Invertebrate Neuromuscular Organization: Peripheral Contributions to Behavioral Variability

Abstract

Early plans for development of this sym? posium were completed with the full encouragement and helpful suggestions of Ann E. Kammer. Unfortunately, Ann passed away without seeing the final product. Therefore, we dedicated the symposium to Ann and would like to do the same with this compendium of papers. Ann received her graduate training at the University of California, Berkeley, and held faculty positions at the University of Cali? fornia, Davis, Kansas State University, and most recently at Arizona State University, as professor and Chair of the Zoology Department. Ann was active in many sci? entific organizations, particularly the Amer? ican Society of Zoologists, serving as Pro? gram Officer for the Division of Com? parative Physiology and Biochemistry (1973-74), member ofthe Education Com? mittee (1978-80) and as Secretary of the Society (1985-87). She was equally active in the American Physiological Society, serv? ing as a member ofthe Task Force on Com? parative Physiology (1976-77), member of the Program Advisory Committee (187778), member of the Comparative Physiol? ogy Symposium Committee (1978-80) and as Associate Editor of The Physiology Teacher (1980-85). Due to the breadth of her scholarly interests, she was elected in 1981 as Fellow ofthe American Association for the Advancement of Science. Ann's research interests ranged from the neurobiological basis of rhythmic flight gen? eration in insects, to the development of flight mechanisms and the underlying neu? romuscular junctions. A selection (my selection) of a few of her papers illustrates