2017 Abstracts

Adaptive Sensory Processing in the Lateral Line of Leucoraja erinacea

Anna Krotinger¹ and David Bodznick²

¹Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, ²Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459

            
Spinal regeneration in double transected lampreys

¹Eduardo Guadarrama, ²Kendra L. Hanslik, ²Scott R. Allen, ²Jennifer R. Morgan

¹Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 01002; ²Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 02543.

          
Recording the dynamic passing cloud display in cuttlefish

Hinojoza-Rood, Valerie D. ^1,3 and Marissa Y. Annis ^2,3

¹CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA; ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and ³Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

           
Using passive acoustics to determine the effect of abiotic and biotic sound on Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau) vocalization rates

Alayna G. Mackiewiczand Allen F. Mensinger

Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA and University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN

          
Actin cytoskeleton interactions with Kv3.3 and Hax-1 in MNTB neurons

Kaysi Herrera-Pujols^1,4, Paola Negrón-Moreno^2,4, ElizabethJonas^3,4, and Leonard K. Kaczmarek^3,4

¹Dartmouth College, ²University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, ³Yale University; and Marine Biological Laboratory

           
Effects of Fragile X Syndrome on the conductance of mitochondrial membrane channels

Sana Sohail^1,3, Jorge Salcedo^1,3, Elizabeth Jonas^2,3

¹The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ³Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

            
Cellular and Molecular Characterization of Head Regeneration in Lumbriculus variegatus.

Shannon O’Bryant & Dr. Veronica G. Martinez-Acosta

School of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at the University of the Incarnate Word

         
The neuroanatomical mechanisms of traveling wave displays in cephalopods

Annis, Marissa Y.^1,3, Hinojoza-Rood, Valerie D.^2,3, Senft, Stephen L.³ and Hanlon, Roger T.³

¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA; and ³Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.
 

Location and interactions of Bcl-X_L and actin in the brain stem

Paola Negrón-Moreno^1,4, Kaysi Herrera-Pujols^2,4, Leonard Kaczmarek^3,4, Elizabeth Jonas^3,4
1University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, ²Dartmouth College, ³Yale University, ⁴Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

      
Analysis of Doryteuthis pealeii Squid Locomotion Using a Novel Bio-logging Tag: Effects of Attachment, Water Flow, and Noise

Destiny N Reese^1, Francesco Caruso², Ian Jones², Jessica Perelman², T. Aran Mooney²

¹Eckerd College, ²Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

       
Pancreas beta cell development in Xenopus

Katherine H. Fisher^1,2,3, Marcin Wlizla¹, Marko Horb^1,2

¹Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and National Xenopus Resource, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; ²Biological Discovery in Woods Hole NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates; ³Gill Center for Biomolecular Sciences, and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

        
Eutrophication of Waquoit Bay estuaries: Effects of land-derived nitrogen loading on the assemblages macroalgal taxa

Sharanya Sarathy ^1,3, Ivan Valiela ³, Javier Lloret ³, Daniela Hanacek ³, Claire Valva ^2,3 

¹Brown University, Providence, RI; ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and ³Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

      
Responses of inorganic nitrogen concentrations and producers in Cape Cod estuarine systems subject to differing rates of nitrogen loading

Valva, Claire N.^1,2, Ivan Valiela², Javier Lloret², Daniella Hanacek², Sharanya Sarathy^2,3, Richard McHorney²

¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; and ³Brown University, Providence, RI.

      
Understanding Particle Cycling in the Deep Sargasso Sea through the Use of Lipid Biomarkers

Johanna Holo¹, Maureen Conte², JC Weber², Rut Pedrosa-Pamies²

¹University of Chicago, ²Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory

         
The effect of marsh zonation on amphipod distribution and predation

Alexandria M. Walus¹, Michael Roy², Jarrett E.K. Byrnes²

¹Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, ²Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston
 

Carbon cycling in temperate salt marsh ponds

Gyujong Yoo^1,2, Inke Forbrich¹, Amanda Spivak³, Kelsey Gosselin³, and Rowena Schenck^3,4

¹Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, ²Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, ³Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,  ⁴Department of Biogeochemistry and Biophysics, Amherst College

        
Effects of tidal restriction on greenhouse gas emissions in New England coastal wetlands

Leron Perez^1,2, Faming Wang², and Jianwu Tang²

¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and ²Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

       
Coral Bleaching Research as a Tool for Effective Science Communication
Gyasi Alexander^1,2 , Loretta Roberson^1
1Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; ² University of Rhode Island, South Kingstown, RI

       
Improved Site-directed RNA editing by using ADARs from diverse organisms

Graciela Gautier^1,2, María F. Montiel-González¹, Joshua J.C. Rosenthal¹

¹Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; ²Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

      
An ancestral role for RNA editing in innate immunity

Huang, Amy¹, Liam Keegan², Mary O’Connell², Joshua Rosenthal³

¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic; ³Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

           
Modeling aging: the eyesight of Brachionus manjavacas

Julia M. Smith^1,2, Erin Berry², Emily Corey², and Kristin Gribble²

¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL ²Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

         
Optimizing the expression of soluble recombinant protein by a mutant reverse transcriptase gene expressed in Escherichia coli

Katherine Dunham^1,2, Irina A. Yushenova², Irina R. Arkhipova²

¹Brown University, Providence, RI; ²Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

           
Capture of extrachromosomal circular DNA in bdelloid rotifers via Mu transposition cloning pathway                                    Jonathan Dow^1,2, Fernando Rodriguez¹, Irina R. Arkhipova^{1,2                                                                  1}Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; ²Brown University, Providence RI.

         
Identifying extrachromosomal intermediates of transposition in bdelloid rotifers

Laura Swain^1,2, Irina A. Yushenova¹, Irina R. Arkhipova¹.

¹Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

         
Species composition of microbial structures in dental plaque

Alexandra Sjaarda^1,2, Jessica Mark Welch¹, Gary Borisy³

¹Marine Biological Laboratory; ²University of Chicago; ³The Forsyth Institute
          

Microbial Structures of the Human Tongue

Isa Alvarez ¹, Jessica Mark Welch ²

¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

          
Measuring Resolution of the Orientation-Independent Differential Interference Contrast Microscope

Thomas Rhines^1,2, Michael Shribak²

¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

           
Effects of Fragile X Syndrome on the conductance of mitochondrial membrane channels

Jorge Salcedo^1,3, Sana Sohail^1,3, Elizabeth Jonas^2,3

¹The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ³Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

          
Fast axonal transport dysfunction in neurons is mediated by mutant tau protein via activation of phosphotransferases

^1,3Zhang, Rebecca, ^2,3Minsu Kang, ^2,3Sarah Morris, ^2,3Gerardo Morfini, ^2,3Scott T. Brady

¹CUNY Hunter College, New York City, NY; ²University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; and ³Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

           
Inhibition of fast axonal transport in neurons is facilitated by a tau-mediated molecular mechanism involving exposure of the PAD domain

^1,3Ebenezer, Karen G., ^2,3Minsu Kang, ^2,3Sarah Morris, ^2,3Gerardo Morfini, ^2,3Scott T. Brady

¹CUNY Hunter College, New York City, NY; ²University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; and ³Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

           
Assessing the use of Tg(fabp10a:EGFP-hPLIN2) as a live lipid marker in zebrafish hepatocytes to identify fatty liver disease

Catherine Palmer¹, Leonore Wunsche¹, Anjana Ramdas Nair¹ Steven Farber² and Kirsten C. Sadler¹

¹Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Campus, 129188, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and ²Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, Maryland 21218. 
 

Divergent fates of UHRF1 deficient embryonic zebrafish hepatocytes

Chanyong Tina Kim^1,4, Shuang Wang², Courtney Sansam^3,4, Christopher L. Sansam^3,4, and Kirsten C. Sadler^1,4

¹New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE; ²Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY; ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OK; and ⁴Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

          
A survey of marine fungi species and morphological diversity in Woods Hole

Lorna Mitchison-Field^1,2 and Amy Gladfelter^2,3

¹Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA; ²Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Why are cephalopod eggs so big? Testing the functional limits of jet propulsion in pygmy squid

Malaika Cordeiro¹ and Eric Edsinger²

¹Roger Williams University ²Marine Biological Laboratory.