Yopak ZoMBIE Lab

The Gills Club @Fort Fisher
2022-10-22 13:00 - 15:00 UTC
Super excited to be heading to the Fort Fisher Aquarium to hang out with members of the Gills Club! Dr. Yopak will be giving a talk on shark brains and her path to being a marine (brain) biologist. Have a girl interested in sharks? Check out the Gills Club webpage for more info.

Dr. Yopak on a (virtual) trip to Germany!
2022-10-31 17:00 - 18:00
Dr. Yopak is going to be speaking at the Philipps-Universität Marburg, Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB) Neuro-Colloquium. She was invited to share all things shark brain (as if you even have to ask). Read more about CMBB here: https://www.cmbb-fcmh.de/en/cmbb-info

JBJC For Evolutionary Neuroscience Meeting
2022-11-10 - 2022-11-11
ZoMBiE’s are off to San Diego! Grad student Emily Peele will be presenting some of our recent work on the effects of temperature on brain and sensory development in Port Jackson sharks. Read her abstract here.
Learn more about JBJC: https://www.jbjclub.org

Dr. Yopak Speaking at the GMGI Science Hour
2022-11-17 19:00 - 20:00
We’re heading to the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) “Science Hour”! Dr. Yopak has been invited to give a talk to the GMGI. But is an hour long enough to learn all there is about shark brains?? Link to the event coming soon (but check out past speakers here).

New Zealand Marine Sciences Annual Meeting
2022-11-21 - 2022-11-24
Derek Sauer is representing the ZoMBiE’s in the Southern Hemisphere and presenting at the NZ Marine Science Society meeting in Auckland, New Zealand on “Interspecific variation in inner ear hair cell organisation in sharks.”

Dr. Yopak presenting at the Konrad Lorenz Institute
2022-11-30 10:00 - 11:00
Dr. Yopak will be giving a virtual seminar at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology Seminar Series all about Sharks, smarts, and headstarts. Learn more about the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology here.
