| Division of Animal Behavior | |||
| Best Student Oral Presentation | Heidi Mahon Old Dominion University |
Energy maximization strategies of two surface deposit-feeding gastropods | |
| Best Student Poster | Devin Zysling Indiana University |
Seasonal Changes in Immunity: Immune responses track energetics in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) | |
| Division of Comparative Endocrinology | |||
| Aubrey Gorbman Award for Best Student Oral Presentation (shared award) | Susannah French Arizona State University |
Corticosterone modulation of reproductive and immune system trade-offs in female tree lizards: long-term corticosterone manipulations via injectable gelling material | |
| Oliver Love Simon Fraser University |
Exposing the embryo to maternal stress: an adaptive precitive mechanism or an unavoidable developmental cost? | ||
| Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry | |||
| Peter W. Hochachka Best Student Oral Presentation | Clark J. Cotton University of Wyoming |
Protein conservation in spontaneous and facultative hibernators: the white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) and the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) | |
| Peter W. Hochachka Best Student Poster | Stephanie Sbong University of North Texas |
Respiratory and cardiovasculoar interactions during internal pipping in chicken embryos | |
| Division of Developmental and Cell Biology | |||
| Best Student Oral Presentation | Karin Leiderman University of Utah |
Endothelial Mechanotransduction: Let’s Sugarcoat it! | |
| Best Student Poster | Robert Gueth New Mexico State University |
Functional Conservation of Electric Fish Myogenic Regulatory Factors | |
| Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology | |||
| Best Student Poster | Claire O’Quin George Washington University |
The Role of Hedgehog Signaling During Craniofacial Development in Larval Zebrafish | |
| Division of Invertebrate Zoology | |||
| Best Student Oral Presentation | Alison Sweeney Duke University |
Evolution of high-acuity vision in coleoid cephalopods | |
| Runner Up | Fernanda Oyarzun University of Washington |
Plasticity in brooding time of a species with alternative reproductive modes | |
| Best Student Poster Presentation | Ben Lake Bowdoin College |
Influence of orientation and flow speed on feeding behavior and metabolism of the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides | |
| Runner Up | David Sischo California State University Fresno |
Biofilms affect the behavior of polychaete larvae landing on surfaces in water currents and waves | |
| Adrian M. Wenner Strong Inference Award | Dawn Vaugh University of Washington |
Predator-induced morphological defenses in marine zooplankton: a larval case study | |
| Runner Up | Tracey Smart University of Oregon |
Tolerance of the early life history stages of Owenia fusiformis to environmental conditions: possible limits to dispersal | |
| Division of Neurobiology | |||
| Best Student Oral Presentation (tie) | Barbara Jacobson University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
Muscular organization of the rhopalial stalk in Cubomedusae (Cnidaria) | |
| Clark Gray University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
Ultrastructure of the retinal synapses in Cubozoans | ||
| Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology | |||
| Best Student Oral Presentation | E. C. Snell-Rood University of Arizona |
Phenotypic plasticity and the origin of novel traits: butterflies modify behavior and morphology in response to a novel environment | |
| Best Student Poster (tie) | M. Zhong Auburn University |
Phylogenetics analysis of Terebelliformia worms (Polychaeta, Annelida) based on mitochondrial genomes | |
| B. L. Banbury Washington State University |
Inferring ancestral function in morphologically redundant complex traits | ||
| Division of Vertebrate Morphology | |||
| D. Dwight Davis Award (shared award) | Diego Sustaita University of Connecticut |
Bite and grip performance in relation to killing behavior of North American accipiters and falcons | |
| Cally Harper University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
The gross morphology and fiber architecture of the melon in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncates | ||
| Best Student Poster | Nathan Bird George Washington University |
Morphological variation of the Weberian apparatus in cypriniform fishes | |
