¡Viva Mexico! : How Mexican Axolotls Promote Science, Conservation, and Creativity

February 24, 2014, WT Young Library Auditorium, University of Kentucky
 

Morning Session

9:00 - 9:15 Symposium Introduction, Randal Voss, UK

9:15 – 10:00 Salamanders are forever, Panagiotis Tsonis, University Dayton

10:00 - 10:30 Waxolotls in literature, Vinnie Cassone, UK

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:15 The skinny on axolotl regeneration, Ashley Seifert, UK

11:15 – 12:00 How axolotls regenerate their limbs, David Gardiner, UC-Irvine

Afternoon Session

1:00 - 1:30 Conquering the axolotl genome, Jeramiah Smith, UK

1:30 - 2:00 Axolotl on a chip, Alex Palumbo, UK

2:00 - 2:30 Of axolotls and tiger salamanders, David Weisrock, UK

2:30 – 3:00 Coffee and Discussion Break 

3:00 – 4:00 Using the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) as a flag species to restore the most important and managed wetlands in Mexico: Xochimilco, Luis Zambrano, Autonoma Universidad de Mexico

4:15 - 5:00 Ambystoma Genetic Stock Center Tour