Meeting Abstract P1-283  Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30  A Novel, Phylogenetically-Informed Approach for Investigating Material Properties in Biological Hard Materials with Implications for Biomimetic Ceramic Designs KUHN-HENDRICKS, SM*; ERICKSON, GM; Florida State University; Florida State University sh12f@my.fsu.edu Biological hard materials show considerable promise for inspiring next generation high-performance ceramics and composites. Complex architectures in materials such […]

Meeting Abstract P1-60  Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30  A Morphological and Immunohistochemical Study of the Foot of the Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis CAIN, SD*; HAYS-WEHLE, E; HOFFMAN, G; Whitman College, Eastern Oregon University; Whitman College; Whitman College shaun.cain@eou.edu Most gastropod molluscs use their foot to locomote, despite differences in the substrate over which they crawl. Little, […]

Meeting Abstract P1-10  Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30  A Model for Course Backward Design: Aligning Outcomes and Assessments with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Vision & Change ROSS, JA; California State University, Fresno jross@csufresno.edu http://tabletpedagogy.blogspot.com Many of us work diligently to incorporate the recommendations of Vision & Change into our courses. For most topics, it is not possible […]

Meeting Abstract P1-165  Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30  A Field Experiment Demonstrating that the Seafloor can be Very Risky for Planktonic Embryos STRATHMANN, RR; Univ. of Washington, Friday Harbor rrstrath@uw.edu In marine environments, most solitary eggs are shed into the plankton, whereas most benthic eggs are grouped into protective capsules, gel masses, or broods. Presumably the […]

Meeting Abstract P1-219  Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30  A Comparison of the Thermal Sensitivities of Limb Muscles in a Small Bat Species and the Laboratory Mouse RUMMEL, AD*; SWARTZ, SM; MARSH, RL; Brown University andrea_rummel@brown.edu Temperature has a profound effect on the contractile properties of muscles. Bats must maintain high locomotor performance in challenging thermal conditions, […]

Meeting Abstract P1-12  Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30  A Classroom Activity Simulating Population-Level Evolution by Hand HAGEY, T*; WARWICK, A; MEAD, L; Michigan State University; Michigan State University; Michigan State University hageyt@egr.msu.edu We have developed a scalable classroom activity that illustrates how evolution occurs at the population level, specifically the inheritance and variation of a trait […]

Meeting Abstract P1-9  Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30  A Capstone Case Study as Review for an Introductory Biology Class LENT, DD; RAWAT, M; MÜLLER, UK*; CSU Fresno; CSU Fresno; CSU Fresno umuller@csufresno.edu http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~umuller/FBDS/FBDS-home/FBDS-home-welcome.html Case studies have become an established approach to engage students and to practice problem solving skills. This case study was developed to serve […]

Meeting Abstract P1-235  Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30  Zombie bacteria: using natural transformation to study bioluminescence in the Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes symbiosis GASS, J.T.*; NISHIGUCHI, M.K.; New Mexico State University; New Mexico State University jtgass@nmsu.edu The beneficial bioluminescent marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri has been used to study mechanisms of symbiont specificity, host recognition, and evolutionarily driven […]

Meeting Abstract P1-28  Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30  Written in Bone: Damage Patterns in Agonopsis vulsa Armor Plates STEWART, MS*; KRUPPERT, S; SCHMITZ, L; SUMMERS, A; Scripps College; Univ. of Washington; Claremont McKenna College; Univ. of Washington morganstewart012@gmail.com Armor, in the sense of heavy plates or scutes, has evolved many times in fishes suggesting a common […]

Meeting Abstract P1-255  Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30  Why won’t Bullfrogs Die? A Study of Host Tolerance to Deadly, Fungal Pathogen LAFOND, JC*; SAVAGE, AE; University of Central Florida lafondj@knights.ucf.edu The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused population declines and extinctions in hundreds of amphibian species globally. The American bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) has been implicated […]