Malcolm Burrows FRS (born 28 May 1943, Luton ) is a British

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, and emeritus professor of zoology at the

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. His area of research specialization is in the neural control of animal behaviour particularly in those of small invertebrates. Some of his research examines the circuitry of neurons, muscles and the mechanics of joints involved in the rapid movements and leaps of insects. Burrows matriculated at

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in 1961, and worked on his PhD under

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at the

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. He then worked with Melvin Cohen at the University of Oregon on the strike mechanisms of mantis shrimps. He also worked with Dennis Willows on crab mouthparts and later worked on locust locomotion at the University of Oxford and at the invitation of

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, moved back to Cambridge. He was an editor at the ''Journal of Experimental Biology.'' He retired as Head of the department of zoology at Cambridge after 15 years in September 2010. He was awarded the Frink Medal in 2004. He published ''The Neurobiology of an Insect Brain'' in 1996.

Works

In 2013, Burrows and Gregory Sutton described the gear mechanism used in the jumping mechanism of nymphs of the bug ''

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''. * "Neural control and coordination of jumping in froghopper insects", ''J Neurophysiology'' 97:320-330 *"Froghopper insects leap to new heights", ''Nature'' 42:509

References

External links

*http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?mb135 *https://web.archive.org/web/20120426002152/http://www.tomwood-art.com/index.aspx?sectionid=1204253&productid=1836770
On insects jumping on waterOn gears in insects
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burrows, Malcolm British zoologists Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of Wolfson College, Cambridge Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Living people 1943 births Professors of Zoology (Cambridge, 1866)