{"id":41,"date":"2020-10-05T13:41:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T13:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2021-05-12T20:32:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:32:15","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Collins Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-49\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-20-3 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-49 ml-slider ms-theme-simply-dark has-dots-nav\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_49\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_49\">\n            <ul aria-live=\"polite\" class=\"slides\">\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-54 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Biomechanics-1-1400x700.png\" height=\"700\" width=\"1400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-49 slide-54\" title=\"Biomechanics-1\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Biomechanics<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-55 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/neuro-1-1400x700.png\" height=\"700\" width=\"1400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-49 slide-55\" title=\"neuro-1\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Neurotoxicology<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-56 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pop-1-1400x700.png\" height=\"700\" width=\"1400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-49 slide-56\" title=\"pop-1\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Population Dynamics<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-57 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/science_education-1-1400x700.png\" height=\"700\" width=\"1400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-49 slide-57\" title=\"science_education-1\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Science Education<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group columns\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:19.6%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#74121d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">About Us<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><span style=\"color:#74121d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">We are an interdisciplinary team of researchers studying the role of physical principles for living systems. We focus on two areas: Biomechanics and Neuroethology &amp; -toxicology. We work with freshwater planarians and Hydra. Both organisms are famous for their regenerative capabilities: one can cut them into many pieces and each piece will give rise to an entire new animal!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#74121d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">We use techniques from physics, engineering, and computer science, and combine them with molecular biology methods, to investigate how structure and function influence development, regeneration, physiology, and asexual reproduction (in planarians).&nbsp; If you want to learn more about what we do, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/?page_id=89\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"89\">Research<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color:#74121d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">page or <a href=\"https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/?page_id=219\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"219\">contact us.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Logo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61\" width=\"393\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Logo-1.jpg 966w, https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Logo-1-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sysbiotox-collins.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Logo-1-768x720.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us We are an interdisciplinary team of researchers studying the role of physical principles for living systems. 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