SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S7-10  Wed Jan 6 17:00 – 17:30  Within-cell cycle of endolysosome-related pigment organelles in crab spiders leads to reversible color changes Figon, F*; Hurbain, I; Heiligenstein, X; Trépout, S; Medjoubi, K; Somogyi, A; Delevoye, C; Raposo, G; Casas, J; […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S7-12  Wed Jan 6 18:30 – 19:00  Synthetic biogenesis of carotenoid-rich plastids for crop biofortification Llorente, B; ARC Center of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University and CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, Sydney, Australia briardo.llorente@mq.edu.au Synthetic biology has […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S7-11  Wed Jan 6 18:00 – 18:30  Rainbows in nature: disordered photonic structures tuned by pigments Wilts, BD; Adolphe Merkle Institute, Fribourg, Switzerland bodo.wilts@unifr.ch Controlling light through photonic nanostructures is important for everyday optical components, from spectrometers to data […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S7-9  Wed Jan 6 16:30 – 17:00  Protein-pigment interactions facilitate dynamic color change in cephalopod chromatophores Deravi, LF; Northeastern University l.deravi@northeastern.edu Color is ubiquitous in nature; however, the ability to rapidly change color in response to environmental cues is […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S7-8  Wed Jan 6 16:00 – 16:30  Parallels of melanization in Cryptococcus neoformans and Anopheles gambiae Camacho, E*; Anglero-Rodriguez, Y; Smith, DFQ; Jacobs, E; Dong, Y; Cordero, RJB; Dimopoulos, G; Casadevall, A; Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S7-2  Wed Jan 6 10:30 – 11:00  Origin of color in butterflies Reed, RD*; Brack, BJ; Cornell University; Cornell University robertreed@cornell.edu http://reedlab.org Butterfly wings are graced by hues drawn from a palette both broad and deep. Our understanding of […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S7-3  Wed Jan 6 11:00 – 11:30  Organic crystals in animal coloration and vision Shavit, K; Yallapragada, VJ; Weiner , S; Oron, D; Sagi, A; Addadi, L; Palmer, B*; Ben-Gurion University, Chemistry, Israel; Weizmann Institute, Physics of Complex Systems, […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S7-5  Wed Jan 6 14:00 – 02:30  Optics and development of highly iridescent feathers: the case of hummingbird melanosomes D’Alba, L*; Jeon, DJ; Yeo, JS; Manceau, M; Shawkey, MD; Universiteit Gent, EON- Department of Biology, Gent; Yonsei University, School […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S7-6  Wed Jan 6 14:30 – 03:00  Melanosome protein contents and oculocutaneous albinism: The importance of remaining neutral Marks, MS; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania marksm@pennmedicine.upenn.edu https://www.med.upenn.edu/markslab/ Melanins in mammals are critical for photoprotection of the […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S7-1  Wed Jan 6 10:15 – 10:30  Introduction to the symposium: The integrative biology of pigment organelles Figon, F*; Casas, J; Deravi, L; IRBI, UMR 7261, CNRS – Université de Tours, Tours, France; IRBI, UMR 7261, CNRS – Université […]