SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | INTRODUCTION TO GENES AND BEHAVIOR |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Robert Hitzemann (Oregon Health & Science University)
Introduction to conference |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leaders: Trudy Mackay (North Carolina State University) & Robert Gerlai (University of Toronto)
Introduction to session |
7:50 pm - 8:15 pm | Steve Arnold (Oregon State University)
"Genetics and Evolution" |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Jonathan Flint (Oxford University)
"Behavior in a Model Genetic System" |
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm | Andy Sih (University of California at Davis)
"Behavioral Syndromes: An Integrative Overview" |
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leaders: Mike Ritchie (University of St. Andrews) & Felix Breden (Simon Fraser University)
Introduction to session |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Michelle Arbeitman (University of Southern California)
"Drosophila Genes and Behavior - The Power of a Model Organism" |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | David Clayton (University of Illinois)
"Genomic Influences on Complex Social Interactions - Unraveling Bird Song" |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Mark Blows (University of Queensland)
"Genetics of Interacting Phenotypes - Chemical Communication and Courtship in Drosophila serrata" |
10:55 am - 11:20 am | Chris Thompson (University of Manchester)
"Genetics of Cooperation - Searching for Social Genes in Distyostelim" |
11:20 am - 11:45 am | Elizabeth Hammock (Vanderbilt University)
"Genetics and Monogamy of Voles" |
11:45 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 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | LEARNING AND MEMORY |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leaders: Steven de Belle (University of Nevada) & Brian Smith (Ohio State University)
Introduction to session |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Frederick Mery (University of Fribourg)
"Experimental Evolution of Learning Ability in Drosophila melanogaster: Benefits and Fitness Costs of Learning" |
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Ikue Mori (Nagoya University)
"Molecular Dissection and Neural Regulation of Learning and Memory" |
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Abraham Palmer (Columbia University)
"Use of Genetic Selection and Gene Expression Analysis to Identify Genes and Behaviors Associated with Fear Learning in Mice" |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Christina Alberini (Mt Sinai School of Medicine)
"Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Memory Stabilization in the Rat" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PERSONALITY AND TEMPERAMENT |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leaders: Doug Wahlsten (University of Windsor) & Bill Iacono (University of Minnesota)
Introduction to session |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Judy Cameron (Oregon Health & Science University)
"Heritability of Temperamental Characteristics in Primates" |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | Andrew Holmes (NIAAA)
"Genetic Modulation of Stress and Drug Abuse in Mice" |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Samuel Gosling (University of Texas at Austin)
"A Comparative Approach to Personality Research: Dogs, Chimpanzees, Hyenas, and Humans" |
10:55 am - 11:20 am | Alison Bell (University of Illinois)
"Causes and Consequences of Variation in Behavioral Syndromes" |
11:20 am - 11:45 am | Hill Goldsmith (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"Risk Factors for Anxiety in Impulsivity in Human Children" |
11:45 am - 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 | EXPERIENCE, DEVELOPMENT, AND GENE EXPRESSION |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leaders: Bill Greenough (University of Illinois) & Mario de Bono (Cambridge University)
Introduction to session |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Cathy Rankin (University of British Columbia)
"Alterations in Early Experience Lead to Alterations in Adult Behavior and Glutamate Receptor Expression in C.elegans" |
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Alison Fleming (University of Toronto)
"Plasticity in the Maternal Circuit: Effects of Early Pre-weaning Experiences on Mothering and on Brain Structure and Function" |
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Joel Levine (University of Toronto)
"Experience and the Circadian Clock" |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Adele Diamond (University of British Columbia)
"Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Expression of Cognitive Abilities Dependent on the Prefrontal Cortex" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | GENE NETWORKS AND BEHAVIOR |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leaders: Eric Schadt (Rosetta Inpharmatics) & Tamara Phillips (Oregon Health & Science University)
Introduction to session |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Ralph Greenspan (The Neurosciences Institute)
"Behavior, Genetic Context, and Epistasis" |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | Jason Wolf (University of Manchester)
"Social Environment and Complex Genetic Interactions" |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Elissa Chesler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
"Gene to Phenotype Networks for Brain and Behavior" |
10:55 am - 11:20 am | Katie Kindt (University of California - San Diego)
"Combining behavioral assays with in vivo imaging to investigate the role of dopamine in a simple form of learning in C. elegans" |
11:20 am - 11:45 am | Rob Williams (University of Tennessee - Memphis)
"The Value of Reference Populations in the Integration of Behavior and Gene Expression" |
11:45 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 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | DATA BLITZ |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leaders: Robert Anholt (North Carolina State University) & John Crabbe (Oregon Health & Science University)
Introduction to session |
| This session will include 10-12 five minute presentations chosen from poster topics and 3 twenty minute presentations of high impact studies reported by junior investigators since the first conference. |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES: GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leaders: Hans Hoffman (Harvard University) & John Ewer (Cornell University)
Introduction to session |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Doug Emlen (University of Montana)
"Developmental Basis for Male Dimorphism in the Expression of Beetle Horns" |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | Karla Kaun (University of Toronto)
"Catalyzing Change: Coupling Foraging Behavior to the Environment via cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinases" |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Greg Velicer (Max Planck Institute - Tubingen)
"Evolution of a Obligate Social Cheater to a Superior Cooperator" |
10:55 am - 11:20 am | Annelie Persson (MRB - Cambridge)
"Reprogramming of Foraging Behavior in C elegans by Experience and Evolution" |
11:20 am - 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 | COMMON THREADS |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Gene Robinson (University of Illinois) & all Discussion Leaders from Sessions 1-8
Introduction to session |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Allen Moore (University of Manchester)
"Common Threads: Perspectives from a Evolutionary Biologist" |
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Ken Kendler (Virginia Commonwealth University)
"Common Threads - Perspectives from a Human Geneticist" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |