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: Insect Societies: The Roots of Collective Behavior
Discussion Leader: Oleg Igoshin (Rice University, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:40 pm
Deborah M Gordon (Stanford University, United States)
"The Ecology of Collective Behavior"
8:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Quorum Sensing
Discussion Leader: Art Edison (University of Georgia, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Michael Judge (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"A Night Out with Neurospora: High Street Fungus or Local Pub Pint?"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Asher Leeks (Yale University, United States)
"The Social Lives of Viruses"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Grace Beggs (Princeton University, United States)
"Inter-Domain Chemical Communication Between Bacteria and Phages"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
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 Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ 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.
Organizer: Graciela Lorca (University of Florida, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Collective Cell Movement
Discussion Leader: Corina Tarnita (Princeton University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Allyson Sgro (Janelia Research Campus, United States)
"Understanding the Emergence of Microbial Collective Behaviors in the Wild"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Daniel Cohen (Princeton University, United States)
"Adventures in Cellular Herding--Understanding and Control of Collective Cellular Behaviors"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Collective Exchange Between Plants and Fungi
Discussion Leader: Stephen Pratt (Arizona State University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Nancy Johnson (Northern Arizona University, United States)
"Mechanisms of Mycorrhizal Exchange Across Space and Time"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Vasilis Kokkoris (VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Cytoplasmic Behavior in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Corey Wilson (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"Engineering Collective Exchange in a Synthetic Consortium"
12:10 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
Synthetic Collective Behavior
Discussion Leader: Shufan Zhang (University of Georgia, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
William Bentley (University of Maryland, United States)
"Electronically Eavesdropping on and Controlling the Bacterial Collective"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Seppe Kuehn (The University of Chicago)
"Engineering Microbial Consortia"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Collective Behavior of Biological Oscillators
Discussion Leader: Jia Hwei Cheong (University of Georgia, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Heinz-Bernd Schüttler (University of Georgia, United States)
"Clock Synchronization and Other Cooperative Phenomena in Microbial Cell Populations"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Felix Naef (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Synchronization of Circadian and Cell Cycle Oscillators in Cells and Tissues"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Yuanzhao Zhang (Santa Fe Institute, United States)
"Synchronization of Heterogeneous Biological Oscillators"
12:10 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
Cell-to-Cell Interactions
Discussion Leader: Alexander Bucksch (University of Arizona, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Lorenz Fenk (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
"Dynamics and Coordination in the Dragon Brain"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Zev Gartner (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Building with Living Materials"
9:10 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; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Collective Decision Making
Discussion Leader: Juan B. Gutiérrez (University of Texas at San Antonio, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany)
"Communication and Coordination in Animal Societies"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Erik Bollt (Clarkson University, United States)
"Anatomy of Leadership in Collective Behavior with Data Driven Examples from Information Flow"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Takao Sasaki (University of Georgia, United States)
"Collective Learning in Animal Groups"
12:10 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
Flocks, Schools, and Armies
Discussion Leader: Liliana Salvador (University of Georgia, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Colin Torney (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
"From Machine Learning to Migration: Cues and Collective Decision Making in Animal Groups on the Move"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Jerome Buhl (The University of Adelaide, Australia)
"Towards Predicting Locust Mass Movement in the Field"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure