Internship duration: 5-6 months. Suitable for a M2 internship or an internship during a
year off.
Salary: about 550 Euros/month (“gratification”)
Project title: Ant’s efficiency : a biomechanical approach
RESEARCH TEAMS
Collective Animal Behavior (Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale)
Host institution: Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI)
Website: http://cbi-toulouse.fr/fr/
INFORMATION ON THE RESEARCH PROJECT
Description of the project:
Our project aims at appling a biomechanical approach (CRCA) to understand the efficiency of locomotion in two ant species Messor Barbarus and Cataglyphis Velox. The first one is known to carry heavy loads (10 times its own weight) and the second one to run very fast (100 times its own length per second). For this purpose we need to quantify the kinematic parameters and to estimate the inertia characteristics of the ant’s body segments. We will assess the kinematics using a high frequency macro videorecoding that has been specially designed in the CRCA for the 3D analysis of gait in insect. The inertia characteristics will be estimated from modelization based on microscopic views (and/or computed tomography) of the different segments.
References :
Techniques that will be used by the student: 3D video recording, video analysis technique, 3D reconstruction, maintenance of ants stocks
year off.
Salary: about 550 Euros/month (“gratification”)
Project title: Ant’s efficiency : a biomechanical approach
RESEARCH TEAMS
Collective Animal Behavior (Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale)
Host institution: Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI)
Website: http://cbi-toulouse.fr/fr/
INFORMATION ON THE RESEARCH PROJECT
Description of the project:
Our project aims at appling a biomechanical approach (CRCA) to understand the efficiency of locomotion in two ant species Messor Barbarus and Cataglyphis Velox. The first one is known to carry heavy loads (10 times its own weight) and the second one to run very fast (100 times its own length per second). For this purpose we need to quantify the kinematic parameters and to estimate the inertia characteristics of the ant’s body segments. We will assess the kinematics using a high frequency macro videorecoding that has been specially designed in the CRCA for the 3D analysis of gait in insect. The inertia characteristics will be estimated from modelization based on microscopic views (and/or computed tomography) of the different segments.
References :
Techniques that will be used by the student: 3D video recording, video analysis technique, 3D reconstruction, maintenance of ants stocks
Required skills: data analysis techniques (R, Matlab)
SUPERVISION:
Pierre MORETTO, Vincent FOURCASSIE
E-mail: pierre.moretto@univ-tlse3.fr, vincent.fourcassie@univ-tlse3.fr
Web page: http://cbi-toulouse.fr/fr/equipe-fourcassie,
SUPERVISION:
Pierre MORETTO, Vincent FOURCASSIE
E-mail: pierre.moretto@univ-tlse3.fr, vincent.fourcassie@univ-tlse3.fr
Web page: http://cbi-toulouse.fr/fr/equipe-fourcassie,