| SUNDAY |
| 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Current progress and future directions |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Thomas Mitchell-Olds (Max-Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology)
Welcome, Opening Remarks, & Announcements |
| 7:45 pm - 8:30 pm | Trudy MacKay (North Carolina State University)
"The complex genetics of quantitative traits: Lessons from Drosophila" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Paul Brakefield (Leiden University)
"Do developmental constraints as well as natural selection shape evolution?" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Genomes and the environment |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Joy Bergelson (University of Chicago)
Introduction and concepts |
| 9:10 am - 9:55 am | Tom Whitham (Northern Arizona University)
"Community and ecosystem genetics: A consequence of extended phenotypes |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Katie Peichel (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
"Genetic analysis of reproductive isolation in threespine sticklebacks" |
| 11:20 am - 12:05 pm | Laurent Keller (University of Lausanne)
"Ant behavior is modulated by complex interactions between genes and social environment" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:45 pm | Photo / Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Plant model systems in EEFG |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Martin Parniske (Ludwig Maximilian University)
Introduction and concepts |
| 7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Enrico Coen (John Innes Centre)
"Evolution of developmental mechanisms" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Cynthia Weinig (University of Minnesota)
"Genetic mechanisms of adaptation to heterogeneous competitive environments" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Transcription and evolution |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Dan Hartl (Harvard University)
Introduction and concepts |
| 9:10 am - 9:55 am | Justin Fay (Washington University)
"The role of gene expression in quantitative traits" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Carol Lee (University of Wisconsin)
"Patterns of Gene Expression during Independent Habitat Invasions by the Copepod Eurytemora affinis" |
| 11:20 am - 12:05 pm | Patricia Wittkopp (Cornell University)
"Genetic basis of expression differences within and between species" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Natural selection and the genome |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Joe Thornton (University of Oregon)
Introduction and concepts |
| 7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Henrik Kaessman (University of Lausanne)
"Origin and adaptive evolution of young human retrogenes" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Sue Wessler (University of Georgia)
"Transposable element-mediated variation in plant genomes" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Evolutionary ecology of microbial genomes |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Anthony Dean (University of Minnesota)
Introduction and concepts |
| 9:10 am - 9:45 am | Martin Parniske (Ludwig Maximilian University)
"Evolution of plant root endosymbiosis" |
| 9:50 am - 10:25 am | Jennifer Hughes (Brown University)
"The functional significance of genetic diversity in microbial communities" |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:35 am | Joy Bergelson (University of Chicago)
"Evolution and function of Arabidopsis disease resistance" |
| 11:40 am - 12:15 pm | Derek Smith (University of Cambridge)
"The antigenic and genetic evolution of influenza virus" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session III |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Evolution of protein function |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Sue Wessler (University of Georgia)
Introduction and concepts |
| 7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Anthony Dean (University of Minnesota)
"The selective cause of an ancient adaptation" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Joe Thornton (University of Oregon)
"The evolution of molecular interactions: functional diversification of steroid hormone receptors" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Evolutionary Genomics |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Greg Wray (Duke University)
Introduction and concepts |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Dan Hartl (Harvard University)
"Transcriptional Variation and Plasticity in the Yeast Genome" |
| 9:55 am - 10:15 am | BUSINESS MEETING |
| 10:15 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:25 am | Mariana Wolfner (Cornell University)
"Messengers of love: how seminal proteins from Drosophila males affect mated female flies" |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Scott Edwards (Harvard University)
"Evolutionary Genomics of Birds and Non-avian Reptiles" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Genomics of complex traits |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Trudy MacKay (North Carolina State University)
Introduction and concepts |
| 7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Jeff Feder (University of Notre Dame)
"Bioluminescent Color Polymorphism in Jamaican Click Beetles: From Genes to Landscape" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Bill Jeffery (University of Maryland)
"Pleiotropy and the Evolution of Eye Degeneration in Blind Cavefish" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
