SEBatMarseille2008 - General Animal Biology
Session organised by: Dr David McKenzie (CNRS Montpellier) and Dr Richard Handy (University of Plymouth)
As the name indicates, this session comprises talks and posters on all those aspects of animal biology that are not catered to in the specific Animal Section sessions. As such, the General session is an important element of the scientific programme and it has been very successful and well-attended in recent years. It will take place over two full days at Marseille in 2008, and can be expected to provide high-quality presentations on a wide spectrum of subjects. The programme of talks is organised (as far as possible) into the subject areas of the special interest groups of the Animal Section, so delegates can spend a few hours listening to back-to-back presentations within their general area of interest.
Programme - Sunday 6th July
Chair: Dr David McKenzie
09:10 Timothy Clark (University of British Columbia)
Cardiovascular function and energetics of sockeye salmon on the spawning ground [A5.1]
09:30 Miss Maria Steinhausen (University of British Columbia)
Cutaneous oxygen uptake in exercising adult salmon: a role for the secondary circulation system [A5.2]
09:50 Mr Peter Skov (University of Copenhagen)
The role of adrenaline as a modulator of cardiac performance in three Notothenioid fishes [A5.3]
10:10 Dr Gina LJ Galli (Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University)
Thermal plasticity of excitation-contraction coupling in Bluefin Tuna myocytes [A5.4]
10:30 Refreshment Break
11:00 Mr Simon Patrick (The Universtiy of Manchester)
The presence of mechanosensitive channels in the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) heart [A5.5]
11:20 Dr Holly Shiels (University of Manchester)
The role of reverse-mode NCX in the contractility of the rainbow trout heart [A5.6]
11:40 Mr Bjarke Jensen (University of Aarhus)
Shunting and pressure separation in reptiles inferred from cardiac architecture [A5.7]
12:00 Dr Jonathan Stecyk (University of Oslo)
Effects of hydrogen sulfide on the cardiovascular system of normoxic and anoxic turtles (Trachemys scripta) [A5.8]
12:20 Miss Nina Kerting Iversen (AarhusUniversity)
Autonomic control of the heart in the swamp eel (Monopterus albus) during water-breathing, air-breathing and aestivation [A6.30]
12:40 Lunch
Chair: Dr Guy Claireaux
13:40 Dr Denis Chabot (Direction des sciences halieutiques et aquaculture, Ministère des Pêches et des Océans, Institut Maurice-Lamontagne)
Quantification of SMR and SDA in aquatic animals using quantiles and non-linear quantile regression [A5.9]
13:55 Dr Denis Chabot (Direction des sciences halieutiques et aquaculture, Ministère des Pêches et des Océans, Institut Maurice-Lamontagne)
Energy budget of the northern shrimp, Pandalus borealis, as a function of size and temperature [A5.65 ]
14:10 Mrs Aurelie Dupont-Prinet (ISEM)
The physiology of energetic strategies in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) [A5.10]
14:30 Miss Lindsay Jibb (University of British Columbia)
AMP-activated protein kinase coordinates metabolic rate suppression in the common goldfish during hypoxia exposure [A5.11]
14:50 Miss Sara Kayes (School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland)
Opioids as triggers for metabolic depression in the frog, Cyclorana alboguttata [A5.12]
15:10 Refreshment Break
15:40 Mr Fabrice Pernet (Ifremer)
Inter- and intra-specific variations in the physiological and biochemical adjustments in response to temperature in marine bivalves [A5.13]
16:00 Mr Stefano Marras (Université Montpellier 2)
Is the fast-start escape response in fish repeatable? A short and medium term analysis in juvenile European Sea bass. [A5.14]
16:20 Dr Mees Muller (Wageningen University)
Why vertebrates have semicircular ducts [A5.15]
16:40 Dr Coen P.H. Elemans (University of Utah)
Superfast vocal muscles control song production in songbirds [A5.16]
17:00 End of session
Monday 7th July
Session organised by: Dr David McKenzie (CNRS, Montpellier) and Dr Richard Handy (University of Plymouth)
Chair: Dr Gudrun de Boeck
10:30 Dr Jasmine Sharp (Bangor University)
Identification and expression of mRNAs encoding bursicon in the central nervous system of decapod crustaceans [A5.17]
10:50 Dr Torah Kachur (University of Alberta)
Regulation of germ cell formation in the nematode, C. elegans [A5.18]
11:10 Dr Renate Kopp (University of Innsbruck)
The snowball effect of an amino acid exchange in zebrafish breakdance mutants [A5.19]
11:30 Miss Anne Bado-Nilles (CEDRE/LIENSs UMR 6250 CNRS, France)
Effects of light cycle oils on immune parameters and on the expression of related genes in the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax [A5.20]
11:50 Mr Chris Pook (Exeter University)
The metabolic and fitness costs of resistance to copper and zinc toxicity in Nereis diversicolor [A5.21]
12:10 To be confirmed.
12:30 Lunch
Chair: Dr Richard Handy
13:30 Miss Agnieszka K. Dymowska (University of Oslo)
Localization of ionocytes in crucian carp (Carassius carassius) gills during hypoxic remodelling [A5.23]
13:50 Roselyne Labbe
Expression of the multidrug resistance associated proteins trnMRP1 and 4 in the Malpighian tubules of Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera) [A5.66]
14:10 Dr Greg Goss (University of Alberta)
Theoretical considerations underlying Na+ uptake mechanisms in freshwater fishes [A5.25]
14:30 Dr Nicolas Bury (King's College London)
What is the active corticosteroid in primitive aganthan vertebrates? The effects of corticosteroids on gluconeogenesis and magnesium regulation in the Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stouti) [A5.26]
14:50 Mr Michael Greenwood (The University of Manchester)
Calcium regulation in the European flounder, Platichthys flesus [A5.27]
15:10 Refreshment Break
15:40 Mrs Sue Ebanks (University of Miami)
Building a house when supplies are minimal: Ca2+ and HCO3 - acquisition in freshwater by embryos of the common pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis [A5.28]
16:00 Dr Rebecca Cramp (The University of Queensland)
The effects of saltwater acclimation on Na-K-2Cl and Na-K-ATPase distribution, activity and gene expression in salt glands of the Estuarine Crocodile [A5.29]
16:20 Dr M. Danielle McDonald (RSMAS, University of Miami)
Happy fish? The implications of antidepressant treatment and exposure on toadfish urea excretion. [A5.30]
16:40 Dr Chris Wood (McMaster University)
In vitro evidence for the involvement of Rh proteins and H+ efflux in ammonia excretion across the gills of the freshwater rainbow trout [A5.31]
17:00 End of session
