Meeting Abstract 79.5  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Advancing Interest in Graduate Research through Undergraduate/Scientist Partnerships: The Tioga Learning Community BLANK, L.M.*; VALEN, A.; University of Montana, Missoula; University of Montana, Missoula lisa.blank@mso.umt.edu Creating dynamic learning communities for undergraduate science students that motivate and support their interest in pursuing graduate research opportunities and develop their ability and commitment to […]

Meeting Abstract 79.1  Wednesday, Jan. 6  A Proposal for a National Variable Atmosphere Laboratory (VAL) for Climate Change Research HARRISON, J.F.*; VANDENBROOKS, J.M.; Arizona State University, Tempe; Arizona State University, Tempe j.harrison@asu.edu Many aspects of the Earth’s climate and atmosphere are changing rapidly today in response to industrialization. Over the planet’s history, these changes have been even […]

Meeting Abstract 78.1  Wednesday, Jan. 6  The Proboscis of Predatory Conus: Sensory Structures and Tissue Regeneration MARTIN, G.G.; JAMES, D.M.*; SCHULZ, J.; Occidental College, Los Angeles; Occidental College, Los Angeles; Occidental College, Los Angeles gmartin@oxy.edu Over the last 50 million years members of the Genus Conus have evolved into over 600 species of predatory marine snails, many […]

Meeting Abstract 78.4  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Reparative regeneration in a novel amniote model MCLEAN, K.E.*; VICKARYOUS, M.K.; Univ. of Guelph, Guelph ON; Univ. of Guelph, Guelph ON kmclean@uoguelph.ca Reparative regeneration is a dramatic phenomenon in which lost or injured structures and tissues are redeveloped. In extreme cases, reparative regeneration can reproduce entire appendages. We investigated the tissue […]

Meeting Abstract 78.5  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Morphology and histology of the earliest stages of tail regeneration in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius. VICKARYOUS, MK*; ZWEERMAN, CL; University of Guelph; University of Guelph mvickary@uoguelph.ca Many lizards are able to voluntarily self-detach (autotomize) a portion of the tail as a strategy to escape predation. Autotomy ruptures all the major […]

Meeting Abstract 78.3  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Models of Cardiac Repair and Regeneration in Teleost Fish LAFONTANT, P.J.*; GRIVAS, J.A.; GOLDEN, B.L.; LESCH, M.A; FROUNTFELTER, T.; DePauw University; DePauw University; DePauw University; DePauw University; DePauw University pascallafontant@depauw.edu The limited ability of mammalian adult cardiac myocytes to proliferate often results in scaring and permanent loss of cardiac function after […]

Meeting Abstract 78.6  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Evolution of diverse asexual reproduction strategies and reversal of the primary body axis in Convolutriloba acoels SIKES, J.M.*; BELY, A.E.; Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Univ. of Maryland, College Park jsikes@illinois.edu Acoels in the genus Convolutriloba are unusual among bilaterians in that morphologically similar species have evolved dramatically different modes of asexual […]

Meeting Abstract 78.2  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Effects of repeated injury on the activity and condition of a maldanid polychaete PAGE, J.L.**; LINDSAY, S.M.; University of Maine, Orono; University of Maine, Orono jennifer.page82@gmail.com Polychaetes and other marine infauna frequently experience tissue loss to browsing predators. Such non-lethal tissue losses can represent a significant energetic input to higher trophic […]

Meeting Abstract 77.4  Wednesday, Jan. 6  The epidermal glands of gastrotrichs: ultrastructural insights and hypotheses of function HOCHBERG, Rick; University of Massachusetts Lowell rick_hochberg@uml.edu Despite more than a century of research, the phylum Gastrotricha remains as enigmatic as ever. Intensive collection efforts by scientists across the globe have uncovered substantial new biodiversity, yet, intra- and interphyletic evolutionary […]

Meeting Abstract 77.2  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Harvester Ant Foraging Decisions are Informed by Cues Present in Cuticular Hydrocarbons Detected During Social Interactions GREENE, MJ; Univ. of Colorado Denver michael.greene@ucdenver.edu The regulation of worker activity by social insect colonies is performed in a non-hierarchical manner. No one entity, including the queen, has the ability to control the precise […]