Automated visual tracking for studying the ontogeny of zebrafish swimming (2008)
Fontaine, E., Lentink, D., Kranenbarg, S., Müller, U.K., Barr, A.H., ...
The zebrafish Danio rerio is a widely used model organism in studies of genetics, developmental biology, and recently, biomechanics. In order to quantify changes in swimming during all stages of...
The fast muscle fibres in the anterior trunk of teleost fish are primarily responsible for large amplitude undulatory swimming motions. Previous theoretical studies suggested that the near-helical...
Retinoic acid and Cyp26b1 are critical regulators of osteogenesis in the axial skeleton (2008)
Spoorendonk, K.M., Peterson-Maduro, J., Renn, J., Trowe, T., Kranenbarg, S., Winkler, C., ...
Retinoic acid (RA) plays important roles in diverse biological processes ranging from germ cell specification to limb patterning. RA ultimately exerts its effect in the nucleus, but how RA levels are...
Local biophysical stimuli and chondroid bone in lordotic vertebrae of the sea bass (2006)
The skeleton of the acanthopterygian sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) normally consists of acellular bone. Individuals with a spinal deformity called lordosis, however, display chondroid bone at...
Decreased muscle activity alters development of myotomal muscle (2006)
The fast muscle fibres that form the bulk of muscle tissue in teleost fish are used in fast escape and attack responses. In adult fish, the fast fibres are arranged in a pseudo-helical pattern that...
Schipper, H., Huising, M.O., Kranenbarg, S.
Mechanical load is an important factor in the differentiation of cells and tissues. To investigate the effects of increased mechanical load on development of muscle and bone, zebrafish were subjected...
Kranenbarg, S., Schipper, H., Samallo, J., Franssen, H.
Genome and gene duplications are considered to be the impetus to generate new genes, as the presence of multiple copies of a gene allows for paralogues to adopt novel function. After at least two...
Adaptive bone formation in acellular vertebrae of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) (2005)
Mammalian bone is an active tissue in which osteoblasts and osteoclasts balance bone mass. This process of adaptive modelling and remodelling is probably regulated by strain-sensing osteocytes. Bone...
Kranenbarg, S., Schipper, H., Samallo, J., Franssen, H.
Genome and gene duplications are considered to be the impetus to generate new genes, as the presence of multiple copies of a gene allows for paralogues to adopt novel function. After at least two...
The present paper discusses the effects of decreased muscle activity (DMA) on embryonic development in the zebrafish. Wild-type zebrafish embryos become mobile around 18 h post-fertilisation, long...
Lordotic vertebrae in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) are adapted to increased loads (2005)
Kranenbarg, S., Waarsing, J.H., Muller, M., Weinans, H.
Lordosis in fish is an abnormal ventral curvature of the vertebral column, accompanied by abnormal calcification of the afflicted vertebrae. Incidences of lordosis are a major problem in aquaculture...
Solving spinal deformity problems in Mediterranean sea bass (2005)
Stickland, N.C., Koumoundouros, G., Sfakianakis, D.G., Georgakopoulos, E., Papadakis, G., Divanach, P., ...
Editorial: Power at the tip of the tongue (2004)
The chameleon captures insects by unleashing its long sticky tongue with astonishing acceleration and accuracy. In their Perspective, Müller and Kranenbarg reveal the chameleon's secret: a tongue...
Modelling the soft-body mechanisms of snake tongues, larval fish and primitive chordates (2004)
Mallatt, J., Müller, U.K., Kranenbarg, S.
We developed a simulation model for soft tissues that undergo large deformations. The mass distribution of the tissue is represented by a series of point masses that are interconnected by tensile...
Suitable habitats for 0-group fish in rehabilitated floodplains along the lower River Rhine (2003)
Grift, R.E., Buijse, A.D., Machiels, M.A.M., Kranenbarg, S., Breteler, J.P.K., ...
The suitability of rehabilitated floodplains along the lower River Rhine for rheophilic cyprinids was assessed by investigating the spatial distribution of 0-group fish among, and within, three newly...
Oxygen Balance for Small Organisms: an Analytical Model (2002)
Gielen, J.L.W., Kranenbarg, S.
An analytical model is developed that describes oxygen transport and oxygen consumption for small biological structures without a circulatory system. Oxygen inside the organism is transported by...
Oxygen diffusion in fish embryos (2002)
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Consequences of forced convection for the constraints on size and shape in embryos (2001)
Kranenbarg, S., Verhagen, J.H.G., Muller, M.
Previously, predictions of the maximum size of biological objects based on oxygen availability have been made for both zero and infinite water velocity around the object. In reality, however, water...
Physical constraints on body size in vertebrate embryos (2000)
Kranenbarg, S., Muller, M., Gielen, J.L.W., Verhagen, J.H.G.
Physical constraints on body size in teleost embryos (2000)
Kranenbarg, S., Muller, M., Gielen, J.L.W., Verhagen, J.H.G.
All members of the subphylum "Vertebrata" display the characteristics of the vertebrate body plan. These characteristics become apparent during the phylotypic period, in which all vertebrate embryos...
Sanz, J.J., Kranenbarg, S., Tinbergen, J.M.
1. In birds with bi-parental care, handicapping is often assumed to decrease the amount of parental care of the handicapped partner. We discuss how handicapping could alter the shape of the...
Inland-strayed Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus victim of Goshawk Accipiter gentilis (1999)
Physical constraints on body size in vertebrate embryos (1999)
Kranenbarg, S., Muller, M., Gielen, J.L.W., Verhagen, J.H.G.
Physical constraints in early embryonic life (1999)
Kranenbarg, S., Muller, M., Gielen, J.L.W., Verhagen, J.H.G.