SCIENCE ACROSS BOUNDARIES – CELL,PLANT AND ANIMAL BIOLOGY SESSIONS
The following joint Animal, Cell and Plant biology sessions will take place at SEB Prague 2020.
ANIMAL & CELL BIOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATION
Neurotransmitters to phermones: the response of physiological and behavioural signals to environmental change
Organised by:
- Katherine Sloman (University of West Scotland, UK)
- Danielle McDonald (University of Miami-RSMAS, USA)
Episodic hypoxia: mammalian species with exceptional tolerance and how to study them
ORGANISERS:
- Frank van Breukelen (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
- Allyson Hindle (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
Do environmental contaminants alter energy balance, how can we find out and how much does it matter?
ORGANISERS:
- Kimberley Bennett (Abertay University, UK)
THE PHYSIOLOGY BEHIND PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS
Organisers:
- Tamzin Blewett (University of Alberta, Canada)
- Tommy Norin (Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark)
Speakers:
- Trish Schulte (University of British Columbia, Canada) - Mechanisms of plasticity in tolerance to abiotic stressors in fish
- Clare Stawski (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) - Physiological and behavioural plasticity of Australian marsupials in a changing environment
- Tobias Wang (Aarhus University, Denmark) - Phenotypic flexibility of digestive and cardiovascular function to intermittent feeding bouts in snakes and other vertebrates
- Andrew Turko (University of Guelph, Canada) - Feedback among phenotypically plastic behavioural, physiological, and morphological traits in amphibious fish moving between water and land
ANIMAL, CELL AND PLANT BIOLOGY
BIG DATA
AUSTRAL COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
ORGANISERS:
- Oliver Tills (University of Plymouth, UK)
- Manuela Truebano Garcia (University of Plymouth, UK)