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Friday, October 28
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
Living in a Seasonal, and Warming, Environment
Chairs: Kenia C. Bicego, PhD, São Paulo State University, Brazil; Jose Eduardo de Carvalho, PhD,Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

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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