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Kurtis Stechyn wears Hanes the crow on his hand and Madison Roberts holds a Bess Beetle, two elements in their animal physiology research project.<\/p><\/div>\n

Hanes is one ratty crow. Some might even say he\u2019s downright ugly.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t be too quick to judge. After all, he\u2019s made out of a sock.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe named him after the sock brand,\u201d said Kurtis Stechyn, a senior in biology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. \u201cWe just took old Halloween decorations and created a movable crow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why? To make some beetles twist and shout.<\/p>\n

If that all sounds weird, it was all for science. Hanes is part of an animal physiology research project by Stechyn and Madison Roberts, a senior double majoring in biology and environmental science at UTC.<\/p>\n

The idea was to see if the beetles would cry out in stress, so to speak, when Hanes picked them up in his beak, tapped them, shoved them around or even just got close to them. From there, the two students wanted to record whether the beetles\u2019 sound-making would affect their metabolic rate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were stressing them out pretty hardcore,\u201d Stechyn said.<\/p>\n

The results of his and Roberts\u2019 research was one of 16 projects printed on posters and displayed in the University Center Tennessee Room on Dec. 4 as part of a collaboration between the animal physiology course taught by Professor Loren Hayes, the meiofaunal biodiversity course taught by Assistant Professor Francesca Leasi and the ant ecology course taught by UC Foundation Associate Professor DeAnna Beasley. The trio began the collaboration, called the Integrative Biology Research Symposium, in fall semester 2022.<\/p>\n

The goal is not only to get students to expand their own academic horizons but to learn about projects that students were doing in the other classes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main thing is encouraging the students, at least for me, to think about how they communicate their science,\u201d Beasley said, \u201cbecause far too often the students are thinking in terms of, \u2018I\u2019m just going to throw this poster up and be done with it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

She said that students in scientific majors need to be able to explain their research to those familiar with the subject and those who are not.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo having practice and taking what can feel like overwhelming information and explaining it\u2014not in a patronizing or demeaning manner but in an accessible manner\u2014and trying to make science accessible to as many people as possible,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

At the poster exhibition, plenty of explanations were needed for those unfamiliar with animal physiology, ant ecology or meiofaunal biodiversity. \u201cMeiofaunal,\u201d for instance, refers to tiny animals living in soil and aquatic sediment.<\/p>\n

In their study on the effects of water flow on the diversity of meiofauna, Thad Colvard and Michaela Dodson, both seniors in environmental science, and Shayla Phillips, a senior in biology, checked out three different ponds\u2014one with water flowing in, one with water flowing out and one that was self-contained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not have enough information on how environmental changes such as water flow affect meiofauna biodiversity, so it\u2019s important for us considering that drought and flooding are two of the main consequences of climate change,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n

Their research found that the self-contained pond had the highest diversity of meiofauna, which seems logical because water does not flow in or out, washing the tiny animals away. But it\u2019s deeper than that, the students said.<\/p>\n

Less water flow means more nutrients and food sources sink to the sediment at the bottom of the pond, \u201cwhich then allows biodiversity to increase because they have more things to feed off of, which is a privilege that\u2019s not usually allowed for meiofauna in areas where the water flow is higher,\u201d explained Colvard.<\/p>\n

The projects, Hayes said, not only gave students the chance to expand their scientific knowledge but also opened new avenues of creativity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you give students the freedom to be creative and the questions they ask, they come up with things that you would never imagine,\u201d he said. \u201cI find that when you let them ask the question, you let them explore what they\u2019re interested in. They learn more.\u201d<\/p>\n

For their ant ecology project, Hannah Collins and Katie Hemauer, both majoring in environmental science, examined how temperature affects the abundance and activity of ants. As would be expected, colder temperatures slowed things down for most ants, but the pair were surprised and excited to discover a species of ant\u2014the winter ant\u2014they hadn\u2019t seen before.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the summer, they kind of lock themselves into their nests underground and then, during winter, they emerge and forage,\u201d Collins explained.<\/p>\n

While most ants are out and about in the warmer months, winter ants like colder temperatures because it reduces the amount of competition from other insects, she said.<\/p>\n

Leasi said she hoped unexpected learning moments are one of the students\u2019 takeaways from their projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my career, I have learned that enthusiasm and passion is what drives me, so I prefer to let them just be themselves,\u201d Leasi said. \u201cI prefer to give students more freedom and less micromanaging so they will take more ownership of their job with the hope that they will become more enthusiastic and passionate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sixteen projects were on display on Dec. 4 as part of a collaboration between the animal physiology course taught by Professor Loren Hayes, the meiofaunal biodiversity course taught by Assistant Professor Francesca Leasi and the ant ecology course taught by UC Foundation Associate Professor DeAnna Beasley. The trio began the collaboration, called the Integrative Biology Research Symposium, in fall semester 2022.<\/p>\n

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