Thermobiology Group
Convenor: Johannes Overgaard (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
Deputy Convenor: Katie Marshall (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Thermal variation is a reality for most animals and occurs over diurnal and seasonal timescales. Recent concerns of ‘anthropogenic’-induced climate change has sparked renewed interest in the thermal biology of animals. The capacity of the genotype to produce distinct phenotypes under different environmental conditions is a widespread and powerful means by which animals can adapt to ensure performance and survival in a fluctuating thermal environment.
The Thermobiology Group is composed of individuals interested in the profound effect temperature, and other environmental factors, have on biological life. Our interests span all kingdoms and all life stages. A key objective of this group is to bring physiologists, ecologists and conservation biologists together to explore how animals interact and adapt to their environment.
Each year the SEB Thermobiology Group, in association with the Journal of Thermal Biology (JTB), hosts lecture at the SEB’s Annual Meeting. The list of annual lectures is given below.
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SEB meeting symposium
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Recipient
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Lecture title
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Special issue
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Guest editors
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2011 Glasgow, UK
Plasticity of Thermal Tolerance
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Prof Ken Bowler
(University of Durham, UK)
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Thermal acclimation, heat shock and photoperiod in the temperature responses of crab neuromuscular systems
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JTB, vol 37, issue 3, April 2012
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Holly Shiels (University of Manchester, UK) and Johannes Overgaard (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
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2013 Valencia, Spain
Remodelling of Physiological Systems in Response to Environmental Change
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Prof Hannah Carey (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
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Seasonal remodelling of the host-gut microbe symbiosis in hibernators
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JTB, vol 44, pp. 1–130 (August 2014)
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Holly Shiels (University of Manchester, UK) and Todd Gillis (University of Guelph, Canada)
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2014 Manchester, UK
What sets the limit? How thermal limits, performance and preference in ectotherms are influenced by water and energy balance
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Brent Sinclair
(University of Western Ontario, Canada)
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Linking energetics and overwintering in temperate insects
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JTB, vol 54, pp. 5–11 (December 2015)
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Johannes Overgaard (University of Aarhus, Denmark) and John Terblanche (Stellenbosh University, South Africa)
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2015 Prague, Czech Republic
Oxygen-and Capacity-Limited Thermal Tolerance (OCLTT): A Universal Concept
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Prof Tobias Wang (Aarhus University, Denmark)
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A critical analysis of whether oxygen transport determines upper critical temperatures in animals
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Expected April 2016
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Timothy Clark (Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia) and Felix Mark (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany)
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