Meeting Abstract S2-1 Thursday, Jan. 4 08:00 – 08:30 Compliance shifts the length-tension relationship in skeletal muscle HOLT, Natalie C*; WILLIAMS, C Dave; Northern Arizona University; University of Washington/ Allen Institute for Cell Science Natalie.Holt@nau.edu The relationship between length and tension (LT curve) observed in skeletal muscle is attributed to the requirement for overlap between actin and […]
sessions: S2
Variation in Pro-Inflammatory Immune Responses Among- and Within-Individual Wild Wood Mice Impacts Parasite Infection Dynamics
Meeting Abstract S2-6 Friday, Jan. 4 10:30 – 11:00 Variation in Pro-Inflammatory Immune Responses Among- and Within-Individual Wild Wood Mice Impacts Parasite Infection Dynamics RYNKIEWICZ, EC*; CLERC, M; BABAYAN, S; PEDERSEN, AB; Fashion Institute of Technology; Queens Medical Research Institute; University of Glasgow; University of Edinburgh evelyn_rynkiewicz@fitnyc.edu The immune system is a host’s main defense against infection, […]
Variable Immunity and its Consequences for Disease
Meeting Abstract S2-12 Friday, Jan. 4 15:00 – 15:30 Variable Immunity and its Consequences for Disease STEWART MERRILL, TE*; HALL, SR; RAPTI, Z; CáCERES, CE; Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Indiana University; Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tarastew@illinois.edu https://tarastewartecology.weebly.com/ Epidemiological theory often treats host susceptibility as a fixed constant. Is this assumption […]
Trade-offs between immunity and life-history shape cryptic immunological variation in regeneration-competent rodents
Meeting Abstract S2-3 Friday, Jan. 4 08:30 – 09:00 Trade-offs between immunity and life-history shape cryptic immunological variation in regeneration-competent rodents EZENWA, Vanessa O*; CYR, Jennifer L; GAWRILUK, Tom R; KIMANI, John M; KIAMA, Stephen G; SEIFERT, Ashley W; University of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Kentucky; University of Nairobi; University of Nairobi; University of Kentucky […]
The scale of sickness how immune variation across space and species affects infectious disease dynamics
Meeting Abstract S2-1 Friday, Jan. 4 07:45 – 08:00 The scale of sickness: how immune variation across space and species affects infectious disease dynamics BECKER, DJ*; SCHOENLE, LA; DOWNS, CJ; MARTIN, LB; Montana State University; Hamilton College; Hamilton College; University of South Florida daniel.becker3@montana.edu http://danieljbecker.weebly.com/ Biology, relative to physics and much of chemistry, lacks strict organizing principles. […]
The Challenges of Transcriptome-wide Comparisons Across Species and Genera
Meeting Abstract S2-2 Friday, Jan. 4 08:00 – 08:30 The Challenges of Transcriptome-wide Comparisons Across Species and Genera FIELD, KA*; LILLEY, TM; OGATA, G; ROGERS, EJ; PROKKOLA, JM; MOORE, MS; REEDER, DM; Bucknell University; Bucknell University; Bucknell University; Bucknell University; Bucknell University; Bucknell University; Bucknell University kfield@bucknell.edu http://fieldresearchlab.blogs.bucknell.edu Comparing host responses to infection between individuals at […]
Scaling individual-level immunology to the population level provides risk assessment from convenience samples
Meeting Abstract S2-11 Friday, Jan. 4 14:30 – 15:00 Scaling individual-level immunology to the population level provides risk assessment from convenience samples PEPIN, Kim, M.*; WEBB, Colleen, T.; WILBER, Mark, Q.; National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins; Colorado State University, Fort Collins; Colorado State University, Fort Collins kim.m.pepin@aphis.usda.gov Infections in most animal species cause an antibody response […]
Scaling bioenergetic theory to predict the population dynamics of human schistosomes and intermediate snail hosts
Meeting Abstract S2-9 Friday, Jan. 4 13:30 – 14:00 Scaling bioenergetic theory to predict the population dynamics of human schistosomes and intermediate snail hosts CIVITELLO, DJ*; MALISHEV, M; Emory University; Emory University dcivite@emory.edu Observations that the outcome of infection for individual hosts depends on ecological factors such as age, sex, resource availability, and environmental stressors form the […]
Quantifying and interpreting spatial autocorrelation in leukocyte profiles in a widespread Neotropical bat species
Meeting Abstract S2-5 Friday, Jan. 4 09:30 – 10:00 Quantifying and interpreting spatial autocorrelation in leukocyte profiles in a widespread Neotropical bat species BECKER, DJ*; ARGIBAY, HG; BOTTO, G; ESCALERA-ZAMUDIO, M; GREENWOOD, AD; ROJAS-ANAYA, E; LAVERGNE, A; DE THOISY, B; CZIRJáK, GÁ; PLOWRIGHT, RK; ALTIZER, S; STREICKER, DG; Montana State University; Universidad de Buenos Aires; Montana State […]
Modeling the Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on Immune Defense and Infection Dynamics in Heterogeneous Host Populations
Meeting Abstract S2-8 Friday, Jan. 4 11:30 – 12:00 Modeling the Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on Immune Defense and Infection Dynamics in Heterogeneous Host Populations HALL, RJ; University of Georgia, Athens rjhall@uga.edu Variation in host competence can lead some individuals to contribute disproportionately to pathogen transmission. Exposure to anthropogenic stressors that impair immune performance could increase the […]
