SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Life After sequencing: What can be done with all that data? |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Hiitzmann (University of Oregon Health Sciences Center) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Jonathan Flint (Wellcome Trust Centre, Oxford)
"Insights from complete genome sequence of multiple mouse inbred strains into the molecular basis of behavioural variation" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | David M. Miller III (Vanderbilt University)
"Genomic Approaches to synaptic plasticity and behavior in C.elegans" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 10:30 am | Junior Scientist Talks |
| Discussion Leaders: Justin Rhodes (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Alison Bell (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | TBA (to be chosen from GRS participants) |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | TBA (to be chosen from GRS participants) |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | TBA (to be chosen from GRS participants) |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Data Blitz |
11:00 am - 11:45 am |
5-minute talks chosen from Poster Sessions:
- Xiangjun Tian
- Rebekah Dutton
- Molly Kent
- Eliabeth Cash
- Brent Horton
- Maia Benner
- Seth Ament
- Xingguo Zheng
- Magnus Elfwing
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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 I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Quantitative Genome Wide Analyses |
| Discussion Leaders: Jill Bettinger (Virginia Commonwealth University) and TBA |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Kerry Shaw (Cornell University)
"Comparative genomics in crickets" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Asher Cutter (University of Toronto)
"Understanding natural genetic variation in temperature-dependent behaviors in Caenorhabditis briggsae" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:00 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Connecting Genes and Functions |
| Discussion Leaders: John Crabbe (Oregon Health Sciences Center) and Steve DeBelle (DART) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Lisa Stowers (Scripps Research Institute)
"Specialized odors that promote stereotyped behaviors in the mouse" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Chris Li (CCNY)
"Knocking out Neuropeptide Gene Families in C.elegans" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Ryan Bogdan (Duke University/Washington University in St. Louis)
"A Neurogenetics Approach to Understanding Individual Differences in Brain, Behavior and Risk for Psychopathology" |
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 | Epigenetic Transmission of Behavioral Traits |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Christian Schaaf (Baylor College of Medicine)
"Neuropsychiatric Phenotypes of Altered Cholinergic Neurotransmission" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Robert Bonasio (NYU)
"What can ants teach us about epigenetics?" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | What did we learn about behavior from sequencing our organism's genomes? |
| Discussion Leader: Donna Maney (Emory University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Gene Robinson (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
"cis-Regulatory codes for social behavior" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Hans Hofmann (University of Texas at Austin)
"Molecular Universals Underlying Social Evolution of Vertebrates and Beyond" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | David Clayton (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
"What we've learned about song learning (and other stuff) from the songbird genome" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Behavioral EvoDevo |
| Discussion Leader: Darcy Kelley (Columbia University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Rhonda Snook (University of Sheffield, England)
"Sexual selection and rapid molecular evolution" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Marla Sokolowski (University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada)
"The foraging gene: Gene-environment interdependencies in behavior" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Decoding Sequenced Genomes |
| Discussion Leaders: David Goldman (NIH) and Abraham Palmer (University of Chicago) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Mariana Wolfner (Cornell University) |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Christina Barr (NIH/NIAAA)
"Using Primate Comparative Genomics to Identify Risk Alleles for the Addictions - Relevance to Adaptation and G x E interactions" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Desmond Smith (UCLA)
"The genetic circuitry of learning and memory in mice" |
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 III |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Evolution of Ion Channels and Behavior |
| Discussion Leaders: Yehuda Ben-Shahar (Washington University at St. Louis) and Susanne Schmid (University of Western Ontario) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Harold Zakon (University of Texas, Austin)
"Rapid Evolution of sodium channel genes correlates with diversity of communication signals" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Ashlee Rowe (University of Texas, Austin)
"No pain, big gain: co-evolution between bark scorpion pain-inducing neurotoxins and grasshopper mice nociceptors" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |