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
Keynote Session: Ecology and Evolution of Mutations
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
"Ecology and Evolution of Mutations"
4:15 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
Interaction Across Scales
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
"Navigating Captivity: Symbiont Motility in an Early-Diverging Bilaterian"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
"Symbiotic Bacteria Produce Small RNAs that Transit into the Host Nucleus to Promote Molecular and Cellular Dialogue"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
"Investigating Differences in Microbial Communities within the Lumen and Mucosal Layer of the Intestines and across Avian Hosts from the Peruvian Amazon"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
"The Partnership Beginning: Transcriptomic Responses of the Marine Flatworm Waminoa to Symbiosis Establishment"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
"Eating with Your Skin: Cellular and Molecular Adaptations to Epidermal Digestion of Bacterial Symbionts in a Gutless Marine Oligochaete"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
"Sweet Structuring: Illuminating Glycan and Bacterial Associations in the Accessory Nidamental Gland of the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
"Gut-Germline Axis: The Gut Microbiome Modulates the Adaptation of a Reproductive Endosymbiont"
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
Symbiotic Response to Environmental Conditions
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:15 am
"Investigating the Adaptability of Ips Typographus Microbiota Under Various Temperature Scenarios"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:30 am
"Acute Exposure to Predator Odor Drives Gut Microbiota Shifts That Predict Gene Expression and Behavior of Wild-Derived Mice"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:45 am
"Context-Dependent Impacts of Cross-Kingdom Microbial Interactions on Mosquito Development"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:00 am
"Host Sex-Specific Expression Response to Association with the Reproductive Manipulator Cardinium Hertigii"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:15 am
"Understanding the Response of Leafhopper-Bacteria Symbioses to Climate Change"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
"Animal Metamorphosis Requires Bacteria and the Innate Immune System"
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 10:45 am
"Microbiome-Sperm Interactions: Implications for Sperm Function in the Internally Fertilizing Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)"
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
Mentorship Component: Careers in Symbiosis
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Careers in Symbiosis
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes