Meeting Abstract S4.3-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30 Mapping infections in phase space SCHNEIDER, DS; Stanford University dschneider@stanford.edu We would like predict how sick an individual will get when they suffer an infection. We study this problem using disease tolerance curves at a population level and using disease space to track individuals. Our recent work on measuring and […]
year: 2014
Just how much do antibodies cost Nutrition and humoral immunity in wild Soay sheep
Meeting Abstract S4.1-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:30 Just how much do antibodies cost? Nutrition and humoral immunity in wild Soay sheep GARNIER, R; WATT, KA; CHEUNG, C; PILKINGTON, JG; MCNEILLY, T; PEMBERTON, JM; NUSSEY, DH; GRAHAM, AL*; Princeton University; University of Edinburgh; Princeton University; University of Edinburgh; Moredun Research Institute; University of Edinburgh; University of Edinburgh; Princeton […]
How radio telemetry and radio frequency identification can help link individual immune responses and disease dynamics in wild animals
Meeting Abstract S4.1-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:00 How radio telemetry and radio frequency identification can help link individual immune responses and disease dynamics in wild animals ADELMAN, JS; Virginia Tech adelmanj@vt.edu Revealing how immunological variation influences pathogen transmission is a fundamental and unifying challenge in disease ecology and ecoimmunology. To meet this challenge, researchers must choose their […]
Genomic Approaches to Understand Host Survival under Seasonally-Modulated Pathogen Dynamics
Meeting Abstract S4.2-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:30 Genomic Approaches to Understand Host Survival under Seasonally-Modulated Pathogen Dynamics LONGO, A. V.*; BURROWES, P. A.; ZAMUDIO, K. R. ; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY avl7@cornell.edu Pathogens act as agents of evolutionary change in host populations, altering host allele frequencies […]
Addition of relative metabolism in the “pace of life” hypothesis incorporating ectothermic physiology
Meeting Abstract S4.1-4 Sunday, Jan. 5 09:30 Addition of relative metabolism in the “pace of life” hypothesis: incorporating ectothermic physiology SANDMEIER, F.C.*; TRACY, C.R.; Lindenwood University – Belleville; University of Nevada, Reno FSandmeier@lindenwood.edu Incorporating metabolic rate as an additional axis in a theoretical model of the interspecific relationship between “pace-of-life” and the strength of an adaptive immune […]
Using live imaging to probe the cellular basis of annelid regeneration
Meeting Abstract S3.3-1 Saturday, Jan. 4 13:30 Using live imaging to probe the cellular basis of annelid regeneration BELY, A. E.*; ZATTARA, E. E.; LI, A.; University of Maryland, College Park; University of Maryland, College Park; University of Maryland, College Park abely@umd.edu Regeneration, the ability to replace lost body parts, is widespread among animals yet its cellular […]
Using C elegans and other organisms to understand conserved mechanisms of morphogenesis
Meeting Abstract S3.2-1 Saturday, Jan. 4 10:30 Using C. elegans and other organisms to understand conserved mechanisms of morphogenesis GOLDSTEIN, Bob; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill bobg@unc.edu Apical constriction changes cell shapes, driving fundamental morphogenetic events, including gastrulation in diverse organisms and neural tube closure in vertebrates. Apical constriction is thought to be triggered by contraction […]
Shaping the embryo Cellular dynamics in development
Meeting Abstract S3.1-3 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:00 Shaping the embryo: Cellular dynamics in development ZALLEN, J.; HHMI and Sloan-Kettering Institute zallenj@mskcc.org A major challenge in biology is to understand how large-scale changes in tissue structure are generated on a cellular and molecular level. In the fruit fly Drosophila, the characteristic elongated shape of the head-to-tail axis is […]
Planar cell polarity and the developmental control of cell behavior
Meeting Abstract S3.1-4 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:30 Planar cell polarity and the developmental control of cell behavior WALLINGFORD, John; HHMI/UT, Austin wallingford@austin.utexas.edu Planar cell polarity (PCP), the orientation and alignment of cells within a sheet, is a ubiquitous cellular property that is commonly governed by the conserved set of proteins encoded by so-called “PCP genes.” The PCP […]
Old cell new trick cnidocytes as a model for studying the evolution of novelty
Meeting Abstract S3.3-3 Saturday, Jan. 4 14:30 Old cell new trick: cnidocytes as a model for studying the evolution of novelty BABONIS, L.S.*; MARTINDALE, M.Q.; Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience, Univ of Florida; Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience, Univ of Florida babonis@whitney.ufl.edu Understanding how new cell types arise is critical for understanding the evolution of organismal complexity. […]
