Graduate Students and faculty gathered at the Botanical Gardens on Thursday afternoon to share research and celebrate accomplishments. The symposium featured three twelve minute talks:

Xiaotian Feng (Atit Lab): “Keep it open: Fibronectin is required for the maintenance of the coronal suture patency and calvarial development”

Troy Neptune (Benard Lab): “Longer days, larger grays: carryover effects of photoperiod and temperature in gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor”

Qiannan Ma (Atit Lab): “Fat is good: Wnt signaling activation stimulates lipolysis in mature dermal adipocytes in skin fibrosis”

Lightning Talks by:

Brady Parlato (Benard Lab): “Impacts of elevated temperatures on amphibian activity, foraging, and growth patterns”

Yu Huan (Chiel Lab): “Investigating functions of multi-action neurons B4/B5 in regulating Aplysia feeding behaviors”

Alex Gurgis (Wolff Lab): “Ostracod Neuroanatomy: Evidence of ancestral mushroom bodies”

Poster Presentations by:

Miranda Shetzer (Medeiros Lab, Holden Arboretum) “Using xylem vessel diameter to infer hydraulic strategy of evergreen and deciduous Rhododendron species”

Kristianna Lea (Fox Lab) Grace Bellino (Martin Lab): “The Effects of Urbanization on Mating Calls in the Fall Field Cricket (Gryllus pennsylvanicus)”

Andrew Weber (Croft Lab) Sam Harbol (Burns Lab): “Non-structural carbohydrate allocation during cold acclimation: Individuals of Juniperus virginiana from colder climates maintain higher ratios of soluble sugars to starch during cold acclimation”

Special thanks to Juliana Medeiros and Holden Forests and Gardens for hosting.