Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Diversity and Commonality of Collective Behaviors
7:40 pm - 8:40 pm
"The Ecology of Collective Behavior"
8:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"A Night Out with Neurospora: High Street Fungus or Local Pub Pint?"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"The Social Lives of Viruses"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Inter-Domain Chemical Communication Between Bacteria and Phages"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Understanding the Emergence of Microbial Collective Behaviors in the Wild"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Adventures in Cellular Herding--Understanding and Control of Collective Cellular Behaviors"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Collective Exchange Between Plants and Fungi
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Mechanisms of Mycorrhizal Exchange Across Space and Time"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Cytoplasmic Behavior in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Engineering Collective Exchange in a Synthetic Consortium"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Synthetic Collective Behavior
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Electronically Eavesdropping on and Controlling the Bacterial Collective"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Engineering Microbial Consortia"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Collective Behavior of Biological Oscillators
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Clock Synchronization and Other Cooperative Phenomena in Microbial Cell Populations"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Synchronization of Circadian and Cell Cycle Oscillators in Cells and Tissues"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Synchronization of Heterogeneous Biological Oscillators"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cell-to-Cell Interactions
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Dynamics and Coordination in the Dragon Brain"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Building with Living Materials"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Collective Decision Making
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Communication and Coordination in Animal Societies"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Who's your Dance Partner? Information Flow in Collective Behaviors"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Collective Learning in Animal Groups"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Flocks, Schools, and Armies
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"From Machine Learning to Migration: Cues and Collective Decision Making in Animal Groups on the Move"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Towards Predicting Locust Mass Movement in the Field"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure