Meeting Abstract 28-5 Saturday, Jan. 4 14:30 – 14:45 Squishy suction pumps: pore water release by upside-down jellyfish GADDAM, MG*; SANTHANAKRISHNAN, A; Oklahoma State University; Oklahoma State University askrish@okstate.edu http://www.appliedfluidslab.org Cassiopea medusae (upside-down jellyfish) are observed in sheltered marine environments, with their bells resting on the substrate and oral arms directed towards sunlight. Unsteady pulsations of the […]
Archives: Abstracts
Probing viscosity of insect blood at different spatial and time scales
Meeting Abstract 28-8 Saturday, Jan. 4 15:00 – 15:15 Probing viscosity of insect blood at different spatial and time scales KORNEV, K*; APRELEV, P; BRASOVS, A; ADLER, P; BEARD, E; Clemson University; Clemson University; Clemson University; Clemson University; Clemson University kkornev@clemson.edu https://cecas.clemson.edu/kornevlab/ When studying insect biomechanics, it is crucial to understand the materials properties of blood at […]
Passive Vortical Flows Compensate for Low Flow Speeds in the Interior of a Coral Colony
Meeting Abstract 28-4 Saturday, Jan. 4 14:15 – 14:30 Passive Vortical Flows Compensate for Low Flow Speeds in the Interior of a Coral Colony HOSSAIN, M*; STAPLES, A; VIRGINIA TECH; VIRGINIA TECH mdmoh81@vt.edu Metabolic processes like photosynthesis and the transfer of nutrients from the overlying water column to the interior of a coral colony are primarily controlled […]
Net-unidirectional airflow patterns vary with pulmonary anatomy in monitor lizards (Varanidae) insights from a multi-species computational fluid dynamics investigation
Meeting Abstract 28-3 Saturday, Jan. 4 14:00 – 14:15 Net-unidirectional airflow patterns vary with pulmonary anatomy in monitor lizards (Varanidae): insights from a multi-species computational fluid dynamics investigation CIERI, RL*; FARMER, CG; University of Utah; University of Utah bob.cieri@gmail.com Varanids are a remarkable group of lizards that exhibit great variation in body mass, ecological niche, and aerobic […]
Movement and Function of the Hepatic-Piston Pulmonary Apparatus During Various Modes of Respiration in the American Alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis)
Meeting Abstract 28-2 Saturday, Jan. 4 13:45 – 14:00 Movement and Function of the Hepatic-Piston Pulmonary Apparatus During Various Modes of Respiration in the American Alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis) GRAND PRE, CA*; HEDRICK, BP; SCHACHNER, ER; Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans; Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans; Louisiana State University Health Science […]
The evolution of novel neuropeptides in Cnidaria investigating the function of a lineage-specific neuropeptide RPamide during sea anemone development
Meeting Abstract 27-6 Saturday, Jan. 4 14:45 – 15:00 The evolution of novel neuropeptides in Cnidaria: investigating the function of a lineage-specific neuropeptide RPamide during sea anemone development ZANG, H*; NAGAYASU, N; Lyon College; University of Arkansas hannah.zang@lyon.edu https://wordpressua.uark.edu/nakanishi-lab/ Understanding how new neuropeptides become functionally integrated into the pre-existing nervous system during evolution is important for understanding […]
The evolution of cnidarian and bilaterian Hox genes
Meeting Abstract 27-4 Saturday, Jan. 4 14:15 – 14:30 The evolution of cnidarian and bilaterian Hox genes STEINWORTH, BM*; MARTINDALE, MQ; RYAN, JF; University of Florida Whitney Laboratory; University of Florida Whitney Laboratory; University of Florida Whitney Laboratory bsteinworth@ufl.edu Hox genes control patterning of body regions along the bilaterian anterior-posterior axis and are found in cnidarians, making […]
The Physiological Basis of Structural Malformations in Thermally Stressed Lizard Embryos
Meeting Abstract 27-2 Saturday, Jan. 4 13:45 – 14:00 The Physiological Basis of Structural Malformations in Thermally Stressed Lizard Embryos NUNEZ, SA*; SANGER, TJ; Loyola University Chicago; Loyola University Chicago snunez3@luc.edu Global warming is driving species beyond their thermal physiological limit. Oviparous species, such as reptiles, may be negatively impacted by climate change as their eggs will […]
Poeciliopsis maternal follicle transcriptomes reveal importance of placenta and secretory genes in the emergence of live-birth
Meeting Abstract 27-7 Saturday, Jan. 4 15:00 – 15:15 Poeciliopsis maternal follicle transcriptomes reveal importance of placenta and secretory genes in the emergence of live-birth GUERNSEY, MW*; VAN KRUISTUM, H; REZNICK, DN; POLLUX, BJA; BAKER, JC; Stanford University School of Medicine; Wageningen University; University of California, Riverside; Wageningen University; Stanford University School of Medicine michael.w.guernsey@gmail.com Placentation evolved […]
Ontogeny of the anuran urostyle the developmental context of evolutionary novelty
Meeting Abstract 27-8 Saturday, Jan. 4 15:15 – 15:30 Ontogeny of the anuran urostyle: the developmental context of evolutionary novelty SENEVIRATHNE, G*; BAUMGART, S; SHUBIN, N; HANKEN, J; SHUBIN, NH; University of Chicago, Chicago; University of Chicago, Chicago; Laboratory Schools, Chicago; Museum of Comparative Zoology and Harvard University, Cambridge; University of Chicago, Chicago gsenevirathne@uchicago.edu https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YwaP3wcAAAAJ&hl=en Unique developmental […]
