Symposium 3 : ““Interface between Energetics and Chronobiology in Daily and Seasonal Phenomena”

     8:30 // Animal Energy Expenditures – A Matter of Timing

                    Jim Kenagy

      9:00// Sex-dependent phenological plasticity in an arctic hibernator

                    Loren Buck

     9:30 // Energy homeostasis in response to seasonal challenges in hibernating tegu lizards

                    Sílvia C R de Souza

      10:00// Nocturnal or Diurnal determination in Field and Lab conditions

                    Gisele Oda

10:30 // Coffee Break

11:00 // Discussion: 

(prepared by the organizing committee, intended for all participants)

"The concept of Heterothermy and its relation to biological rhythms" 

"The roles of clocks and reactive components in metabolic depression"

12:00 // Lunch

14:00 // Young Investigator Presentations : Short talks by the Post-Docs of the Physiology Department

            "Physiological variation and environmental changes: tales of amphibians from Brazil" - Rafael Parelli Bovo
            "Evaluating different parameters of thermal tolerance used to produce forecasts of climatic vulnerability" - Agustin Camacho
            "Seasonal differences in behavior and physiology of neotropical butterflies in a changing climate" - Carlos Candia-Gallardo
            "Seasonal relationship between steroids and immunity in ectotherms" - Carla B. Madelaire
            "Impacts of daily rhythms plasticity on energy budget in a South American subterranean rodent" - Patricia Tachinardi
            "Seasonal changes in plasma concentrations of the thyroid, glucocorticoid and reproductive hormones in the tegu lizard Salvator merianae" - Lucas A. Zena

15:30 // Small group discussions

Small discussion groups will be organized and composed by invited speakers, host researchers and students. This will be a further opportunity for a closer contact with students and their projects.

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