Meeting Abstract S12.11  Wednesday, Jan. 7 15:00  Integrating approaches to biomechanics: developmental phenogenomics of stickleback evolution JAMNICZKY, Heather A*; ROGERS, Sean M; University of Calgary, Canada; University of Calgary, Canada hajamnic@ucalgary.ca The tight fits between form and function in organisms suggests the influence of adaptive evolution in biomechanics; however, the prevalence of adaptive traits, the mechanisms by […]

Meeting Abstract S12.10  Wednesday, Jan. 7 14:30  Cypriniform suction feeding: Evolving in and out of the ooze HERNANDEZ, LP*; STAAB, KL; George Washington University; McDaniel College phernand@gwu.edu While much of the functional work on suction feeding has involved members of Acanthopterygii, a much older cypriniform radiation led to almost 4000 species filling nearly every freshwater trophic niche. […]

Meeting Abstract S12.6  Wednesday, Jan. 7 11:00  Copepod escape from suction feeding fish YEN, J.*; MURPHY, D.W.; WEBSTER, D.R.; Georgia Tech; Johns Hopkins ; Georgia Tech jeannette.yen@biology.gatech.edu http://www.biology.gatech.edu/faculty/jeannette-yen/ Copepods escape very well. As a key link in the aquatic food web, these small planktonic organisms often encounter suction feeding fish. Studies have identified certain hydrodynamic features that […]

Meeting Abstract S12.3  Wednesday, Jan. 7 09:00  Computational fluid dynamics of suction feeding VAN WASSENBERGH, S.; Ghent University, Belgium sam.vanwassenbergh@ugent.be http://https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/sam-vanwassenbergh/my-website/ Suction feeders generate a flow of water that draws the prey into the mouth. This process involves extremely unsteady flow, outside as well as inside of the mouth cavity. Especially for flow patterns inside the mouth […]

Meeting Abstract S12.8  Wednesday, Jan. 7 13:30  Complexity and integration in biomechanics: Using prey capture in fishes to explore a novel approach for understanding organismal performance KANE, E. A.*; HIGHAM, T. E.; Colorado State University; University of California, Riverside emily.kane@colostate.edu http://emilyakane.blogspot.com Organisms comprise multiple interacting parts, and an increased number or specialization of those parts leads to […]

Meeting Abstract S11.6  Wednesday, Jan. 7 11:00  Transcriptomic responses to warming across the pancrustacea STILLMAN, Jonathon H; SF State Univ. and Univ. California, Berkeley stillmaj@sfsu.edu http://online.sfsu.edu/stillmaj/ Mechanisms of the cellular stress response (CSR) are generally conserved, and thus thermal stress typically induces similar suites of genes (e.g., hsps) across a wide range of organisms. However, physiological changes […]

Meeting Abstract S11.7  Wednesday, Jan. 7 11:30  The evolutionary history of pancrustacean eyes HENZE, M.J.; Lund University, Sweden miriam.henze@biol.lu.se http://www.biology.lu.se/miriam-henze Pancrustacea offer great opportunities to investigate the evolutionary history of vision because of a diversity of eye designs and life styles. Their most prominent photosensitive organs, two compound eyes, consist of individual photoreception units called ommatidia. Compound […]

Meeting Abstract S11.9  Wednesday, Jan. 7 14:00  Respiratory consequences of mounting an immune response in crustaceans BURNETT, K.G.*; BURNETT, L.E.; College of Charleston; College of Charleston burnettk@cofc.edu http://burnettk.people.cofc.edu Crustaceans rely on a wide spectrum of innate immune mechanisms to maintain their physiological integrity in aquatic environments that teem with high densities of microorganisms (> 106 culturable bacteria […]

Meeting Abstract S11.4  Wednesday, Jan. 7 09:30  Oxygen Sensing and Handling Across the Pancrustacea HARRISON, J.F.; Arizona State University j.harrison@asu.edu http://jharrison.faculty.asu.edu/ Most aspects of oxygen sensing including hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), AMPK, and nitric oxide signaling are ancient pathways that occur throughout the Pancrustacea. Tracheal respiratory systems have evolved independently several times in terrestrial Arthropoda, including in the […]

Meeting Abstract S11.11  Wednesday, Jan. 7 15:00  MicroRNAs and comparative genomics in arthropod endocrinology and reproduction HUI, JHL; The Chinese University of Hong Kong jeromehui@cuhk.edu.hk http://https://sites.google.com/site/huijerome/ The Arthropoda is the phylum containing the largest number of described living species, and precise regulations of arthropods hormones are crucial to their success in evolution. To date, most of our […]