James C. Liao
Department of Biology
University of Florida, The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
James C. Liao is an Associate Professor of biology at the University of Florida and the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, where he is also an Affiliate Professor in the Clayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering and an Affiliate Curator of Ichthyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. His research integrates approaches from engineering, neuroscience and physiology to understand the fundamental principles of animal sensing and locomotion. In particular, he is interested in understanding how fishes behave from the perspective of multiple biological levels, from single neurons to group behavior. James received his B.A. magna cum laude in Biology from Wesleyan University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Biomechanics from Harvard University. He was then an NIH postdoc and Research Associate in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University. He has won research awards from The Society for Experimental Biology and the American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and has been recognized multiple times by the Derek Bok Center for Excellence in Teaching at Harvard.
Synaptic Ribbons Require Ribeye for Electron Density, Proper Synaptic Localization, and Recruitment of Calcium Channels.
Cell reports 06, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27292637
Organization and physiology of posterior lateral line afferent neurons in larval zebrafish.
Biology letters Jun, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20181553
Rainbow trout consume less oxygen in turbulence: the energetics of swimming behaviors at different speeds.
The Journal of experimental biology May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21490251
Heterogeneity and dynamics of lateral line afferent innervation during development in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
The Journal of comparative neurology Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22102005
Physiology of afferent neurons in larval zebrafish provides a functional framework for lateral line somatotopy.
Journal of neurophysiology Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22338025
The effect of flow speed and body size on Kármán gait kinematics in rainbow trout.
The Journal of experimental biology Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23737556
A kinematic model of Kármán gaiting in rainbow trout.
The Journal of experimental biology Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24115054
Afferent and motoneuron activity in response to single neuromast stimulation in the posterior lateral line of larval zebrafish.
Journal of neurophysiology Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24966296
Frequency response properties of primary afferent neurons in the posterior lateral line system of larval zebrafish.
Journal of neurophysiology Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25355959
Lateral line layout correlates with the differential hydrodynamic pressure on swimming fish.
Physical review letters Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25615505
Refuging rainbow trout selectively exploit flows behind tandem cylinders.
The Journal of experimental biology 07, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27445401
A non-toxic dose of cobalt chloride blocks hair cells of the zebrafish lateral line.
Hearing research 07, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28412580
Accelerating fishes increase propulsive efficiency by modulating vortex ring geometry.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 12, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29229818
Behavior, Electrophysiology, and Robotics Experiments to Study Lateral Line Sensing in Fishes.
Integrative and comparative biology 11, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29982706
Head width influences flow sensing by the lateral line canal system in fishes.
The Journal of experimental biology 10, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30194249
Fish Swimming in a Kármán Vortex Street: Kinematics, Sensory Biology and Energetics.
Marine Technology Society journal Sep-Oct, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 30631214
Efferent modulation of spontaneous lateral line activity during and after zebrafish motor commands.
Journal of neurophysiology 12, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31642405
An Algorithmic Approach to Natural Behavior.
Current biology : CB Jun, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32516620
Oxygen consumption of drift-feeding rainbow trout: the energetic tradeoff between locomotion and feeding in flow.
The Journal of experimental biology Jun, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32591340
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