The Sixth Annual Darwinian Student Symposium
Lincoln Park Zoo, Apri 5, 2009
Schedule
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Andrew Dosmann | Temperament traits in Belding’s ground squirrels: Evolutionary dynamics of complex phenotypes |
| 9:15 | Annat Haber | Does morphological integration have macroevolutionary implications? |
| 9:30 | Sara Branco | Serpentine soils do not limit fungal diversity |
| 9:45 | David Turissini | Using high-throughput sequencing to investigate reproductive isolation in Drosophila melanogaster |
| 10:00 | Libby Eakin | Gypsy moth feeding behavior and its effect on the risk of LdNPV infection |
| 10:15 | Aaron Kandur | Modeling the Mussel Bed Community: A Neural Network Approach |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 | Kevin Bullaughey | Evolutionary implications of regulatory architecture: Insights from a computational model of gene expression |
| 11:15 | Natasha Bloch | Signals in light of visual perception: A study of opsin evolution in new and old world warblers |
| 11:30 | Rebecca Budinoff | Steps toward a whole genome phylogeny of Vibrionaceae (Bacteria: ɣ-Proteobacteria) |
| 11:45 | Michelle Rafacz | A comparison of the role of androgens in paternal care between gibbon species |
| 12:00 | David Kennedy | Inferring intrahost disease dynamics through dose response experiments |
| 12:15 | Eric Hungate | Genetics of Octanoic Acid Tolerance in Drosophila Sechellia |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Daniel Matute | Fine-scale genetic analysis of hybrid inviability between Drosophila melanogaster and D. santomea |
| 1:45 | Matthew Heintz | The Immediate and Delayed Benefits of Play Behavior in Chimpanzees |
| 2:00 | Ben Krinsky | The evolution and molecular biology of new genes in Drosophila |
| 2:15 | Edna Davion | Why do nocturnal primates have cones? |
| 2:30 | Elizabeth Scordato | Causes and consequences of divergence in sexually selected traits: An example using an avian ring species |
| 2:45 | David Wheatcroft | The Evolution of Cooperation in Avian Mobbing |
| 3:00 | Will Tyburczy | Discordant time scales: The effects of seasonal reproduction on predator-prey dynamics |
| 3:15 | Aaron Savit | Tanagers of the genus Tangara: Insights into the evolution of tropical diversity |
| 3:30 | Nicholas Block | Cryptic Diversity in a Malagsy songbird |
| 3:45 | Cindy Carlson | “Behavioral Mechanisms of Postcopulatory Sexual Selection in Pigtail Macaques (Macaca nemestrina leonina)” |
| 4:00 | Small Group Discussions | |
Revised: May 11, 2009