The Fifth Annual Darwinian Student Symposium
Lincoln Park Zoo, Apri 26, 2008
Schedule
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Leave Hyde Park (bus leaves from the zoology arches) | |
| 9:45 | Matt Friedman | Extinction, functional replacement, and origin of novel bodyplans: Evidence from the fossil record of marine teleosts |
| 10:00 | Michelle Rafacz | Variation in parental care in gibbons and siamangs: Hormonal and behavioral correlates |
| 10:15 | Josh Miller | Habitat differentiation based on taxon-free analysis of skeletal representation in Yellowstone National Park, WY |
| 10:30 | Sara Branco | Are oaks locally adapted to serpentine soil? |
| 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 | Kara Nuss | Inbreeding effects in captive Goeldi’s monkeys |
| 11:15 | Matt Keirle | The evolution of microsatellite alleles in a Hawaiian mushroom |
| 11:30 | Nate Smith | New basal dinosaurmorphs from the Late Triassic of North America |
| 11:45 | Edna Davion | Hipposideros commersoni, a Madagascan endemic bat: Seasonal migrants or sleeping beauties |
| 12:00 | Rebecca Rundell | Molecular phylogenetics, biogeography and conservation of the rock- and leaf litter-dwelling land snails of Belau (Republic of Palau), Oceania |
| 12:15 | Lunch (1:30—ape training session) | |
| 1:45 | Lucinda Lawson | Investigating the role of climate fluctuations in patterns of population divergence |
| 2:00 | Matt Heintz | Pilot proposal: Examining the relationship between the immediate benefits of play and cortisol |
| 2:15 | Kelly Gravier | An investigation of the influence that symbiotic AMF communities exact on the community assembly, composition and diversity of corresponding plant communities |
| 2:30 | Brandon Kilbourne | Postnatal development of the appendicular skeleton in mammals |
| 2:45 | Roman Arguello | Repetitive elements and the rise of chimeric genes in the D. melanogaster subgroup |
| 3:00 | Susan Longest | The development of dominance in ring-tailed lemurs |
| 3:15 | Paul Harnik | Age, area, and the taxonomic structure of marine faunas |
| 3:30 | Roundtable discussion (faculty & students) | Post-docs, Jobs, and Funding Strategies |
| 5:00 | Leave zoo (bus departs from drop-off area) | |
Revised: August 5, 2008