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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

#SICB congratulates Division of #Neurobiology, #Neuroethology, and #Sensory #Biology Best student talk honorable mention awardee: Dana Lim for work on Can the sea #turtle magnetic map sense detect magnetic field polarity? lohmannlab.web.unc.edu/people/

Dana is a Biology #PhD candidate in the Lohmann Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dana's research studies magnetic sensing in young loggerhead sea #turtles. Specifically, Dana's work uses behavioral assays to investigate questions around the physical bases of #magnetoreception, the functional capabilities of this sensory system, and the development of #adaptive responses to magnetic field cues.

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

#SICB congratulates DNNSB's @sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social Best student poster – graduate student awardee: Nichole Procter for work on Season and social cues influence patterns of #circadian gene expression in green #treefrogs www.linkedin.com/in/n-procter/

Nichole says "I am a PhD candidate working with Deborah Lutterschmidt at the University of California, Irvine and am planning to pursue a teaching and research-focused career. My research examines how non-light environmental cues, such as social signals, including reproductive communication, interact to influence circadian gene expression in green treefrogs. Using an integrative framework that combines behavioral, molecular, and physiological approaches, my work aims to understand how internal biological clocks are aligned with reproductive timing and dynamic environmental conditions."

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sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social @sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Do you (or your lab) have an exciting new science update? Get a new paper published? Or have anything you would like to share about your science? If so, fill out this DNNSB media post request form! DNNSB is excited to support our members and share great science! Form link: forms.gle/YNb2cywQ6jTs...

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sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social @sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Congratulations to DNNSB Best Student Talk Runner-up Dana Lim! Dana uses behavioral assays to investigate magnetic sensing in young Loggerhead sea turtles. Specifically, Dana is interested the physical bases of magnetoreception and the development of adaptive responses to magnetic field cues.

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sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social @sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Congratulations to DNNSB Best Student Poster (Undergraduate student) winner Madeline Nobert! Madeline studies the neurological mechanics of flight in the the Carolina Sphinx Hawkmoth using intracellular electrophysiology to understand how surface strain sensors react to flappying movements!

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sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social @sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Congratulations to DNNSB Best Student Poster (Graduate student) winner Nichole Procter! Nichole studies how non-light environmental cues, such as social cues, interact to influence circadian gene expression in green tree frogs!

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sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social @sicb-dnnsb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Congratulations to DNNSB Best Student Talk Award winner, Alex Gurgis (@alexgurgis.bsky.social)! Alex studies the evolution fo arthropod brains to better understand common patterns in neural circuitry and how changes in the brain can support species-specific behaviors!

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