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Block, Barbara A. |
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Stanford University |
| Primary Field
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Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Secondary Field
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Environmental Sciences and Ecology |
 Election Citation
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Block’s studies on large pelagic fish span from genomics & physiology to the development and deployment of electronic tags to understand marine predator movement in the ocean realm. |
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Research Interests
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Dr. Block’s research explores the organismal, cellular and molecular physiology of endothermy, thermogenesis and cardiac function in highly migratory fishes such as tunas, sharks and billfishes. Her work investigates the intersection of organismal metabolism, muscle physiology, locomotion, movement ecology and environmental fitness. She has pioneered the development and deployment of electronic tags on fish and sharks that log their movements, energetics and thermal physiology at the scale of oc |
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