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The W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology Faculty Research Symposium
December 2, 2016
The W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology
Faculty Research Symposium
December 2, 2016
The Stanley Stephens Room
Schedule
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 8:30 | Bagels and coffee |
| 9:00 | Welcome – Robert Anholt |
Session I: Moderator Coby Schal |
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| 9:15 | Will Kimler What would Darwin do? An historical view of evolution & behavior |
| 9:30 | Trudy Mackay Quantitative trait genetics |
| 9:45 | Marcé Lorenzen Hidden-in-plain-sight: Uncovering Medea |
| 10:00 | John Godwin Where the boys are - Biasing sex ratios of invasive mice to save species on islands |
| 10:15 | Lisa McGraw Investigating the neurogenetic architecture of individual variation in monogamy |
| 10:30 | coffee break – group photograph |
Session II: Moderator Trudy Mackay |
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| 11:00 | Brian Langerhans Phenotypic determinants of mating success without mate choice |
| 11:15 | Reade Roberts A gene, a SNP, two undergraduate classes, several dozen ears and armpits, three hundred and fifty five swabs, six hundred bacterial species, a colony of mosquitoes, and human evolution |
| 11:30 | Russell Borski Novel aspects of leptin and glucocorticoid biology in the adaptive stress response of vertebrates |
| 11:45 | Coby Schal Translational research on insect semiochemicals |
| 12:00 | David Tarpy Caste determination and plasticity of reproductive potential in honey bees |
| 12:15 | pizza lunch Speakers are invited to a working lunch in 3508 Thomas Hall |
Session III: Moderator Fred Gould |
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| 1:15 | John Meitzen Estradiol, biological sex and striatal neurons |
| 1:30 | Helen Huang Neural control of artificial limbs |
| 1:45 | Leslie Sombers Electroanalytical approaches to monitoring real time chemical signaling in live brain tissue |
| 2:00 | Santosh Mishra Role of novel ligands in itch sensation |
| 2:15 | Troy Ghashghaei Hedonic olfactory learning is regulated by developmentally defined circuits in the mouse forebrain |
| 2:30 | tea break |
Session IV: Moderator John Godwin |
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| 3:00 | Heather Patisaul The placenta: the new frontier of neuroendocrine disruption? |
| 3:15 | Fred Gould Can genes drive safely? |
| 3:30 | David Aylor Genetic susceptibilities in diverse mouse populations |
| 3:45 | Michael Cowley Maternal/offspring interactions in high fat-exposed mice |
| 4:00 | Robert Anholt Functional reconstruction of the evolution of chemoreceptor gene clusters in Drosophila |
| 4:15 | General discussion: How do we envision the future of the Keck Center? |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
| 7:00 | Speakers are invited for dinner at Château MacAnholt |
The W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology acknowledges generous support from:
The College of Sciences
BASF, Inc.
Illumina, Inc.
The Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Robert and Margaret Grossfield
John and Barbara Vandenbergh
Robert Anholt and Trudy Mackay
The College of Sciences
BASF, Inc.
Illumina, Inc.
The Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Robert and Margaret Grossfield
John and Barbara Vandenbergh
Robert Anholt and Trudy Mackay