John A. Moore Lecture Day: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 6:30-7:30 PM Room: TBA Session Author(s) Title MOORE ALBERTS, B. Science education for all: what scientists must do to fulfill John Moore’s legacy

Howard Bern Lecture Day: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 6:30-7:30 PM Room: TBA Session Author(s) Title BERN SCHRECK, C.B. Haruspication: Why Is The Endocrine System So Similar and Why Is It So Dissimilar Amongst Fishes?

George A. Bartholomew Award Lecture Day: Monday, Jan. 4, 6:30-7:30 PM Room: TBA Session Author(s) Title BART NESPOLO, R. From comparative physiology to evolutionary biology through animal bioenergetics: practicing the Krogh principle in South America

AMS Keynote Address Day: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 7:00-8:00 PM Room: TBA Session Author(s) Title AMS Winston, J. Life in the colonies: learning the foreign ways of colonial organisms

Evo-Devo – Gene Regulation and Patterning Day: Thursday, Jan. 7, 8:20-10:00 AM Room: 615/616 Organizer(s): Kathryn Kavanagh, Gunter Wagner Session Author(s) Title 99 RIVERA, Ajna*; CIENIEWICZ , Brandon; DANKA, Elizabeth; WINTERS, Ian; RUED, Anna; WARNER, Lisa; GENTILE, Lisa; HILL, Malcolm; HILL, April Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks: Pax/Six in Ephydatia muelleri (Porifera; Demospongiae) 99 GREENFEST-ALLEN, […]

Thermal Biology and Muscle Physiology and Biochemistry Day: Thursday, Jan. 7, 8:00 AM-Noon Room: 613/614 Organizer(s): Kristin Hardy (8-10 AM), Inna Sokolova (10 AM-Noon) Session Author(s) Title 98 DEBAN, SM*; LAPPIN, AK Temperature effects on the motor control of ballistic prey capture in toads 98 OLSON, JM*; CARAGIULO, A; CZERWINSKI SHIELDS, BV; SOUCIER, D Prolonged […]

Complementary Symposium: Cnidarian Tree of Life Day: Thursday, Jan. 7, 10:00-11:40 AM Room: 612 Organizer(s): David Plachetzki Session Author(s) Title 97 GUSMAO, Luciana C.*; DALY, Marymegan Genetic diversity within Calliactis polypus (Cnidaria: Actiniaria), a widespread species of sea anemone symbiotic with hermit crabs 97 KHANG, S; BENAYAHU, Y; LASKER, HR* Octocoral reproductive strategies: Trying to […]

Evolutionary Morphology II Day: Thursday, Jan. 7, 8:40-9:40 AM Room: 612 Organizer(s): Roi Holzman Session Author(s) Title 96 VENDETTI, Jann E.*; FAY, Scott A. Predation at a snail’s pace: time-lapse photography and analysis of predatory mode in neogastropod whelks 96 HOLZMAN, R*; COLLAR, DC; MEHTA, RS; WAINWRIGHT, PC Can functional complexity mitigate performance trade-offs? An […]

Evolutionary Morphology III Day: Thursday, Jan. 7, 10:20 AM-Noon Room: 611 Organizer(s): Julia Sigwart Session Author(s) Title 95 MEJIA-ORTIZ , L. M.*; LOPEZ-MEJIA, M. The progressive adaptation degrees in the lipid storage structure of cave crayfishes 95 SIGWART, JD How do chitons see their world? A new sensory organ in basal molluscs (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) 95 […]

Phylogenetics and Speciation II Day: Thursday, Jan. 7, 8:00-10:00 AM Room: 611 Organizer(s): Christopher Oufiero, Dennus Lavrov Session Author(s) Title 94 OUFIERO, C.E.*; ADOLPH, S.C.; GARTNER, G.E.A.; GARLAND, T. Variation in scale counts and body size in Sceloporus lizards in relation to latitude, temperature, and precipitation: a phylogenetic perspective 94 KLYMUS, Katy *; HUMFELD, Sarah […]