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