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PLENARY: From Emperor Penguins to Blue Whales: the Dive Response and Oxygen Store Management
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Speaker: Paul Ponganis
Opening Reception
Pool Lawn
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Metabolism, Hypoxia and the Role of Lactate (with UCI Bioengineering)
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Speaker: Cassondra L Williams, PhD
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Development & Reproductive Physiology
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Speaker: Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
FEATURED TOPIC: Impacts of Rapid Environmental Change on Ion Transporters in Aquatic Animals
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Speakers: Dr. Peter M Piermarini, PhD, Teresa Popp, PhD
Phenotypic Variation in Early-Stage Embryos of the Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
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Speakers: Lindsey J Daniel, PhD ABD, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Salinity and the Osmoregulatory Physiology of Freshwater Insects
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Speakers: Dr. Andrew Donini, PhD, Dr. Britney Picinic, PhD, Miss Amber Reinsborough, MSc, Dr. Sima Jonusaite, PhD
What the Lactate Shuttle Means for Mammalian Metabolism
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Speaker: Professor George A Brooks, PhD
Ontogeny differences in epibatidine sequestration in poison frogs
Crystal E
Speakers: Ziting Chen, Adriana Jeckel, PhD, Rachel Weinberg, PhD, Neil Tsutsui, PhD, Rebecca Tarvin, PhD
Tissue-Specific Telomere Dynamics Before and After Metamorphosis
Crystal E
Speakers: Alex K Humpherys, BS, Joshua D Rinehart, Andre Szejner-Sigal, PhD, Joseph Rinehart, PhD, Julia H Bowsher, PhD, Dr. Kendra J Greenlee, PhD
Continuous Metabolite Sensing Probe Development: Biocompatibility and Hemocompatibility
Crystal D
Speakers: Belle Gerber, Machiaelle Martinez, Mark Keating, PhD, John Wielding, PhD, Elliot Botvinick, PhD, Cassondra L Williams, PhD, Prof. Allyson Hindle
Different Oxygen Requirements, Shared Physiological Priorities: Osmoregulation Under Hypoxic Conditions in Freshwater Invertebrates
Crystal C
Speakers: Sarah Spitz, David Buchwalter, PhD
Inter-Effort Recovery Hypoxia Associated with High-Intensity Interval Exercise: Effects on Regional Body Temperature and Blood Lactate in Mice
Crystal D
Speakers: Natanael D De Lasari, Graduate, Emanuel D Emanuel Elias Camolese Polisel, Phd, Marcelo Papoti, Phd, Claudio Alexandre Gobatto, Phd, Fúlvia de barros Manchado-Gobatto, Phd
On-demand gill reprogramming for acid-base resilience in a hydrothermal vent crab
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Speaker: Dr. Yung-Che Tseng, PhD
Revealing Developmental Critical Windows for Hypoxia Exposure in Danio Rerio
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Speakers: Miss Moira Ryann Cartee, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Venous oxygen profiles of Weddell seals: consummate but conservative divers
Crystal D
Speakers: Prof. Allyson Hindle, Markus Horning, PhD, Dr. Emily J Trumbull, DVM, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD, Cassondra L Williams, PhD
Effect of salinity and sex on the molecular physiology of the mummichog gill epithelium tight junction complex
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Speaker: Eleni Diakanastasis
UCI Lactate Sensor
Crystal D
Speaker: Elliot Botvinick, PhD
Hyperosmotic regulation of euryhaline teleost compatible osmolyte levels via NFAT signaling
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Speakers: Dr. Jens Hamar, PhD, Dr. Dietmar Kültz, PhD
Sensing Conspecifics: Reproductive olfactory cues in the Lusitanian Toadfish
Crystal E
Speakers: Diana Gonçalves, Belén Callejón-Leblic, PhD, Tamara García-Barrera, PhD, Teresa Modesto, PhD, Zélia Velez, PhD, Peter Hubbard, PhD
A.M. Break
Coral
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Nutrition & Energetics (with Sable Systems)
Crystal C
Re-examining the Use of Glucocorticoids as a Measure of Physiological Stress: An Energetics Perspective
Crystal E
Speakers: Professor James F Gillooly, PhD, Ms. Kyle Hudson, BS, Abigail Leon, BS, Alyson Wisnionski, MS, Isabella Dy, BS, Dr. Zuania Colón-Piñeiro, PhD
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Ions, Energetics and Water Balance (with Loligo & Pyroscience)
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ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Eco-Immunology
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Speaker: Jane Khudyakov, PhD
If it Breathes [air], We Can Measure It: the present and the future of Indirect Calorimetry
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Speaker: Marshall McCue
Functional characterization of Na+/H+ antiporter (NHA) paralogs involved in freshwater adaptation in the copepod Eurytemora carolleeae (Atlantic clade E. affinis complex)
Crystal D
Speakers: Teresa Popp, PhD, Dr. Carol Eunmi Lee, PhD, Dr. Peter M Piermarini, PhD
Evidence of passive acid excretion in hypersaline acclimated Cyprinodon variegatus larvae
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Speakers: Lu Lin, BS, Andrew J Esbaugh, PhD
The impact of stress, inflammatory cytokines and Pseudogymnoascus destructans fungal load on recovery from White-nose syndrome in Myotis lucifugus maternity colonies
Crystal E
Speakers: Dr. Christopher S Richardson, PhD, Katherine M Ineson, PhD, Jeffrey T Foster, PhD, Olivia M Maliszewski, BS, Justin R Lawless, N/A, Belle Gerber, Prof. Allyson Hindle
Cloning and functional characterization of putative Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter (NKCC) cDNAs in the copepod Eurytemora carolleeae
Crystal D
Speakers: Yeaeun Park, MS, Teresa Popp, PhD, Dr. Carol Eunmi Lee, PhD, Chris Gillen, PhD, Dr. Peter M Piermarini, PhD
The effects of substrate on post-exercise oxygen consumption in the Desert Kangaroo Rat (Dipodmys deserti)
Crystal C
Speakers: Jeremy Almazan, BS, Angela Horner, MS, PhD, Mary Pena, BS, Craig McGowan, PhD
Diving into blubber: gene expression profiles across blubber depth, age, and hormone levels in cetaceans
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Speakers: Jane Khudyakov, PhD, Kelvin Boateng, BS, Randall S Wells, PhD, Robyn Allen, BS, Nick Kellar, PhD
Mycoplasma gallisepticum suppresses host immune response by inhibiting succinate dehydrogenase
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Speakers: Dr. Soren Coulson, PhD, Reihane Eric, MSc, Dr. Chidambaram Ramanathan, PhD, Katie Talbott, PhD, Frank E Tillmann, PhD, Dr. Brandt D Pence, PhD, Dr. James S Adelman, PhD, Yufeng Zhang, PhD
The effect of exercise on lipid peroxidation in starvation-selected Drosophila melanogaster
Crystal C
Speakers: Katrina Pinili, B.S., Allen G Gibbs, PhD
The effects of strobilurin fungicides on the physiological performance of the Gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis
Crystal D
Speakers: Samantha Brieske, Nadia Sommerville, Phoebe Zito, PhD, Bernard Rees, PhD
Modulation of Oxidative Stress Indicators by Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in Domestic Cats (Felis catus)
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Speakers: Ms. Valeria Beltrán-Valdivia, MS, Tania Zenteno-Savín, PhD, Valeria Scorza, PhD, Daniela A. Murillo-Cisneros, PhD, Carlos Angulo, PhD, Ramón Gaxiola-Robles, MD-PhD
Ion and Water Balance in a Freeze-tolerant Insect after Sublethal and Lethal Freezing
Crystal D
Speakers: Mrs. Madison A Floden, B.S., Dr. Kendra J Greenlee, PhD, Dr. Arun Rajamohan, Ph.D.
Terminal investment and energy allocation tradeoffs in amphibians: Biases, gaps, and research priorities
Crystal E
Speakers: Dr. Zuania Colón-Piñeiro, PhD, Dr. Ana V. Longo, PhD
Heme suppresses lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- induced endothelial activation in humans but not northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris)
Crystal E
Speakers: Alicia T Cotoia, Kaitlin N Allen, PhD, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD, Michael S Tift, Ph.D
Limiting hepatic ketogenesis to promote survival during starvation
Crystal C
Speakers: Sarah Huen, MD, PhD, Sushila Pathak, PhD, Ricardo Monroy, BS
The Loligo® Toolbox for Comparative Physiology
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Speaker: Rune Hertz Larsen
Pyroscience Lightning Talk
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Speaker: Nadia Savelyeva
Lunch Break
Coral
WORKSHOP: AI for Data Analysis in Comparative Physiology
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SYMPOSIUM: Using Genomic and Functional Approaches to Disentangle Extremely Wild Physiological Phenotypes
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Speaker: Jose Pablo Vazquez-Media
SYMPOSIUM: Overwintering in Non-mammalian Animals: Unlocking Mechanisms of Survival (Sponsored by SEB)
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Speaker: Dr. Kendra J Greenlee, PhD
SYMPOSIUM: Comparative Perspectives on Heterothermy Beyond Cold Climates
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Speaker: Ana Breit, PhD
Integrative Exploration of the Mechanisms of Cold Acclimation and Freeze Tolerance in Cope’s Gray Treefrog
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Speaker: Carissa Krane
Maternal and placental mechanisms underlying fetal growth protection in high-elevation adapted deer mice
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Speaker: Kathryn Wilsterman, PhD
Beyond torpor, what variability in body temperature can tell us about the evolution and energetics of endothermy
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Speaker: Danielle Levesque
Fighting the stresses of aging on land, air, and sea
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Speaker: Juan Manuel Vazquez
Renal mechanisms underlying cold tolerance plasticity in insects
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Speaker: Heath MacMillan
Lecture Title TBD
Crystal E
Speaker: Mal Ballinger
Genotype vs phenotype: do having antifreeze-like gene sequences imply organismal freeze avoidance?
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Speaker: Christina Cheng
Running on empty: Unraveling the cellular architecture of extreme hypoxia and fasting tolerance in elephant seals
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Speaker: Kaitlin N Allen, PhD
Life in the Slow Lane: Extreme Heterometabolism in the Protoendothermic Common Tenrec
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Speaker: Frank van Breukelen, PhD
P.M. Break
Coral
Integration of in vivo and in vitro transcriptomic profiles to decode skeletal muscle resilience under metabolic and hormonal stress in the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
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Speakers: Julia Maria M Torres-Velarde, PhD, Diana Daniela Moreno-Santillan, PhD, David Ensminger, PhD, Daniel E Crocker, PhD, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD
Developmental Temperature Conditions Affect Air-Breathing Plasticity in a Facultative Air-Breathing Fish, Ancistrus cirrhosus
Crystal AB
Speakers: Infinity Alvarez, MS, Dr. Ed Dzialowski, PhD, Dr. Jessica D Rippamonti, MS, PhD, Ben Berggren, Imogen Brown, MS
Efficacy of a 6-Month Yoga-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Stress- Inflammation, Depression, Cognition & Cellular Ageing in Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Crystal AB
Speakers: Professor Raj K Yadav, MD, Ms. Simran lalwani, Mr. Debanjan Ghosh, Dr. Akanksha Singh, MD, Dr. Renu Bhatia, MD, Dr. Naval K Vikram, MD, Dr. Rajesh Sagar, MD
Baseline expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in euthermic Arctic ground squirrels
Crystal AB
Speakers: Addison R Elsik, Rachael Hannah, PhD
How Thermal History Drives Inter-Individual Proteomic Variation in the Rocky Intertidal Zone
Crystal AB
Speakers: Dr. Talia B Head, PhD, Dr. Dietmar Kültz, PhD, Wes Dowd, PhD
A Context-Specific, Literature-Supported Framework for Validating Stress Response Differentially Expressed Gene Sets
Crystal AB
Speakers: Bradley Frishman, Jorge Gonzalez, PhD, Valery Forbes, PhD
The Energetic Basis of Lifespan in Plants and Animals
Crystal AB
Speakers: Bradley Frishman, Professor James F Gillooly, PhD
Physiological markers influencing breeding success in a planktivorous seabird
Crystal AB
Speakers: Noemi Alaksza, Jane Khudyakov, PhD, Lauren Hahn, Gagik Mkritchian, Amanda Spears, BS, Pete Warzybok, MS, Katherine Palomino, Stella Solasz, MS, Mike Johns, PhD, Scott Shaffer, PhD
Scaling Down: Linking tissue to whole-organism flight metabolism in the alfalfa leafcutting bee
Crystal AB
Speakers: Dr. Meredith G Johnson, PhD, Dr. Craig Perl, PhD, Joseph Rinehart, PhD, Julia H Bowsher, PhD, Dr. Kendra J Greenlee, PhD
Tissue-specific bioaccumulation of the fungicide pyraclostrobin and its effects on the behavior of the Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis.
Crystal AB
Speakers: Nadia Sommerville, Samantha Brieske, Phoebe Zito, PhD, Bernard Rees, PhD
Air Breathing Physiology and Combined Temperature and Hypoxia Tolerance of Misgurnus Anguillicaudatus, the Pond Loach
Crystal AB
Speaker: katherine burbules, MSc
Physiological response of little skates (Leucoraja erinacea) to chronic hypoxia during development
Crystal AB
Speakers: Imogen Brown, MS, Dr. Ed Dzialowski, PhD, Dr. Jessica D Rippamonti, MS, PhD, Ben Berggren, Infinity Alvarez, MS
A hot start? Developmental heat stress and biological aging in a solitary bee
Crystal AB
Speakers: Andre Szejner-Sigal, PhD, Joseph Rinehart, PhD, Julia H Bowsher, PhD, Dr. Kendra J Greenlee, PhD
Elevated BCS correlates with compromised quality of life attributes including cognitive decline in canines
Crystal AB
Speakers: Miss Alexandra P Genualdi, Dr. Joshua T Butcher, PhD, Dr. Emily Nunan, DVM, PhD
Gene markers of stress and health in dolphins exposed to anthropogenic disturbance
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Speakers: Naylah Noemi Oliveira Santos, BS, Nick Kellar, PhD, Jane Khudyakov, PhD
Neurobiological components of flight polymorphism in Gryllus lineaticeps
Crystal AB
Speakers: Avi Simon, BA, Dr. Caroline Williams, PhD, Dr. Jack Tseng, PhD
The thermal preference of a solitary bee, Megachile rotundata.
Crystal AB
Speakers: Lukas Sokalski, Dr. Meredith G Johnson, PhD, Joseph Rinehart, PhD, Dr. Kendra J Greenlee, PhD
Developmental Exposure to Temperature and Salinity Stress Interactively Reshapes Adult Tolerance in Tigriopus californicus
Crystal AB
Speakers: Mr. Murad Jah, Addison Fowler, Victoria Mackenzie, Wes Dowd, PhD
Effects of Fluctuating Temperatures on American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Development and Metabolism
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Speakers: Ben Berggren, Dr. Ed Dzialowski, PhD, Imogen Brown, MS, Infinity Alvarez, MS, Dr. Jessica D Rippamonti, MS, PhD, Bailey Horak
Studies of mechanisms and phenotypes of heat stress tolerance in large yellow croaker
Crystal AB
Speakers: Ning Li, PhD, Yidi Wu, PhD, Yacheng Deng, PhD, Yanfei Yang, Yichen Li, Peng Xu, PhD
Epigenetic reprogramming of inflammation associated with obesity through: from molecular biology to clinical application
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Speakers: Diego de Melo, PhD student, Professor Leandro de Moura, Professor
New treatment for wound healing in diabetic mice
Crystal AB
Speakers: Noah Lemay, BSc, Pedro Geraldes, PhD
Acute Stress Alters Body Weight and Systemic Inflammation in Adult Wistar Rats
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Speakers: Diogo Benchimol de Souza, DVM, PhD, Carolinne Macedo, Mac, Carina Barnabé, Mac, Ana Luiza Ribeiro, Francisco Sampaio, MD, PhD, Bianca Gregório, PhD
Exploratory Analysis of Candidate CD3⁺ T-Cell Proteins and Peripheral Hemodynamic Phenotypes Following Senolytic Therapy in a Non-Human Primate Model
Crystal AB
Speakers: J. Curran Henson, M.D., M.S., Kip Zimmerman, Ph.D., Kylie Kavanaugh, V.M.S., M.P.H., Giselle Melendez, M.D., Darla Destephanis, M.S., Dr. Theodore Deconne, Ph.D.
Beleaf It or Not: Investigating the Effects of Flonicamid on the Pollinator Megachile Rotundata
Crystal AB
Speakers: Ella N Rush, Dr. Kendra J Greenlee, PhD, Joseph Rinehart, PhD, Dr. Jacob Pithan, PhD
Temperature-dependent regulation of RBM3 and CSDE1 protein abundance in mammalian fibroblasts
Crystal AB
Speakers: Noah Johnson, Lucas Moreira, PhD, Rachel Daniels, PhD, Diane Genereux, PhD, Elinor Karlsson, PhD, Prof. Allyson Hindle
Multi-omics atlas of Burmese python (Python bivittatus) postprandial biology reveals coordinated anabolic programs
Crystal AB
Speakers: Marcus Mullen, BS, Dr. Leslie Leinwand, PhD, Dakota Hunt, BA, Sipei Fu, BA, Shuke Xiao, PhD, Holly Allen, PhD, Gregory Maas, PhD, Thomas Martin, PhD, Edward Chuong, PhD, Jonathan Long, PhD
Right Ventricular Failure Programs in Human and Rat Pulmonary Hypertension
Crystal AB
Speakers: Hanyu Zhou, Dr. Hong Shi, MD
Trainee Career Meet-up
Hotel Bar
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Biomechanics & Muscle Physiology
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FEATURED TOPIC: Comparative View of Peripheral Oxygen Transport Mechanisms
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Speaker: Ellen Breen, PhD
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Physiology of Dormancy
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Speaker: Frank van Breukelen, PhD
Lecture Title TBD
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Speaker: Dr. Caroline Williams, PhD
Optimizing Skeletal Muscle Oxygen Transport: A Comparative Approach
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Speaker: Dr. David C Poole, Ph.D.
How do you know what kind of dormancy you are studying and why would you care anyway?
Crystal E
Speaker: Dan Hahn
Unraveling the secrets of shark muscle physiology by comparative proteomics
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Speakers: Stephanie Akhigbe Egberuare, BS, Noemi Alaksza, Tonya Wiley, Jayne Gardiner, PhD, Jane Khudyakov, PhD
Comparative analysis of muscle (dys)function between sexes in a young adulthood model of obesity
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Speakers: Miss Alexandra P Genualdi, Dr. Emily Nunan, DVM, PhD, Dr. Joshua T Butcher, PhD
Choosing homeostasis over energetic savings
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Speakers: Raizel Yankaway, Prof. Allyson Hindle, Frank van Breukelen, PhD
Arteriolar endothelin signaling and mitochondrial resilience drive hypoxia tolerance in Weddell seals
Crystal C
Speakers: Sebastiano Cupani, PhD candidate, Joseph Campanale, PhD, Prof. Martin Jastroch, PhD, Michaela Keuper, PhD, Prof. Allyson Hindle
Oxygen Storage and Consumption Kinetics in Marine Mammal Endothelial Cells
Crystal C
Speakers: Carla Guillard Salgueira, B.S, Rita Aziz, B.S, Cassondra L Williams, PhD, Ellen Breen, PhD
Serial ultrasound imaging refutes the hibernation aortic compliance theory: Common tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) aortas do not undergo torpor-specific stiffening
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Speakers: Miss Gilbecca Rae R Smith, Miss Ariana Borje, Miss Criselda Marie Ignacio, Frank van Breukelen, PhD
Consequences of muscular division of labor for crawling in larval Diptera
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Speakers: Ethan Wold, PhD, Annika Sharma, Ellie Heckscher, PhD
Hibernation-induced metabolic plasticity uses astrocytic glycogen to fuel synaptic activity in frogs
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Speakers: Nikolaus D Bueschke, MS, Ms. Hafsa Yaseen, MPhil, Dr. Joseph M Santin, PhD
Energetics of laden locomotion in two species of cockroach
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Speakers: Be Eldash, MS, Rudolf Schilder, PhD
Assessment of oxygen delivery in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) using an intravital microscope camera
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Speakers: Angelo J Incitti, M.S., Ellen Breen, PhD, Cassondra L Williams, PhD
Dissecting molecular underpinnings that support extreme diving adaptations in seals
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Speakers: Caroline del Real, Kaitlin N Allen, PhD, Prof. Allyson Hindle, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD
Small but mighty? Size-independent jumping ability across grasshopper species
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Speakers: Dr. Scott D Kirkton, PhD, FAPS, Dr. Jon F Harrison, PhD
Activity-related homeostatic plasticity facilitates synaptic transmission in cold acclimated bullfrogs
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Speakers: Renato Filogonio, PhD, Delaney Cannon, BSc, Nikolaus D Bueschke, MS, Dr. Joseph M Santin, PhD
A.M. Break
Coral
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Environmental Physiology (with Star Oddi)
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ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Mitochondrial Physiology & Metabolism
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ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Stressors & Mechanisms of Resilience
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Lecture Title TBD
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Speaker: Ana Breit, PhD
Energetics and cardiac function of exercising rorquals
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Speaker: Ashley Blawas
Flight muscles serve as a physiological reservoir of iron for reproduction
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Speakers: Tomas Diaz, Dr. Jacqueline Lebenzon, PhD, Dr. Meghan Laturney, PhD, Lisa Treidel, PhD, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD, Michael Menze, PhD, Dr. Caroline Williams, PhD
Phthalate exposure induces inflammatory signaling and alters mitochondrial respiration in marine mammal and human cells
Crystal D
Speakers: Elizabeth R Piotrowski, MS, Dr. Emily K Lam, PhD, Diana D Moreno-Santillán, PhD, Kaitlin N Allen, PhD, Daniel E Crocker, PhD, Anders Goksøyr, PhD, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD
Early-Life Hypoxia Induces Behavioral Changes and Reveals p38 MAPK–Mediated Trade-offs in Zebrafish
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Speakers: Dr. Karem N Vazquez Roman, PhD, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Intrinsic versus extrinsic control of mitochondrial membrane potential in isolated neurons of the anoxia-tolerant Western painted turtle.
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Speakers: Natalia Agostini Schneider, M.S., Daniel Warren, PhD
Investigating Physiological Responses to Incremental Temperature Change in Early Life Stage Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
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Speakers: Jack Eudy, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Beta-Hydroxybutyrate Induces Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity in Vertebrate Motor Circuits Independent of Metabolism
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Speakers: Fahimeh Taheri, Ava Nickell, Dr. Joseph M Santin, PhD
Transcriptomics of Stress in Chaetodipus penicillatus
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Speakers: Adam Myers, Sean Neiswenter, PhD
Mental Stress and Reactive Sulfur Species: Implications for Cardiovascular Function
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Speakers: Analilia Cardenas-Garza, Xinggui Shen, PhD, Christopher Kevin, PhD, Gopi Kolluru, PhD
Structural mitochondrial protection in freeze-tolerant crickets
Crystal D
Speakers: Stefane Saruhashi, Dr. Soren Coulson, PhD, Dr. James Staples, PhD, Dr. Alex S. Torson, PhD, Dr. Martin Moos, PhD, Dr. Brent Sinclair, PhD
Mito-it be UCP4: Do uncoupling proteins activate mitophagy in diapausing beetle flight muscle?
Crystal D
Speakers: Dr. Jacqueline Lebenzon, PhD, Zoe Boklaschuk
Neuronal resilience to hypoxia in the avian brain: Upregulation of GABAergic function?
Crystal E
Speakers: Mehrad Ghazi Mirsaeed, DVM, Tuokai Zhang, Lara Amaral-Silva, PhD
Star Oddi Lecture
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Speaker: Ásgeir Bjarnason
Lecture Title TBD
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Speaker: Ellen Breen, PhD
Anoxia tolerant annual killifish cells maintain translation during initial exposure to anoxia
Crystal E
Speakers: Claire Riggs, PhD, Chelsea Hughes, PhD, Jason Podrabsky, PhD
Lunch Break
Coral
WORKSHOP: Practical Considerations for Heart Rate Biologging in Small Animals (Star Oddi)
Crystal C
SYMPOSIUM: Cellular Models and Organismal Insights for Stress Physiology in Nonmodel Organisms (Sponsored by SICB)
Crystal C
Speaker: Jason Podrabsky, PhD
SYMPOSIUM: Expiration - Breathing's Other Face
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Speaker: Bill Milsom
Overcoming Metabolic Challenges to the Brain
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Speaker: Lara do Amaral
Role of expiration in the evolution of air breathing in early vertebrates and aspiration breathing in amniotes
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Speaker: Beth Brainerd
Running on fumes: reducing the need for oxygen and glucose to power neural circuits
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Speaker: Dr. Joseph M Santin, PhD
Sea Urchin Cell Lines as New and Versatile Tools for Mechanistic Physiology
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Speaker: Andrea Bodnar
Mechanisms of environmental (including anoxia) tolerance in annual killifish cells
Crystal C
Speaker: Chelsea Hughes, PhD
Hypoxia and Hypercapnia Tolerance in the Naked Mole-Rat
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Speaker: Thomas Park
Active Expiration across the Tetrapods
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Speaker: Bill Milsom
Active expiration in rodents - Neural Control of Active Expiration: Networks, Mechanisms, and Function in mammals
Crystal E
Speaker: Silvia Pagliardini
Avoiding excitotoxicity during metabolic stress: Insights from the avian brain
Crystal D
Speaker: Lara do Amaral
Characterizing and exploring the dark proteome of tunicate cells
Crystal C
Speaker: Maxime Leprêtre
P.M. Break
Coral
Scholander Poster Presentation - Saturday
Crystal AB
The Energetic Basis of Lifespan in Plants and Animals
Crystal AB
Speaker: Bradley Frishman
Continuous Metabolite Sensing Probe Development: Biocompatibility and Hemocompatibility
Crystal AB
Speaker: Belle Gerber
Linking foraging niche to pollutant concentrations in juvenile hawksbill turtles from Buck Island Reef National Monument
Crystal AB
Speaker: Macy B Sherman
Intrinsic versus extrinsic control of mitochondrial membrane potential in isolated neurons of the anoxia-tolerant Western painted turtle.
Crystal AB
Speaker: Natalia Agostini Schneider, M.S.
Arteriolar endothelin signaling and mitochondrial resilience drive hypoxia tolerance in Weddell seals
Crystal AB
Speaker: Sebastiano Cupani, PhD candidate
Different Oxygen Requirements, Shared Physiological Priorities: Osmoregulation Under Hypoxic Conditions in Freshwater Invertebrates
Crystal AB
Speaker: Sarah Spitz
Morphometric effects of neonicotinoid and nicotine exposure in a chicken embryo assay
Crystal AB
Speaker: Mr. Dylan R Motschenbacher, B.S.
Cloning and functional characterization of putative Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter (NKCC) cDNAs in the copepod Eurytemora carolleeae
Crystal AB
Speaker: Yeaeun Park, MS
Terminal investment and energy allocation tradeoffs in amphibians: Biases, gaps, and research priorities
Crystal AB
Speaker: Dr. Zuania Colón-Piñeiro, PhD
Energetics of laden locomotion in two species of cockroach
Crystal AB
Speaker: Be Eldash, MS
Integrating Comparative Physiology and Multi-Omics Reveals Hidden Complexity in Crustacean Molting Regulation
Crystal AB
Speaker: Dr. Talia B Head, PhD
Molecular signatures underlying hypoxic adaptation in sea turtles
Crystal AB
Speaker: B. Gabriela Arango, PhD
Modulation of Oxidative Stress Indicators by Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in Domestic Cats (Felis catus)
Crystal AB
Speaker: Ms. Valeria Beltrán-Valdivia, MS
Late juvenile sensitivity to temperature and photoperiod governs alternative wing morph development in a wing-polymorphic cricket
Crystal AB
Speaker: Lourenço Martins, BS
Evolution of a Diving Response: Divergent Transcriptomic Adaptations in Aquatic Versus Terrestrial Mammals.
Crystal AB
Speaker: Giovanna Selleghin Veiga
Neuronal resilience to hypoxia in the avian brain: Upregulation of GABAergic function?
Crystal AB
Speaker: Mehrad Ghazi Mirsaeed, DVM
Characterizing CLSTN3B and UCP1 coevolution as key contributors to adaptive NST
Crystal AB
Speaker: Thomas Jacob Fyda
Comparative analysis of muscle (dys)function between sexes in a young adulthood model of obesity
Crystal AB
Speaker: Miss Alexandra P Genualdi
Effects of prolonged heatwaves on facultative air-breathing, metabolism, and hypoxia tolerance in adult Corydoras aeneus
Crystal AB
Speaker: Dr. Jessica D Rippamonti, MS, PhD
The effect of exercise on lipid peroxidation in starvation-selected Drosophila melanogaster
Crystal AB
Speaker: Katrina Pinili, B.S.
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Oxygen & Vascular Biology
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Speaker: Michelle Shero, PhD
FEATURED TOPIC: Comparative Physiology of Thermogenesis
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Speaker: Michael J. Gaudry, PhD
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Hot Topics: Thermal Physiology in a Changing World
Crystal D
Speaker: Karen L Sweazea, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
Coordinated maternal-pup iron transfer and enhanced use support rapid hemoprotein development in a diving mammal
Crystal E
Speakers: Michelle Shero, PhD, Jennifer Burns, PhD, Greg Breed, PhD, Cornelia den Heyer, PhD, Damian Lidgard, PhD, Michelle Rivard, DVM, Priyanka Varkey, MSc, Andy Heard, PhD
Proteomic insights into the role of sirtuins, food availability, and thermal history in the heat shock response of Mytilid mussels
Crystal D
Speakers: Melissa A May, PhD, Fabela R Frank, Lars Tomanek, PhD
Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Flexibility in Avian Thermogenesis
Crystal C
Speakers: Maria Stager, PhD, Phred Benham, PhD
Elephant seal cells export iron and form lipid droplets to prevent lipid peroxidation
Crystal E
Speakers: José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD, Kaitlin N Allen, PhD, Elizabeth R Piotrowski, MS
Early Physiological Responses to Temperature Changes in Parthenogenetic Marbled Crayfish (Procambarus virginalis)
Crystal D
Speakers: Lauren A Kowalski, Ms, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Characterizing CLSTN3B and UCP1 coevolution as key contributors to adaptive NST
Crystal C
Speakers: Thomas Jacob Fyda, Michael J. Gaudry, PhD
Late juvenile sensitivity to temperature and photoperiod governs alternative wing morph development in a wing-polymorphic cricket
Crystal D
Speakers: Lourenço Martins, BS, Beepashna Bista, Devyn Clayton, N/A, Dr. Caroline Williams, PhD
The effects of supplemented iron on heme synthesis and aerobic diving capacity in fast-growing grey seal pups
Crystal E
Speakers: Caroline E Branan, M.S., Michelle Shero, PhD, Cornelia den Heyer, PhD, Greg Breed, PhD, Michelle Rivard, DVM, Damian Lidgard, PhD, Jennifer Burns, PhD
Evolution of a Diving Response: Divergent Transcriptomic Adaptations in Aquatic Versus Terrestrial Mammals.
Crystal E
Speakers: Giovanna Selleghin Veiga, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD, Mariana Freitas Nery, PhD
A high elevation mitochondrial variant has limited impact on respiration of thermogenic tissues of deer mice
Crystal C
Speakers: Shady Kuster, Jada Joseph, Adam Chicco, PhD, Daniel Sloan, PhD, Kathryn Wilsterman, PhD
Cellular thermotolerance in seven endangered mammals: an in-vitro approach to predict climate vulnerability
Crystal D
Speakers: Carla B Madelaire, PhD, Juliette Dalicano, Adeel Arif, Marlys Houck, Ann Misuraca
Tropical heterothermy: Insights into primate hibernation from the fat-tailed dwarf lemur serum proteome
Crystal C
Speakers: Catrina Brown, BS, Ana Breit, PhD, Frank van Breukelen, PhD, Jane Khudyakov, PhD
Development of the African Turquoise Killifish Aorta as a Model for Examining the Effect of Aging on Vascular Function
Crystal E
Speakers: Pooneh Bagher, PhD, Ray Mitchell, BFA, Anastasia Paulmann, MD, Hermann Haller, MD
Protective effects of uric acid in the vasculature of birds
Crystal E
Speaker: Karen L Sweazea, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
Effects of prolonged heatwaves on facultative air-breathing, metabolism, and hypoxia tolerance in adult Corydoras aeneus
Crystal D
Speakers: Dr. Jessica D Rippamonti, MS, PhD, Dr. Ed Dzialowski, PhD, Ben Berggren, Imogen Brown, MS, Infinity Alvarez, MS
The (extraordinary) energetics of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)
Crystal C
Speakers: Elizabeth Deecher, PhD, Julie Urban, PhD, Rudolf Schilder, PhD
A.M. Break
Coral
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Ecotoxicology & Environmental Degradation
Crystal C
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Hypoxia Tolerance & Adaptation
Crystal D
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Gene Regulation & Evolutionary Physiology
Crystal E
Phenotypic Responses of Developing Zebrafish (Danio rerio) to Developmental and Parental Intermittent Hypoxia
Crystal D
Speakers: Dr. Gil Martinez Bautista, PhD, Bailey Horak, Miss Moira Ryann Cartee, Miss Hollie Greer, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Linking foraging niche to pollutant concentrations in juvenile hawksbill turtles from Buck Island Reef National Monument
Crystal C
Speakers: Macy B Sherman, Sarah Milton, PhD, Kristen Hart, PhD
Exploring Epigenetic Inheritance: Alternative Models and Experimental Approaches
Crystal E
Speakers: Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD, Saddie Vela, PhD, Dr. Christina R Steadman, PhD
Phthalate exposure during development exhibits potential feminizing effects on sexual differentiation in turtle embryos
Crystal C
Speakers: Sarah N Sexton, MS, Sarah Milton, PhD
Gestational hypoxia leads to population-specific metabolic remodeling among high- and low-altitude deer mice
Crystal D
Speakers: Inaki Loureiro, Megan Hemmerlein, Makenna Juergens, Joel N Rushefsky, BS, Kathryn Wilsterman, PhD
Ascorbic Acid as an Epigenetic Tool for Modulation of Hypoxia Tolerance
Crystal E
Speakers: Mr. Guillermo Contreras Rello, B.Sc., Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Morphometric effects of neonicotinoid and nicotine exposure in a chicken embryo assay
Crystal C
Speakers: Mr. Dylan R Motschenbacher, B.S., Brielle Hachey Hachey, B.S., Molly Moberg, B.S., Calvin Majchrzak, B.S., Elizabeth Dietz, B.S., Tia Leen, B.S., Cord Brundage, DVM, PhD
Comparative Fibroblast Physiology Identifies High-Altitude Specializations in Gelada
Crystal D
Speakers: Michael Blackwell, B.S., Carla B Madelaire, PhD, Amy Klink, PhD, Ana Breit, PhD, Lucas Moreira, PhD, Diane Genereux, PhD, Elinor Karlsson, PhD, Noah Snyder-Mackler, PhD, Prof. Allyson Hindle
Molecular signatures underlying hypoxic adaptation in sea turtles
Crystal E
Speakers: B. Gabriela Arango, PhD, Diana D Moreno-Santillán, PhD, David Ensminger, PhD, Giovanna Selleghin-Veiga, Juan Manuel Vazquez, Celine Godard-Codding, PhD, Rebecca Tarvin, PhD, Mariana Nery, PhD, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD
Maternal PFAS-mixture Exposure Promotes Preeclampsia-Like Features and Cardiac Dysfunction During Late Gestation
Crystal C
Speakers: Barbara Campos Jorge, PhD, Dr. Valeria Cristina Sandrim, PhD, Joey Granger, PhD, Ana Carolina T. Palei, PhD
Integrating Comparative Physiology and Multi-Omics Reveals Hidden Complexity in Crustacean Molting Regulation
Crystal E
Speakers: Dr. Talia B Head, PhD, Lars Tomanek, PhD, Dr. David S Durica, PhD, Dr. Donald L Mykles, PhD
Metabolite profiling reveals enhanced redox balance and unique energy metabolism strategies in hypoxic vascular endothelial cells derived from elite diving seals
Crystal D
Speakers: Elizabeth R Piotrowski, MS, Kaitlin N Allen, PhD, Prof. Allyson Hindle, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD
Assessing Lithium Toxicity Across a Salinity Gradient in Coastal Marine Fishes
Crystal C
Speakers: Andrew J Esbaugh, PhD, Lu Lin, BS, Jacob Stone, BS, Alton D Hensch, BS, Natalie M Perkins, Madison Schumm, BS
Preserved glutamate transporter function supports hypoxia tolerance in avian neurons
Crystal D
Speakers: Tuokai Zhang, Lara Amaral-Silva, PhD
Genomic Signatures of Extreme Diving: Insights from the Weddell Seal and Elephant Seal Genomes
Crystal E
Speakers: Diana Moreno Santillan, Elizabeth R Piotrowski, MS, Hansa Atreya, Prof. Allyson Hindle, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD
Hibernation Reduces the Aerobic Cost of Neural Activity in the Bullfrog Brainstem
Crystal D
Speakers: Ms. Hafsa Yaseen, MPhil, Dr. Joseph M Santin, PhD
Fire and Flood: Assessing the physiological impacts of wildfire and associated runoff on aquatic fauna
Crystal C
Speakers: Craig E Franklin, PhD, Rebecca Cramp, PhD, Ashleah Williams, BSc(Hons)
Becoming a Queen: Germline Maintenance in the Naked Mole-Rat Ovarian Reserve
Crystal E
Speakers: Dr. Emily K Lam, PhD, Jay Zussman, BS, Roxana Dhada, BS, Dr. Jonathan Bayerl, PhD, Dr. Eliza Gaylord, PhD, Dr. Diana Laird, PhD
Lunch Break
Coral
WORKSHOP: Professional Development - Job Interview
Crystal C
SYMPOSIUM: Mitochondrial Basis for Extreme Adaptation
Crystal C
Speaker: Daniel Warren, PhD
SYMPOSIUM: Reaching beyond Academia: How Comparative Physiologists are Showcasing Their Science to the Public
Crystal D
Speaker: Kaitlin N Allen, PhD
SYMPOSIUM: Biomedical Applications of Mammalian Hibernation
Crystal E
Speaker: Matt Andrews
Nature’s Blueprint for Cardiac Resilience: Ground Squirrel Transcriptomics Yields a Novel HFpEF Therapeutic
Crystal E
Speaker: Katharine Grabek
From Real Frogs to Talking Toads: Explaining the Logics of Science to Youngsters
Crystal D
Speaker: Carlos Arturo Navas
Lecture Title TBD
Crystal C
Speaker: Prof. Martin Jastroch, PhD
Mitochondrial Basis of Environmental Adaptation in High-altitude Mammals
Crystal C
Speaker: Graham Scott
Visualizing and sonifying marine physiology: bridging research, conservation, and public engagement
Crystal D
Speaker: Jessica Kendall-Bar
Mitochondrial Dynamics in a Human-sized Hibernator: Implications for Biomedical Translation
Crystal E
Speaker: Sarah Rice, PhD
Leveraging Hibernation Biology to Combat Disuse-Induced Muscle Atrophy
Crystal E
Speaker: Ivan Vechetti, PhD
Beyond Sight: Tactile and Immersive Approaches to Teaching Evolutionary Biology and Comparative Anatomy
Crystal D
Speaker: Colleen Farmer
Powering up to Fly: Adjustments in Mitochondria Support Flight-capability in Wing Dimorphic Field Crickets
Crystal C
Speaker: Lisa Treidel, PhD
P.M. Break
Coral
Scholander Award Oral Presentation Competition
Crystal C
Flight muscles serve as a physiological reservoir of iron for reproduction
Crystal C
Speaker: Tomas Diaz
Ontogeny differences in epibatidine sequestration in poison frogs
Crystal C
Speaker: Ziting Chen
A high elevation mitochondrial variant has limited impact on respiration of thermogenic tissues of deer mice
Crystal C
Speaker: Shady Kuster
Preserved glutamate transporter function supports hypoxia tolerance in avian neurons
Crystal C
Speaker: Tuokai Zhang
Structural mitochondrial protection in freeze-tolerant crickets
Crystal C
Speaker: Stefane Saruhashi
Evidence of passive acid excretion in hypersaline acclimated Cyprinodon variegatus larvae
Crystal C
Speaker: Lu Lin, BS
Evening Break
Crystal C
PLENARY: Oscillations in Hibernation: from Organism to Gene Expression
Crystal C
Speaker: Sandra L Martin
Closing Dinner - EXTRA FEE
Crystal DE