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<\/a>This Friday, March 4th is the annual GSS: Graduate Student Symposium<\/a>. UW Biograds compete fiercely for one of only 20 speaking slots to present their latest ideas, results, and accomplishments to the department and the world! As a broadly integrative department, it’s one of the best opportunities we have to actually learn about what everyone else is doing – especially now that we rarely cross Pacific Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I must say – the prizes are also pretty fun. In previous years, awards have been given for Best Dressed (Brandon Peecook in purple pants<\/a> – need I say more?), Most Appealing to 5th Grader (often involves poop), Best Extemporaneous Speaking (speakers have to incorporate a random word handed to them into their talk), and the Title for Best Title (typically includes a reference to sex<\/a>, zombies, and\/or incompetent politicians).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, there is an excellent line up of speakers that I will attempt to communicate as succinctly as possible (i.e. in 144 characters or fewer). For those students who have submitted abstracts, I’ve attempted to PT (pre-tweet – if it wasn’t a thing before, it is now) their topics. Titles are listed for the those who are luring us with an aura of “TBD” mystery…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, tweet @biogss #gss2016<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Alex Lowe @ 9:30<\/a>: #Oysters on grass: can eelgrass numb the pain of ocean acidification? @H2_Lo boldly takes first talk of the day even after #OSM2016<\/strong> [Ed. My goal was to make these tweets clever, but Alex has already done that work for me, the first part is his actual talk title]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katrina van Raay @ 9:45<\/a>: Viruses and toxins team up to blow s[tuff] up, but poser interlopers can cheat the system #freeloaders #tinyterrors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawn Luttrell @ 10:00<\/a>: Yes, but, #whereismymind? Getting A HEAD with Ptychodera lava<\/em> regeneration. #reallifehydra<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly Hennessey @ 10:15: Giardia lamblia small gatekeeper kinases as potential drug targets<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will King @ 10:30<\/a>: Barnacles = #HotandBothered #climatechange<\/strong> [Ed. Thanks, Will, for making the joke for me]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yasmeen Hussain @ 11:00:<\/a>How much perfume do urchin eggs need to wear so that sperm can find them in a giant ocean? #sprayandpray<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marlies Kovenock @ 11:15<\/a>: Leaves get fat off C02 buffet, nobody wins. #yikes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Conlin @ 11:30:<\/a>  Phenotypic plasticity, bet hedging, experimental evolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melissa Lacey @ 11:45<\/a>:  Why are leaves so … leafy? #canyourephrasethequestion <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Breckheimer @ 12:00:<\/a>Mountain flowers will be lonelier because of #climatechange #sigh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audrey Ragsac @ 1:00: A phylogeny of the earliest diverging lineage of Bignoniaceae (Jacarandeae)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethan Linck @ 1:15:  Phylogenomic phylogeography of a widespread Mexican highlands bird<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mo Turner<\/a> @ 1:30: Turns out that melting metaphor for #seastarwasting was not completely inaccurate. #itstoohottokeepallmyarms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CJ Battey @ 1:45: Hummingbird Range Shifts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meredith Bache-Wiig @ 2:00: Double Trouble: The life and times of a zebrafish melanophores<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melissa Steele-Ogus @ 2:30<\/a>: Beautiful pictures of something that makes ugly things happen to your body #hangontight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Megan Whitney @ 2:45: Tiny Titanosaurs #totesadorbs #nuffsaid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jorge Bustamante @ 3:00: Forces to pierce cuticle of tarsi and material properties determined by nanoindentation; the Achilles’ heel of bed bugs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sima Bouzid @ 3:15<\/a>: SNiPping out ranges. Lizard genetic diversity can help predict fx of #climate change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rochelle Kelly @ 3:30:  iPOOP? Dietary ecology in the digital age #everybodypoops #reallysteppedinit<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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