Category Archives: AES

AES 2012 Aftersharks

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Chuck

Now that I’ve gotten your attention with that cringeworthy pun in the title, I’d like to put up a quick post on my overall thoughts on AES 2012 and the host city.  This took a couple days due to a … Continue reading →

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AES 2012: Day 4 Highlights

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Chuck

The last day of AES talks wrapped up today.  It’s always a little melancholy to see this conference end, but one must get back to real life sometime.  Here are the highlights from Day 4.

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AES 2012: Day 3 Highlights

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Chuck

Lots of cool talks today as this conference continues to be very good at keeping me busy.  Check below the jump for the rundown on what I found interesting.

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AES 2012: Day 2 Highlights

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Chuck

What a busy day.  I’ve only got a little bit of time to get this up before I have to head over to the poster session, and I saw a lot of very good talks today.  Keep following #AES2012 on … Continue reading →

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AES 2012: Day 1 Highlights

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Chuck

AES has officially begun!  The first day of the World Congress of Herpetology (referred to as “AES” from here on out, because that’s the part I care about, no disrespect to the scalies) kicked off with free breakfast, which was … Continue reading →

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Dogfish on Tour: Oh, Canada

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Chuck

After getting most of the financial issues under control, I can finally formally announce that I’ll be joining in on the annual meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society (AES), which this year is part of the World Congress of Herpetology … Continue reading →

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AES 2011: The Aftermath and Aquarium

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Chuck

Yesterday marked the last day of shark talks and the always-entertaining AES banquet.  Congrats to gentleman, scholar, and friend to the blog Andy Nosal for picking up the Gruber Award for student presentations. Reptile and fish talks continued until 5 … Continue reading →

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AES 2011 Day 4

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Chuck

Today marked the last official day of shark talks at JMIH/AES, though there will still be plenty of bony fish a reptile talks tomorrow.  Most likely I’ll be exploring Minneapolis, and then it’s time for the long trip back and … Continue reading →

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AES 2011 Day 3

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Chuck

Time for the recap of day 3 of JMIH/AES 2011.  Read on below the jump…

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AES 2011 Day 2

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Chuck

It’s day 2 of JMIH/AES, and, as usual, there were too many great talks for me to go through them all.  Make sure to check WhySharksMatter and labroides on Twitter to fill in some of the gaps, and if anyone … Continue reading →

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