Sophia Sordilla

Jan 7, 2025 | nature.com | andrew schulz |Magdalena Plotczyk |Sophia Sordilla |Madeline Boyle |Krishma Singal |Joy Reidenberg | +1 more

AbstractForm-function relationships often have tradeoffs: if a material is tough, it is often inflexible, and vice versa. This is particularly relevant for the elephant trunk, where the skin should be protective yet elastic. To investigate how this is achieved, we used classical histochemical staining and second harmonic generation microscopy to describe the morphology and composition of elephant trunk skin.

Aug 15, 2023 | biorxiv.org | andrew schulz |Magdalena Plotczyk |Sophia Sordilla |Madeline Boyle

AbstractForm-function relationships often have tradeoffs: if a material is tough, it is often inflexible, and vice versa. This is particularly relevant for the elephant trunk, where the skin should be protective yet elastic. To investigate how this is achieved, we used classical histochemical staining and second harmonic generation microscopy to describe the morphology and composition of elephant trunk skin.