This week the Powers Lab travel to Austin, TX for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) meeting. Undergraduate researches Elliot Shannon and Nathaniel Shiiki presented posters on the work they did in Arizona this past Summer, while lab PI Don Powers gave a talk on his most recent work on heat dissipation during hovering in calliope hummingbirds done in collaboration with Dr. Bret Tobalske’s lab at the University of Montana. Once again both Elliot and Nathaniel did amazing jobs with their presentations receiving praise from many who attended their poster sessions.
This year’s SICB meeting was particular rewarding as we got to spend time with former undergraduate researchers in the Powers Lab Sean Powers (yes, Don’s F1) and Keely Corder. Sean is currently a Ph.D. student at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA and Keely is a Ph.D. student at the University of Montana.
It was also great to reconnect with many friends and colleagues from across the world. It was good to spend time Dave Swanson (University of South Dakota, and GFU alumnus), Todd McWhorter (University of Adelaide), Anusha Shankar (University of Alaska), Hugh Ellis (University of San Diego), Ken Welch (University of Toronto), Blair Wolf (University of New Mexico), Bob Mason (Oregon State University), Chris Clark (University of California, Berkeley), Kimberly Sheldon (University of Tennessee), and many others. It was also fun to meet and chat with several graduate students who expressed interest in the work we do in the Powers Lab. All in all the meeting was a very productive time both professionally and personally.
