Sadly Australia at the end of October does not quite work
Sadly Australia at the end of October does not quite work
"D"
"Of all the things that I have lost, I think I miss my mind the most".
Anything coming up ?
repost from earlier.Symposium website
Invitation
Join us for the 2012 Cephalopod International Advisory Council Symposium (CIAC 2012) from 27 October to 02 November at the Majestic Palace Hotel, Florianópolis, Brazil!
On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my pleasure to invite you to Florianópolis for the 2012 Cephalopod International Advisory Council Symposium. It is a privilege to host the next CIAC Symposium and we are proud to have it in Brazil. The theme of our conference, “Interdisciplinary approaches to cephalopod biology,” embraces all aspects of cephalopod biology and allows the presentation of oral communications and posters across a broad range of topics. Apart from a strong scientific program, CIAC 2012 will promote communication and new collaborations through workshops and a topical and vibrant symposium program including keynote papers, oral and poster presentations, and discussion sessions. Social events are being carefully planned as an essential part of the program: occasions to re-connect with old friends and colleagues and to meet young scientists and students.
The hosting city, Florianópolis, has some of the most stunning scenery in Brazil. Commonly referred as “Floripa,” Florianópolis is one of the most visited cities in Southern Brazil, and is the Brazilian state capital with the highest HDI (Human Development Index – United Nations). The island combines the characteristics of a state capital and urban center, including a population of about 421,000 (the entire metropolitan area contains 1 million inhabitants), with the peacefulness of a traditional fishing village. There are over 100 beaches in Florianópolis. The island’s amazing natural setting includes areas of preserved Atlantic Forest, sand dunes, mangroves and lagoons. The beautiful “Lagoa da Conceição” lagoon, besides being one the island’s greatest natural treasures, concentrates various restaurants, cafes and pubs in its vicinity, making it a place of fine gastronomy and active nightlife.
In Brazil, exuberance is everywhere! You find it in the Amazon Forest, in the Iguazu Falls (two of the New 7 Wonders of Nature) and in Pantanal, a 140,000 km² wetland located in Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso States, an impressive nature reserve. Beauty also runs wild in the 44 national parks created to preserve the ecosystem. Our 7500 km of coastline varies from desert-like sand dunes (Maranhão State) to long rows of coconut palms (Alagoas State) to the beautiful landscape of Rio de Janeiro. Everywhere you look, there are plenty of reasons to become enchanted and travel around before or after the symposium.
The symposium venue, The Majestic Palace Hotel (http://www.majesticpalace.com.br/), combines sophistication and comfort in the best neighborhood in the city, Beira Mar Norte Avenue. With its oceanfront location, the Hotel allows easy access to beaches in the north, south and east of the island and is also close to the Hercílio Luz International Airport. The Majestic Palace Hotel has 261 rooms and provides excellent infrastructure for the event, as well as for the leisure of participants and their families.
I hope that you will find sufficient information to help you plan your trip to Florianópolis on this website. Start planning early, and let me know if you need any assistance. Please note that the general call for registration and abstracts submission will open shortly.
I am very much looking forward to seeing you in Florianópolis in October 2012!
Dr. Érica A. G. Vidal
University of Paraná
Symposium Chair
~Dave~
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."-Albert Einstein
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Yeah! I'm going! I'm quite excited to get to visit Brazil, and for a ceph conference no less! Good times!
Have you ever seen a globe-trotting cephalopod?
the Wandering Octopus
Sooooo jealous!
"Of all the things that I have lost, I think I miss my mind the most".
Tenth International Congress of Neuroethology
At the University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA • August 5-10, 2012
Lots of cephalopod studies at this ISN meeting, which overall looks to be amazing. Here are some ceph-related abstracts:
1) The neurophysiological basis of motor function in the octopus - an animal with an unusual ‘embodiment’
Binyamin Hochner1*
2) Meeting an alien, behavioral experiments on the octopus
Michael Kuba1*, Tamar Gutnick1 and Binyamin Hochner1, 2
3) Does nociceptive sensitization confer fitness benefits on injured squid, Loligo pealeii?
Robyn J. Crook1, 2*, Roger T. Hanlon3 and Edgar T. Walters1
4) Evidence for a rhodopsin-retinochrome photosensitive system in chromatophores of the squid, Loligo pealeii
Alexandra Kingston1*, George Bell2, Alan M. Kuzirian2, Roger T. Hanlon2 and Thomas W. Cronin1
5) Neural control of dynamic structural coloration in squid iridophores.
Trevor J. Wardill1*, Paloma T. Gonzalez Bellido1*, Robyn Crook2 and Roger T. Hanlon1
6) POLARISATION VISION, AN UNEXPLORED CHANNEL FOR COMMUNICATION?
Justin Marshall1*, Martin How1, Tsyr-Huei Chiou1, Nicholas Roberts2, Shelby Temple1, 2 and Thomas Cronin3
7) High-resolution polarization vision in cephalopods
Shelby E. Temple1, 2*, Vincenzo Pignatelli3, Tayce Cook2, Martin J. How3, Tsyr-Huei Chiou3, Nicholas W. Roberts1 and Justin Marshall3
8) Dynamics of chromatophore response to visual stimulation
Stavros P. Hadjisolomou1* and Frank W. Grasso1
9) Visual cognition in cuttlefish Sepia pharaonis: discrimination, generalization, and amodal completion
Chuan-Chin Chiao1, 2* and I-Rong Lin2
Will update this when the final program is released.
S.
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.” Politics and the English Language, George Orwell - 1946
Oh maaaan, I would love to attend that. Not too far to drive (albeit a long one) but being out of work nixes any possibility and if I do get a job, I can't take leave. Lottery, where are you? I wish these seminars would place the talks on-line afterwards even if they charged a small fee ...
Shoot, I was going to PM Robyn and NeuroBadger when I saw the squid topic
Also one should note this presentationDoes nociceptive sensitization confer fitness benefits on injured squid, Loligo pealeii?
Robyn J. Crook 1, 2*, Roger T. Hanlon3 and Edgar T. Walters1
Neural control of dynamic structural coloration in squid iridophores.
Trevor J. Wardill1*, Paloma T. Gonzalez Bellido1*, Robyn Crook 2 and Roger T. Hanlon1
Dynamics of chromatophore response to visual stimulation
Stavros P. Hadjisolomou 1* and Frank W. Grasso1
Last edited by DWhatley; Jul 10, '12 at 6:13pm.
"Of all the things that I have lost, I think I miss my mind the most".
Starvos,
Will your paper be available outside the conference? Reading the abstract it occurred to me that the described reaction seems similar to (albeit perhaps opposite) the reaction of the eye pupil after a flash of light (or quick change of light) which dove-tails a bit with the possibility (and something I have wondered aloud about so am interested in watching what is found) of cephs seeing color with their skin. Cool stuff!
"Of all the things that I have lost, I think I miss my mind the most".
This looks amazing. Expensive!! But hard to miss. Thanks for summarizing the ceph-related stuff.
D, these results are going to be published later this year, as part of a special issue on cephalopods in a journal for invertebrate neuroscience (not sure of exact dates, they haven't been posted yet). I don't think it's going to be open access, but will send you a copy when the article gets accepted and published.Originally Posted by DWhatley
Something to think about: if driving to, and staying overnight at Maryland is not a problem, then maybe we can arrange a get-together with the people presenting there for a couple of pints after talks are done- get to know each other and talk more about cephalopod behaviour.
S.
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.” Politics and the English Language, George Orwell - 1946
Unfortunately, (or fortunately) I am in the middle of some hopefuls for employment. I have a psedu-uncle in Baltimore so I might be able to bunk in with him for a night but that is a loooong drive for an evening out. Don't count me out yet though, I should have a better feel for my status in the next two weeks.
"Of all the things that I have lost, I think I miss my mind the most".
Alas, I am going to be stuck in Massachusetts when the neuroethology conference happens. Robyn and I are chugging away on our injury study.
I am amused by how many of the people who've written these papers I've met. :D
Cephalopod-fest tomorrow, Thursday, at Brooklyn College:
Priscilla F. Pollister Biology Seminar Series
Thursday, October 18th, 12:30 pm 113 NE
Greg Barord
Laboratory of Invertebrate Behavior and Ecology and CUNY Graduate Center (advisor, Dr. Basil)
"Disappearance of a living fossil: Population Assessments and Behavioral Observations of Nautilus sp. in the Indo-Pacific"
Greg's talk will be followed by Binyamin Hochner's:
- "The Brain/Body/Behavior organization: an ‘embodied’ view on the organization of the nervous system of Octopus vulgaris."
- 3:30PM on Thursday, October 18th, 2012.
- William James Hall, Room 5117. Directions (http://pc.brooklyn.cuny.edu/TRAVEL.HTM) .
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.” Politics and the English Language, George Orwell - 1946
Just an update: The presentors at the Cephalopod International Advisory Council Symposium are top notch! There is some very exciting ceph research happening all over the world right now! I will make sure to give a review of the week when I get home... but for now, must get to work. My talk is tomorrow morning! Cross your tentacles for me!
~GPO
Have you ever seen a globe-trotting cephalopod?
the Wandering Octopus
SICB 2013 Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 3-7, 2013
Friday, Jan. 4 P1
Complementary to Symposium: Understanding First Order Phenoytypes
15:00 - 17:00 (Poster) Grand Ballroom
P1.56 PUNGOR, J/R*; ALBERTIN, C/B; KANG, S; RAGSDALE, C/W Molecular Characterization of the Octopus Visual System
Friday, Jan. 4 S1-1
Symposium: When Predators Attack: Sensing Motion in Predator-Prey Interactions Part I - Sensory Systems 09:20 Continental Ballroom 4
S1-1.3 DERBY, Charles The role of chemicals in interactions between inking molluscs and their predators
Friday, Jan. 4 10
Complementary to Symposium: Understanding First Order Phenotypes: Transcriptomics for Emerging Model Systems - Part I
08:00 Yosemite C
10.1 PANKEY, MS*; OAKLEY, TH Parallel molecular signatures underlie convergent evolution in two bioluminescent squid
Friday, Jan. 4 10
Complementary to Symposium: Understanding First Order Phenotypes: Transcriptomics for Emerging Model Systems - Part I
09:20 Yosemite C
10.5 MOROZ, L.L. Genomic Bases for Independent Origins of Neurons and Complex Brains: New Insights from RNA-seq and genomic sequencing of basal metazoans, basal deuterostomes and molluscs
Friday, Jan. 4 11
Complementary to Symposium: Understanding First Order Phenotypes: Transcriptomics for Emerging Model Systems - Part II
10:40 Yosemite C
11.3 KOENIG, KM*; MEYER, E; GROSS, JM RNA-seq as a Tool to Understand the Evolution and Development of the Single-Chambered Eye: Transcriptomics of the Long-finned Squid, Doryteuthis (Loligo) pealeii
Friday, Jan. 4 30
Reproductive Behavior
13:40 Continental Ballroom 2/3
30.3 HUFFARD, CL*; CALDWELL, RL Female proceptive behavior in octopus (Abdopus aculeatus d’Orbigny 1834)
Saturday, Jan. 5 37
Complementary to Symposium: When Predators Attack: Sensing and Motion in Predator-Prey Interactions I 09:20 Imperial A
37.5 ALUPAY, J/S*; CALDWELL, R/L The costs and benefits of losing an arm: autotomy in the octopus Abdopus aculeatus
Saturday, Jan. 5 P2
Complementary to Symposium: Physiological Responses to Similtaneous Shifts
15:00 - 17:00 (Poster) Grand Ballroom
P2.25 SEIBEL, B.A. Obligate metabolic suppression in an active oceanic predator in an oxygen minimum zone
Saturday, Jan. 5 37
Complementary to Symposium: When Predators Attack: Sensing and Motion in Predator-Prey Interactions I 08:40 Imperial A
37.3 SWEENEY, A.M.*; JOHNSEN, S; GAGNON, Y; MORSE, D.E.; STRAMSKI, D. Jurassic marine photonics: Squid dynamic iridescence and predation by large extinct marine reptiles
Saturday, Jan. 5 P2
Complementary to Symposium: When Predators Attack
15:00 - 17:00 (Poster) Grand Ballroom
P2.51 SINDERBRAND, C.S.*; BARTOL, I.K. Biomechanics and behavior of anti-predator responses in squid Lolliguncula brevis
Saturday, Jan. 5 P2
Complementary to Symposium: When Predators Attack
15:00 - 17:00 (Poster) Grand Ballroom
P2.53 WIGTON, R/A*; BARTOL, I/K Hydrodynamic and kinematic turning performance of brief squid Lolliguncula brevis
Saturday, Jan. 5 37
Complementary to Symposium: When Predators Attack: Sensing and Motion in Predator-Prey Interactions I 09:00 Imperial A
37.4 JOHNSEN, S.*; NILSSON, D.-E.; WARRANT, E.J. Why do giant squid have giant eyes?
Saturday, Jan. 5 60
Community Ecology
11:00 Continental Ballroom 7
60.4 SAVOCA, M.S.*; NEVITT, G.A. Tritrophic interactions involving a global climate regulator mediate foraging in marine top predators: Evidence from a 50-year seabird dietary database in the Southern Ocean
Saturday, Jan. 5 54
Reef Ecology
09:40 Golden Gate 6/7
54.6 HOFMEISTER, J.K.K. Factors influencing distribution and abundance of octopus inside and outside of a marine protected area in a kelp forest rocky reef ecosystem
Saturday, Jan. 5 66
Neurobiology: Sensorimotor Integration
13:00 Continental Ballroom 2/3
66.1 NAIR, S.*; BAROCAS, J.; HADJISOLOMOU, S.; GRASSO, F.W. Chemosensory and Mechanosensory Mediation of Inter-sucker Coordination in Octopus bimaculoides
Saturday, Jan. 5 66
Neurobiology: Sensorimotor Integration
13:20 Continental Ballroom 2/3
66.2 SAMSON, J.E.*; MOONEY, T.A.; GUSSEKLOO, S.W.S.; HANLON, R.T. Behavioral responses to sound stimuli in cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
Saturday, Jan. 5 50
Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics
09:20 Continental Ballroom 8
50.5 CHAVEZ, A.A.; GORMAN, C.*; LOSTROH, C.P.; NISHIGUCHI, M.K. Genetic switches control host specificity in a squid-Vibrio symbiosis
Sunday, Jan. 6 P3
Bioindicators, Pollution and Conservation
15:00 - 17:00 (Poster) Grand Ballroom
P3.40 STAUDINGER, M.D.; MCALARNEY, R.J.*; MCLELLAN, W.A.; PABST, D.A. The feeding ecology of the pygmy (K. breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whale inferred from diet and stable isotope analyses.
Sunday, Jan. 6 P3
Neurobiology: Neuroethology
15:00 - 17:00 (Poster) Grand Ballroom
P3.147 HADJISOLOMOU, S. P. Behavioral Responses to Pulses of Light in the Longfin Inshore Squid, Doryteuthis Pealeii
Sunday, Jan. 6 81
Flows & Pumps II 11:00 Imperial A
81.4 BARTOL, I.K.*; KRUEGER, P.S.; THOMPSON, J.T. Hydrodynamic gait identification in squid using volumetric flow imaging
Sunday, Jan. 6 96
Larval Ecology - Mechanisms
10:20 Yosemite A
96.2 KAPLAN, M.B.*; MOONEY, T.A. Adverse effects of elevated CO2 concentrations on squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) development and early life
Sunday, Jan. 6 106
Complementary to Symposium: Integrating Genomics with Comparative Vision Research of the Invertebrates 14:40 Yosemite C
106.6 RAMIREZ, D*; OAKLEY, TH Dispersed sensory neurons express opsin in the skin of Octopus bimaculoides
Sunday, Jan. 6 99
Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Character Development and Evolution
10:40 Continental Ballroom 9
99.3 CHAVEZ, A.A.*; GORMAN, C.; ERKEN, M.; MCDOUGALD, D.; STEINBERG, P.D.; NISHIGUCHI, M.K. Predation response of Vibrio fischeri biofilms to protozoan bacteriovores
Sunday, Jan. 6 106
Complementary to Symposium: Integrating Genomics with Comparative Vision Research of the Invertebrates 14:00 Yosemite C
106.4 CAI, J*; HEINEY, P.A.; SWEENEY, A.M. Building a Lens from a Single Protein: Small Angle X-ray Scattering on Squid Eyes
Sunday, Jan. 6 111
Larval Ecology - Development
14:40 Yosemite A
111.6 KINGSTON, A*; HANLON, RT; CRONIN, TW Immunolabeling and diverse expression of opsin in the skin of the squid, Doryteuthis pealeii
Monday, Jan. 7 133
Body Size and Allometry
11:00 Yosemite C
133.4 SCHMITZ, L*; MOTANI, R; OUFIERO, CE; MARTIN, CH; MCGEE, MD; GAMARRA, AR; LEE, JJ; WAINWRIGHT, PC Allometry indicates giant eyes of Giant Squid are not exceptional
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.” Politics and the English Language, George Orwell - 1946
SICB '13 was a great meeting. I believe it had the most ceph-related presentations than any other meeting I've been to so far (excluding the ceph-specific ones such as Euroceph, CIAC, etc.) The great thing about SICB is not so much the topics themselves, but the range and variety of approaches employed to understand such topics.
In short, cephalopod presentations covered:
- cephalopod vision and coloration (evolution, development of optic lobes, lens size, water depth, pigmentation, molecular basis of),
- cephalopod movement (squid startle response, fin usage),
- auditory systems (sepia reacting to sound),
- population, mating systems (fascinating talk on female proceptive behavior in octopus),
- and peripheral sensory neurons (mechanoreception, light detection) which undoubtedly received the most interest.
My personal favorite of the meeting was a talk by Jean Alupay on costs and benefits of losing an arm in octopuses. She showed great footage of how an arm moved right after being separated from the rest of the animal. The suckers were attached to the glass wall of the tank and carried the arm sideways by propagation of attach/detach movement. This indicates a stored motor program in the periphery (arm) that does not depend on central control (brain). This behavior can benefit the octopus by distracting a predator while it makes its escape. That resonated with me (that is, I'm biased to like this talk) because of my previous project on octopus suckers and while I want to stay focused on my current project, it raised a lot of questions that I'd like to see them answered.
Since the meeting was in San Francisco, I used the opportuinity to visit the Steinhart aquarium and had a behind-the-scenes tour of the cephs there, courtesy of the kind folks at the Academy of Sciences. It's definitely worthwhile visiting this aquarium if you happen to be in the area, it has fantastic displays of the dwarf sepia bandensis, Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish and a curious giant Pacific Octopus.
I wish there was a way to make these presentations public, especially for a forum such as this one. I've shared the idea with some of the people listed above and all showed interest in it, but it's going to take more coordination to bring forward. Something to keep in mind for the future.
Last edited by Stavros; Jan 13, '13 at 2:20pm.
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.” Politics and the English Language, George Orwell - 1946
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