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Conference Program
 
Evolutionary & Ecological Functional Genomics
(This meeting is currently known as "Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics")
July 8-13, 2007
Salve Regina University
Newport, RI
Chair:
Greg Wray

Vice Chair:
Scott Edwards

The Gordon Conference on evolutionary and ecological functional genomics (EEFG) is focused on the genes that affect ecological success and evolutionary fitness in natural environments and populations. This interdisciplinary research area seeks to understand the functional significance of genomic variation for wild organisms (microbial, plant, and animal) in natural biological communities. The EEFG Gordon Research Conference will showcase the successes and achievements of the field to date; examine novel models of collaboration, interdisciplinary training, and information management; and map out future directions and priorities.


Contributors

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 11:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm Welcome from the Chair Greg Wray (Duke University)
7:50 pm - 9:30 pm Interactions Between Species
Discussion Leader: Loretta Johnson (Kansas State University)
7:50 pm - 8:30 pmSara Via (U Maryland)
"Combining genomics and ecology to understand speciation in the wild"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pmPhillipe Reymond (Univ. of Lausanne)
"Global expression changes in plant-insect interactions: from eggs to feeding larvae"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm Emerging Approaches in EEFG
Discussion Leader: Scott Edwards (Harvard University)
9:00 am - 9:50 amMike Eisen (UC Berkeley)
"Evolution of gene expression and gene regulation in Drosophilids"
9:50 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 amCoffee Break / Group Photo
10:30 am - 11:20 amKathleen Donohue (Harvard University)
"Seeds and seasons: The ecological genetics of germination in Arabidopsis thaliana"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:20 pmEddie Holmes (Penn State)
"The evolutionary genomics of influenza A virus"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Responses to Stressors
Discussion Leader: Paul Schmidt (University of Pennsylvania)
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmAudrey Gasch (Univ. of Wisconsin)
"Variation in stress sensitivity and genomic expression in natural isolates of Saccharomyces"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pmTed Morgan (Kansas State)
"The genomics of thermotolerance in Drosophila"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm Speciation
Discussion Leader: Norman Johnson (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
9:00 am - 9:50 amHans Hofmann (Univ. of Texas, Austin)
"Molecular substrates of social organization and its evolution in African cichlid fishes"
9:50 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:15 am - 10:55 amMohamed Noor (Duke University)
"Signatures of speciation in the Drosophila pseudoobscura species group"
10:55 am - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am - 11:40 amLeonie Moyle (Indiana U)
"Genetics of ecological divergence and speciation in Lycopersicon"
11:40 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:25 pmCraig Albertson (Syracuse)
"The genetic and developmental basis of craniofacial diversity in cichlid fishes"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Physiological Ecology
Discussion Leader: Bernie Degnan (University of Queensland)
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmDoug Crawford (U of Miami)
"The biological importance of individual variation"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pmAdam Marsh (U Delaware)
"Bioinformatics and Gene methylation: describing adaptive processes in genomes and how to find those effects at a functional level"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 am Genomic Architecture of Genetic Variation
Discussion Leader: Martin Feder (University of Chicago)
9:40 am - 9:45 amMarie-Anne Felix (U Paris)
"Robustness and evolution of Caenorhabditis vulva development"
9:40 am - 9:45 am Discussion
9:45 am - 10:20 amDavid Rand (Brown)
"Mitonuclear coadaptation, epistasis, and organismal function"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 amCoffee Break
10:40 am - 12:30 pm Recent Advances in EEFG:
Shorter talks selected from poster sessions
10:40 am - 10:55 amJulie Horvath (Duke University, IGSP)
"Lemur Phylogeny Reconstruction and Creation of a Genetic Toolkit"
10:55 am - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am - 11:15 amBregje Wertheim (University College, London)
"Functional genomics of plasticity and adaptation"
11:15 am - 11:20 amDiscussion
11:20 am - 11:35 amJamie Bridgham (University of Oregon)
"Crystal Structure of an ancient protein: evolution by conformational epistasis"
11:35 am - 11:40 amDiscussion
11:40 am - 11:55 amYoshie Hanzawa (New York University)
"The cis-regulatory evolution of CONSTANS and the evolution of the photoperiodic flowering response in Arabidopsis thaliana"
11:55 am - 12:00 pmDiscussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pmChristian Braendle (Institut Jacques Monod)
"TBA"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Sexual Selection
Discussion Leader: Susan Renn (Reed College)
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmRobert Brooks (U New South Wales)
"The resolution of intragenomic sexual conflict arising from sexual selection"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pmOwen McMillan (NCSU)
"The molecular basis of mimicry in Heliconius"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm Reconstruction and Analyses of Ancestral Sequences
Discussion Leader: Matt Hahn (Indiana University)
9:00 am - 9:50 amMathieu Blanchette (McGill)
"Ancestral mammalian genome reconstruction and its application to transcription factor binding site prediction"
9:50 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:20 amBelinda Chang (U Toronto)
"Paleogenomics: Reconstructing ancestral visual pigment proteins in the lab"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:20 pmEric Gaucher (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution)
"Temperature history of ancient bacteria inferred from resurrected proteins"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Transcription and Evolution
Discussion Leader: Patricia Wittkopp (University of Michigan)
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmRachel Brem (U C Berkeley)
"Expression variation and regulatory feedback"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pmSergy Nuzhdin (U C Davis)
"Genetic variation in transcriptome as shaped by known transcriptional networks"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture

 
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