Meeting Abstract 28-7  Thursday, Jan. 4 15:00 – 15:15  Transitions from shallow to deep-water life: physiological adaptations to life under hydrostatic pressure THATJE, S; University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton svth@noc.soton.ac.uk Recolonisation of the deep-sea by shallow water organisms following catastrophic climatic event has taken place on several occasions of the geological past. At shorter time […]

Meeting Abstract 28-3  Thursday, Jan. 4 14:00 – 14:15  Transcriptomic Responses to Freezing Stress in the Barnacle Semibalanus balanoides MARSHALL, KE*; CHAN, BKK; MARSHALL, Katie; University of Oklahoma; Academia Sinica kemarshall@ou.edu https://www.marshall-lab.com/ Freeze tolerance is an extreme adaptation that is found broadly across the tree of life, including several animal lineages (both invertebrate and vertebrate) as well […]

Meeting Abstract 28-6  Thursday, Jan. 4 14:45 – 15:00  Neuromuscular Performance as Measures of Thermal Tolerance GARCIA, MJ*; TEETS, NM; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky mjga237@uky.edu Thermal tolerance is an important predictor of current species distributions, the potential to invade new environments, and species’ responses to rapid climate change. There are many metrics available for measuring […]

Meeting Abstract 28-8  Thursday, Jan. 4 15:15 – 15:30  Grace Under Pressure: Cloning and Hyperbaric Characterization of Pyruvate Kinase from Deep-Sea Ctenophores WINNIKOFF, JR*; HADDOCK, SHD; THUESEN, EV; WILSON, T; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; The Evergreen State College; The Evergreen State College jwinnikoff@ucsc.edu Hydrostatic pressure has a strong influence on the […]

Meeting Abstract 28-2  Thursday, Jan. 4 13:45 – 14:00  Carryover effects of cold on overwintering willow leaf beetles ROBERTS, KT*; RANK, NE; DAHLHOFF, EP; STILLMAN, JH; WILLIAMS, CM; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Sonoma State Univ.; Santa Clara Univ.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley kevrob@berkeley.edu In insects, cold hardiness is plastic, and can be induced […]

Meeting Abstract 28-5  Thursday, Jan. 4 14:30 – 14:45  Applied comparative physiology: Finding the utility in freezing bugs SINCLAIR, BJ; Western University bsincla7@uwo.ca http://publish.uwo.ca/~bsincla7/ Insects thrive in every terrestrial habitat on earth, and are destructive agricultural and forest pests, as well as disease vectors. To some extent, studying these phenomena is the realm of pest-focused applied entomology, […]

Meeting Abstract 28-4  Thursday, Jan. 4 14:15 – 14:30  A comparison of flight muscle action potentials during chill coma onset in high and low altitude bumble bees reared in common garden conditions OYEN, KJ*; PRATHER, JF; HERNDON, JD; STRANGE, JP; DILLON, ME; University of Wyoming; University of Wyoming; Utah State University; USDA-ARS-Pollinating Insect Biology, Management and Systematics […]

Meeting Abstract 28-1  Friday, Jan. 4 13:30 – 13:45  The role of mTOR at a symbiotic interface JAMES, E*; FENG, H; LU, H; WILSON, A; University of Miami; University of Miami; MingDao University; University of Miami ebj26@miami.edu Obligate nutritional endosymbioses represent the most intimate relationship between species. Nutritional endosymbioses are well studied, but we lack a full […]

Meeting Abstract 28-3  Friday, Jan. 4 14:00 – 14:15  The Impact of symbiotic bacteria on reproductive strategies and wing polyphenism in pea aphids responding to stress. REYES, ML*; GERARDO, N; PARKER, B; Clayton State University; Emory University; University of Rochester miguelreyes@clayton.edu Environmental stressors can influence phenotypic plasticity and life-history characteristics. The response to stress may be further […]

Meeting Abstract 28-7  Friday, Jan. 4 15:00 – 15:15  Sponge:Algal symbioses and the molecular genetic pathways involved in host:symbiont associations HILL, A*; HILL, M; HALL, C; SACRISTAN-SORIANO, O; RIESGO, A; CAMILLI, S; DELBEAU, M; DWAAH, H; Bates College; Bates College; Univ. of Virginia; Univ. of Richmond; Natural History Museum, London; Univ. of Richmond; Univ. of Richmond; Univ. […]