Conservation Biology Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 13:30-15:30 Room: 214 Organizer(s): Richard Tracy Session Author(s) Title 27 TRACY, CR*; SANDMEIER, F; HUNTER, K; SNYDER, S; WEITZMAN, C; MALONEY, N; NUSSEAR, K; MARLOW, R; HYDE, D; DUPRE, S; MOHAMMIDPOUR, H Can climate warming offer opportunities to desert tortoises to defend against Mycoplasma agassizii? 27 LOLAVAR, A*; WYNEKEN, […]

Biomaterials II Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 13:45-15:30 Room: 211-213 Organizer(s): Christopher Kenaley, Marianne Porter Session Author(s) Title 26 HALL, GJ*; DEAN, MN; PORTER, MM Mechanical Behavior of a Biomimetic Chondrichthyan Feeding Mechanism: Influence of Dentition Patterns 26 KRUPPERT, S*; HORSTMANN, M; WEISS, LC; WITZEL, U; SCHABER, CF; GORB, SN; TOLLRIAN, R Biomechanical properties of a […]

Evo-devo: Morphogenesis and Organogenesis Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 13:30-15:30 Room: 210 Organizer(s): Arkhat Abzhanov, Hui Yang Session Author(s) Title 25 SANGER, T*; BRAHMBHATT, P The Evolutionary and Developmental Bases of Adhesive Toepads in Caribbean Anolis Lizards 25 WOMACK, MC*; STYNOSKI, J; LEMMON, AR; LEMMON, EM; METZ, M; HOKE, KL Genetic and developmental drivers of convergent […]

Predators and Prey II Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: 224 Organizer(s): Roi Holzman, Yu Zeng Session Author(s) Title 24 KRASKURA, K*; NELSON, JA; OUFIERO, CE Sprint, Fast Start and Prey Capture Performance of Juvenile Striped Bass under Levels of Hypoxia Encountered in Nature. 24 FREYMILLER, G.A.*; WHITFORD, M.W.; HIGHAM, T.E.; CLARK, R.W. Kangaroo Rat […]

DNB Best Student Presentations Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: 223 Organizer(s): Paul Moore Session Author(s) Title 23 BUBAK, AN*; WATT, MJ; RENNER, KJ; SWALLOW, JG Serotonin-mediated aggression: sex-dependent roles in regulating neuropeptides 23 DABE, E.C.*; GILLETTE, R.; MOROZ, L.L. Profiling serotonergic neurons across behavioral arousal states with single-neuron transcriptomes 23 TAMVACAKIS, A N*; BOYKIN, […]

Genetics of Communication and Social Behaviors Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 10:30-12:00 Room: 222 Organizers(s): David Stern Session Author(s) Title 22 STERN, DL*; DING, Y; BERROCAL, A; MORITA, T; LONGDEN, KD; STERN, David Natural Courtship Song Variation Caused by an Intronic Retroelement in an Ion Channel Gene 22 AHMED, OM*; MANOLI, DS; TUN, KM; SERPA, P; […]

Behavioral Syndromes Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 10:30-12:00 Room: 221 Organizer(s): Danielle Lee Session Author(s) Title 21 LEE, DN*; OPHIR, AG Novelty Responses and Individuality of African giant pouched rats 21 WESTRICK, SE*; VAN KESTEREN, F; BOUTIN, S; HUMPHRIES, MM; LANE, J; MCADAM, AG; DANTZER, B Evolutionary Consequences and Proximate Mechanisms of Maternal Styles in a […]

Aubrey Gorbman Award – DCE Best Student Presentation Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: 220 Organizer(s): Laura Carruth, Rosemary Knapp Session Author(s) Title 20 BOOTH, A*; ZOU, E Impact of molt-disrupting BDE-47 on epidermal ecdysteroid signaling in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, in vitro 20 DAYGER, CA*; LUTTERSCHMIDT, DI Modulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis is […]

Fluids and Flow I Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 08:00-09:45 Room: 211-213 Organizer(s): Frank Fish, Kelsey Lucas Session Author(s) Title 2 LUCAS, KN*; TYTELL, ED; LAUDER, GV Pressure-Based Measurement of Instantaneous Swimming Forces Produced by Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) 2 GEMMELL, BJ*; SUTHERLAND, K; CONLEY, K; BOUQUET, J-M; THOMPSON, E Nature’s Peristaltic Pump: Quantification of Flow […]

Disease Ecology II: Host-Pathogen Population Dynamics Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 10:30-12:00 Room: 219 Organizer(s): James Adelman, Maxine Zylberberg Session Author(s) Title 19 HOUSTON, D. D.; AZEEM, S.; LUNDY, C.; SATO, Y.; GUO, B.; BLANCHONG, J. A.; GAUGER, P. C.; YOON, K. J.; ADELMAN, J. S.* No evidence of a role for wild songbirds or rodents […]