{"600632":{"#nid":"600632","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Invisible Underwater Messaging System in Blue Crab Urine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMud crabs are a favorite snack for blue crabs. But when blue crabs pee in the water while searching for food, it sends their prey a warning: \u003Cem\u003EBetter hide or urine trouble.\u003C\/em\u003E (Sorry, we couldn\u0026#39;t resist.) Researchers have known that chemicals in crab urine scare mud crabs, but couldn\u0026#39;t identify the offending chemicals \u0026mdash; until now, thanks to a new Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2018\/01\/03\/1713901115\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E co-led by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/julia-kubanek\u0022\u003EJulia Kubanek\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in both the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/marc-weissburg\u0022\u003EMarc Weissburg\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences. The findings could lead to better management of crab and oyster fisheries, and may even help target pollutants that upset marine life. Kubanek is also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/leadership\u0022\u003EAssociate Dean for Research\u003C\/a\u003E for the College of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2018-01-10 19:31:40","changed_gmt":"2018-01-10 19:37:51","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Extension of Self","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/08\/science\/blue-crabs-urine-mud-crabs.html","dateline":{"date":"2018-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"600633":{"id":"600633","type":"image","title":"Julia Kubanek","body":null,"created":"1515612813","gmt_created":"2018-01-10 19:33:33","changed":"1515612813","gmt_changed":"2018-01-10 19:33:33","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228964","name":"KUBANEK DSC_4396.2017.square1.200.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/KUBANEK%20DSC_4396.2017.square1.200.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/KUBANEK%20DSC_4396.2017.square1.200.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":41227,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/KUBANEK%20DSC_4396.2017.square1.200.jpg?itok=g1oSPdD7"}},"590672":{"id":"590672","type":"image","title":"Marc Weissburg","body":null,"created":"1492633326","gmt_created":"2017-04-19 20:22:06","changed":"1492633326","gmt_changed":"2017-04-19 20:22:06","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225035","name":"Marc Weissburg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Marc%20Weissburg.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Marc%20Weissburg.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":26101,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Marc%20Weissburg.jpg?itok=NfxijZjX"}}},"media_ids":["600633","590672"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"4647","name":"Julia Kubanek"},{"id":"65601","name":"Marc Weissburg"},{"id":"176723","name":"blue crabs"},{"id":"176712","name":"crab urine"},{"id":"176724","name":"signaling chemicals"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}