## In vivo, in silico: Fundulus Grandis Gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis, are small fish that fill the estuaries of Louisiana. In fact, they are everywhere that the rivers meet the seas along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, from Mexico to Nova Scotia. As such, these fish can be used as biosensors providing indicators of toxicity. In collaboration with the research lab of Benjamin Dubansky at LSU, killifish data has been sampled and gone through a process of sonification and musification to create this work. Sonification provides a direct path from data to audio to hear the dynamics of the killifish cardiovascular system. The data is also put through a number of analytical processes which then map onto musical parameters in a process of musification. This work blends both approaches allowing us to musically explore these tiny yet significant animals. In the words of Dr. Dubansky, they are, "an army of sensitive biosensors, guarding our coasts from incoming and domestic chemical threats. Killifish act as beacons for environmental injustice and public health disparity." ## Recording This is a stereo version of the 16-channel piece. <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1956262827&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/allisonic" title="allisonic" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">allisonic</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/allisonic/in-vivo-in-silico-fundulus-grandis" title="In vivo in silico: Fundulus Grandis" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">In vivo in silico: Fundulus Grandis</a></div>