SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ANCESTRAL PROTEIN RECONSTRUCTION |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Eric Gaucher (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution)
"Ancestral sequence reconstruction as a tool to understand natural history: past, present and future directions" |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Belinda Chang (University of Toronto)
"Reconstructing ancestral visual pigments: the origins of rods" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Joe Thornton (University of Oregon)
"The evolution of molecular complexity: evolution of steroid hormone/receptor interactions" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Welcome Reception |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | COMPUTATIONAL EVOLUTONARY GENOMICS |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Bret Larget (University of Wisconsin)
Synopsis |
9:10 am - 9:55 am | Lior Pachter (University of California at Berkeley)
"Parametric alignment and evolution of cis-regulatory elements" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo (10:15) |
10:35 am - 11:20 am | Pavel Pevzner (University of California at San Diego)
"Fragile versus Random Breakage Models of Chromosome Evolution" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Lindell Bromham (University of Sussex)
"Tempo and Mode of Molecular Evolution" |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MICROBIAL & VIRAL DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Peg Riley (University of Massachusetts)
Synopsis |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Lin Chao (University of California at San Diego)
"Surviving Deleterious Mutations" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | John Logsdon (University of Iowa)
"Molecular voyeurism: using a meiosis detection kit to reveal hidden sex lives of eukaryotes" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | EVOLUTION OF BODY PLANS |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Billie Swalla (University of Washington)
"Developmental Genes Drive the Evolution of Body Plans" |
9:10 am - 9:55 am | Antonia Monteiro (University of Buffalo)
"Different ways of spotting butterfly and moth wings" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:20 am | Ken Halanych (Auburn University)
"Phylogeny and evolution of Lophotrochozoa" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Elena Kramer (Harvard University)
"Genetic mechanisms underlying innovation in floral organ identity" |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SEX CHROMOSOME EVOLUTION |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: TBA
Synopsis |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Bernardo Carvalho (University of Rio de Janeiro)
"Origin and Evolution of the Drosophila Y" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Jenny Graves (Australian National University)
"Mammalian sex chromosome evolution" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: David Rand (Brown University)
"The evolution of adaptive evolution" |
9:10 am - 9:55 am | Brian Lazzaro (Cornell University)
"Evolutionary Genetics of Insect Immunity" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:20 am | Stephen Wright (York University)
"Testing for selection in domestic and natural plant populations" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Michael Nachman (University of Arizona)
"Adaptive evolution in reproductive genes and the origin of reproductive isolation in mice" |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session III |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | EVOLUTION OF NOVELTY AND GENE REGULATION |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: TBA
Synopsis |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Doug Crawford (University of Miami)
"Evolution of Gene Expression and Physiology" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Kevin White (Yale University)
"Selection, drift and constraint: Gene expression evolution in Drosophila and primates" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Chung-Ti Ting (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
"Speciation study in the era of genomics" |
9:10 am - 9:55 am | Dan Barbash (Cornell University)
"Positive selection and hybrid lethality in Drosophila" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:20 am | Rudy Raff (Indiana University)
"Seeking a genic basis for radical evolutionary changes in morphology" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Toby Bradshaw (University of Washington)
"Molecular genetics of species differences in monkeyflowers" |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session IV |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | EVOLUTON OF THE GERM LINE |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Eric Haag (University of Maryland)
"Peculiarities of the Germ Line and Their Impact on Molecular and Developmental Evolution" |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Mark Martindale (University of Hawaii)
"The evolution of germ line specification in basal eumetazoans" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Cassandra Extavour (University of Cambridge, UK)
"Evolving germlines: changes in the molecular mechanisms of germ cell specification in arthropods" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |