{"id":4845,"date":"2022-03-14T19:39:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T19:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2022-10-07T19:40:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:40:25","slug":"do-spider-egg-sacs-protect-against-desiccation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/2022\/03\/14\/do-spider-egg-sacs-protect-against-desiccation\/","title":{"rendered":"Do spider egg sacs protect against desiccation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">[Past Projects]<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h2>Dr. Todd Blackledge and Kate Karkosiak<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4131\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2022\/03\/Spider1TM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2022\/03\/Spider1TM.jpg 678w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2022\/03\/Spider1TM.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSpiders\u2019 egg sacs are woven from multiple types of spider silk and offer protection to developing embryos and spiderlings. There is extreme diversity among egg sacs across species in shape, color, texture, and habitat, and little is currently known about how these variations affect spider development.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"292\" class=\"wp-image-4135\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2022\/03\/Spider3TM.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2022\/03\/Spider3TM.png 428w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2022\/03\/Spider3TM.png?resize=300,205 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nExtreme water loss is one threat to developing spiders that can cause them to desiccate, or dry out. I am studying whether spider egg sac materials protect against desiccation of developing spiders by preventing water from escaping the inside of the egg sac. I would also like to explore which characteristics of the egg sac silk formations contribute to lower or higher transmission rates through the material.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"421\" class=\"wp-image-4139\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2022\/03\/Spider2TM.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2022\/03\/Spider2TM.jpg 534w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2022\/03\/Spider2TM.jpg?resize=300,237 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSkills you will acquire:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li>Knowledge about spider biology and silk<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Experience caring for invertebrate animals<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Knowledge of materials and imaging methods<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Field experience and sample collection<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research experience<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Scientific reading\/writing<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackledgelab.com\">Click here for more information about Dr. Blackledge\u2019s research.<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Past Projects] Dr. Todd Blackledge and Kate Karkosiak Spiders\u2019 egg sacs are woven from multiple types of spider silk and offer protection to developing embryos and spiderlings. There is extreme diversity among egg sacs across species in shape, color, texture, and habitat, and little is currently known about how these variations affect spider development. Extreme &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/2022\/03\/14\/do-spider-egg-sacs-protect-against-desiccation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do spider egg sacs protect against desiccation?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4695,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[125789],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4846,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions\/4846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}