教授Ulrike Müller指导。拟建的设施将包括五台高速数码相机，以前所未有的细节记录动物和植物的运动。 映射运动是至关重要的发现推进系统，肌肉性能，控制功能沿着与理解综合行为，如捕食者-猎物的相互作用。 该设施将用于研究飞行昆虫，游泳鱼类和吸力诱捕食肉水生植物。该设施将记录、跟踪和模拟生物体在三维空间中的位置和形状，例如鱼在转弯时如何弯曲。 主要的研究问题是：（1）生物体如何在转弯、跳跃、打斗、起飞或进食时提供动力和控制它们的运动？(2)生物体是如何变化的？的结构特性和感觉反馈影响控制和性能？三维运动工作室将是第一个这样的设施在中央加州地区和西班牙裔服务机构。 该设施是广泛的跨学科教学和研究活动的核心：它将为11个学生研究项目提供服务，每学期在CSU弗雷斯诺的生物，化学和计算机科学系至少开设两门课程;它还将为11名科学家提供国家和国际合作。

California State University at Fresno is recieving funding from the National Science Foundation for a 3D-motion studio to study bio-locomotion. The research will be directed by University Professor Ulrike Müller. The proposed facility will comprise five digital high-speed cameras to record animal and plant motion in unprecedented detail. Mapping motion is vital to discovering propulsion systems, muscle performance, and control features along with understanding integrative behaviors such as predator-prey interactions. The facility will be employed to study flying insects, swimming fish and suction-trapping carnivorous water plants. The facility will record, track and model the position and shape of an organism in three-dimensional space, e.g. how fish bend while turning. The main research questions are: (1) How do organisms power and control their motion during turns, leaps, fights, take-offs, or feeding strikes? (2) How do changes in the organism?s structural properties and sensory feedback affect control and performance?The 3D-motion studio will be the first such facility in the Central California region and at a Hispanic-serving institution. The facility is at the heart of a wide range of cross-disciplinary teaching and research activities: it will serve 11 student research projects and at least two courses each semester in the Departments of Biology, Chemistry and Computer Science at CSU Fresno; it will also serve 11 scientists in national and international collaborations.