Department of Biology Research Retreat
When: May 23, 2019 9am-4pm
Where: Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
Program
9:00 9:30 Continental breakfast
9:30 9:40 Welcome remarks Bill Fagan, Chair
9:40 10:40 Session I Research Talks
9:40 9:50 David Han Vibration sensitivity in snakes
9:50 10:00 Corey Rennolds The effects of injury and regeneration on environmental stress tolerance in a freshwater annelid
10:00 10:10 Pablo Villar Functional role of long-range GABAergic inhibition in the olfactory bulb.
10:10 10:20 Miranda Yourick Characterizing visual plasticity in African cichlids
10:20 10:30 Madolyn Britt The contributions of large- and small-conductance mechanosensitive channels to the hypoosmotic survival of Vibrio cholerae
10:30 10:40 Samantha Worthy Alternative designs and tropical tree seedling performance landscapes
10:40 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 12:00 Session II Research Talks
11:00 11:10 Frances “Betsy” Clark The B chromosome of Lake Malawi Cichlids: Reversing Sex For Selfish Gain
11:10 11:20 Greg Perrin Gain Controls in the Rod Bipolar Pathway
11:20 11:30 Kristin Hook The influence of sperm morphology on sperm aggregation and motility in Peromyscus rodents
11:30 11:40 Cheng-Yu Li PGF2α is an integral component of reproductive female pheromone signaling
11:40 11:50 Sachiko Murase Experience-dependent synaptic depression via perisynaptic proteolysis
12:00 1:15 Lunch + Poster Session
1:15 1:45 Data Blitz Eric Haag, Colenso Speer, Ricardo Araneda, Josh Singer, Sergei Sukharev, Karen Carleton
2:00 3:00 Key note talk: Dr. Sean B. Carroll Butterfly Spots and Rattlesnake Tales
3:00 4:00 Reception + posters
4:00 End
Includes continental breakfast, lunch and reception following keynote.
Posters are welcome, please volunteer via email to Theresa so we have enough poster-boards available.
RSVP via email to Theresa Simmons tsimmons@umd.edu