On Light and Life

Presentations

• Legacy and innovation in the biological evolution of complex light-detecting and light-producing systems

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2025, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2025, 8:36 AM

  Publication: Building, Maintaining, and (re-)Deploying Genetic Toolkits during Convergent Evolution
  Todd H Oakley
  Integrative and Comparative Biology, Volume 64, Issue 5, November 2024, Pages 1505–1512, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae114
  
  Ancient Secretory Pathways Contributed to the Evolutionary Origin of an Ecologically Impactful Bioluminescence System
  Lisa Y Mesrop, Geetanjali Minsky, Michael S Drummond, Jessica A Goodheart, Stephen R Proulx, Todd H Oakley
  Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 41, Issue 11, November 2024, msae216, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae216

  Presenters

  • Todd Oakley

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Todd Oakley

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Drawing with light: spatiotemporal signals of discrete light flashes in firefly swarms

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2025, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Nolan R Bonnie

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Nolan R Bonnie

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Owen Martin

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Lynn Faust

    • IUCN SSC Firefly Specialist Group

  • Orit Peleg

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Radio waves effect on the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 8:48 AM – March 20, 2025, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Charles S Beattie

    • James Madison University

  Authors

  • Charles S Beattie

    • James Madison University

  • Alex Kline

    • James Madison University

  • Issac Spicher

    • Eastern Mennonite University Biology

  • Addison Shenk

    • Eastern Mennonite University Biology

  • Kristopher Schmidt

    • Eastern Mennonite University Biology

  • Timothy Bloss

    • James Madison University Biology

  • Marquis Walker

    • James Madison University Biology

  • Laura Tipton

    • James Madison University Biology

  • Giovanna Scarel

    • James Madison University Physics

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• Light-induced circular swimming of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 9:00 AM – March 20, 2025, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Zhao Wang

    • The University of Hong Kong

  Authors

  • Zhao Wang

    • The University of Hong Kong

  • Samuel Bentley

    • University of Exeter

  • Kirsty Y Wan

    • University of Exeter

  • Alan C. H. Tsang

    • The University of Hong Kong

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  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2025, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2025, 9:24 AM

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• 3D single-molecule detection using semiconductor nanowires and deep learning

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 9:24 AM – March 20, 2025, 9:36 AM

  Publication: This work is based on and is an extension of the following publications:
  [1] D. Verardo et al, Nanomaterials, 11(1), 227 (2021).
  [2] R. Davtyan et al, Nanophotonics, (2024).
  [3] N. Anttu, 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.16537.

  Presenters

  • Rubina Davtyan

    • Lund Univ/Lund Inst of Tech
    • Lund University

  Authors

  • Rubina Davtyan

    • Lund Univ/Lund Inst of Tech
    • Lund University

  • Nicklas Anttu

    • Åbo Akademi University

  • Julia Valderas Gutiérrez

    • Lund University

  • Fredrik Höök

    • Chalmers University of Technology
    • Lund University

  • Heiner Linke

    • Lund Univ/Lund Inst of Tech
    • Lund University

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• Ultrasensitive biohybrid mechanoluminescent materials

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2025, 9:36 AM – March 20, 2025, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Shengqiang Cai

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Shengqiang Cai

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Optimal Glassy Packing of Chloroplasts in Plant Cells

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 10:12 AM – March 20, 2025, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Maziyar Jalaal

    • University of Amsterdam

  Authors

  • Maziyar Jalaal

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Eric R Weeks

    • Emory University

  • Nico Schramma

    • University of Amsterdam

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• Plants encode the spatial distribution of light based on a vectorial representation

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 10:24 AM – March 20, 2025, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Yasmine Meroz

    • Tel Aviv University

  Authors

  • Yasmine Meroz

    • Tel Aviv University

  • Ahron Kempinski

    • Tel Aviv University

  • Amir Porat

    • Tel Aviv University

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