Speakers, talks and time are subject to change.
All times are EDT.
Friday, October 28 | |
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3-8 p.m. | Registration |
5-6 p.m. | Opening Lecture |
6-8 p.m. | Opening Reception |
Saturday, October 29 | |
8 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Registration |
9 – 10:30 a.m. | Concurrent abstract-driven sessions |
10:30-11 a.m. | Break |
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Symposia 1A Field Energetics Compared to Lab: Multiple Stressor Impacts from Organisms to Omics Chairs: Britney Firth, PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada; Paul Craig, PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada |
11 a.m. | “Respiratory physiology of wild and lab-acclimated Lepomis sunfishes” Brittney Borowiec, PhD, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada |
11:30 a.m. | Using field energetic measurements to inform management practices in salmonids” Erika Eliason, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara |
12 p.m. | “Fish respiratory plasticity in the lab versus field” Andy Turko, PhD, McMaster University, Canada |
12:30 p.m. | “Challenges in 'solving' the bioenergetics equation for a sexually dimorphic fish using field and lab methods” Graham Raby, PhD, Trent University, Canada |
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Symposia 1B Thermogenesis: Physiology and Molecular Mechanisms Chairs: Martin Jastroch, PhD, Wenner-Gren Institute, Sweden; Michael Gaudry, Wenner-Gren Institute, Sweden |
11 a.m. | “Thermogenesis and energy savings of hibernation in a South American marsupial: calibrating a physiological model for predicting survival to warming” Roberto Nespolo, PhD, Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile |
11:30 a.m. | “Evolutionary genomics of thermogenesis in high-altitude deer mice” Zachary Cheviron, PhD, University of Montana |
12 p.m. | “Developmental thermoregulatory adaptations to extreme environments: trade-offs and mechanisms” Cayleih Robertson, PhD, McMaster University, Canada |
12:30 p.m. | “Reconstructing the evolution of mammalian non-shivering thermogenesis” Martin Jastroch, PhD, Wenner-Gren Institute, Sweden |
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Symposia 1C Physiological Mechanisms of Stress-induced Evolution Chairs: Dietmar Kueltz, PhD, University of California, Davis; Jason Podrabsky, PhD, Portland State University, Oregon |
11 a.m. | “Comparative and functional analysis of genome topology across mammals” Lucia Carbone, Oregon Health Sciences University |
11:30 a.m. | “Stress-induced evolutionary adaptation versus stress-induced evolutionary innovation” Alan Love, PhD, University of Minnesota |
12 p.m. | “Stress-induced macroevolution: how genome reorganization creates and preserves system information by changing karyotype coding” Henry Heng, PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit |
12:30 p.m. | “Gene expression plasticity shapes environmental stress-induced adaptation in a colonial marine tunicate” Alison Gardell, PhD, University of Washington, Tacoma |
1:00 – 2 p.m. | Lunch |
2-4 p.m. | Symposia 2A Fishes in a Changing Climate: The Interaction between Temperature and Oxygen Chairs: Rachael Morgan, PhD University of Bergen, Norway; Anna Andreassen, PhD, Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
2 p.m. | “Genetic and physiological basis of inter-individual variation and plasticity in the responses to high temperature and hypoxia in fish” Patricia Schulte, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada |
2:30 p.m. | “How do warming and hypoxia affect fish cardiorespiratory physiology and immune function?” Robin Leeuwis, PhD, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |
3 p.m. | “Is individual variation in tolerance of hypoxia and warming correlated in fishes?”” David McKenzie, PhD, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)- Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), France |
3:30 p.m. | “Combined effects of warming and hypoxia on environmental tolerance and maximum aerobic performance of fish” Daniel Montgomery, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada |
2-4 p.m. | Symposia 2B Vertebrate Cardio-respiratory Physiology Chair: Christian Damsgaard, PhD, Aarhus University, Denmark |
2 p.m. | “Gas-exchange and ion-regulation during development and early evolution of the vertebrate gill” Colin Brauner, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada |
2:30 p.m. | Carbonic anhydrase function and evolution in the respiratory gas exchange system of marine fishes Angelina Dichiera, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada |
3 p.m. | “The evolution of high heart rates” Bjarke Jensen, PhD, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
3:30 p.m. | “Integrative cardiorespiratory mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in deer mice” Graham Scott, PhD, McMaster University, Canada |
2-4 p.m. | Symposia 2C Links between Mitochondrial Efficiency and Whole-animal Performance Traits under Stressful Environmental Conditions Chairs: Julie Nati, PhD, Memorial University, Canada; Loic Teulier, Université de Lyon, France Session sponsored by: Journal of Experimental Biology |
2 p.m. | “Linking mitochondrial substrate oxidation to thermal tolerance in insects: a new perspective about temperature adaptations” Nicolas Pichaud, PhD, Université de Moncton, Canada |
2:30 p.m. | “Mitochondrial meltdown: Fundamental effects of thermal stress on banded wrasse (Notolabrus fucicola) heart mitochondria” Jules Devaux, PhD, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
3 p.m. | "Variation in the link between oxygen consumption and ATP production and its relevance for animal performance” Karein Salin, PhD, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, France |
3:30 p.m. | “Improving organ preservation: another lesson from the champion of anoxia tolerance, the crucian carp (Carassius carassius)” Lucie Gerber, PhD, University of Oslo, Norway |
4-6 p.m. | Poster Session 1 |
Sunday, October 30 | |
8 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Registration |
9 – 10:30 a.m. | Concurrent abstract-driven sessions |
10:30-11 a.m. | Break |
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Symposia 3A The Response of Fishes to Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia and Their Interactions Chairs: Garfield Kwan, PhD, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego; Till Harter, PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego |
11 a.m. | “It’s hard to breathe: Hypoxia sensitivity of two commercially-important rockfish species with contrasting habitat use” Nick Wegner, PhD, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California |
11:30 a.m. | “The effect of photoperiod manipulation in freshwater on acid-base regulation, subsequent seawater transfer and hypoxia tolerance in Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar)” Gam Le Thi Hong, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada |
12 p.m. | “Dueling stressors: The impacts of hypoxia on upper thermal tolerance in coastal fishes” Gail Schwieterman, PhD, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota |
12:30 p.m. | “Integrating transcriptomics, cellular biology and physiology to understand responses to environmentally-relevant acidification and hypoxia” Martin Tresguerres, PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego |
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Symposia 3B Experiment-based Data and Cues about the Evolution of Physiological Processes Chairs: Luciane Gargaglioni, PhD, São Paulo State University, Brazil; Cleo A.C. Leite, PhD, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil |
11 a.m. | “Central control of cardiorespiratory interactions: from cats to catsharks” Edwin W. Taylor, PhD, University of Birmingham, England |
11:30 a.m. | “Experiment-based data on cardiorespiratory interaction in vertebrates” Cleo A.C. Leite, PhD, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil |
12 p.m. | “The evolution on the central processing of respiration” Luciane Gargaglioni, PhD, São Paulo State University, Brazil |
12:30 p.m. | “Neuronal firing rate homeostasis in the respiratory network through the variable expression of cellular feedback systems” Joseph Santin, PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia |
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Symposia 3C NO, H2S, and CO Action in an Uncertain World – The role of Gasotransmitter-mediated Signaling in Stress Response and Adaptation Chair: Lucie Gerber, PhD, University of Oslo, Norway |
11 a.m. | “Role of carbon monoxide (CO) in hypoxia tolerance of animals” Michael S. Tift, PhD, University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
11:30 a.m. | “Hydrogen sulfide and mammalian hibernation: potential roles in metabolic suppression and tissue protection" James Staples, PhD, Western University, Toronto |
12 p.m. | “Shaping the cardiac response to hypoxia: NO and its partners in the goldfish (Carassius auratus)” Sandra Imbrogno, PhD, University of Calabria, Italy |
12:30 p.m. | “Gasotransmitters in health and disease” Leo Otterbein, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Boston |
12:30 – 2 p.m. | Lunch |
2-4 p.m. | Symposia 4A Origins and Mechanisms of Insect Flight Chairs: Lisa Treidel, PhD, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Caroline Williams, PhD, University of California, Berkeley |
2 p.m. | “The phylogenetic and biomechanical origins of insect flight” Robert Dudley, PhD, University of California, Berkeley |
2:30 p.m. | “Insect flight energetics: linking morphological and metabolic diversity” Charles Darveau, PhD, University of Ottawa |
3 p.m. | “Functional versatility and plasticity of insect flight muscle” Ruud Schilder, PhD, Pennsylvania State University |
3:30 p.m. | “Using wing polymorphisms as a window into the evolutionary physiology of flight” Lisa Treidel, PhD, University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
2-4 p.m. | Symposia 4B The Complex Lives of Mitochondria Chairs: Dillon Chung, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland |
2 p.m. | “Regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis during insect dormancy” Jackie Lebenzon, PhD, University of California, Berkeley |
2:30 p.m. | “Chasing the mechanistic basis of extreme metabolic adaptation in elephant seals using ex vivo and in situ approaches” Jose Pablo Vazquez-Medina, PhD, University of California, Berkeley |
3 p.m. | “Fishing for keys to longevity in the heart of the Greenland shark” Holly Shiels, PhD, University of Manchester, England |
3:30 p.m. | “Sustaining power: building energy networks in striated muscles” Brian Glancy, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland |
2-4 p.m. | Symposia 4C Microbiomes: Implications for Organismal Physiology in a Changing World Chairs: Nick Barts, PhD, University of Pittsburgh; Kevin Kohl, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Session sponsored by: Journal of Experimental Biology |
2 p.m. | “The microbiome buffers tadpole hosts from the deleterious effects of heat stress” Samantha Fontaine, PhD, University of Pittsburgh |
2:30 p.m. | “The roles of beneficial microbes in the coral holobiont” Monica Medina, PhD, Pennsylvania State University |
3 p.m. | “Examining microbial drivers of wildlife fitness in the growing anthropogenic landscape” Candace Williams, PhD, Beckman Center for Wildlife Research-San Diego Zoo |
3:30 p.m. | “Effects of environmental modification and early life stress on the gut-brain axis in a wild mammal” Amy Newman, PhD, University of Guelph, Canada |
4-6 p.m. | Poster Session 2 |
Monday, October 31 | |
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Registration |
9 – 12:30 p.m. | Concurrent abstract-drive sessions |
12:30 – 2 p.m. | Lunch |
2-4 p.m. | Symposia 5A
Session sponsored by: Journal of Experimental Biology |
2 p.m. | “Global change biology - the need for physiological insights” Robyn Hetem, PhD, University of Witwatersrand |
2:30 p.m. | “Let’s get hot: seasonal investment in reproduction in a South American hibernating lizard” Kenia C. Bicego, PhD, São Paulo State University, Brazil |
3 p.m. | “Living among thorns: physiological and ecological traits of anuran aestivation in Brazilian semi-arid environments” Jose Eduardo de Carvalho, PhD, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil |
3:30 p.m. | “Adaptations of red blood cells to estivation in the South American lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa” Elisa Maioqui Fonseca, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada |
2-4 p.m. | Symposia 5B Hot and Toxic: Understanding Animal Physiology and Behavior in the Context of Climate Change and Pollution Chairs: Lela Schlenker, PhD, East Carolina University Coastal Studies Institute; Kerri Lynn Ackerly, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute |
2 p.m. | “Understanding the effects of biotic and abiotic factors on anthropogenic toxicity in aquatic environments” Tamzin Blewett, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada |
2:30 p.m. | “Using red drum as an indicator of the combined effects of toxicant exposure and climate change in estuarine systems” Kristin Nielsen, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin |
3 p.m. | “Stressed out: investigating additive effects of crude oil and hypoxia on cardiovascular function in surgically recovered red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)” Derek Nelson, PhD, The University of North Texas |
3:30 p.m. | “Dietary cadmium disrupts visually-guided behavior and alters neural activity in zebrafish” Delia Shelton, PhD, University of Miami |
2-4 p.m. | Symposia 5C The physiology of tracheal respiratory systems Chairs: Jon Harrison, PhD, Arizona State University; Philip Matthews, PhD, University of British Columbia |
2 p.m. | “Developmental changes in tracheal system structure and function” Kendra Greenlee, PhD, North Dakota State University |
2:30 p.m. | “Active control of tracheal volume in larval Chaoborus midges”” Phil Matthews, PhD, University of British Columbia |
3 p.m. | “Physiological adaptation to high-altitude in Tibetan locusts” Stav Talal, PhD Arizona State University |
3:30 p.m. | “Biomechanics of active ventilation via tracheal compression in insects” Jake Socha, PhD, Virginia Tech University |
2-4 p.m. | Symposia 5D Novel and understudied mechanisms of epithelial ion transport Chairs: Dennis Kolosov, PhD, California State University San Marcos; Sima Jonusaite, PhD, University of Guelph, Canada |
2 p.m. | “Carbon concentration in calcifying cells of the sea urchin larva: From cellular mechanisms to global relevance” Marian Hu, PhD, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany |
2:30 p.m. | “Effects of salt and organic de-icer on the osmoregulatory physiology of freshwater insects” Andrew Donini, PhD, York University, Canada |
3 p.m. | “Septate junctions in ion-transporting epithelia of invertebrates” Sima Jonusaite, PhD, University of Guelph, Canada |
3:30 p.m. | “Why do epithelia need voltage-gated ion channels? The role of voltage-gated ion channels in the regulation of ion transport in the Malpighian tubules of insects” Dennis Kolosov, PhD, California State University San Marcos |
4 p.m. | Break |
4- 6 p.m. | Scholander Award Oral Presentations |
7–9 p.m. | Plenary Lecture and Awards Banquet Chairs: TBD “Dining with snakes” Tobias Wang, PhD, Aarhus University, Denmark |
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