SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | VISIONS OF SYNTHESIS |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Gene Robinson (University of Illinois) Introduction to Conference |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leaders: Ralph Greenspan (Neurosciences Inst., San Diego) & Mary Jane West-Eberhard (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) Introduction to session |
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | Tom Insel (NIMH)
"Gene-Environment Interactions and the Regulation of Behavior" |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Rudy Raff (Indiana University)
"Gene-based Syntheses of Mechanism and Evolution: Lessons from Developmental Biology" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Reception |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SOCIAL STRUCTURE |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leaders: Andrew Bass (Cornell University) & Penelope Kukuk (University of Montana) Introduction to session |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Steven Phelps (University of Florida)
"Neuropeptide Receptor Genes and Monogamy in Voles" |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Joan Strassman (Rice University)
"Social Amoebae as a Model System for Genetics and Evolution of Social Interactions" |
10:10 am | Coffee Break (including Group Photo) |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Michael Krieger (University of Georgia)
"GP-9 and Queen Number in Fire Ant Colonies" |
11:00 am - 11:30 pm | Donald Edwards (Georgia State University)
"Serotonin Receptor Genes and Dominance in Crayfish" |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Hans Hoffman (Harvard University)
"Molecular Analyses of Social Regulation of Sexual Plasticity in Teleost Fish" |
12:00 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 I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | FORAGING BEHAVIOR |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Jennifer Fewell (Arizona State University) & Robert Hitzemann (Oregon Health Sciences University) Introduction to session |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Marla Sokolowski (University of Toronto)
"Actions of the foraging Gene in Drosophila" |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Mario deBono (Cambridge University)
"Social Foraging in C. elegans: Genes and Neural Circuits" |
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm | Robert Page (University of California, Davis)
"Genetic Architecture of Pollen Foraging in Honey Bees" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NATURE/NURTURE |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Alison Fleming (University of Toronto) Introduction to session |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Michael Meaney (McGill University)
"Hereditary & Environmental Influences on Gene Expression and Maternal Behavior in Mice" |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Jonathan Flint (Oxford University, UK)
"Anxiety" |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Kenneth Kendler (Virginia Commonwealth University)
"Psychiatric Genetics" |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Stephen Suomi (NICHD, NIH)
"Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism and Maternal Behavior in Rhesus Monkeys" |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Charles Whitfield (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
"Hereditary & Environmental Influences on Gene Expression and Division of Labor in Honey Bees" |
12:00 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 | CIRCADIAN BEHAVIOR |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Guy Bloch (Hebrew University) & Amita Sehgal (University of Pennsylvania) Introduction to session |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Bambos Kyriacou (University of Leicester)
"Circadian behaviour and natural selection" |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Emmanuel Mignot (Stanford University)
"Sleep, hypocretin, and narcolepsy" |
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm | Jay Hirsh (University of Virginia)
"Clocks, Cocaine and Stress in Drosophila" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS IN MODEL GENETIC SYSTEMS |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: David Queller (Rice University) & Catherine Rankin (University of British Columbia) Introduction to session |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Trudy Mackay (North Carolina State University)
"Quantitative genetics and genomics of Drosophila behavior" |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Mariana Wolfner (Cornell University) "Male seminal proteins modulate mating responses in Drosophila females" |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Josh Dubnau (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories)
"Anatomical Dissection of Memory Phases in Drosophila" |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Joseph Fetcho (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
"Escape Circuits in Zebra Fish" |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | John Crabbe (Oregon Health Sciences University)
"Behavioral Robustness in Mice" |
12:00 am - 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 | THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO GENES & BEHAVIOR |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Felix Breden (Simon Fraser University) & Allen Moore (University of Manchester) Introduction to session |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | David Haig (Harvard University)
"Intragenomic Conflict" |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Kern Reeve (Cornell University)
"Haplodiploidy and Intragenomic Conflict" |
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm | Gerald Wilkinson (University of Maryland)
"Meiotic Drive and Sexual Selection" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Russell Fernald (Stanford University) & Tim Tully (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories) Introduction to session |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Donald Pfaff (Rockefeller University)
"Genetic Influences on Behavioral Chains and Choices in Mice" |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Susan Alberts (Duke University)
"Genes and Baboon Reproduction" |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Scott Edwards (Harvard University)
"Genomic tests of the Hamilton-Zuk Hypothesis in Birds" |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Anneli Hoikkala (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
"Factors affecting male song evolution in Drosophila montana" |
11:30 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
11:55 am - 12:15 pm | Business Meeting |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Devanand Manoli & Bruce Baker (Stanford University) "Casanova or Caveman: The neural substrates of Drosophila courtship behavior" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | COMMUNICATION |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Christine Boake (University of Tennessee) & David Clayton (University of Illinois) Introduction to session |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Lisa Meffert (Rice University)
"Genetic Architecture of Mating Behavior in House Flies" |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Claudio Mello (Oregon Health Sciences University)
"Immediate-Early Genes and Bird Song" |
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm | Kerry Shaw (University of Maryland)
"Genetic Architecture of Mate Recognition in Crickets" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |