SICB Annual Meeting 2016
January 3-7, 2016
Oregon Convention Center – Portland, OR
List of Sessions
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Symposia
| S1 | Neuroecology | Organizer(s): Jeff Riffell, Ashlee Rowe |
| S2 | Life on the EdgeLife on the Edge: the Biology of Organisms Inhabiting Extreme Environments | Organizer(s): Annie Lindgren |
| S3 | Parasites and Pests in Motion: Biology, Biodiversity and Climate Change | Organizer(s): Christopher B. Boyko, Jason Williams |
| S4 | Extraocular, Nonvisual, and Simple Photoreceptors | Organizer(s): Thomas Cronin, Sonke Johnsen |
| S5 | The Morphological Diversity of the Intromittent Organ | Organizer(s): Brandon Moore, Diane Kelly |
| S6 | Evolutionary Endocrinology: Hormones as Mediators of Evolutionary Phenomena | Organizer(s): Robert Cox, Joel McGlothlin Frances Bonier, Frances Bonier |
| S9 | Beyond the mean: Biological Impacts of Changing Patterns of Temperature Variation | Organizer(s): Michael Dillon, Art Woods, Michael Sears |
| S7 | Are Migratory Animals Superspreaders of Infection? | Organizer(s): Alexa Fritzsche McKay, Bethany Hoye |
| S8 | Integrative and Comparative Biology of Venom | Organizer(s): Marymegan Daly, Lisle Gibbs |
| S11 | Tapping the Power of Crustacean Transcriptomes to Address Grand Challenges in Comparative Biology | Organizer(s): Donald Mykles, Karen Burnett David Durica, Jonathon Stillman, David Durica, Jonathon Stillman |
| S10 | A Bigger Picture: Organismal Function at the Nexus of Development, Ecology, and Evolution | Organizer(s): Sharlene E. Santana, Paul Gignac |
| S12 | New Frontiers in the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior: Nothing in Neuroscience Makes Sense Except in the Light of Behavior | Organizer(s): Suzy Renn, Hans Hofmann, Dustin Rubenstein |
Contributed Oral Presentations
| PLEN | Opening Plenary Session | |
| BART | George A. Bartholomew Award Lecture | |
| BERN | Howard A. Bern Lecture | |
| MOORE | John A. Moore Lecture | |
| 1 | Locomotion and Movement – Substrate Matters | Session Chair(s): Kevin Jagnandan |
| 2 | Neuromechanics | Session Chair(s): Jean-Michel Mongeau |
| 3 | Muscle Structure, Physiology, and Function I | Session Chair(s): Joseph Thompson |
| 4 | Stress I | Session Chair(s): Jamie Cornelius, Brian Walker |
| 5 | Complementary to S5 Morphology of the Intromittent Organ | Session Chair(s): Julian Smith III, Dara Orbach |
| 6 | Community Ecology | Session Chair(s): Abigail Cahill, Joshua Drew |
| 7 | Behavioral Syndromes | Session Chair(s): Tina Wey |
| 8 | Territoriality and Aggression | Session Chair(s): Sarah Humfeld |
| 9 | Feeding – Ecomorphology and Evolution I | Session Chair(s): A. Kristopher Lappin |
| 10 | Diversification | Session Chair(s): Brian Sidlauskas, Francesco Santini |
| 11 | Larvae, Metamorphosis, and Life Cycles | Session Chair(s): Michael Hadfield, Louise Page |
| 12 | Adhesion | Session Chair(s): Brooke Flammang |
| 13 | Flight: Morphological Aspects | Session Chair(s): Stacey Combes |
| 14 | Muscle Structure, Physiology, and Function II | Session Chair(s): John Hutchinson |
| 15 | DCE Gorbman Best Student Oral Presentation | Session Chair(s): Rosemary Knapp, Mary Mendonça |
| 16 | Physiological Responses to Infection | Session Chair(s): Ken Fields, Louise Rollins-Smith |
| 17 | Energetics and Metabolism | Session Chair(s): Lucas Kirschman |
| 18 | DEE Huey Best Student Paper Award | Session Chair(s): Donald Miles, Mike Sears |
| 19 | Evolution of Behavior | Session Chair(s): Matt Steffenson |
| 20 | Feeding – Ecomorphology and Evolution II | Session Chair(s): Christopher Kenaley |
| 21 | Macroevolution | Session Chair(s): Kerin Claeson |
| 22 | Cell Differentiation and Morphogenesis | Session Chair(s): Christine Schnitzler, David Weisblat |
| 23 | Larval Ecology | Session Chair(s): Dianna Padilla |
| 24 | DVM: D.Dwight Davis Best Student Paper Competition | Session Chair(s): Callum Ross |
| 25 | Population Ecology | Session Chair(s): Lance McBrayer |
| 26 | Stress II: Environmental Endocrinology | Session Chair(s): Elizabeth Addis, Michael Sheriff |
| 27 | Immune-based Trade-offs | Session Chair(s): Emily Uhrig, Emily Cornelius |
| 28 | Energetics and Metabolism II | Session Chair(s): Karine Salin, Chuck Booth |
| 29 | Biodiversity and Phylogeography | Session Chair(s): Kristen Moody |
| 30 | DAB Best Student Presentation | Session Chair(s): Michele Johnson, Diana Hews |
| 31 | Complementary to S7 Are Migratory Animals Superspreaders of Infection | Session Chair(s): Bethany Hoye, Elizabeth MacDougall-Shackleton |
| 32 | Phylogenetics | Session Chair(s): Donald Miles, Marta deMaintenon |
| 33 | Fertilization and Early Morphogenesis | Session Chair(s): April Hill |
| 34 | Stress-Immune Interactions | Session Chair(s): Matthew Venesky, Stephanie Gervasi |
| 35 | Fluids and Flows | Session Chair(s): Kelly Sutherland |
| 36 | Evolutionary Ecology | Session Chair(s): Sarah Zohdy |
| 37 | Complementary to S2 Life on the Edge | Session Chair(s): Julia Sigwart |
| 38 | Fauchald Special Session I | Session Chair(s): Anja Schulze, Kirk Fitzhugh |
| 39 | Complementary to S11 Tapping the Power of Transcriptomics | Session Chair(s): Jonathon Stillman |
| 40 | Complementary to S1 Neuroecology and Neural Mechanisms | Session Chair(s): Zen Faulks |
| 41 | Behavioral Ecology I: Performance and Mechanism | Session Chair(s): Karen Warkentin, Taylor Chapple |
| 42 | Neuro/Behavioral Genomics | Session Chair(s): Andrea Kohn, Christopher Balakrishnan |
| 43 | Ecomorphology and Evolution I | Session Chair(s): Eric McElroy |
| 44 | Major Body Plan Transitions | Session Chair(s): Andreas Hejnol |
| 45 | Muscle Structure, Physiology, and Function III | Session Chair(s): Manny Azizi |
| 46 | Stress III: What Should We Measure? | Session Chair(s): Stefania Casagrande, Thomas Small |
| 47 | Fluids and Flows II | Session Chair(s): Lindsay Waldrop |
| 48 | Sexual Selection and Reproduction | Session Chair(s): Tony Williams, Wendy Hood |
| 49 | Complementary to S2 Life on the Edge | Session Chair(s): Annie Lindgren |
| 50 | Fauchald Special Session II | Session Chair(s): Pat Hutchings, Sally Woodin |
| 51 | Digestive Physiology | Session Chair(s): Zach Stahlschmidt, Marshall McCue |
| 52 | Complementary to S1 Neuroecology Neural Mechanisms | Session Chair(s): Mark Willis |
| 53 | Behavioral Ecology 2: Biotic and Abiotic Effects | Session Chair(s): Roger Anderson |
| 54 | Social and Collective Behavior | Session Chair(s): Michael Greene, Daria Monaenkova |
| 55 | Ecomorphology and Evolution II | Session Chair(s): Tobin Hieronymus |
| 56 | Disease in an Ecological Context | Session Chair(s): Michelle Nishiguchi, Heather Broughton |
| 57 | Locomotion – Terra Firma I | Session Chair(s): Jeffrey Rankin |
| 58 | Host Behavior: Host Susceptibility, Pathogen Transmission and Parasite Manipulation | Session Chair(s): James Adelman, Sahnzi Moyers |
| 59 | Thermal and Biophysical Ecology | Session Chair(s): Mike O’Connor |
| 60 | Evolutionary Morphology | Session Chair(s): Stacy Farina, Roi Holzman |
| 61 | Complementary to S2 Life on the Edge | Session Chair(s): Berry Pinshow, Blair Wolf |
| 62 | Fauchald Special Session III | Session Chair(s): Damhnait McHugh, Elizabeth Heath-Heckman |
| 63 | Muscle Physiology | Session Chair(s): David Williams, Nicole Thometz |
| 64 | Complementary to S1 Neuroecology Neural Mechanisms | Session Chair(s): Allen Mensinger |
| 65 | Migration and Movement | Session Chair(s): Dan Rittschof |
| 66 | DCB: Mimi A.R. Koehl and Stephen A. Wainwright Best Student Paper Competition | Session Chair(s): Jake Socha |
| 67 | Wake Award – Best DPCB Student Presentation | Session Chair(s): Todd Oakley |
| 68 | Complementary to S8 Biology of Venom | Session Chair(s): Meg Daly, Ryan McCleary |
| 69 | Symbiosis | Session Chair(s): Austin Parrin, Shelia Kitchen |
| 70 | Variation and Adaptation | Session Chair(s): Mikhail Matz, Mark Garcia |
| 71 | Flight: Performance, Aerodynamics, and Mechanics I | Session Chair(s): Joesph Bahlman |
| 72 | Complementary to S6 Evolutionary Endocrinology: Hormones as Mediators I | Session Chair(s): Francis Bonier |
| 73 | Biomaterials and Mechanics | Session Chair(s): Ross Hatton |
| 74 | Complementary to S4 Extrocular, Non Visual, and Simple Photoreceptors I | Session Chair(s): Leslie Babonis |
| 75 | DEDB – Best Student Oral Presentation Competition | Session Chair(s): Greg Davis |
| 76 | Thermal Physiology I | Session Chair(s): Heather Liwanag, Sara Sawyer |
| 77 | Animal Communication | Session Chair(s): Rindy Anderson, Bernie Lohr |
| 78 | Locomotion – Ecomorphology | Session Chair(s): Kathleen Foster |
| 79 | DNB Best Student Presentation | Session Chair(s): Paul Moore |
| 80 | Complementary to S10 The Bigger Picture | Session Chair(s): Paul Gignac |
| 81 | Population Genetics | Session Chair(s): Joseph Pfaller, Michael Hart |
| 82 | Flight: Performance, Aerodynamics, and Mechanics II | Session Chair(s): Nick Gravish |
| 83 | Complementary to S6 Evolutionary Endocrinology: Hormones as Mediators II | Session Chair(s): Robert Cox |
| 84 | Biomaterials, Structure, Mechanical Design I | Session Chair(s): Douglas Fudge |
| 85 | Complementary to S4 Extrocular, Non Visual, and Simple Photoreceptors II | Session Chair(s): Sonke Johnsen |
| 86 | Evolution Viewed Through a Developmental Lens | Session Chair(s): Eduardo Zattara, Prashant Sharma |
| 87 | Thermal Physiology II | Session Chair(s): Nancy Berner |
| 88 | Courtship and Mating | Session Chair(s): Erica Westerman, Susan Balenger |
| 89 | Locomotion – Biomimetics and Modeling | Session Chair(s): Jianing Wu |
| 90 | Neuroethology | Session Chair(s): Rich Satterlie |
| 91 | Molecular Evolution & Omics | Session Chair(s): Eli Meyer, Justin Havird |
| 92 | Geographic Variation & Evolution | Session Chair(s): Sarah Boyer, Daniel Warner |
| 93 | Flight: Performance, Aerodynamics, and Mechanics III | Session Chair(s): Brandon Jackson |
| 94 | Climate Change | Session Chair(s): Karen Chan |
| 95 | Biomaterials, Structure, Mechanical Design II | Session Chair(s): Maya deVries |
| 96 | Evolution of Color and Vision | Session Chair(s): Sherry Tamone |
| 97 | Five Minute Talks | Session Chair(s): Anabela Maia |
| 98 | Water and Ion Homeostasis | Session Chair(s): Jeffrey Robinson, Melissa May |
| 99 | Predator-Prey Behaviors | Session Chair(s): Aaron Corcoran |
| 100 | Locomotion – Maneuvers and Perturbations | Session Chair(s): Nickolay Hristov |
| 101 | Complementary to S12 New Frontiers in the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior | Session Chair(s): Suzy Renn, Rayna Harris |
| 102 | Musculoskeletal Structure and Function | Session Chair(s): Dara Orbach |
| 103 | Feeding Mechanics and Kinematics I | Session Chair(s): Dominique Adriaens |
| 104 | Evolutionary Physiology | Session Chair(s): Zachary Cheviron |
| 105 | Host Immunity: Gene Expression, Epigenetics, and Evolution | Session Chair(s): Andrew Flies |
| 106 | Sensory Biology | Session Chair(s): Mark Willis |
| 107 | Locomotion – Terra Firma II | Session Chair(s): Thomas Libby |
| 108 | Respiratory Physiology I | Session Chair(s): Kirt Onthank |
| 109 | Coral Reef Biology and Ocean Acidification | Session Chair(s): Nathan Kirk |
| 110 | Undergraduate Education, Teaching & Research | |
| 111 | Reproduction and Parenting | Session Chair(s): Kelly Williams |
| 112 | Life Aquatic: Fishy Fins | Session Chair(s): Brett Aiello |
| 113 | Feeding Mechanics and Kinematics II | Session Chair(s): Philip Anderson |
| 114 | Thermal Physiology & Adaptation II | Session Chair(s): Morgan Kelly, Michael Logan |
| 115 | Neural Development & Evolution | Session Chair(s): Diane Adams |
| 116 | Neuroethology of Vision | Session Chair(s): Nate Morehouse |
| 117 | Locomotion – Terra Firma III | Session Chair(s): Robbie Wilson |
| 118 | Respiratory Physiology II | Session Chair(s): Leigh Boardman |
| 119 | Conservation Behavior | Session Chair(s): Rachelle Balenger, Christopher Templeton |
| 120 | Complementary to S9 Beyond the Mean: Biological Impacts I | Session Chair(s): Rory Telemeco |
| 121 | Reproductive Endocrinology | Session Chair(s): Alan Vajda, Isabelle Vea |
| 122 | Life Aquatic: Fish Swimming | Session Chair(s): Nicole Danos |
| 123 | Life History Evolution | Session Chair(s): Peter Zani, Miguel Reyes |
| 124 | Thermal Physiology and Adaptation III | Session Chair(s): Jonathan Velotta, Martha Munoz |
| 125 | Environmental Factors, Host Susceptibility, and Parasite Success | Session Chair(s): Brent Sinclair, Gabriela Rios-Sotelo |
| 126 | Responses to Environmental Change | Session Chair(s): Caleb Hasler |
| 127 | Locomotion – Terra Firma IV | Session Chair(s): John Bertram |
| 128 | Reproductive Physiology | Session Chair(s): Robin Warne, Joshua Benoit |
| 129 | Learning and Memory | Session Chair(s): Christopher Olson |
| 130 | Complementary to S9 Beyond the Mean: Biological Impacts II | Session Chair(s): Wes Dowd, Art Woods |
| 131 | Hormones and Behavior | Session Chair(s): Iris Levin, Cassandra Nunez |
| 132 | Life Aquatic: Feeding and Swimming | Session Chair(s): Frank Fish |
Contributed Poster Presentations
| P1 | Poster Session 1 |
| P2 | Poster Session 2 |
| P3 | Poster Session 3 |
Other Events
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| Other Events Thursday |