# GSA 2024 in Anaheim, Cambrian paleobiology, and Disneyland! September 30, 2024 - [ News ](/news-categories/news) We are back home after a fabulous week at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting at Anaheim, California! The IP lab led the organization of the day-long topical session *Evolution of Marine Life in the Cambrian,* coordinated by **Rudy-Lerosey-Aubril, Javier Ortega-Hernández**, and our colleagues Bob Gaines (Pomona College) and Sara Pruss (Smith College). With a wooping count of eight oral presentations featuring postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and pre-doctoral interns, the lab was robustly represented during the meeting. Of course, no conference is complete without a bit of bonding, and Disneyland was too close to let go of this opportunity! Sort ![ip_lab_at_gsa](/sites/g/files/omnuum6461/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/ortega-hernandezlab/files/ip_lab_at_gsa.png?itok=YsrHzzND) **The lab on the last day of GSA 2024. From right: Karma Nanglu (Fezouata enigmatic metazoans), Sarah Losso (trilobite leg biomechanics), Maddi Waskom (Cambrian tiering paleoecology), Javier Ortega-Hernández (Marjum biota from Utah), Marc Mapalo (Cambrian stem-group tardigrades), Solène Bourdas (olenellid guts from Canada), Walker Weyland (Ediacaran paleobiology), and Rudy Lerosey-Aubril (Pioche biota from Nevada). Not pictured Edna Rodriguez-Sánchez (arthropod gill macroevolution)** ![ip_lab_at_disney](/sites/g/files/omnuum6461/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/ortega-hernandezlab/files/ip_lab_at_disney.png?itok=tU7bhzAo) **IP Lab bonding time at Disneyland. From right: Karma Nanglu (Shan Yu #1 fan), Maddi Waskom (lead us to Space Mountain), Sarah Losso (drag me to Hell-frog), Marc Mapalo (Chewbacca's best buddy), Edna Rodriguez-Sánchez (Disney pin-queen), Walker Weyland (strong with The Force), Solène Bourdas (loves digging a little deeper), and Javier Ortega-Hernández (will only eat corndogs)** Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)