Members of the Crook Lab presented their work at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting in Austin Texas, from Jan 2-8.
Sarah Detmering (our research technician) presented a poster on analgesia and anesthesia in our main lab model species, Euprymn berryi. This important work on welfare and refinement has been submitted for publication and we hope to see it out soon! Abbi Koenigsmark (MS 2023) presented her NSF-funded work on injury and male contest behavior in Sepia bandensis, and Rachel Parsons (MS 2023) presented her Allen Foundation-funded work on oscillatory locomotion in Metasepia pfefferi. Chris Seng (MS 2024) presented his NSF-funded work on pre- and post-synaptic plasticity in E. berryi after early-life injury, and our newest MS student, Diana Neacsu, attended to gain experience with networking and scientific presentations. SICB is a great meeting and all the Crook Lab members did a great job showing the excellent projects they are working on.
L-R: Sarah Detmering, Diana Neacsu, Chris Seng, Abbi Koenigsmark, Rachel Parsons
Abbi presents a talk on the effects of injury on male contest behavior
Rachel presents her work on oscillatory locomotion in M. pfefferi
Chris presents his talk on mechanisms of injury-induced plasticity in the PNS of E. berryi
Sarah presents a poster on analgesia in E. berryi