Wednesday 22 August

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Wednesday 22 August
  Mowana Safari Lodge - I   Mowana Safari Lodge - II
       
6.45 Registration desk at Mowana
Bus & Boats to Mowana Safari Lodge; shuttle via Garden Lodge		 6.45 Registration desk at Mowana
Bus & Boats to Mowana Safari Lodge; shuttle via Garden Lodge
Session 8: Depressed metabolism and desert animals
(Ken Storey)

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7.10 Ken Storey
(Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada)
Life in the slow lane: molecular mechanisms of metabolic depression
Session 9: (a) Extremophiles and (b) Ecotoxicology of heavy metals
(Charles Gerday; Johan van Vuren)

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  7.30 Nicolas Glansdorf
(Department of Microbiology, Free University of Brussels, Belgium)
At which temperature did life originate and where is the root of the organismal tree?
7.40 Steven L. Chown
(Dept. Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa)
Metabolic rate depression in xeric insects: a beautiful fact ruined by several nasty little theories?		  
   
8.00 Gregor Kölsch
(Zoological Institute, University of Kiel, Germany)
Key factors for survival of the alder leaf beetle, Agelastica alni (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), during anoxia induced by submergence		 8.00 Charles Gerday
(Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Liege, Belgium)
Molecular adaptations of enzymes to extreme temperatures
   
8.20 Allen G. Gibbs
(Center for Insect Science, Ecology & Evolution, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA)
Water balance in desert insects: lessons from non-charismatic microfauna		  
  8.30 Barry P. Rosen
(Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA)
Transport systems for transition metals, heavy metals and metalloids.
8.40 Paul Fournier
(Dept. of Human Movement & Exercise Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia)
Carbohydrate sparing mechanisms during recovery from exercise in animals adapted to arid environments		  
   
9.00 Barry Lovegrove
(Deptartment of Botany & Zoology, University of Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
A slow-fast metabolic continuum in mammals		 9.00 Barnhoorn, IEJ, Van Vuren JHJ, Pieterse, GM & GJ Steyn
(Department of Zoology, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa)
Biomarkers in fish gonads to detect pollution in freshwater fish
   
9.20 Carol Ormond, Christopher B. Daniels and Sandra Orgeig
(Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, Australia)
The effect of temperature on alveolar type II cell adrenergic receptors in the fat-tailed dunnart, Sminthopsis crassicaudata and the bearded dragon, Pogona vitticeps.		 9.20 William Karasov1, François Fournier1,4, Michael Meyer2, and Kevin Kenow3
(1Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; 2Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, USGS-Biological Resources Division, La Crosse, WI, USA; 3Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Rhinelander, WI, USA and 4Present address: Département de biologie, Universitéé Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4)
Common loons and methyl mercury: characterizing exposure and quantifying effects
   
9.40 John Lighton
(Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
Low metabolic rate in scorpions: Implications for high biomass, cannibalism, and future research		 9.40 Willie van Aardt, M. Hough, A. Booyesn and L.C.R. Venter
(1School of Environmental Science and Development, Potchefstroom University for CHE, South Africa)
Metabolic rate in freshwater fish as biomarker for metal toxicity studies
   
10.00 Tea/Coffee Registration Desk Open at Mowana 10.00 Tea/Coffee Registration Desk Open at Mowana
  Poster Session
(tea & coffee cont.)		  

Poster Session
(tea & coffee cont.)
   
   
   
Session 10: Mammals (I): Physiological processes in the maintenance of homeostasis
(Ian Hume)

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10.50 C. Jackson and Rick T.F. Bernard
(Dept. Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, South Africa)
Environmental and Endocrine control of reproduction in the four striped field mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio).		 10.50 Victor Wepener1, W. de Coen2 and R. Blust2
(1Department of Zoology, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa.  2Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171; Antwerp, 2020, Belgium)
The use of multivariate statistical analyses to elucidate biomarker responses in Mytilus edilus along a pollution gradient in the Scheldt Estuary
   
  11.10 André Vosloo,1 Willie van Aardt1 and Japie Mienie2
(1School of Environmental Science and Development and 2School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Potchefstroom University for CHE, South Africa)
Effects of copper on the freshwater crab, Potamonautes warreni Calman - an assesment for future research
11.20 R.W.Rose, A.Kabat, A.West
(University of Tasmania, Australia)
Non-shivering thermogenesis in marsupials: the roles of UCP 1, 2 and 3? 		 
  11.30 Valery N. Soyfer, V.V. Vlassov, I.V. Morozov and N.I. Soyfer
(Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, George Mason University, Faifax, USA)
Radioactive environment contamination and human genome damage.
11.40 A. J. Munn & Terence J. Dawson
(School of Biological Science, University of New South Wales, Australia)
How different are juvenile kangaroos in their physiology: Implications for population dynamics?		  
  11.50  
Session 11: Adaptive physiology and biochemistry of organisms of vents and seeps
(Aline Fiala & Horst Felbeck)

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12.00 T.P. O’Connor, B. Andziak, A. Lee, J.U.M. Jarvis and R. Buffenstein
(City College of the City University of New York and the University of Cape Town)
Prolonged longevity in naked mole-rats: physiological changes		 12.00 C.R. Fisher*, D.C. Bergquist*, J.K. Freytag*, J.P. Andras*, D. Julian+ , and M. Van Horn*,
(*The Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA 16802. USA; +Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainsville FL)
Long Lives and Deep Roots: Ecophysiology of cold seep vestimentiferans.
   
12.20 S. Jackson
(Department of Human and Animal Physiology,University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Evolutionary physiology and human exercise physiology: finding common ground.		  
  12.30 Aline Fiala-Medioni
( Observatoire Ocianologique, Universiti P.M. Curie  (Paris 6), Banyuls-sur-Mer, France)
Adaptations in deep sea molluscs to hydrothermal vents and cold seeps constraints
12.40 Peter MacFarlane and P. Frappell
(Department of Zoology, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia)
Development of respiratory pattern in marsupials.		  
  12.50 Horst Felbeck1 and C. Arndt1,*
( 1Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA; *presently: EMA University, Institute for Microbiology, Greifswald, Germany)
How do vestimentiferan tubeworms survive in vent and seep environments?
13.00 N. Miller, Sandra Orgeig, R.V. Baudinette, C.B. Daniels
(Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, Australia)
The extra-uterine development of the pulmonary surfactant system in the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii.		  
  13.10 F.H. Lallier
(CNRS-Univ Paris 6, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France)
Oxygen, carbon dioxide and sulfide transport in the symbiotic tubeworm Riftia pachyptila.
13.20 J.M. Kamau, S.J. Nsoso and M. Mathaio
(Botswana College of Agriculture)
Structure and dynamics of heat exchange at the carotid rete of Tswana goats.		  
  13.30  
13.40     Registration Desk Open at Chobe Safari Lodge
14.00 Bus and Boats to Chobe Safari Lodge via Garden Lodge 14.00 Bus and Boats to Chobe Safari Lodge via Garden Lodge
     
18.10   18.10 Bus to Mowana Safari Lodge via Garden Lodge


We are pleased to advise you of the sponsorship of Session 11
Adaptive physiology and biochemistry of organisms of vents and seeps
by the following organisation
 

Please note that the InterRidge Co-ordinator; Dr Agnieszka Adamczewska will be a delegate at the meeting and she will be pleased to talk to you about the InterRidge program


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SOCIAL PROGRAM - WEDNESDAY
mini-bus shuttle Mowana - Garden Lodge - Chobe Safari - Garden Lodge - Mowana will operate 08.00 - 14.00 and 17.00 - 22.30 at 2 Pula per ride
14.15 Afternoon to Zambia Village (depart Chobe Safari Lodge)
14.30 - 18.00 Game Drives and Chobe River Cruises into Chobe National Park
(Mowana & Chobe Safari Lodges)
Mokoro trips (depart Chobe Safari Lodge)
18.00 - Cash dinner and bar
19.00 - 21.00 Night Drives to Kasane State Forest (depart Chobe Safari Lodge)
21.00 - Late Bar