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Speciation (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Proximate Mechanisms and Ultimate Consequences of Speciation

March 1 - 2, 2025
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GRC Education Requirements: Undergraduates or those who have not obtained a bachelor's degree in science/engineering (or acceptable equivalent) are not eligible to apply to attend Gordon Research Conferences or Seminars.

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Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express
1050 Schooner Drive
Ventura, California, United States
 Venue and Travel Information

Application Information

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by February 1, 2025. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the meeting is oversubscribed, it will be stated here. Note: Applications for oversubscribed meetings will only be considered by the conference chair if more seats become available due to cancellations.

GRS Speaker Abstract Deadline: Although applications will be accepted until the date noted above, any applicants who wish to be considered for an oral presentation should submit their application by November 24, 2024. Please refer to the application instructions in the Conference Description section below for more details (if available).

Conference Description

The Speciation GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.

EXTENDED ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 8, 2024!

This two-day meeting is followed by the Gordon Research Conference on Speciation co-chaired by Dan Bolnick, Jonna Kulmuni, and Rike Stelkens, and participants are strongly encouraged to attend both meetings.

Integration and synthesizing across a variety of systems and approaches in modern speciation research has been an important focus of the past meetings and will continue to be in this edition. In particular, this meeting will place emphasis on bringing together biologists that study detailed proximate / mechanistic processes (e.g., genetic, developmental, neurobiological, physiological, ecological) that are pertinent to our understanding of speciation with biologists who primarily focus on speciation and macroevolution. By bringing together researchers who study proximate mechanisms of divergence and researchers who study ultimate outcomes for biodiversity, we hope to broaden the speciation research community while generating new insights and collaborations.

Application Instructions

The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.

The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by November 24, 2024. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Information section above.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Speciation" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Ecological Processes as Drivers of Divergence and Speciation
Discussion Leader:
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
"Niche Dimensionality in an Incipient Micro-radiation of Marine Midge Chronotypes"
4:10 pm - 4:15 pm
Discussion
4:15 pm - 4:25 pm
"The Extent of Hybridisation and Its Impact on Heat Tolerance in Mound-building Wood Ants in the Light of Climate Change"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Genomics of Speciation: Functional, Population and Comparative Perspectives
Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
"Transposable Element Diversity in the Greenish Warbler Ring Species: From Individual to Species Complex"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
"On the Genomic Underpinning of Speciation in Holocentric Sedges"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
"On the Origin of an Insular Hybrid Butterfly Lineage"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
"Insight Into Hybridization Processes Between Two Cryptic Species of Brown Algae: Ectocarpus"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
"Identifying Genomic Contributors to Survival on Migration in a Songbird Hybrid Zone"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
"The Influence of Incompatibilities and Heterosis on Hybrid Population Genetics"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Developmental, Physiological, and Neurobiological Mechanisms of Diversification
Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:30 am
"Seedling Trait Evolution in Hybrid Populations of Bush Monkeyflowers Generates Reproductive Isolation"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:45 am
"Repeated Evolution of Reproductive Isolation in a Monkeyflower Species Complex"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:00 am
"Acquired Chemical Signals Mediate Species Recognition and Mate Choice in Orchid Bees"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:15 am
"Structural Colouration in Drosophila Wings is Thermally Plastic and Exhibits Ecological Variation"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
"Sexual Signal Divergence and Reproductive Isolation in an Adaptive Radiation of Hawaiian Spiders"
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 10:45 am
"Conspecific Sperm Precedence Can Maintain Reproductive Isolation"
10:45 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Synthesis and Integration of Data Across Scales
Discussion Leader:
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:45 pm - 1:55 pm
"Correlated Genomic Patterns of Introgression Across Space Despite Contrasting Hybridization Histories"
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm
"Same Tree, Different Lives: Syntopic Mouse Lemur Species Differ in Genetics, Behavior, Ecology, and Physiology, but Not Morphology (Much)"
2:10 pm - 2:15 pm
Discussion
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm
"Mating System and Environment Predict the Direction and Extent of Introgression in Incipient Clarkia Species"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes

Contributors

Gordon Research Conferences
The Company of Biologists

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Poster Information

Poster sessions are an integral part of the our conferences, and offer all conferees an opportunity to discuss their research.

Preparing your GRC poster

Diversity Funding

Financial assistance is available for qualified applicants through the GRC Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship Program. This program provides a grant to underrepresented minority graduate students, postdocs, faculty and scientists to help fund their attendance at their first GRC meeting.  Learn more.

Conferee Single Room:
$355.00
Conferee Shared Room:
$285.00
Conferee Off-Site:
$200.00
Guest Single Room:
$355.00
Guest Shared Room:
$285.00
Guest Off-Site:
$200.00
Child 4-12 yrs Shared Room:
$143.00
Child 4-12 yrs Off-Site:
$101.00
Child Under 4 yrs Shared Room:
Free
Child Under 4 yrs Off-Site:
Free
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Speciation
March 2 - 7, 2025


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