Conference Description
The Plant-Herbivore Interaction GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
In 2025, the Plant-Herbivore Interaction GRC will be framed around the concept of co-evolution and we will move the conference from Ventura to Pomona, California, near the beautiful San Gabriel Mountains. The Plant-Herbivore Interaction GRC has a long history of being a supportive, rigorous, and fun meeting for those focused on some of the most impactful species on the planet: plants and the animals that eat them.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by October 12, 2024. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Coevolution, Chemistry and Communication
Discussion Leaders
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Kailen Mooney (University of California, Irvine, United States)
Speakers
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Consuelo De Moraes (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Coevolution: Model Systems Across Scales
Discussion Leaders
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Po-An Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Speakers
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Anurag Agrawal (Cornell Univerisity, United States)
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Marcus Kronforst (University of Chicago, United States)
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Meret Huber (University of Mainz, Germany)
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Ricardo Machado (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Genetic Basis of Co-Adaptation
Discussion Leaders
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Raul Medina (Texas A&M University, United States)
Speakers
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Jia Huang (Zhejiang University, China)
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David Stern (Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, United States)
Vertebrate-Plant Coevolution
Discussion Leaders
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Mar Sobral (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Speakers
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Sharlene Santana (University of Washington, United States)
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Onja Razafindratsima (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
Coevolution of Ancient Enemies
Discussion Leaders
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Nicky Wybouw (Ghent University, Belgium)
Speakers
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Catherine Linnen (University of Kentucky, United States)
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Janice Cooke (University of Alberta, Canada)
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Jonathan Gershenzon (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany)
Coevolution, Phenology and Global Change
Discussion Leaders
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Lucas Damian Gorne (IMBiV, CONICET-UNC, Argentina)
Speakers
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D. André Green II (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States)
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Jacobus de Roode (Emory University, United States)
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Jill Anderson (University of Georgia, United States)
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Nicholas Kooyers (University of Louisiana, Lafayette, United States)
Caterpillars, Chemicals and Coevolution
Discussion Leaders
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Simon Groen (University of California Riverside, United States)
Speakers
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Camila González (Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia)
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Ying-Bo Mao (Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
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Silke Allmann (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Agroecology and Coevolution
Discussion Leaders
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Esther Ngumbi (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, United States)
Speakers
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Rick Karban (UC Davis, United States)
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Baldwyn Torto (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya)
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Foteini Paschalidou (UMR Agronomy, INRAE, France, France)
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Lukasz Stelinski (University of Florida, United States)
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Ricardo Ramirez (New Mexico State University, United States)
Ants, Plants and Herbivory
Discussion Leaders
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Nina Fatouros (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
Speakers
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Corrie Moreau (Cornell University, United States)
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Paulo Oliveira (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil)
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
Organizers
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Denise Dearing (University of Utah, United States)