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PLENARY: From Emperor Penguins to Blue Whales: the Dive Response and Oxygen Store Management
Speaker: Paul Ponganis
Opening Reception
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Metabolism, Hypoxia and the Role of Lactate (with UCI Bioengineering)
Speaker: Cassondra L Williams, PhD
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Development & Reproductive Physiology
Speaker: Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
FEATURED TOPIC: Impacts of Rapid Environmental Change on Ion Transporters in Aquatic Animals
Speakers: Dr. Peter M Piermarini, PhD, Teresa Popp, PhD
Phenotypic Variation in Early-Stage Embryos of the Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Speakers: Lindsey J Daniel, PhD ABD, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Salinity and the Osmoregulatory Physiology of Freshwater Insects
Speakers: Dr. Andrew Donini, PhD, Dr. Britney Picinic, PhD, Miss Amber Reinsborough, MSc, Dr. Sima Jonusaite, PhD
Ontogeny differences in epibatidine sequestration in poison frogs
Speakers: Ziting Chen, Adriana Jeckel, PhD, Rachel Weinberg, PhD, Neil Tsutsui, PhD, Rebecca Tarvin, PhD
Tissue-Specific Telomere Dynamics Before and After Metamorphosis
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
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
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
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
Speaker: Dr. Yung-Che Tseng, PhD
Revealing Developmental Critical Windows for Hypoxia Exposure in Danio Rerio
Speakers: Miss Moira Ryann Cartee, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Venous oxygen profiles of Weddell seals: consummate but conservative divers
Speakers: Prof. Allyson Hindle, Markus Horning, PhD, Dr. Emily J Trumbull, DVM, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD, Cassondra L Williams, PhD
Proteomic signatures of asexual reproduction in Botryllus schlosseri inform strategies for cell culture and regulation of proliferation
Speakers: Weizhen Dong, BS, Dr. Dietmar Kültz, PhD, Dr. Jens Hamar, PhD
Sensing Conspecifics: Reproductive olfactory cues in the Lusitanian Toadfish
Speakers: Diana Gonçalves, Belén Callejón-Leblic, PhD, Tamara García-Barrera, PhD, Teresa Modesto, PhD, Zélia Velez, PhD, Peter Hubbard, PhD
Hyperosmotic regulation of euryhaline teleost compatible osmolyte levels via NFAT signaling
Speakers: Dr. Jens Hamar, PhD, Dr. Dietmar Kültz, PhD
A.M. Break
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Nutrition & Energetics (with Sable Systems)
Re-examining the Use of Glucocorticoids as a Measure of Physiological Stress: An Energetics Perspective
Speakers: Professor James F Gillooly, PhD, Ms. Kyle Hudson, BS, Abigail Leon, BS, Alyson Wisnionski, MS, Isabella Dy, BS, Dr. Zuania Colón-Piñeiro, PhD
Functional characterization of Na+/H+ antiporter (NHA) paralogs involved in freshwater adaptation in the copepod Eurytemora carolleeae (Atlantic clade E. affinis complex)
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
Speakers: Katrina Pinili, B.S., Allen G Gibbs, PhD
The effects of strobilurin fungicides on the physiological performance of the Gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis
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)
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
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
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)
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
Speakers: Sarah Huen, MD, PhD, Sushila Pathak, PhD, Ricardo Monroy, BS
Lunch Break
WORKSHOP: AI for Data Analysis in Comparative Physiology
SYMPOSIUM: Using Genomic and Functional Approaches to Disentangle Extremely Wild Physiological Phenotypes
Speaker: Jose Pablo Vazquez-Media
SYMPOSIUM: Overwintering in Non-mammalian Animals: Unlocking Mechanisms of Survival (Sponsored by SEB)
Speaker: Dr. Kendra J Greenlee, PhD
SYMPOSIUM: Comparative Perspectives on Heterothermy Beyond Cold Climates
Speaker: Ana Breit, PhD
Beyond torpor, what variability in body temperature can tell us about the evolution and energetics of endothermy
Speaker: Danielle Levesque
Maternal and placental mechanisms underlying fetal growth protection in high-elevation adapted deer mice
Speaker: Kathryn Wilsterman, PhD
Integrative Exploration of the Mechanisms of Cold Acclimation and Freeze Tolerance in Cope’s Gray Treefrog
Speaker: Carissa Krane
Renal mechanisms underlying cold tolerance plasticity in insects
Speaker: Heath MacMillan
Fighting the stresses of aging on land, air, and sea
Speaker: Juan Manuel Vazquez
SYMPOSIUM: Comparative Perspectives on Heterothermy Beyond Cold Climates
Speaker: Mal Ballinger
Running on empty: Unraveling the cellular architecture of extreme hypoxia and fasting tolerance in elephant seals
Speaker: Kaitlin N Allen, PhD
Genotype vs phenotype: do having antifreeze-like gene sequences imply organismal freeze avoidance?
Speaker: Christina Cheng
Life in the Slow Lane: Extreme Heterometabolism in the Protoendothermic Common Tenrec
Speaker: Frank van Breukelen, PhD
P.M. Break
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)
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
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
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
Effects of Chronic Thermal Stress on the Molt Cycle Regulation of the Porcelain Crab, Petrolisthes cinctipes
Speaker: Jaren Kauzlarich
Baseline expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in euthermic Arctic ground squirrels
Speakers: Addison R Elsik, Rachael Hannah, PhD
How Thermal History Drives Inter-Individual Proteomic Variation in the Rocky Intertidal Zone
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
Speakers: Bradley Frishman, Jorge Gonzalez, PhD, Valery Forbes, PhD
The Energetic Basis of Lifespan in Plants and Animals
Speakers: Bradley Frishman, Professor James F Gillooly, PhD
Physiological markers influencing breeding success in a planktivorous seabird
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
Tissue-specific bioaccumulation of the fungicide pyraclostrobin and its effects on the behavior of the Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis.
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
Speaker: katherine burbules, MSc
Physiological response of little skates (Leucoraja erinacea) to chronic hypoxia during development
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
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
Speakers: Miss Alexandra P Genualdi, Dr. Joshua T Butcher, PhD, Dr. Emily Nunan, DVM, PhD
The thermal preference of a solitary bee, Megachile rotundata.
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
Speakers: Mr. Murad Jah, Addison Fowler, Victoria Mackenzie, Wes Dowd, PhD
Gene markers of stress and health in dolphins exposed to anthropogenic disturbance
Speakers: Naylah Noemi Oliveira Santos, BS, Nick Kellar, PhD, Jane Khudyakov, PhD
Neurobiological components of flight polymorphism in Gryllus lineaticeps
Speakers: Avi Simon, BA, Dr. Caroline Williams, PhD, Dr. Jack Tseng, PhD
Effects of Fluctuating Temperatures on American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Development and Metabolism
Speakers: Ben Berggren, Dr. Ed Dzialowski, PhD, Imogen Brown, MS, Infinity Alvarez, MS, Dr. Jessica D Rippamonti, MS, PhD, Bailey Horak
Trainee Career Meet-up
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Physiology of Dormancy
Speaker: Frank van Breukelen, PhD
FEATURED TOPIC: Comparative View of Peripheral Oxygen Transport Mechanisms
Speaker: Ellen Breen, PhD
Optimizing Skeletal Muscle Oxygen Transport: A Comparative Approach
Speaker: Dr. David C Poole, Ph.D.
How do you know what kind of dormancy you are studying and why would you care anyway?
Speaker: Dan Hahn
Unraveling the secrets of shark muscle physiology by comparative proteomics
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
Speakers: Miss Alexandra P Genualdi, Dr. Emily Nunan, DVM, PhD, Dr. Joshua T Butcher, PhD
Choosing homeostasis over energetic savings
Speakers: Raizel Yankaway, Prof. Allyson Hindle, Frank van Breukelen, PhD
Arteriolar endothelin signaling and mitochondrial resilience drive hypoxia tolerance in Weddell seals
Speakers: Sebastiano Cupani, PhD candidate, Joseph Campanale, PhD, Prof. Martin Jastroch, PhD, Michaela Keuper, PhD, Prof. Allyson Hindle
Serial ultrasound imaging refutes the hibernation aortic compliance theory: Common tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) aortas do not undergo torpor-specific stiffening
Speakers: Miss Gilbecca Rae R Smith, Miss Ariana Borje, Miss Criselda Marie Ignacio, Frank van Breukelen, PhD
Oxygen Storage and Consumption Kinetics in Marine Mammal Endothelial Cells
Speakers: Carla Guillard Salgueira, B.S, Rita Aziz, B.S, Cassondra L Williams, PhD, Ellen Breen, PhD
Consequences of muscular division of labor for crawling in larval Diptera
Speakers: Ethan Wold, PhD, Annika Sharma, Ellie Heckscher, PhD
Energetics of laden locomotion in two species of cockroach
Speakers: Be Eldash, MS, Rudolf Schilder, PhD
Hibernation-induced metabolic plasticity uses astrocytic glycogen to fuel synaptic activity in frogs
Speakers: Nikolaus D Bueschke, MS, Ms. Hafsa Yaseen, MPhil, Dr. Joseph M Santin, PhD
Assessment of oxygen delivery in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) using an intravital microscope camera
Speakers: Angelo J Incitti, M.S., Ellen Breen, PhD, Cassondra L Williams, PhD
Dissecting molecular underpinnings that support extreme diving adaptations in seals
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
Speakers: Dr. Scott D Kirkton, PhD, FAPS, Dr. Jon F Harrison, PhD
Activity-related homeostatic plasticity facilitates synaptic transmission in cold acclimated bullfrogs
Speakers: Renato Filogonio, PhD, Delaney Cannon, BSc, Nikolaus D Bueschke, MS, Dr. Joseph M Santin, PhD
A.M. Break
Flight muscles serve as a physiological reservoir of iron for reproduction
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
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Mitochondrial Physiology & Metabolism
Scaling Down: Linking tissue to whole-organism flight metabolism in the alfalfa leafcutting bee
Speakers: Dr. Meredith G Johnson, PhD, Dr. Craig Perl, PhD, Joseph Rinehart, PhD, Julia H Bowsher, PhD, Dr. Kendra J Greenlee, PhD
Early-Life Hypoxia Induces Behavioral Changes and Reveals p38 MAPK–Mediated Trade-offs in Zebrafish
Speakers: Dr. Karem N Vazquez Roman, PhD, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Phthalate exposure induces inflammatory signaling and alters mitochondrial respiration in marine mammal and human cells
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
Intrinsic versus extrinsic control of mitochondrial membrane potential in isolated neurons of the anoxia-tolerant Western painted turtle.
Speakers: Natalia Agostini Schneider, M.S., Daniel Warren, PhD
Investigating Physiological Responses to Incremental Temperature Change in Early Life Stage Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Speakers: Jack Eudy, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Beta-Hydroxybutyrate Induces Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity in Vertebrate Motor Circuits Independent of Metabolism
Speakers: Fahimeh Taheri, Ava Nickell, Dr. Joseph M Santin, PhD
Transcriptomics of Stress in Chaetodipus penicillatus
Speakers: Adam Myers, Sean Neiswenter, PhD
Mental Stress and Reactive Sulfur Species: Implications for Cardiovascular Function
Speakers: Analilia Cardenas-Garza, Xinggui Shen, PhD, Christopher Kevin, PhD, Gopi Kolluru, PhD
Structural mitochondrial protection in freeze-tolerant crickets
Speakers: Stefane Saruhashi, MD, Dr. Soren Coulson, PhD, Dr. James Staples, PhD, Dr. Alex S. Torson, PhD, Dr. Martin Moos, PhD, Dr. Brent Sinclair, PhD
Neuronal resilience to hypoxia in the avian brain: Upregulation of GABAergic function?
Speakers: Mehrad Ghazi Mirsaeed, DVM, Tuokai Zhang, Lara Amaral-Silva, PhD
Anoxia tolerant annual killifish cells maintain translation during initial exposure to anoxia
Speakers: Claire Riggs, PhD, Chelsea Hughes, PhD, Jason Podrabsky, PhD
Lunch Break
WORKSHOP: Practical Considerations for Heart Rate Biologging in Small Animals (Star Oddi)
SYMPOSIUM: Cellular Models and Organismal Insights for Stress Physiology in Nonmodel Organisms (Sponsored by SICB)
Speaker: Jason Podrabsky, PhD
SYMPOSIUM: Expiration-Breathing's Other Face
Speaker: Bill Milsom
Overcoming metabolic challenges to the brain: Learning from experts
Speaker: Lara do Amaral
Role of expiration in the evolution of air breathing in early vertebrates and aspiration breathing in amniotes
Speaker: Beth Brainerd
Sea Urchin Cell Lines as New and Versatile Tools for Mechanistic Physiology
Speaker: Andrea Bodnar
Running on fumes: reducing the need for oxygen and glucose to power neural circuits
Speaker: Dr. Joseph M Santin, PhD
Redox on Demand: Sustaining Anaerobic Glycolysis with Non-Canonical Metabolism
Speaker: Thomas Park
Mechanisms of environmental (including anoxia) tolerance in annual killifish cells
Speaker: Chelsea Hughes, PhD
Active Expiration across the Tetrapods
Speaker: Bill Milsom
Active expiration in rodents - Neural Control of Active Expiration: Networks, Mechanisms, and Function in mammals
Speaker: Silvia Pagliardini
Avoiding excitotoxicity during metabolic stress: Insights from the avian brain
Speaker: Lara do Amaral
Characterizing and exploring the dark proteome of tunicate cells
Speaker: Maxime Leprêtre
P.M. Break
Scholander Poster Presentation - Saturday
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Oxygen & Vascular Biology
Speaker: Michelle Shero, PhD
ABSTRACT DRIVEN: Hot Topics: Thermal Physiology in a Changing World
Speaker: Karen L Sweazea, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
FEATURED TOPIC: Comparative Physiology of Thermogenesis
Speaker: Michael J. Gaudry, PhD
Coordinated maternal-pup iron transfer and enhanced use support rapid hemoprotein development in a diving mammal
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
Speakers: Melissa A May, PhD, Fabela R Frank, Lars Tomanek, PhD
Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Flexibility in Avian Thermogenesis
Speakers: Maria Stager, PhD, Phred Benham, PhD
Elephant seal cells export iron and form lipid droplets to prevent lipid peroxidation
Speakers: Kaitlin N Allen, PhD, Elizabeth R Piotrowski, MS, José Pablo Vázquez Medina, PhD
Early Physiological Responses to Temperature Changes in Parthenogenetic Marbled Crayfish (Procambarus virginalis)
Speakers: Lauren A Kowalski, Ms, Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Characterizing CLSTN3B and UCP1 coevolution as key contributors to adaptive NST
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
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
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
Paying the price of proteostasis: The functional role and metabolic cost of the chaperone response in diapausing Colorado potato beetles
Speakers: Maranda van Oirschot, BSc, Dr. Jacqueline Lebenzon, PhD
Evolution of a Diving Response: Divergent Transcriptomic Adaptations in Aquatic Versus Terrestrial Mammals.
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
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
Speakers: Juliette Dalicano, Adeel Arif, Marlys Houck, Ann Misuraca, Carla B Madelaire, PhD
Tropical heterothermy: Insights into primate hibernation from the fat-tailed dwarf lemur serum proteome
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
Speakers: Ray Mitchell, BFA, Anastasia Paulmann, MD, Hermann Haller, MD, Pooneh Bagher, PhD
Protective effects of uric acid in the vasculature of birds
Speaker: Karen L Sweazea, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
Effects of prolonged heatwaves on facultative air-breathing, metabolism, and hypoxia tolerance in adult Corydoras aeneus
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)
Speakers: Elizabeth Deecher, PhD, Julie Urban, PhD, Rudolf Schilder, PhD
A.M. Break
Phenotypic Responses of Developing Zebrafish (Danio rerio) to Developmental and Parental Intermittent Hypoxia
Speakers: Dr. Gil Martinez Bautista, PhD, Ms. Bailey A. 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
Speakers: Macy B Sherman, Sarah Milton, PhD, Kristen Hart, PhD
Exploring Epigenetic Inheritance: Alternative Models and Experimental Approaches
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
Speakers: Sarah N Sexton, MS, Sarah Milton, PhD
Gestational hypoxia leads to population-specific metabolic remodeling among high- and low-altitude deer mice
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
Speakers: Mr. Guillermo Contreras Rello, B.Sc., Dr. Warren W Burggren, PhD
Morphometric effects of neonicotinoid and nicotine exposure in a chicken embryo assay
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
Molecular signatures underlying hypoxic adaptation in sea turtles
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
Comparative Fibroblast Physiology Identifies High-Altitude Specializations in Gelada
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
Integrating Comparative Physiology and Multi-Omics Reveals Hidden Complexity in Crustacean Molting Regulation
Speakers: Dr. Talia B Head, PhD, Lars Tomanek, PhD, Dr. David S Durica, PhD, Dr. Donald L Mykles, PhD
Maternal PFAS-mixture Exposure Promotes Preeclampsia-Like Features and Cardiac Dysfunction During Late Gestation
Speakers: Barbara Campos Jorge, PhD, Dr. Valeria Cristina Sandrim, PhD, Joey Granger, PhD, Ana Carolina T. Palei, PhD
Metabolite profiling reveals enhanced redox balance and unique energy metabolism strategies in hypoxic vascular endothelial cells derived from elite diving seals
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
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
Speakers: Tuokai Zhang, Lara Amaral-Silva, PhD
Genomic Signatures of Extreme Diving: Insights from the Weddell Seal and Elephant Seal Genomes
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
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
Speakers: Craig E Franklin, PhD, Rebecca Cramp, PhD, Ashleah Williams, BSc(Hons)
Becoming a Queen: Germline Maintenance in the Naked Mole-Rat Ovarian Reserve
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
WORKSHOP: Professional Development - Job Interview
SYMPOSIUM: Reaching beyond Academia: How Comparative Physiologists are Showcasing Their Science to the Public
Speaker: Kaitlin N Allen, PhD
SYMPOSIUM: Mitochondrial Basis for Extreme Adaptation
Speaker: Daniel Warren, PhD
SYMPOSIUM: Biomedical Applications of Mammalian Hibernation
Speaker: Matt Andrews
Nature’s Blueprint for Cardiac Resilience: Ground Squirrel Transcriptomics Yields a Novel HFpEF Therapeutic
Speaker: Katharine Grabek
From Real Frogs to Talking Toads: Explaining the Logics of Science to Youngsters
Speaker: Carlos Arturo Navas
Lecture Title TBD
Speaker: Prof. Martin Jastroch, PhD
Lecture Title TBD
Speaker: Graham Scott
Visualizing and sonifying marine physiology: bridging research, conservation, and public engagement
Speaker: Jessica Kendall-Bar
Mitochondrial Dynamics in a Human-sized Hibernator: Implications for Biomedical Translation
Speaker: Sarah Rice, PhD
Leveraging Hibernation Biology to Combat Disuse-Induced Muscle Atrophy
Speaker: Ivan Vechetti, PhD
Beyond Sight: Tactile and Immersive Approaches to Teaching Evolutionary Biology and Comparative Anatomy
Speaker: Colleen Farmer
Lecture Title TBD
Speaker: Lisa Treidel, PhD
P.M. Break
Scholander Award Oral Presentation Competition
Evening Break
PLENARY: Oscillations in Hibernation: from Organism to Gene Expression
Speaker: Sandra L Martin