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: Coevolution, Chemistry and Communication
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:50 pm
"Bumblebee Leaf-Damaging Behavior and Its Effects on Plant Flowering"
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Coevolution: Model Systems Across Scales
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
"An Alternative Framework for the Study of Diffuse Coevolution"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Gaining Resistance to Herbivores Through Epigenetic Inheritance: A Myth or a Mechanism?"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:25 am
"Ecology and Evolution of Bioluminescence in the Soil"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
"Functional and Regulatory Investigations of a Key Herbivore Detoxification Gene Family"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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 the interests and needs of all scientists and the challenges they face in their careers. Specifically, the program promotes meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages about barriers to career advancement and strategies to support the professional growth of all members of the community. The GRC Power Hour™ is open to all conference participants.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Genetic Basis of Co-Adaptation
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm
"Uncovering the Molecular Basis of Coevolution: How Insecticide Resistance Helps Decode Plant-Herbivore Interactions"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:05 pm
"How Aphids Remote-Control Plants: Bicycle Proteins as Gall Effector Molecules"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Vertebrate-Plant Coevolution
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
"Doubling Down on Detox: The Mammalian Response to Diet Shifts"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics of the Piper-Bat Mutualism"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:25 am
"Reflections on the Evolutionary Importance of Human-Plant Coevolution"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
"Lemur-Plant Interactions: Unveiling the Impacts of Lemur Seed-Dispersal on Ecosystem Health"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Coevolution of Ancient Enemies
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
"From Genes to Species: How Ecological Divergence Causes Reproductive Isolation in Herbivorous Insects"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
"Molecular and Genetic Signatures of Interactions Between Players in the Mountain Pine Beetle Multipartite System"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm
"Friends in the Forest? The Role of Fungal Symbionts in Bark Beetle-Conifer Interactions"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Coevolution, Phenology and Global Change
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Making a Migratory Monarch: Towards Defining the Environmental and Genetic Basis of Monarch Migration"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Effects of Climate Change on Tritrophic Interactions Between Monarch Butterflies and Their Parasites and Host Plants"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Shifting Plant-Herbivore Interactions in the Context of Climate Change: A Case Study in the Perennial Forb Boechera stricta "
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Do Herbivores Shape Local Adaptation and Climate Change Responses in Plants? Exploring Patterns and Processes Within Threatened Monkeyflower Populations"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Caterpillars, Chemicals and Coevolution
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
"Deadly Encounters: The Hidden Threat of Lonomia Venomous Caterpillars"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
"Mirids Secrete a TOPLESS Targeting Protein to Enhance JA-Mediated Defense and Gossypol Accumulation for Antagonizing Cotton Bollworms on Cotton Plants"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm
"Enzymes at Work: How Plants and Insects Shape Green Leaf Volatile Signals"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General 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; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Agroecology and Coevolution
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
"Volatile Plant Communication: Evolutionary Considerations and Potential Applications"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
"Insights into How Phytophagy by a Zoophytophagous Predator Shapes Tritrophic Interactions"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:05 am
"Oviposition Induced Plant Volatiles Prime Plant Responses"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:40 am
"Unpredictable Microbe-Driven Insect-Plant Interactions: Too Diverse to Harness?"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:15 pm
"Factoring Abiotic Stress into Plant-Herbivore Interactions"
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Ants, Plants and Herbivory
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm
"The Evolution of Ants, Plants and Herbivory"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:05 pm
"The Ecology of Ants, Plants and Herbivory"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
General Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure