Rich Palmer Symposium

CMD/IEE symposium: Zoological Endeavors Inspired by A. Richard Palmer @csz_scz @cszscz2019 #cszscz2019. Updates and live tweets.

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Don't miss out on CMD/IEE symposium: Zoological Endeavors Inspired by A. Richard Palmer #CSZscz2019! First session: Tuesday May 14, 2:30 pm at Dieppe Room. @csz_scz @cszscz2019

[Bamfield MSC @BamfieldMSC]

With great sadness we inform you of the loss of our friend and colleague, Dr. Tomonari Kaji, a Post-Doctoral researcher with Dr. Rich Palmer, studying morphological transformations underlying major evolutionary functional changes. https://t.co/hoTfqrGpIW @ualbertaScience

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@BamfieldMSC All presentations were recorded, and we are discussing whether and how to share the contents. Meanwhile, a Festschrift volume in Rich's honour will be compiled around the symposium proceedings with Canadian Journal of Zoology @cdnsciencepub -- stay tuned!

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Rich Palmer and Lois Hammond -- academic parents of the Palmer Lab alumni -- with the symposium graphics.

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Rich ended his closing remarks with the Ediacaran t-shirt. In his hands is his new personal beer mug, featuring barnacle appendages and a Darwin quote, a gift from the lab alumni. Embrace diversity. #cszscz2019

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Session 2 is complete, and the symposium now concluded. Speakers of the am session, organizers, and Rich himself. (L-R) T Rawlings, E Boulding, H Jamniczky, B Penney, T Miyashita, @Marjan1809, R Palmer, & T Kaji. #cszscz2019

[Maryna Lesoway @Crepidulatrix]

Richard Palmer remarks that as a supervisor his job was to pat people on the back and set them on their way. Also an admonishment to remember the Ediacara! #cszscz2019

[Maryna Lesoway @Crepidulatrix]

One more talk in this session: Heather Jamniczky, current Secretary General of CMD, taking the reigns from Rich Palmer #cszscz2019

[Maryna Lesoway @Crepidulatrix]

Heather unpacking the black box of development of skeleton in three-spine stickleback #cszscz2019

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Heather showing early differences in phenotypes among stickleback developmental trajectories, habaitat specific at 90dpf. Paper in press, Pistore et al Evol Ecol Res #cszscz2019

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Tomonari Kaji talks about evolution of snapping claws in shrimps. Small structural differences in snapping claw slip joints produces large functional change #cszscz2019

[Maryna Lesoway @Crepidulatrix]

Starting to work on snapping amphipod claw mechanics, very different from shrimp #cszscz2019

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How do these small morphological changes arise in evolution and development? Is plasticity involved? Experiments changing claw use suggest yes #cszscz2019

[Maryna Lesoway @Crepidulatrix]

Elizabeth Boulding, Rich Palmer’s first student, talking about predation and development in Littorina snails on the west coast #teamsnail #CSZscz2019

[Maryna Lesoway @Crepidulatrix]

Large El Niño events cause recruitment of California spp on Bamfield coast, including crab predators. Boulding’s 25 year data set shows effects on local snail ppns. Climate effects can be fast in marine environments! Planktotrophs do better? #cszscz2019

[Maryna Lesoway @Crepidulatrix]

Words of wisdom from Brian Penney in the Palmer symposium: Listen to your organism. Be brave, be you. #CSZscz2019

[Maryna Lesoway @Crepidulatrix]

More #teamsnail from the Palmer symposium: Brian Penney presenting on sea slug skeletons #CSZscz2019

[Maryna Lesoway @Crepidulatrix]

While nudibranchs don’t have a typical snail shell, dorid nudies have spicules that make up half their body weight in some species! Used to maintain body shape #teamsnail #CSZscz2019

[Maryna Lesoway @Crepidulatrix]

Tim Rawlings is introducing the symposium with an exploration of the weird and wonderful world of vermetids = “wormsnails” #teamsnail #CSZscz2019

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And just like that it's the final day of @cszscz2019! Enjoy everyone! #cszscz0219

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Speaker for Palmer Symposium @cszscz2019: Heather Jamniczky. Professor @UCalgary and Rich's successor as CMD secretary-general will talk about skeletal ontogeny of threespine sticklebacks. Dieppe Room B 10:00 am. #cszscz2019