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
Experimental Evolution
Discussion Leader: Arnaud Martin (George Washington Univ-DC, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Christian Schlötterer (Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria)
"Using Experimental Evolution to Understand Adaptation in Outcrossing Species"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Megan Frederickson (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Experimental Evolution of Microbial Mutualists"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Adaptation and Evolutionary Innovations
Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Heath-Heckman (Michigan State University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Hopi Hoekstra (Harvard University/ HHMI, United States)
"The Coevolution of Morphology and Behavior: from Genes to Fitness"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Arnaud Martin (George Washington Univ-DC, United States)
"Genetic Evolution Caught on the Butterfly Wing"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Paul Magwene (Duke University, United States)
"Evolutionary Genomic Insights into the Accidental Virulence Hypothesis for the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus "
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.
Organizer: Irene Newton (Indiana University, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Rapid Evolutionary Change, Climate and Biodiversity
Discussion Leader: Sam Yeaman (University of Calgary, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Moises Exposito-Alonso (Carnegie Institution for Science, United States)
"The Genomics of Adaptation and Extinction in the Anthropocene"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
David Enard (University of Arizona, United States)
"Ancient Viral Epidemics Through the Lens of Adaptation in Host Genomes"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Population & Community Genomics
Discussion Leader: Vera Domingues (Nature Ecology & Evolution, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Kirsten Bomblies (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
"How to Tango with Four: Re-evolving Fertility After Whole Genome Duplication"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Dmitri Petrov (Stanford University, United States)
"Exceptionally Strong and Rapidly Fluctuating Selection in Drosophila on Sub-generational Time Scales"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Priya Moorjani (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"An evolutionary perspective on human germline mutation rate"
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
Comparative Genomics
Discussion Leader: Ines Drinnenberg (Institut Curie, France)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Julia Saltz (Rice University, United States)
"Indirect Genetic Effects in Dyads and Groups of Drosophila melanogaster"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
A. Murat Eren (Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, Germany)
"Predicted Protein Structures Meet Microbial Population Genetics"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Biodiversity in the Omics Era
Discussion Leader: Adam Siepel (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Rachel Meyer (University of California Santa Cruz, United States)
"How California eDNA Grassroots Projects Are Fitting eDNA Monitoring Into Natural Areas Management"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Aude Bernheim (Institut Pasteur, INSERM, France)
"Conservation of Antiviral Immunity Across Domains of Life"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Tim Sackton (Harvard University, United States)
"Comparative Population Genomics in Birds Reveals Shared Patterns of Selection and Demography"
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
Dark Side of the Genome
Discussion Leader: Julien Ayroles (Princeton University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Alexander Suh (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)
"Mind the Gap - Towards Understanding Hidden Genetic Diversity"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
Ines Drinnenberg (Institut Curie, France)
"Evolution of Centromeres and Genome Organization: Insights from Lepidoptera"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General 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
Methodological Innovation, Machine Learning and Big Data
Discussion Leader: Priya Moorjani (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Adam Siepel (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States)
"Applications of Ancestral Recombination Graph Inference in Evolutionary Genomics"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Erin Molloy (University of Maryland, College Park, United States)
"New-Old Methods for Estimating Evolutionary Histories Under the Coalescent"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Andrew Kern (University of Oregon, United States)
"Putting the HAL in Haldane"
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
The Future of Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics
Discussion Leader: Moises Exposito-Alonso (Carnegie Institution for Science, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Olivia Harringmeyer (Harvard University, United States)
"The Evolution of an Inversion Supergene in Deer Mice"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Ioannis Sarropoulos (Heidelberg University, Germany)
"The Evolution of Gene Regulation in the Developing Mammalian Cerebellum"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure