SICB Division of Comparative Biomechanics (DCB)

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Introduction

The SICB has created a new division for the study of comparative biomechanics. The new division will hold its organizational meeting at the 2007 SICB Annual Meeting in Phoenix. At this time, we will attempt to adopt a set of bylaws. Since we do not yet have an official membership, we will hold elections in the spring of 2007. New officers will assume office at the 2008 meeting. Until then, we accepted volunteers as interim officers. These include: Robert Full, chair; Miriam Ashley-Ross, secretary; Frank Fish, program officer; and Monica Daley, student/postdoc representative.



News & Announcements


Biomechanics Course at Friday Harbor Laboratories

Dear Colleague,

I wish to draw your attention to a new course in Biomechanics, offered at Friday Harbor Laboratories this summer by Emily Carrington (U Washington), Mark Denny (Stanford University), and John Gosline (U British Columbia). The course runs for 5 weeks (June 9-July 12; 9 graduate level credits) and includes opportunities for independent student projects. Applications are due February 1, and late applications will be considered if space is available. More information is provided on the attached flyer (http://sicb.org/divisions/DCB/BiomexFHL2008.pdf); please pass it on to your students and colleagues. Thank you for your assistance.

Best wishes,

Emily Carrington


Meetings

American Society of Biomechanics 2009 Meeting
The abstract submission deadline for the annual American Society of Biomechanics 2009 meeting has been extended!The new deadline will be Friday, April 10 before 4pm CST. Please refer to the following website for both the abstract template and submission. http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/biomechanics/abstracts.html

The American Society of Biomechanics - ASB
With over 800 attendees, the 2008 North American Congress on Biomechanics (NACOB) at the University of Michigan was an overwhelming success. This year Penn State and the American Society of Biomechanics invite all of us to the annual meeting to be held on Penn State's University Park campus from August 26 to 29, 2009. The meeting will feature stimulating scientific sessions, comfortable conference facilities, and various social opportunities in a relaxed, academic setting.


Craniofacial Biomechanics: in vivo to in silico - One Day Symposium
York Medical Society Rooms, York, UK
10th July 2009
Organiser: Sam Cobb, Hull York Medical School UK
This event is sponsored by the Hull York Medical School and the Anatomical Society of Great Britain & Ireland

Central to a number of biological disciplines is an understanding of the relationship between structure and function in the craniofacial skeleton during both development and evolution. Recent advances in the availability of 3D imaging and computing power allow morphologists to use the engineering tools of finite element analysis (FEA) to address previously intractable questions. Biologically meaningful finite element modelling of the craniofacial skeleton however not only requires a diverse array of information ranging from the material properties of foods and craniofacial tissues to in vivo EMG, but also validation and sensitivity tests to assess whether the models adequately approximate reality. This symposium brings together an international group of experts covering this diverse range of topics necessary to model the biomechanics of the craniofacial skeleton.

Speakers:
Stephen Wroe (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Barth Wright (Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, USA)
Callum Ross (University of Chicago, USA)
Emily Rayfield (University of Bristol, UK)
Paul O\u2019Higgins (Hull York Medical School, UK)
Kornelius Kupczik (Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany)
Betsy Dumont (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
Paul Dechow (Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas, USA)
Neil Curtis (University of Hull, UK)
Samuel Cobb (Hull York Medical School, UK)

Further details and registration are available at http://hyms.fme.googlepages.com/asgbisymposium


From the DCB Researchers Database

Tim Higham

Vertebrate locomotion and prey capture
Animals move and capture prey in extremely complex and three-dimensional environments. To be effective, the cohesive function of several complex systems is fundamental. Movement of skeletal elements emerges from the integration of physiology and morphology, and the physiological mechanisms underlying movement involve a complex feedback system that relies on the interaction between the animal and its environment. My research integrates functional morphology, biomechanics, and muscle physiology to elucidate the mechanisms underlying locomotion and feeding in vertebrates. Given that the physiological mechanisms underlying locomotion and feeding have been modified over major evolutionary transitions in vertebrate ecology, I study various aspects of evolutionary adaptation by coupling my mechanical approaches with evolutionary and ecological perspectives. Some current projects include the biomechanics and functional morphology of gecko locomotion, the neural control and biomechanics of tail autotomy in lizards, the functional integration between and within muscles during locomotion, and the integration of locomotion and prey capture in fishes. Research techniques include sonomicrometry, electromyography, digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV), high-speed video, force plates, and histochemistry. Please see my website for more information about the Higham Lab.
http://www.clemson.edu/biosci/Faculty/higham/index.html


Click here for a complete listing of the DIZ Researchers Database.


Officers & Representatives


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Chair 01/2011-01/2013 Sharon Swartz
Chair-Elect 01/2011-01/2013 Mark Denny
Past Chair 01/2011-01/2013 Robert Full
Secretary 01/2012-01/2014 Tim Higham
Program Officer 01/2012-01/2014 Laura Miller
Student/Postdoc Rep. 01/2010-01/2013 Marianne Porter




DCB Memberlist

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Maria Abou Chakra  Max Planck Institute 
Arkhat Abzhanov  Harvard University 
Diane Adams  National Institutes of Health/NIDCR 
Dominique Adriaens  Ghent University 
Peter Aerts  University of Antwerp 
Jerell Aguila  UNLV 
Jeffrey Aguilar   
Anna Ahn  Harvey Mudd College 
Brett Aiello   
Michael Akland  Northern Arizona University 
Monica Albe  Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 
Silas Alben   
Zane Aldworth  UW Biology 
David E. Alexander  University of Kansas Department of EEB 
R. McNeill Alexander  University of Leeds 
Rebecca Allen  Univ of RI 
Douglas Altshuler  University of British Columbia 
Joshua Amiel  Dalhousie University 
Erik Anderson  Grove City College 
Philip Anderson  Univ of Bristol 
David Anderson   
Christopher Anderson  University of South Florida 
Cesar Arenas-Mena  San Diego State 
Eric Armstrong   
Catherine Arnold   
Miriam Ashley-Ross  Wake Forest Univ 
Henry Astley  Brown University 
Kellar Autumn  Lewis Clark College, Biology Dept 
Manny Azizi  University of California, Irv 
Gregory Alan Babbitt  Arizona State University 
Thomas Bachmann  TU Darmstadt 
Marc Badger  University of California, Berkeley 
Jaume Baguna  Universidad de Barcelona Department de Genetica 
Joseph Bahlman  Brown University 
John Bailey  William Carey University 
Jordan Balaban  University of Rhode Island 
Kapil Bambardekar   
Jody Banks   
David Bapst   
Duane Barbano  Northern Arizona University 
Jesse Barber  Colorado State 
Ian Bartol  Old Dominion University 
Tsevi Beatus  Cornell University 
Jim Belanger  West Virginia Univ 
Jennie Lanett Beltran  The George Washington University 
Angela Berg Robertson  University of Houston 
Brittany Bergam  Gonzaga University 
Philip Bergmann  Clark University 
Attila Bergou  Brown University 
Gordon Berman  Princeton University 
Elena Bernick  WA State Univ 
Ashwin Bhandiwad   
Bhart-Anjan Singh Bhullar  Harvard University 
Andrew Biewener  Harvard University 
Audrone Biknevicius  Ohio University 
Wendy J. Binder  Loyola Marymount University 
Susanna Elizabeth Bird   
Ruediger Birenheide   
Aleksandra Birn-Jeffery  Royal Veterinary College 
Cory Bishop  St. Francis Xavier University 
Kristin Bishop  Florida International University 
Janelle Bissell  Hendrix College 
Todd Blackledge  U Akron 
Jusin Blair   
Richard Blob  Clemson University 
Nathaniel Bobbitt  Central Washington University 
Diana Marcela Bolanos   
Greta Bolin   
Michael Boller  Saint John Fisher College 
Niels Bols  U of Waterloo 
Richard Bomphrey  University of Oxford 
Samuel Bonge  Sam Houston State University 
Steven Borish  California State East Bay 
Lydia Bourouiba   
Cecilia Boutry  Univ of Akron 
Melissa Bowlin  University of Michigan-Dearborn 
Mark Bowtell  Royal Veterinary College 
David Bradley   
Elizabeth L. Brainerd  Brown Univ 
Kenneth Breuer  Brown University 
Ashley Kristen Brewington   
Jennie Bright  University of Bristol 
Federico Brown  Universidad de los Andes 
Jeffrey Brown  Univ of Illinois at Urbana 
Ernest Nolan Brownlee  North Texas University 
Frances V Brozozowski  Syracuse University 
John Brubacher  Canadian Mennonite Univ 
Robert Buchwald  UC Berkeley 
Jessica Budke  U of Connecticut 
James Bullock  Univ of Cambridge 
Brett J. Burk   
Amy Burnell  UMass Lowell 
Louis Burnett  College of Charleston 
Morgan Burnette  Wake Forest University 
Michael Burns  University of Alberta 
Michael Butcher  YSU 
Marguerite A. Butler  University of Hawaii 
Nathan J. Butler   
Greg Byrnes  U of Cincinnati 
Margaret Byron   
Chris B Cameron  University de Montreal 
Ariel Camp  Brown University 
Joseph Paul Campanale   
Eric Campos  University of Washington 
Christopher Caprette  Ohio Northern University 
Sharon L Carlisle  University of Oklahoma 
Kristian Carlson  NYCOM 
Ryan Carney  Brown University 
Spencer Carpenter-Carter   
Eugenio Carpizo-Ituarte  IIO/UABC Dept. of Biology 
Jennifer Carr  Northeastern Univ 
Carrie Carreno  Duke University 
David Carrier  Univ of Utah 
Emily Carrington  UW FHL 
Kamali Naomi Carroll  George Washington University 
Edward Catapane  Medgar Evers College 
Brad Chadwell  Guilford College 
Kit Yu Karen Chan  UW Oceanography 
Sofia Chang  UC Berkeley 
Erica Chao   
william chapple  University of Connecticut 
James Che  UC Berkeley 
Ming Chen  U Conn 
Hu Chen  University of Missouri - St Louis 
Jorn Cheney  Brown University 
Kai-Jung Chi  Nat. Chung Hsing Univ., Taiwan 
Il-Gyu Cho   
Udit Choudhury   
Benson Chow   
Katie Chronister   
Bryce Chung  Georgia State University 
Leon Claessens  College of the Holy Cross 
Chris Clark  Peabody Museum, Yale Univ 
Andrew Clark  College of Charleston 
CHRISTOPHER CLARK  UC BERKELEY 
Thomas Claverie  UMASS, Amherst 
Christofer Clemente  Harvard University 
Kari B. Clifton  Mayo Clinic 
Glenna Clifton   
Matthew Close  Lehigh University 
Brittney Racheal Coats  California State University San Bernardino 
Itai Cohen  Cornell University 
Sean P Colin  Roger Williams Univ 
Sean Collins  U Mass Lowell 
Clint Collins  Georgia Southern University 
Stacey Combes  Harvard University 
Mindy Conner  Wake Forest Univ 
Matthew Connors  MIT 
Thomas R Consi  Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 
Steven L. Coon  National Institutes of Health 
Jennifer Copeland   
Lynn Copes   
Joshua Copus  NAU 
Stephen Corda  Univ of Tennessee Space Inst 
Kathy Cosenza  Colorado State University 
David Coughlin  Widener University 
Lewis Cox  Virginia Tech 
Suzanne Cox  Univ. of Massachusettes Amhers 
James Crall  Harvard University 
Kristen Crandell  University of Montana 
Sherine Crawford  Medgar Evers 
Rebecca Morgan Creer   
Stephanie Crofts  UW, Seattle 
Gavin Crynes  Brown University 
Megan Cummins  Lafayette College 
David Cundall  Lehigh University 
Monica A. Daley  Royal Veterinary College 
Julian Davis  University of Southern Indiana 
Megan Dawson  Brown University 
Jeffery W Dawson  Carelton Univ 
Maria de Boef Miara  Harvard University 
Mason Dean  Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces 
Jennifer Dearolf  Hendrix College 
Alison Deary  VIMS 
Paul C. Dechow  Baylor College of Dentistry Texas A & M Health Science Center 
Sarah Dellinger   
Alyce DeMarais  University of Puget Sound 
Brigitte Demes  Stony Brook University 
Xinyan Deng   
Mark Denny  Stanford University 
J. Manuel Denuce  Radboud University 
Kenneth Dial  University of Montana 
Candido Diaz  Vassar College 
Bradley Dickerson  University of Washington 
Andrew Dickerson  Georgia Institute of Technolog 
Richard Dillaman  UNC Wilmington 
Michael Dillon  Univ of Wyoming 
Zhukan Ding  Lafayette College 
Yang Ding  Georgia Tech 
Jan-Henning Dirks  Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Enginering 
Claudia Distler  Ruhr-Universitat-Bochum 
Mehmet Dogu  Perkins & Will 
Jocelyne Dolce  Wellesley College 
Makani Dollinger  UNC Chapel Hill 
Seth Donoughe  Swarthmore College 
Nicole Doorly  Vassar College 
Kelly Dorgan  Scripps Institution of Oceanography 
Cunming Duan  University of Michigan 
Brooke Dubansky  Louisiana State Univ 
Daniel Dudek  Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State Univ 
Robert Dudley  University of California, Berkeley 
Jacques Dumais  Harvard University 
Elizabeth Dumont  Univ of Massachusetts 
Donald Dunbar  University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 
Casey W Dunn  EEB Brown University 
Jonathan Dyhr  University of Washington 
Russell Easy  Dalhousie University 
Tom Ecay  ETSU-QCOM 
Jessica Edwards  Univ New Orleans 
Donald Edwards  Georgia State University 
Thomas Eiting   
David Ellerby  Wellesley College 
Olaf Ellers  Free Lance 
Charles P. Ellington  Cambridge University 
Kyle Elliott  Univ of Manitoba 
Ivey Ellis  Auburn University 
Michael Elzinga  Caltech 
Carolyn Eng  Harvard University 
Virginia Engel  Vassar College 
Nora R. Espinoza  Clemson University 
Shelley Etnier  Butler Univeristy 
Dennis Evangelista  UC Berkeley 
Alistair Evans  Monash University 
Stacy Farina  Cornell University 
Amber Fechko  University of Washington 
Kara Feilich  Harvard University 
Connie Fellmann   
Maria Jose Fernandez  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 
Daniel Field  UBC 
Kathryn Finch  Blackburn College 
Jonathan Fingerut  St Joseph's University 
Frank E. Fish  West Chester University Department of Biology 
Connor Fitzhugh   
Brooke Flammang  Harvard University 
Thomas Fletcher  University of Leeds 
John Foley  Electronic Imaging Systems 
Janet Fontanella  West Chester University 
Kathleen Foster  University of California, Riverside 
Nicolaas H Fourie  George Washington University 
Jessica L Fox  University of Washington 
Juan Jose Fraire-Zamora  University of California Riverside 
Austin Francis, Jr.  Armstrong Atlantic State University 
Jessica Marie Francl   
Stephen Roy Frazee  University of Central Oklahoma 
Thomas Frazzetta  University of Illinois Departm 
Carina Frias  Vassar College 
Anthony Friscia  UCLA 
Anne Fry  Ohio Wesleyan University 
Hiroko Fujita  Ehime University 
Robert Full  UC of California at Berkeley 
Patrick Fuller   
Rene Fuqua  Northern Arizona University 
Molly Gabler   
Theodore Garland  University of California 
Yvette Garner  University of New Hampshire 
Jennifer Garrett   
Stephen Gatesy  Brown University 
Brian Gaylord  Bodega Marine Lab 
Matthew Gaylord  University of Mississippi 
Matthew S. Geddis  BMCC-City University of New York 
Molly Geiger  UW/ Roosevelt HS 
Nicole George  U of Washington 
Matthew George  Gonzaga University 
Justin Georgi  Midwestern University 
Rebecca German  Johns Hopkins Medical School 
Shannon Gerry  Fairfield University 
Matthew Giarra  Virginia Tech 
Nicholas Gidmark  Brown University 
Paul Gignac  Stony Brook University 
Cole Gilbert  Cole University 
Tristan Gilet  University of Liege 
Gary Gillis  Mt Holyoke College 
Casey Gilman  UMass Amherst 
Carly Ginter  Texas A&M University 
Ralph Giorno   
Jeremy Goldbogen  Cascadia Research Collective 
Daniel Goldman  GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 
Brian Goo  UC Irvine 
Athena Goodarzi  Csu fresno 
Malcolm Gordon  UCLA 
William Casey Gosnell  Clemson University 
Robert Grabowski  Queen Mary, University of London 
Nick Gravish  Georgia Tech 
Matthew Green  Univ Chicago 
Patrick Green   
Jeremy Greeter   
Daniel Grunbaum   
Minghui Guo  UNC Chapel Hill 
Sander Gussekloo  Wageningen University 
Andres Gutierrez  Vassar College 
Anne Gutmann  University of Idaho 
Alejandra Guzman  Texas A&M Univ 
Maria Laura Habegger  USF 
Maria Laura Habegger   
Michael G. Hadfield  Univ of Hawaii 
Travis Hagey  University of Idaho 
Melina Hale  Univ of Chicago 
Rachel Anne Hamilton  University of Cincinnati 
Christina Hamlet  North Carolina State Universit 
Dong Han  SFU 
Jennifer Hancock  Marietta College 
Shanna Hanes  Auburn University 
Wolf Hanke  Rostock University 
Jandy Hanna  WVSOM 
Adam Hardy  Swarthmore College 
Caroline Harper  Brown University 
John Harshbarger   
Tom Hata   
Ross Hatton  Carnegie Mellon University 
Amanda Hauze  Lafayette College 
Hilary A Hayford  U Washington 
Anders Hedenstrom  Lund University 
Tyson Hedrick  UNC at Chapel Hill 
Stephanie Heinrich   
Brian Helmuth  University of South Carolina 
Gordon Hendler  NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 
Joanna Randyl Henry  ASU 
Cody Henson   
John Hermanson  Cornell University 
L Patricia Hernandez  George Washington University 
Raymond Hernandez   
Anthony Herrel   
Susan W. Herring  University of Washington Department of Orthodontics 
Rebecca Hicks   
Ben Higgins   
Tim Higham  University of California 
John G. Hildebrand  University of Arizona, Dept. of Neuroscience 
Ryan Isaac Hill  UC Berkeley 
Jonathan Hirokawa  Vassar College 
John Hochgraf   
Gregg G Hoffman  Florida State University 
Luke Holbrook  Rowan University 
Maranda Wood Holley  Univ of South Florida 
Casey Holliday  University of Missouri 
Natalie Holt  Harvard Unviersity 
Roi Holzman  Tel Aviv University 
Dominique Homberger  Louisiana State University 
Thomas Honegger  University of Zurich 
Mike Horn  Cal State Univ 
Angela Horner  Brown University 
Nickolay Hristov  Boston University 
Shi-tong Hsieh  Temple University 
David Hu  Georgia Tech 
Daniel Huber  The University of Tampa 
Penny Hudson  Structure and Motion Lab, Royal Vet College 
Nathan Brett Hudzik  Youngstown State University 
Turkesha Huggins  Medgar Evers 
Darrin Hulsey  University of Tennessee 
Sean Humbert  Univ of Maryland 
Stuart Humphries  University of Hull 
John Hutchinson  Royal Veterinary College 
William Hylander  Duke University 
Jose Iriarte-Diaz  University of Chicago 
Frances Irish  Moravian College 
Brandon Jackson  Univ. of Montana 
Antone G. Jacobson  University of Texas Austin MCDB 
Farid Jafari  Virginia Tech 
Paul Jarrell  Pasadena City College 
Andrea Jaszlics  University of Texas Arlington 
Kaushik Jayaram  Univ. of California Berkeley 
Bruce Jayne  U of Cincinnati 
John Jellies  Western Michigan University 
Natalie Jeremijenko   
Amy S Johnson  Bowdoin College 
Zachary Jones  U of Cincinnati 
Ashley Jones  Widener Univ 
Shannon Jones  UNC-Chapel Hill 
Kaitlin Judy  Georgia Institute Technology 
Peter Jumars  University of Maine Darling Marine Center 
Robin W. Justice  The Claremont Colleges 
Ardian Jusufi  University of California, Berkeley 
Stephen M. Kajiura  Florida Atlantic University 
Gerhard W. Kalmus   
Jason Kang  Harvey Mudd 
Mutahammis Kareem  Univ of VI 
Kakani Katija  California Institute of Tech 
Hilary Katz  Mount Holyoke College 
Sandy Kawano  Clemson University 
Kazuhiko Kawasaki  Pennylvania State University 
Ehsan Kayal   
Diane Kelly  University of Massachusetts 
Thomas Kelsey  Wake Forest Univ 
Addison Kemp  University of Texas at Austin 
Christopher Kenaley  University of Washington 
Natalia Kennedy  UCLA 
Brett Kennedy   
Ryan Kerney  Dalhousie 
Deepak Khambadakone  Univ of Oklahoma 
William Kier  UNC - Chapel Hill 
Mary Kinkel  University of Chicago 
Scott Kirkton  Union College 
Kirk KLASING  UC DAVIS 
Thomas Kleinteich  Univ Hamburg 
Daniel Kmack  Dept of Mechanical Engineering 
Mimi Koehl  Univ. of California, Berkeley 
Klaus-Peter Koepfli  National Cancer Institute 
David Koester  University of New England  
Matthew Arthur Kolmann  Florida State University 
Nicolai Konow  Brown University 
Paul Korchari  Clemson Univ 
Wyatt L. Korff  Caltech 
Keith Korsmeyer  Hawaii Pacific University 
Brian Kot  UCLA 
Joshua Kuhlman  USF 
Raghavendra Kukillaya  Princeton University 
Joseph G. Kunkel  University of Mass - Amherst 
Chi-Yun Kuo   
Takehiro Kusakabe  Konan Univ 
Samantha Kushner   
David Labonte   
Pascal J Lafontant  DePauw University 
Luis Lamas  Royal Veterinary College 
Andrew Lammers  Cleveland State University 
Rebecca Lampe  UC Santa Barbara 
Geerling Langenbach  ACTA 
Brian Langerhans  NC State University 
Fredrick Larabee  Univ of Illinois 
Nicholas Larghi  University of Florida 
George Lauder  Harvard Univ 
Hans Laufer  U of Connecticut 
Chris Law  Scripps Institution of Oceanography 
Pierre Le Pabic  ECU 
Andrew Huaien Lee  Ohio University 
Karin Leiderman  University of Utah 
Pierre Lemelin  University of Alberta 
Steven Levin  Acara Global 
Kristi L. Lewton  Harvard University 
Chen Li  Georgia Tech 
Deborah Li   
James Liao  Whitney Lab/UF 
Tom Libby  UC Berkeley 
Anna Liedtke  The Royal Veterinary College 
Jeanette Lim  Harvard University 
Huai-Ti Lin  Tufts University 
YI-FEN LIN   
Felicia Linn  UC Berkeley 
Hao Liu  Chiba University 
Yen-Chyi Liu  Univ. of Chicago 
Sarah London  Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
John Long  Vassar College 
Alessandra Inez Lopez  California State Polytechnic Univ 
Hernan Lopez-Fernandez  Royal Ontario Museum 
Catherine Loudon  University California Irvine 
Leeann Louis  Cornell University 
Will Ludington  Univ of California, San Francisco 
Alissa Luken  CSU Northridge 
Deidre Lyons  Duke University 
Leigh MacAyeal   
Laura Macesic  Mount Holyoke College 
Brett Marc Macey  Grice Marine Lab 
Katie Mach  Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University 
Masateru Maeda  Chiba University 
Anabela Maia  Ghent University 
Alana Mailey  Macquarie University 
Russell Main  Purdue University 
Kyle Maki  George Fox Univ 
Ryan Maladen  Georgia Tech 
Joanna Mandecki  The University of Chicago 
Dinesh Kumar Manikkam  California State University Fresno 
Kyle Mara  Temple University 
Richard L. Marsh  Northeastern Univ 
Christopher Marshall  Texas A&M University 
Vicki Martin  Appalacian State Univ 
Patrick Martone  University of British Columbia 
Hamidreza Marvi  Georgia Institute of Technolog 
Andrew Matson   
Nicole Mazouchova  Georgia Tech 
Gianna McArthur  Vassar College 
Katie McComas   
Charlene McCord   
Erin McCullough  Univ of Montana 
Eric McElroy  College of Charleston 
Nature McGinn  Univ of California, Davis 
Craig McGowan  University of Idaho 
Daniel McGraw   
Polly McGuigan  University of Bath 
Matthew J McHenry  U. C. Irvine 
William McLamb  Florida Institute of Technology 
Brian McRae   
Kristina S. Mead  Denison University 
Kathy Meek  Brown University 
Rita Mehta  Univ of California 
Marco Mendoza  University of Southern California 
Jaishri Menon  William Paterson U 
Cody Merritt   
Rachel Merz  Swarthmore College 
Keith Metzger  Hofstra University 
Nadejda Mezentseva   
Krijn Michel   
Kevin Middleton  CSU San Bernadino 
Kirk Miller  Franklin & Marshall College 
Laura Miller  University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 
Luke Miller  Northeastern Univ 
Charlotte Miller  Duke University 
Patricia Mire  UL Lafayette 
Yasha Mohajer   
Shabnam Mohammadi  Utah State University 
Karin Moll  University of Cambridge 
Jean-Michel Mongeau  UC Berkeley 
Stephane Montuelle  Ohio University 
Brad Moon  Univ. Louisiana at Lafayette 
Talia Yuki Moore  Harvard University 
Alexis Moore   
Clinton Moran  Moss Landing Marine Labs 
Heather More  SFU 
Carlos Moreno  Harvard University 
Sabine Moritz  Brown University 
Leonid Moroz  University of Florida 
Jeremy Morris  University of Utah 
David Morrison  Arizona State 
Sarah Mortimer   
Tatsuo Motokawa  Tokyo Institute of Technology Basic Biology 
Andrew Mountcastle  Harvard University 
Brian M Muir  Boston College 
Ulrike K. Muller  CSU Fresno 
Lara Muller  George Washington 
Yonatan Munk  University of Washington 
David Murphy  Georgia Tech 
Soren Murray  Medgars Evers College 
Jacob Musser   
Bonnie Blossman Myer  University of North Texas 
Marcella Myers  St. Catherine University, Department of Biology 
Toshiyuki Nakata  Chiba University 
Erica Namigai   
Amber Nappier  College of Charleston 
Nanette Nascone-Yoder  North Carolina State University 
Janna Nawroth  California Inst of Technology 
Russell Nelson   
Joseph Nelson  University of Virginia 
Allen Newton  Blackburn College 
Victoria Ngo   
Nhi P Nguyen   
Andrew Nguyenba   
Scott Nichols  University of California 
Richard Nichols  GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 
Rachel Nichols   
Michael Nickel  Institut fuer Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, FSU Jena 
Christopher Nicolay  Univ. North Carolina Asheville 
Kiisa Nishikawa  Northern Arizona University Department of Biological Sciences 
Marie-Therese Noedl   
R. Glenn Northcutt  UCSD 
Emily Norton  Bowdoin College 
Bryan Nowroozi  Brown University 
Albert Charles Nyack  URI 
Spencer Nyholm  University of Connecticut 
Michael O'Donnell  Friday Harbor Laboratories 
John Lin O'keeffe  Boise State Univ 
Cara Ocobock  Washington University in St Louis 
Patrick OConnor  Ohio University 
AdeGbenga Adekunle Okuwoga  Epetedo senior High School 
Jeffrey Olberding  Clemson University 
Aaron Olsen  University of Chicago 
Jason Organ  Saint Louis University  
Michelle Osborn  Louisiana State University 
Andrew Ott  Blackburn College 
Tomasz Owerkowicz  California State University 
Cinnamon Pace  Northern Arizona U 
Dianna K. Padilla  Stony Brook University 
Erin Paig-Tran  Graduate 
A. Richard Palmer  University of Alberta 
Sachin Parikh  Temple University 
M Rockwell Parker  Oregon State Univ 
Sheila Patek  UC Berkeley 
Biren A. Patel  Ohio University 
Yuvraj Patil  Lousiana State University 
Samantha Payne  U Guelph 
Anne Peattie  University of Cambridge 
Martin Peek  Caltech 
Nancy Pelaez  Purdue University Bio Sci 
Hodjat Pendar   
Rachel Pepper   
Benjamin Perlman  Wake Forest University 
Jacob Perry  Valdosta State University 
Mario Pestarino  Dip.Biologia-Universita di Genova 
Susan Peters  Univ of NC at Charlotte 
Jacob Peters  University of Wyoming 
Kevin Peterson  UC Berkeley 
Aaron Petty   
Tia Renee Pilikian   
Marina Piscitelli   
Aaron Place  Northwestern OSU 
Gianluca Polgar   
Marianne Porter  Vassar College 
Jean Potvin  Saint Louis University 
Krysta Powers   
Manu Prakash  Stanford University 
Marney C. Pratt  Mt Holyoke College 
Kara Pratt  University of Wyoming  
swapnil pravin  University of Virginia 
Robert Preston  Illinois State University 
Benjamin Michael Pri-Tal  Portland State University 
Megan Pruette  Duke University 
NICHOLAS PYENSON  SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Feifei Qian   
Mu Qiao  Arizona State University 
Kim Quillin  Salisbury University 
Jeremy Rabinowitz   
Jonathan Rader  University of Wyoming 
Stephen Raithel   
Kelly Rakow  MIT/WHOI 
Jason Ramsay  Univ of Rhode Island 
Manku Rana  SFU Burnaby 
Matthew J. Ravosa  Department of Biological Sciences 
Emily Rayfield  University of Bristol 
Lindsey Reader  University of Utah 
Vito Rebecca  Lafayette College 
Jonathan Reichard   
David Reid  Blackburn College 
Matthew Reidenbach  University of Virginia 
Peter Reiser  Ohio State University 
Etienne Reyssat  SEAS, Harvard Univ 
Turk Rhen  University of North Dakota 
Gal Ribak  University of South Dakota 
Aaron Rice  Bioacoustics Research Program 
Christopher Richards  Rowland Institute at Harvard 
Marc Daniel Rinehart   
Daniel K Riskin  Brown University 
Leif Ristroph  Cornell Univ 
Angela Rivera  Florida Atlantic University 
Gabriel Rivera  Iowa State University 
Trevor Rivers  Bowdoin College 
Thomas Roberts  Brown University 
Stephen P. Roberts  UNLV 
Sonia Roberts  HHMI/JFRC 
Carolyn Roberts   
Jeri Rodgers   
Terry Rodriguez  University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 
Constance Lynn Rogers-Lowery  Catawba College 
Campbell Rolian  Univ of Calgary 
Gert Roos  U Antwerp 
Rob Root  Lafayette College 
Marcus Roper  UCLA 
Ivo Ros  Harvard University 
Eduardo Rosa-Molinar  Univ Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 
Michael Rosario  Univ. Massachusetts Amherst 
Hannah Rosenblum  Vassar College 
Callum Ross  University of Chicago 
Eatai Roth  Johns Hopkins 
Michael Rowe  Indiana State Univ 
Warren Christopher Ruder  Boston University 
Joseph Rupert   
Anthony Russell  University of Calgary 
Scott Russo  Unviersity of Virginia 
William Ryerson  U Connecticut 
Hassan Sakhtah  Vassar College 
Mary Salcedo   
Sarah Laurie Sanderson  College of William and Mary 
Paula Sandusky  University of South Florida 
Christopher Sanford  Hofstra University 
Sharlene Santana  UCLA 
Arvind Santhanakrishnan  UNC Chapel Hill 
Nir Sapir  The Hebrew Univ of Jerusalem 
Allison Sarfati  UNC-Chapel Hill 
John Sarrazin   
Robert M. Savage  Williams College 
Gregory Sawicki  Univ of North Carolina 
Roger Sawyer  University of South Carolina 
Jeffrey Scales  Univ of Hawaii 
Emma Schachner  University of Utah 
Justin Schaefer   
Vicky Schaerlaeken  University of Antwerp 
Gerhard Schlosser  Natnl Univ of Ireland (NUI) Galway 
Andre Schmidt  Ohio University 
Robert J. Schmitz  Univ of Wisconsin 
Lars Schmitz  University of California, Davis 
James Schmitz   
Ann Marie Scholl   
John Schroeder  Hendrix College 
Cosima Schunk   
Anna Sciortino  Hendrix College 
Andrea Scott  URI 
Justin Seipel  UC-Berkeley 
Zoe Self  Royal Veterinary College 
Justin Shaffer  University of North Carolina 
Judy Shamoun-Baranes  Univ of Amsterdam 
Liza Shapiro  UT Austin 
Sarah Sharpe  Georgia Tech 
Eric Shelden  Washington State University 
Ryan Shelton  UNC Chapel Hill 
Kristin M Sherrard  Friday Harbor Laboratories 
Catherine Shine  Univeristy of Idaho 
Joseph F. Siebenaller  Louisiana State University 
Michael Simon  National Science Foundation 
Erin Simons  Midwestern University 
Tyler Skorczewski  UC Davis 
Graham Slater  UCLA 
Tara Snyder  Montclair State University 
John Socha  Virginia Tech 
Stanley Sowy  UC Irvine 
Joseph Spagna  William Paterson Univ 
Diara Spain  Dominican U of CA 
Andrew Spence  Royal Vet College 
Dwight Springthorpe  UC Berkeley 
Manoj Srinivasan  Princeton University 
Danielle Staaf  HMS Stanford 
Aaron Stahl  Northern Iowa 
Eric F Stakebake  Univ of Utah 
Emily Standen  Harvard University 
Alyssa Stark  The University of Akron 
Robert D. Stevenson  University of Massachusetts Boston 
William Stewart  UCI 
Arthur Stewart  Hendrix College 
Elise Stickles  Vassar College 
Reed Stiller  Georgia Southern University 
Rebecca Liv Stirnemann  Trinity College 
Ashley Stoehr  Univ. of Mass. Dartmouth 
Kristin Stover   
Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin  Swarthmore College 
James Strother  Janelia Farm Research Campus 
Alexander Stubbs  Univ of California, Berkeley 
Joshua Sturm  Vassar College 
Timothy Sullivan   
Stuart Shigeo Sumida  California State University 
Adam P. Summers  Friday Harbor Laboratories 
Cynthia Surmacz  Bloomsburg Univ 
Diego Sustaita  U Conn 
Brook Swanson  Gonzaga Univ 
Sharon Swartz  Brown University 
Matt Szarko   
Brett Szymik  Longwood University 
Natalia Taft  DePaul University 
Hiroto Tanaka   
James Tangorra  Drexel University 
Bertrand Tanner  Univ of Vermont 
David Tessmer  Coconino Inst. of Technology 
Kara Sue Thomas  Colorado State University 
Joseph Thompson  Franklin & Marshall College 
Justin Tickhill  Scottsdale Community College 
Andrea Tilden  Colby College 
Lori Timm   
Alexander Tinius  University of Calgary 
Tim Tkint  Ghent University 
Bret Tobalske  University of Montana 
Maxx Toler  Duke University 
Daniel C Totten   
Barry Trimmer  Tufts University 
Henry Tsai   
Ai-Sun Tseng  Tufts University 
Derek Tucker  Georgia Southern Univ 
Frank J Tulenko   
Idan Tuval  Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies 
Eric Tytell  Johns Hopkins University 
Amy Umana   
Catherine R.C. Unabia  Hawaii Pacific University 
Herbert Underwood  NCSU 
Graciela Unguez  New Mexico St 
Jim Usherwood  Royal Vet College 
Theodore Uyeno  Valdosta State University 
Floris van Breugel  Caltech 
Linnea van Griethuijsen  Tufts University 
William Van Trump  UC Irvine 
Sam Van Wassenbergh   
Jason Vance  College of Charleston 
Swati Varshney  MIT 
Christine Vega  Wake Forest University 
Matthew Venesky  Univ of Memphis 
Madhusudha Venkadesan  Harvard Univ 
Andrew Verardo   
Sacha Vignieri  AAAS/Science 
Chris Vinyard  NEOUCOM 
Valerie Virta  University of Washington 
Steven Vogel  Duke University 
Kristen Vollrath   
Alexandra Voloshinga  Univ of Michigan 
Janice Voltzow  Univ of Scranton 
Rhea von Busse  Brown University 
Michelangelo von Dassow   
Peter Wainwright  UC Davis 
Dylan Wainwright  Duke University 
Marvalee Wake  University of California, Berkeley 
Lindsay Waldrop  UC Berkeley 
Warren F. Walker  Brightview Commons 
Jeffrey A. Walker  U Southern Maine 
Hortense Walker  Oberlin College 
Christine Wall  Duke University 
Chad Walock  North Dakota State University 
Brian Walter  Illinois Wesleyan Univ 
Jane Wang  Cornell University 
Jing Wang  Wellesley College 
Lewis Ward  Harvard 
Sharon Warner  Royal Veterinary College 
Paul Webb  Univ of Michigan 
Marc Weissburg  Georgia Ins of Tech 
Kenneth Collins Welch  UC Riverside 
Li Wen  Harvard University 
Bianca Werner  Lafayette College 
Alexander Werth  Hampden-Sydney College Dept. of Biology 
Daniel West  Georgia Tech 
Mark Westneat  Field Museum of Natural History 
David S Wethey  U South Carolina 
Maxwell Wheeler  Northern Arizona University 
Katherine Whitcome  University of Cincinnati 
Jennifer L. White  East Stroudsburg University 
Bartholomew Joeseph White  Youngstown State Univ 
Lisa B Whitenack  Allegheny College 
Susan Lynn Whittemore  Keene State College 
Rachel Wigton  Old Dominion University 
Cheryl Wilga  University of Rhode Island 
Kit Wilkinson  Northern Arizona University 
Susan Williams  Ohio University 
Richard Williams   
Alan Wilson  The Royal Veterinary College 
Peter D Wilson   
Shane Windsor  University of Oxford 
Pamela j Windsor  University of Alberta 
Lawrence Witmer   
Lyndsy M Wolff   
Mariana Frederica Wolfner  Cornell University 
Gene Wong  Quinnipiac Univ 
Iris Wong  SFU 
Bradley Wood  Louisiana State University 
Sarah A. Woodin  Univ of SC 
William Woods  Tufts University 
Angela Woolard   
Arielle Woznica  University of Arizona 
Kathryn Wright  Clemson University 
Yoshiyuki Yamamoto  UCL 
Steve Yanoviak  Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock 
Andrew Kevork Yegian  Northeastern University 
Jeanntte Yen  Georgia Institute of Technology 
Edwin Yoo  Harvard University 
Nathan Young   
Jesse Young  NEOMED 
Kakani Young   
Travis Zack  Univ of California, Berkeley 
Sarah Zehr  Duke Lemur Center 
Angel Zeininger  UT Austin 
Yu Zeng  UC Berkeley 
Tingnan Zhang   
Jianguo Zhao  Michigan State University 
Richard Zimmer  UCLA