Miscellaneous Videos

High Speed videography and video analysis are one of the research tools used by the Patek Lab when studying the mechanics of movement. Below are a selection of videos used in past research.
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    The spore release of the jelly fungus, Auricularia auricula

    The extremely rapid coalescence of the Buller's drop onto the spore allows the spore to fire rapidly from its sterigma (stem). This video was filmed at 20,000 frames per second and features the jelly fungus, Auricularia auricula...

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    A fungal spore release of the yeast Itersonilia perplexans

    This video (filmed at 100,000 frames per second, played back at 1 frame per second) shows "Buller's drop" which provides the surface tension energy necessary to fire the microscopic spore (approximately 10 microns length) from its stem (...