1:00 – 1:40 pm Poster Session, Heavy appetizers and refreshments, catered by Wegmans

1:40 – 1:50 pm Opening Remarks – Dr. John Godwin, Biology Director of Graduate Programs, Freha Legoas, Biology Graduate Services Coordinator

1:50 – 2:10 pm Developing a standardized SNP panel for genetic parentage-based tagging (PBT) in imperiled freshwater mussel species, Edie Nissen

2:10 – 2:30 pm Hidden in plain sight: high-resolution stream networks reveal habitats for petitioned burrowing crayfishes, Devin Raburn

2:30 – 2:40 pm Developing a rigorous, sustainable, and unbiased survey methodology for an endemic butterfly, Laura Taylor (Pre-Recorded)

2:40 – 3:00 pm Tiny Frogs, Big Questions: Occupancy and Abundance of an Endangered Coqui Frog, Mary Diez

3:00 – 3:10 pm Break

3:10 – 3:30 pm Sunflower pollen decreases the probability of parasite transmission in Bombus impatiens, the common eastern bumble bee, April Sharp

3:30 – 3:40 pm Did Ice Age coyotes have a different diet than modern ones? An analysis of dental morphology of the coyotes of Rancho La Brea, Ben Witt

3:40 – 4:00 pm Development of a refined dual-isotope (87/86Sr/δ18O) model in North Carolina, Nikki Long