SICB Annual Meeting 2020
January 3-7
Austin, TX
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Symposia
| S1 | New Frontiers in Antarctic Marine Biology | Organizer(s): James McClintock, Charles Amsler |
| S2 | Epigenetic Variation in Endocrine Systems | Organizer(s): Haley Hanson, Tyler Stevenson |
| S3 | Biology at the Cusp: Teeth as a Model Phenotype for Integrating Developmental Genomics, Biomechanics, and Ecology | Organizer(s): Gareth Fraser, Darrin Hulsey |
| S4 | Reproduction: the Female Perspective from an Integrative and Comparative Framework | Organizer(s): Virginia Hayssen, Teri Orr |
| S5 | Form, structure and function: How plants vs. animals solve physical problems | Organizer(s): Ulrike Müller, Simon Poppinga |
| S6 | Bio-inspiration of silent flight of owls and other flying animals: recent advances and unanswered questions | Organizer(s): Chris Clark, Justin Jaworski |
| S7 | Building Bridges from Genome to Phenome: Molecules, Methods and Models | Organizer(s): Karen Burnett, Jonathon Stillman, Donald Mykles, David Durica |
| S8 | Long Limbless Locomotors: The Mechanics and Biology of Elongate, Limbless Vertebrate Locomotion | Organizer(s): Henry Astley |
| S9 | Applied Functional Biology: Linking Ecological Morphology to Conservation and Management | Organizer(s): Lance McBrayer, Eric McElroy, Diego Sustaita |
| S10 | Melding Modeling and Morphology: integrating approaches to understand the evolution of form and function | Organizer(s): Lindsay Waldrop, Jonathan Rader |
| S11 | Integrative comparative cognition: can neurobiology and neurogenomics inform comparative analyses of cognitive phenotype? | Organizer(s): Yuxiang Liu, Sabrina Burmeister |
Contributed Oral Presentations
| PLEN | Plenary Session | |
| BART | George A. Bartholomew Award Lecture | |
| BERN | BERN Lecture | |
| AMS | AMS Lecture | |
| Moore | Moore Lecture | |
| 1 | Neuroanatomy & Neurobiology | Session Chair(s): Ross DeAngelis |
| 2 | DEE Best Student Paper: Huey Award | Session Chair(s): Cameron Ghalambor |
| 3 | It’s Not the Fall That Kills You, It’s the LANDING | Session Chair(s): Nicholas Smith, John Whitehead |
| 4 | Living in Syrup: Dealing with Viscosity | Session Chair(s): Julie Cass, Terry Dial |
| 5 | Energy: Checks and Balances | Session Chair(s): Callum Ross, Jim Usherwood |
| 6 | Sensory Neurobiology and Control | Session Chair(s): Noah Cowan |
| 7 | Temperature Effects from Development to Life History | Session Chair(s): Morgan Furze, Racine Rangel |
| 8 | Microbiome: Living with Multitudes | Session Chair(s): Gregory Demas, Sarah Gardner |
| 9 | Movement in Space | Session Chair(s): Marc Badger |
| 10 | DPCB Best Student Paper: Wake Award | Session Chair(s): Todd Oakley |
| 11 | Predator Prey | Session Chair(s): Dale Stevens |
| 12 | Species and Speciation | |
| 13 | Evolutionary Ecology and Life History | |
| 14 | DCB Best Student Paper: Mimi A.R. Koehl and Steven Wainwright Award | Session Chair(s): Stacey Combes |
| 15 | Rising Star in Organismal Botany Award | Session Chair(s): Janet Steven |
| 16 | Undergraduate Education Success Stories | Session Chair(s): Christopher Martine, Jasmine Coyle |
| 17 | Sensing, Signaling and Transduction | Session Chair(s): James Newcomb |
| 18 | Social Neuroethology | Session Chair(s): Scott MacDougall-Shackleton |
| 19 | Connubiality, Conjugality, or Civil Union? Symbiotic Relationships Under Water and in the Air | Session Chair(s): Kenneth Halanych |
| 20 | Population Variation in Life-history Traits | Session Chair(s): Mark Garcia, Talene Yeghissian |
| 21 | Foraging: Memory and Mechanisms | Session Chair(s): Caroline Strang |
| 22 | Evolution of Behaviour | Session Chair(s): Angela Freeman |
| 23 | Evolutionary Ecology | Session Chair(s): Patrick Kelly |
| 24 | DEDE Best Student Paper Competition | Session Chair(s): Dan Becker, Daniel Becker |
| 25 | On the Wing | Session Chair(s): Aimy Wissa, Tomer Urca |
| 26 | Biological Rhythms | Session Chair(s): Helen Chmura |
| 27 | DEDB Best Student Paper | Session Chair(s): Kim Hoke |
| 28 | Make the Flow Go | Session Chair(s): Konstantin Kornev |
| 29 | Biological Mousetraps: Springs and Latches | Session Chair(s): Sarah Longo, Jeffrey Olberding |
| 30 | Flying and Swimming Behaviour | Session Chair(s): Matthew Lefauve |
| 31 | Connubiality, Conjugality, or Civil Union? Symbiotic Relationships in Corals | Session Chair(s): Hanny Rivera |
| 32 | (Eco)Energetics | Session Chair(s): Rebecca Clark, Hugh Ellis |
| 33 | Plasticity | Session Chair(s): David Coughlin, Javier Mendez Narvaez |
| 34 | Comparative Genomics and Phylogenetics of the Spineless | |
| 35 | Complementary to S3: Biology at the Cusp: Teeth as a Model Phenotype for Integrating Developmental Genomics, Biomechanics, and Ecology | Session Chair(s): Natasha S. Vitek, Tyler A. Square |
| 36 | Comparative Genomics and Phylogenetics in Vertebrates | Session Chair(s): Dave Blackburn |
| 37 | Macroevolution and Evolutionary Paleobiology | Session Chair(s): Tom Stewart |
| 38 | Fire When Ready: Muscle Activity | Session Chair(s): David Carrier |
| 39 | DNNSB Best Student Paper | Session Chair(s): Mike Baltzley |
| 40 | Walking in Water | Session Chair(s): Amanda Palecek, Melina Hale |
| 41 | What I Need: a Good Immune Defense | Session Chair(s): Catherine Tylan, Katherine Buckley |
| 42 | Morphology and Function: A Rocky Relationship | Session Chair(s): Mark Westneat |
| 43 | Adaptation and Changes in Environment | Session Chair(s): Carla Madelaire |
| 44 | Hot Flashes to Molecular Modulation – Thermo and Chemical Ecology | Session Chair(s): Tim Wollesen |
| 45 | Special Session: Celebrating the Scientific Contributions of Rosemary Knapp: Hormones and Alternative Reproductive Tactics, Part I | Session Chair(s): Ignacio Moore, Sarah Woodley |
| 46 | Devo-evo | Session Chair(s): Emily Setton, Tim Wollesen |
| 47 | Complementary to S2: Epigenetic Variation in Endocrine System | Session Chair(s): Vania R. Assis, Sebastian G. Alvarado |
| 48 | DIZ Best Student Paper Session | Session Chair(s): Ken Halanych, Linda Walters |
| 49 | Special Session: Digestive Physiology: A Session in Honor of Bill Karasov, Part I | Session Chair(s): Kevin Kohl, Denise Dearing |
| 50 | DVM Best Student Paper: D. Dwight Davis Award | Session Chair(s): Patricia Hernandez |
| 51 | Neuroethology & Visual Sensing | Session Chair(s): Clement Vinauger |
| 52 | Getting Real: Effects of Multiple Stressors on Organisms | Session Chair(s): John VandenBrooks |
| 53 | Immune-based Tradeoffs | Session Chair(s): Matthew Steffenson, Emily Cornelius Ruhs |
| 54 | Adaptation and Genes | Session Chair(s): Jennifer Kovacs, Zac Cheviron |
| 55 | Growth Factors & Neuropeptides | Session Chair(s): Kendra Sewall, Elizabeth Addis |
| 56 | Beat it (the Heat)- Combating Stress in Coral Reefs, Part I | Session Chair(s): Nicola Kriefall |
| 57 | Special Session: Celebrating the Scientific Contributions of Rosemary Knapp: Hormones and Alternative Reproductive Tactics, Part II | Session Chair(s): Sarah Woodley, Ignacio Moore |
| 58 | Evo-devo | Session Chair(s): Arkhat Abzhaanov |
| 59 | Complementary to S1: New Frontiers in Antarctic Marine Biology | Session Chair(s): Brad Seibel, Prashant P. Sharma |
| 60 | The Biology Underground | Session Chair(s): Ben McInroe, Kory Evans |
| 61 | Special Session: Digestive Physiology: A Session in Honor of Bill Karasov, Part II | Session Chair(s): Kevin Kohl, Denise Dearing |
| 62 | Animals in Compliance: Structural Mechanics | Session Chair(s): Ruijie Zhu, Janne Pfeiffenberger |
| 63 | DAB Best Student Paper: Marlene Zuk Award | Session Chair(s): Scott MacDougall-Shackleton, Erica Westerman |
| 64 | You Got the Touch (and Sight and Sound) | Session Chair(s): Simon Walker |
| 65 | Education and External Partnerships | Session Chair(s): Nicoline Chambers, Sebastian Echeverri |
| 66 | Thermoregulation | Session Chair(s): Victoria Dahlhoff, Michael Dillon |
| 67 | Molecular Evolution | Session Chair(s): Sally Chang |
| 68 | Beat it (the Heat)- Combating Stress in Coral Reefs, Part II | Session Chair(s): Rachel Wright |
| 69 | DCE Best Student Paper – Aubrey Gorbman Award | Session Chair(s): Loren Buck, Kathleen Hunt |
| 70 | Sensory Biology & Neuroethology | Session Chair(s): Alex Kingston |
| 71 | Communication Mechanisms | Session Chair(s): Fadeke Adeola |
| 72 | Evolutionary Morphology | Session Chair(s): Edward Burress, Stephanie Baumgart |
| 73 | Get in My Belly: Feeding on a Variety of Foods | Session Chair(s): Ashley Peterson, Dylan Wainwright |
| 74 | Chchchchanging Climate, Part I | Session Chair(s): Robert Srygley |
| 75 | Building a Better Muscle | Session Chair(s): Alexis Noel, Stephanie Ross |
| 76 | The Way That I Walk | Session Chair(s): Rob Siddall, Christine Vega |
| 77 | Ecophysiology of Oxygen Delivery | Session Chair(s): Heather Liwanag |
| 78 | Complementary to S10: Melding Modeling and Morphology: Integrating Approaches to Understand the Evolution of Form and Function, Part I | Session Chair(s): Alexander Hoover, Julien Clavel |
| 79 | Parental Care & Reproduction | Session Chair(s): Rayna Harris |
| 80 | S.T.R.E.S.S. 1 | Session Chair(s): Sarah Guindre-Parker, Mike Butler |
| 81 | Where Do We Go From Here? Biogeography | Session Chair(s): Daniel Spence |
| 82 | Bio-“Physical Fascination”-Biophysical Environment, Part I | Session Chair(s): Micheal Sears |
| 83 | Complementary to S4: Reproduction: the Female Perspective From an Integrative and Comparative Framework, Part I | Session Chair(s): Nicole Danos, Daniel J. Stadtmauer |
| 84 | Awesome Adaptations | Session Chair(s): Anthony Lapsansky, Dana Orbach |
| 85 | Chew on This | Session Chair(s): Francois Gould, Nicolai Konow |
| 86 | Chchchchanging Climate, Part II | Session Chair(s): Sara ElShafie |
| 87 | (Don’t) Trip, Stumble and Fall | Session Chair(s): Cinammon Pace |
| 88 | Morphology of the Senses | Session Chair(s): Kelsi Rutledge, Katie Thomas |
| 89 | Host-pathogen Interactions | Session Chair(s): Karie Altman, Amberleigh Henschen |
| 90 | Complementary to S10: Melding Modeling and Morphology: Integrating Approaches to Understand the Evolution of Form and Function, Part II | Session Chair(s): Stacy Farina, Micheal Granatosky |
| 91 | Sensory Basis of Organismal Interactions | Session Chair(s): Rulon Clark |
| 92 | S.T.R.E.S.S. 2 | Session Chair(s): Mauren Vitousek, Blake Jones |
| 93 | Migration and Navigation | Session Chair(s): Jessica Malisch |
| 94 | Bio-“Physical Fascination”-Biophysical Environment, Part II | Session Chair(s): George Bakken |
| 95 | Complementary to S4: Reproduction: the Female Perspective from an Integrative and Comparative Framework, Part II | Session Chair(s): Ned J. Place, Kristen J. Navara |
| 96 | Complementary to S5: Form, Structure and Function: How Plants vs. Animals Solve Physical Problems | Session Chair(s): James C Liao, Saad Bhamla |
| 97 | Everything Sucks | Session Chair(s): Aaron Olsen, Roi Holzman |
| 98 | Population Genetics | |
| 99 | Pulling and Tugging: Musculo-Skeletal Architecture | Session Chair(s): Audrey Biondi, David Ryan |
| 100 | Physiology Through the Seasons | Session Chair(s): David Swanson, Kevin Roberts |
| 101 | Two to tango: Host-parasite interactions | Session Chair(s): Susan Balenger, Christian Cox |
| 102 | Ecophysiology of Diet | Session Chair(s): Beck Wehrle |
| 103 | Sensing and Navigation | Session Chair(s): Jeff Riffell, Tanvi Deora |
| 104 | Comparative Endocrinology | Session Chair(s): Stefanny Titon, Nick Holloway |
| 105 | The Evolution of Morphology | |
| 106 | The Evolution of Physiology | Session Chair(s): Anthony Gilbert |
| 107 | Complementary to S7: Building Bridges from Genome to Phenome: Molecules, Methods and Models, Part I | Session Chair(s): Tanner, Teets |
| 108 | Twist and Turn | Session Chair(s): Frank Fish |
| 109 | Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Physiology, Performance and Life History | Session Chair(s): Rachel Davis, Kent Edmonds |
| 110 | Mechanics of Leftovers: Bone, Gristle and Sinew | Session Chair(s): Hila Tzipora, Mason Dean |
| 111 | Dealing with Damage | Session Chair(s): Andrew Mountcastle, Vivek Prakash |
| 112 | Bitchin Bioindicators | Session Chair(s): Travis Wilcoxen |
| 113 | Sensory Biology – Navigation and Sensing | Session Chair(s): Jamie LocPort |
| 114 | Complementary to S8: Long Limbless Locomotors Over Land: The Mechanics and Biology of Elongate Limbless Vertebrate Locomotion | Session Chair(s): Christopher Kenaley |
| 115 | Animal Movement | Session Chair(s): Russell Wyeth |
| 116 | Reproduction & Development – Hormonally Speaking | Session Chair(s): Andrea Liebl, Aubrey Converse |
| 117 | Reproduction and Sensory Biology | Session Chair(s): Brooke Vetter |
| 118 | Evolutionary Morphology and Modularity | Session Chair(s): Todd Oakley |
| 119 | Complementary to S7: Building Bridges from Genome to Phenome: Molecules, Methods and Models, Part II | Session Chair(s): Todd Oakley, Billie Swalla |
| 120 | Robot Chicken of the Sea | Session Chair(s): George Lauder |
| 121 | Ionic and Osmotic Regulation: From Molecules to Organisms | Session Chair(s): Charles Booth, Kady Lyons |
| 122 | Into the Interstitial Matrix | Session Chair(s): Molly Gabler, Marianne Alleyne |
| 123 | Growing Pains | Session Chair(s): Louis Zachos |
| 124 | Huevos to Ninos-Larvae, Yolks and Hatching | Session Chair(s): Douglas Pace |
| 125 | How Hormones Make Animals do What They do | Session Chair(s): Aurora Solla, Roslyn Dakin |
| 126 | Social Communication and Competition | Session Chair(s): Sarah Wofford |
| 127 | “One Ant, One Bird, One Tree”, Biodiversity | Session Chair(s): James Waters |
| 128 | Behavioural Phenotypes | Session Chair(s): Anna Dornhaus |
| 129 | Shedding Light on Adaptation and Co-evolution | Session Chair(s): Emily Kane |
| 130 | Take a Bow for the New “Evolution”-Evolutionary and Population Biology | Session Chair(s): Charles Watson |
| 131 | Find Food, Eat or be Eaten | Session Chair(s): Bahnisikha Dutta |
| 132 | Paddles, Fins and Schools: Variety in Swimming Tools | Session Chair(s): James Townsend, Arvind Santhanakrishnan |
| 133 | Muscle Physiology and Function | Session Chair(s): Andrea Rummel, David Williams |
| 134 | Biological Velcro | Session Chair(s): David Labonte, Adam Summers |
| 135 | Playing with Shape: Plasticity | Session Chair(s): Craig Albertson |
| 136 | Mechanisms of Development | Session Chair(s): Diego Biston Vaz |
| 137 | Complementary to S9: Applied Functional Biology: Linking Ecological Morphology to Conservation and Management | Session Chair(s): Donald Miles, Diego Sustaita |
| 138 | Courtship Communication | Session Chair(s): Rosalyn Putland |
| 139 | On Not-So-Solid Ground | Session Chair(s): Brian Chang |
| 140 | Comparative Genomics, Proteomics, Cell Type Evolution | Session Chair(s): Jason Macrander, Leslie Babonis |
Contributed Poster Presentations
| P1 | Poster Session 1 |
| P2 | Poster Session 2 |
| P3 | Poster Session 3 |
