Two students presented this year at the Canadian Society of Zoologists annual meeting, which was its usual mix of great science and great fun.

Victoria presented her Honours thesis work (with help from Yulia) on snail neuroanatomy: Unravelling neuroanatomical complexities: Discrepancies in the labelling of octopaminergic markers in the nervous system of Lymnaea stagnalis. She did a fantastic job as the sole undergraduate competitor for the Hall Award for best student presentation in the disciplines of comparative morphology, development and biomechanics.

And Lexy presented the first analyses of her MSc project. She is studying nudibranch navigation using data collected on Hermissenda last summer at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre: A first look at gastropod navigation in complex wave affected environments. She did even better, winning the CAS Lindsay Prize for best student presentation or poster in the fields of behaviour, ecology or evolution!!!