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 
	
Evolutionary Innovation in Meiosis 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm 
	
"Crossover Patterning Dynamics Under Chromosome Breaks and Fusions in Holocentric Rhynchospora Species" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm 
	
"Meiotic Segregation in the Holocentric Pantry Moth Plodia Interpunctella  Occurs Through a Unique Center-Kinetic Mechanism Independent of Bivalent Structure" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm 
	
"Meiotic Drive in Drosophila" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm 
	
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm 
	
"Gag-Derived Capsid Genes Prevent Age-Dependent Fertility Decline in Mammals" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
	Monday 
 
 
7:30 am - 8:30 am 
	
Breakfast
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 12:30 pm 
	
Chromosome Segregation and Aneuploidy 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 9:15 am 
	
"Sexually Dimorphic Meiotic Programs Create Specialized Gametes" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:15 am - 9:25 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:25 am - 9:40 am 
	
"Cytoplasmic Kinetochore Filaments Regulate Vesicle Transport in C. Elegans  Oocytes" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:40 am - 9:45 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:45 am - 10:00 am 
	
"Deciphering Chromosome Segregation in Mammalian Eggs" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:00 am - 10:10 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:10 am - 10:25 am 
	
"Decoding the Egg: Determining the Contribution of Kinesin Variants to Egg Aneuploidy" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:25 am - 10:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:30 am - 11:00 am 
	
Coffee Break
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:00 am - 11:15 am 
	
"Mammalian Spermatocytes Have the Capacity to Segregate Chromosomes Despite Centriole Duplication Failure" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:15 am - 11:20 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:20 am - 11:35 am 
	
"The Maintenance of Oocytes in the Mammalian Ovary Involves Extreme Protein Longevity" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:35 am - 11:45 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:45 am - 12:00 pm 
	
"Molecular Mechanisms Mediating Chromosome Stability in Human Eggs" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm 
	
"The SMC-Condensin Subunit NCADP2 is a New Regulator of Prophase I Chromosome Assembly and Homologous Recombination in the Mouse" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm 
	
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 
	
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm 
	
"Evading Ageing: Mitochondrial and Proteostatic Adaptations in Oocytes" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm 
	
"Mechanisms That Maintain Spindle Integrity in Oocytes" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm 
	
"Meiotic Spindle Assembly in Oocytes" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm 
	
"HP1 Interacts with the Chromosomal Passenger Complex to Promote Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Segregation in Drosophila  Oocytes" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm 
	
"Oocyte Meiotic Spindle Translocation Mediated by Organelle Exclusion" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
	Tuesday 
 
 
7:30 am - 8:30 am 
	
Breakfast
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 12:30 pm 
	
Meiotic Chromosome Architecture: Pairing and Synapsis 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 9:15 am 
	
"Meiotic Silencing is Regulated by Gel-Like Phase Separation, but not by Chromatin Synapsis Status" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:15 am - 9:20 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:20 am - 9:35 am 
	
"Pericentromeric Satellite DNA Repeats Stabilize Centromere Pairing Between Homologous Chromosomes During Meiosis" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:35 am - 9:45 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:45 am - 10:00 am 
	
"Targeted Disruption of SYCP1 N-Terminal Self Assembly During Mouse Meiosis" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:00 am - 10:05 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:05 am - 10:20 am 
	
"The Synaptonemal Complex Assembles Between Meiotic Chromosomes Through Adsorption" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:20 am - 10:25 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:25 am - 11:05 am 
	
Group Photo / Coffee Break
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:05 am - 11:20 am 
	
"The Synaptonemal Complex in C. Elegans " 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:20 am - 11:25 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:25 am - 11:40 am 
	
"Holliday Junctions and the Synaptonemal Complex: Partners in the Maintenance of Meiotic Chromosome Synapsis" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:40 am - 11:50 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:50 am - 12:05 pm 
	
"Homologous Interchromosomal Dynamics in Mouse Meiosis" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm 
	
"Investigating Functional Specialization of Meiosis Specific Kleisins and HORMAD Proteins" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm 
	
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 
	
Meiotic Checkpoints and Cell Cycle Regulation 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm 
	
"Understanding Meiosis II Regulation" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm 
	
"New Perspectives on Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation (MSCI) and the Sex Body of the Pachytene Spermatocyte" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm 
	
"The Mechanisms Underlying the Transcriptional Activation of Meiotic Genes by the STRA8-MEIOSIN Complex" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm 
	
"Orchestration of Spatial Signaling and Differentiation: Nutritionally Dependent ERK Signaling and Female Meiosis I Progression" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm 
	
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
	Wednesday 
 
 
7:30 am - 8:30 am 
	
Breakfast
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 12:30 pm 
	
Initiation of Recombination: Induction and Regulation of DSBs 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 9:15 am 
	
"Uncovering Principles and Consequences of Mammalian Recombination Hotspot Evolution by Mapping PRDM9 Binding" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:15 am - 9:20 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:20 am - 9:35 am 
	
"MRE11 Suppresses Germline Mutagenesis at Recombination Hotspots in Mice" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:35 am - 9:40 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:40 am - 9:55 am 
	
"A Sexually Dimorphic Chromatin Landscape May Underlie Heterochiasmy in the Threespine Stickleback Fish" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:55 am - 10:00 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:00 am - 10:15 am 
	
"Histone Methylation is Linked to Crossover Site Designation for Productive Late Prophase I Chromosome Remodeling During C. Elegans  Meiosis" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:15 am - 10:25 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:25 am - 10:55 am 
	
Coffee Break
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:55 am - 11:10 am 
	
"In Vitro Reconstitution of Meiotic DNA Double-Strand-Beak Formation" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:10 am - 11:15 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:15 am - 11:30 am 
	
"Structural and Biochemical Studies of Meiotic Recombination Initiation by SPO11" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:30 am - 11:40 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:40 am - 11:55 am 
	
"Regulating the Sexually Dimorphic Recombination Landscape During C. Elegans  Meiosis" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:55 am - 12:05 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm 
	
"A Molecular Mechanism for Meiotic DSB, Crossover, and Gene Conversion Interference" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm 
	
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 
	
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm 
	
"Enhanced Mutagenicity During Meiosis: The Involvement of DNA Repair and Recombination Genes" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm 
	
"Control and Fidelity of DNA Synthesis During Meiotic Recombination" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm 
	
"Making Dmc1 Run: Mechanism of Dmc1 Activation by Mei5-Sae3" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm 
	
"Anti-Crossover Functions of MMR and ZMM" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm 
	
"The Regulation of Crossover Numbers and Distribution" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm 
	
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; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s) 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 12:30 pm 
	
Control of Number and Distribution of Crossovers 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 9:15 am 
	
"Sex and Strain Differences in the Accumulation of Pro-Crossover Factors During Mouse Prophase I" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:15 am - 9:25 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:25 am - 9:40 am 
	
"Defective Crossover Homeostasis Compromises Chromosome Segregation in Aged Mouse Spermatocytes" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:40 am - 9:45 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:45 am - 10:00 am 
	
"A Maternal Age Effect on Meiosis in C. Elegans " 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:00 am - 10:10 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:10 am - 10:25 am 
	
"Exo1 Protects DNA Nicks from Ligation to Promote Crossover Formation During Meiosis" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:25 am - 10:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:30 am - 11:00 am 
	
Coffee Break
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:00 am - 11:15 am 
	
"Pairing, Patterning and Their Functional Interplay" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:15 am - 11:25 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:25 am - 11:40 am 
	
"Protecting Recombination Intermediates to Ensure Chromosomal Crossing Over During Meiosis" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:40 am - 11:45 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:45 am - 12:00 pm 
	
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm 
	
"Recombination and the Arabidopsis Centromeres" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm 
	
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 
	
Epigenetics and Gene Expression 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm 
	
"Induction of Meiosis in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells by Expression of Regulatory Factors" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm 
	
"Preservation of Ovarian Reserve in Mice Through SKQ1 Treatment" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm 
	
"Divergent Patterns of Meiotic Chromosome Remodeling" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm 
	
"Protein Complex Assembly in Meiotic Cells" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm 
	
"SETX is A Master Transcriptional Mediator During Meiotic Prophase" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
	Friday 
 
 
7:30 am - 8:30 am 
	
Breakfast
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am 
	
Departure