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 - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"An Alternative Framework for the Study of Diffuse Coevolution"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Gaining Resistance to Herbivores Through Epigenetic Inheritance: A Myth or a Mechanism?"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Ecology and Evolution of Bioluminescence in the Soil"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Functional and Regulatory Investigations of a Key Herbivore Detoxification Gene Family"
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
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ 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
Genetic Basis of Co-Adaptation
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Uncovering the Molecular Basis of Coevolution: How Insecticide Resistance Helps Decode Plant-Herbivore Interactions"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"How Aphids Remote-Control Plants: Bicycle Proteins as Gall Effector Molecules"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
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 - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
"Giant Tortoises as Engineers of Terrestrial Ecosystems in Galápagos"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
"Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics of the Piper-Bat Mutualism"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
"Lemur-Plant Interactions: Unveiling the Impacts of Lemur Seed-Dispersal on Ecosystem Health"
12:15 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
Coevolution of Ancient Enemies
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"From Genes to Species: How Ecological Divergence Causes Reproductive Isolation in Herbivorous Insects"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Molecular and Genetic Signatures of Interactions Between Players in the Mountain Pine Beetle Multipartite System"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"Friends in the Forest? The Role of Fungal Symbionts in Bark Beetle-Conifer Interactions"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
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 - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Deadly Encounters: The Hidden Threat of Lonomia Venomous Caterpillars"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Mirids Secrete a TOPLESS Targeting Protein to Enhance JA-Mediated Defense and Gossypol Accumulation for Antagonizing Cotton Bollworms on Cotton Plants"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"Enzymes at Work: How Plants and Insects Shape Green Leaf Volatile Signals"
9:20 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; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Agroecology and Coevolution
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
"Volatile Plant Communication: Evolutionary Considerations and Potential Applications"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
"Insights into How Phytophagy by a Zoophytophagous Predator Shapes Tritrophic Interactions"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:10 am
"Oviposition Induced Plant Volatiles Prime Plant Responses"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:45 am
"Unpredictable Microbe-Driven Insect-Plant Interactions: Too Diverse to Harness?"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:20 pm
"Factoring Abiotic Stress into Plant-Herbivore Interactions"
12:20 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
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 - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Behavioral Ecology at the Ant-Plant-Herbivore Interface: Ant-Induced Effects on Herbivores"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure