We had a lab presence at this year's annual Tester Symposium.  Aki Laruson gave the first presentation of the symposium and unofficially won the award for best dressed showing up in an Icelandic linen suit with suede shoes (and he had aviator glasses to top it off) and gave a very good presentation on his current and planned work in sea urchins.  Michael Wallstrom had an awesome poster describing his work with a new invasive algal-associated keratose sponge species.  It gained the notice of Dr. Jeremy Jackson (the invited distinguished guest and keynote speaker) who came over to chat with him about it.