SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY Symposia Abstract Submittal Form 2009 Annual Meeting January 3-7, 2009 Boston, MA Deadline for Submissions: Friday, September 5, 2008 This form is For Invited Symposia Submittal OnlyFor Contributed Papers and Posters Form, click here (including abstracts for sessions complementing symposia) We are no longer accepting abstracts or revisions of […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2009 January 3-7, 2009 Boston, MA Symposium “Sensory Biomechanics” Organized by: Matt McHenry and Sanjay Sane The goal of this symposium is to present the work of a diverse assortment of investigators who use biomechanics to understand sensory function and its role in behavior. Investigators of sensory biomechanics integrate the principles of […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2009 January 3-7, 2009 Boston, MA Symposium “Psychoneuroimmunology meets Integrative Biology” Organized by: Lynn B. Martin II One of the most important physiological discoveries in the last 30 years entails the interconnectedness of the endocrine, immune and nervous systems (Ader & Cohen 1975). Historically studied as independent entities, these systems work synergistically […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2009 January 3-7, 2009 Boston, MA “PharmEcology Symposium: A pharmacological approach to understanding plant-herbivore interactions” Organized by: Jennifer S. Forbey Pharmacology concepts were introduced to ecologists studying plant-herbivore interactions over 30 years ago. However, the core concepts of pharmacology such as the absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion (collectively called ADME), toxicity and pharmacodynamics […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2009 January 3-7, 2009 Boston, MA Symposium “Insect Evolution” Organized by: Tim Bradley and Adriana Briscoe List of Speakers S4.1 Monday, Jan. 5, 08:30 GRIMALDI, D.: Main Episodes in Insect Evolution and the Importance of Stem Groups S4.3 Monday, Jan. 5, 09:00 GORB, Stanislav N.: Convergent evolution of hairy attachment devices S4.4 Monday, Jan. 5, 09:30 DUDLEY, R.*; […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2009 January 3-7, 2009 Boston, MA Symposium “Hormonal Regulation of Whole-Animal Performance: Implications for Selection” Organized by: Jerry F. Husak, Duncan J. Irschick, and Ignacio T. Moore Complementary Session In addition to the full day symposium, there is a complementary session OPEN TO ALL PRESENTERS with hormone-performance related research. We encourage broad […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2009 January 3-7, 2009 Boston, MA Symposium “Genomics and Vertebrate Adaptive Radiation: A Celebration of the First Cichlid Genome” Organized by: Darrin Hulsey and Suzy Renn Objectives Our symposium at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) annual conference in Boston 2009 is focused on the integration of genomics into phenotypic […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2009 January 3-7, 2009 Boston, MA Symposium “Evolution of Mechanisms Controlling Timing of Breeding in Animals” Organized by: Michaela Hau and Tom Hahn Synopsis Most terrestrial animals live in seasonal environments where successful reproduction is only possible at certain times of the year. In order to time reproductive events in synchrony with […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2009 January 3-7, 2009 Boston, MA Symposium “Cell-Cell Signaling Drives the Evolution of Complex Traits” Organized by: John S. Torday The global concept of this symposium is that cell-cell signaling has ‘driven’ the vertical integration of vertebrate evolution. Among the principle vertebrate organs and systems there is a direct relationship between cell […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2009 January 3-7, 2009 Boston, MA Symposium “Biomaterials: properties, variation, and evolution” Organized by: Brook O. Swanson and Mason N. Dean Synopsis. The nano- and microstructure of biomaterials intrigues engineers/materials scientists as well as biologists, but often for different reasons. Whereas organismal biologists are interested in how these structures vary, evolve and […]