Today I attended my first scientific conference ever, Evolution 2014 (conveniently held in Raleigh). I arrived a little after one, and after a slight delay in receiving my badge, I was off. Luckily for me, Evol2014 (what all the hip kids are saying) has an app. The app is not a perfect app (the back button brings you to the top of the page and not to where you previously were and is a little laggy) but it works pretty darn well. Using the app, I was able to determine what presentations. I spent most of my day at the sexual selection presentations, because that is probably my favorite topics. Unfortunately I missed the avian evolution presentations (I'll be checking out Monday's though). Many of the sexual selection presentations were bird related (huzzah!) and I enjoyed them very much. My only wish was that my BFF, Dr. S (I don't actually remember if I nicknamed him, but there we go) was there with me. Mainly because I almost wanted someone to talk to.
I particularly enjoyed one talk about sexual selection and plumage colors in barn swallows, on the basis that ZOMG someone else uses feathers for research. The speaker also did an excellent job presenting. I also enjoyed another talk by a scientist that was interested in female singing in Drosophila virilis. She did many things to her flies, just to prove that they did duet and the females needed certain cues. Another speaker did a presentation on song divergence and visual signals, which was cool. One of the NRC's employees presented similarities and differences in armpit fauna of humans and primates, which was interesting. And someone did a plant study that didn't make me want to rip my eyes out. All in all, good day and I'll be going back tomorrow.
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