Dr. Jacqueline F. Webb

Associate Professor of Biology

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Information for Prospective Research Students

Butterflyfish Project

**Symposium: Zebrafish in Comparative Context**

NOTE: The Webb Lab is moving to the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Rhode Island on August 1, 2006.

Positions for Ph.D. students, a Post-Doc and a Lab Technician will be available in Fall '06 or Spring '07.

For inquiries: jacqueline_webb@mail.uri.edu

Research Interests and Current Projects:

• Evolution and Development of the Mechanosensory Lateral Line System of Fishes

Post-Embryonic Development of the Lateral Line System of the Zebrafish, Danio rerio (Developmental Dynamics, 2003)

Comparative development of the lateral line system in teleost fishes

• Evolution and Functional Morphology of the Lateral Line System

Biomechanics, Bioacoustics and Behavioral Significance of the Laterophysic Connection, a Novel Swim Bladder-Lateral Line Connection, in Coral Reef Butterflyfishes (supported by NSF grant, 2002-2006, in collaboration with Dr. Tim Tricas, Univ. Hawaii)

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