The 2023 Annual Meeting was held jointly with the Northwest Scientific Association and the Northwest Lichenologists.

21-24 March in Bellingham, WA at Western Washington University

View the full conference proceedings (schedule, conference information, abstracts)

We had over 160 registrants and ~90 presentations.  The poster session, which included the judged student poster competition, was probably the highlight.  Nothing like food, drinks, and a whole bunch of scientists talking science.  The energy levels were high, and everyone had a blast.

Student Poster winners included:

  • Lichens and Cacti: Berkey, Miles (Western WA University): The Immensity of Minutiae: Utilizing Bryophytes to Detect an Ice Age Refugium in the North Cascades

  • Physics: Seth Lowery (Central WA University): Characterizing Uncertainty of Violin Mobility Measurements

  • Human and Molecular Biology: Marlee Weets (First Place) (Central WA University): Prenatal Testosterone Exposure in Females Reduces Ovarian Function and Jonah Frago (Second Place) (Eastern WA University): Strain variation in competency induction of the honey bee gut bacterium, snodgressella alvi

  • Environment and Ecology: Emily Smoot (First Place) (Western Washington University): Investigating the impact of climate variability on summer stream temperatures in the Stillaguamish basin and Sydney Jantsch (Second Place) (Western Washington University): A Characterization of Hyporheic and Streambed Temperatures with Applications for Salmon Habitat Restoration in a Warming River.

  • AAAS-PD Poster Award Winners included:

  • Geraldine K. Lindsay Award in Natural Sciences: Miles Berkey (Western WA University): The Immensity of Minutiae: Utilizing Bryophytes to Detect an Ice Age Refugium in the North Cascades

  • Laurence M. Klauber Award: Sydney Jantsch (Western WA University): A Characterization of Hyporheic and Streambed Temperatures with Applications for Salmon Habitat Restoration in a Warming River

  • President's Award: Blake Tellinghusen (Lewis and Clark College): Effects of long-term nicotine exposure on adult drosophila

  • Robert I. Larus Travel Award: This award is given to the poster considered to be the best-in-show by a group of AAAS-PD officers. It is funded by the national AAAS organization through an endowment from the Robert I. Larus Estate to defray travel and per diem expenses for one or more students to attend the national AAAS meeting in order to present their winning paper in the contributed poster session at that meeting. Marlee Weets (Central WA University): Prenatal Testosterone Exposure in Females Reduces Ovarian Function.

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