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 Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: From Long Term Laboratory Evolution to Life Elsewhere
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm
"Stellar UV Light and the Origins of Life's Building Blocks"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm
"Dynamics of Phenotypic and Genomic Evolution in a Long-Term Experiment with E. coli "
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Evolutionary Dynamics and Predicting Evolution
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Phylogenetic Forecasting"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Coevolutionary Dynamics in the Adaptive Immune System"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Observing Evolutionary Dynamics with Renewable Lineage Tracking"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:15 am
"Global Fitness Landscapes of the Shine-Dalgarno Sequence"
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"The Evolution of Fitness Effects in a Long-Term Experiment with Bacteria"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
"Mapping Genome Microevolution in a Human Fungal Pathogen"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
"Noisy Expression Leads to Faster Adaptive Evolution in a Fluorescent Protein"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
The Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
"Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Transcription Circuit Evolution"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
"Predicting Mutational Routes to New Adaptive Phenotypes"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
"Additional Layer of Regulation via Convergent Gene Orientation in Yeasts"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"Single Cell Tracking of Transcription Factor Dynamics in a Eukaryotic Bistable System"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mechanisms of Speciation and Genetic Divergence
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"The Genomic and Metabolic Making of Yeast Biodiversity"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 10:00 am
"A Tail of Tales: The Genetics, Development and Function of Long Tails in Forest Mice"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am
"An Adaptive Gene Expression Program Activated by a Pervasive Protein-Based Epigenetic Element"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:15 am
"Gene Transfer Across Bacterial Subspecies Rapidly Navigates a Complex Fitness Landscape"
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"The Nad+-Dependent Deacetylase Sir2 Enables Evolutionary Adaptations by Regulating Distinct Gene"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
"Extensive Loss of Cell Cycle and DNA Repair Genes in an Ancient Lineage of Bipolar Budding Yeasts"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
"Mosaic Evolution of Bacterial Life Cycles"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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 - 7:50 pm
"Pax Somatica: Sequestration of the Soma as a Conflict-Resolution Device"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Dissecting the Role of Aneuploidy During Tumor Evolution"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Evolution of Unstable Genomes: One Step, Two Steps and Many Steps"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"Experimental Evolution in Diploid Yeast Using Ultrahigh Resolution Barcodes"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"Phenotypic Commonality in Genetically Heterogeneous Aneuploid Cells"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metabolic Evolution and Chemical Innovation
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Leveraging Metabolic Plasticity for Industrial-Scale Production of Green Chemicals"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Impacts of Natural Selection on the Metabolome"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Gene Duplication and Divergence: The Bigger Picture"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:15 am
"Directed Evolution of Extreme Resistance to Ionizing Radiation in Escherichia coli "
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"Feed-Forward Regulation Adaptively Evolves via Dynamics Rather than Topology when There Is Intrinsic Noise"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
"Gradual Incompatibility and Entrenchment Lead to Distinct Molecular Solutions During Parallel Enzyme Evolution"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
"Secondary Environmental Variation Creates a Shifting Evolutionary Watershed for the Methyl-Parathion Hydrolase Enzyme"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Protein Evolution: Altering the Structure and Function of Molecular Machines
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Evolutionary Constraints in Metabolism"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Mapping the Antigenic Evolution of Influenza Virus"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Engineering Orthogonal Signaling Pathways Reveals the Sparse Occupancy of Sequence Space"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"A Shared Non-Canonical Substrate Facilitates the Evolution of Drug Export in the Small Multidrug Resistance (Smr) Family of Transporters"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"Many but Not All Lineage-Specific Genes Can Be Explained by Limited Sensitivity of Homology Detection"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Genome Evolution: Mechanisms and Forces that Change Genome Structure
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"The Impact of Genome Instability on Adaptation and Antifungal Drug Resistance"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Genetic Determinants of Cooperation in Yeast"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"The Dynamics of Innovation in Digital Genomes"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:15 am
"wtf Meiotic Drivers Select for Atypical Meiotic Products"
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"Evolutionary Adaptation to DNA Replication Stress Reveals Plasticity in Chromosome Metabolism"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
"The Role of Aneuploidy in Adaptive Evolution"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
"Single-Cell Copy Number Variant Detection Reveals the Dynamics and Diversity of Adaptation"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
The Evolution of Disease and the Molecular Basis of Hosts-Pathogen Coevolution
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Bacteria Colonising the Gut"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"An Evolution Guided Approach to Enhance Antiviral Specificity"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Transitions in Fungal Sexual Reproduction via Genome Reorganization"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"Oral Vaccines Can Set an Evolutionary Trap for Salmonella Typhimurium"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"Competition for Iron in Legionella and Their Amoeba Hosts: A New Model of Host-Microbe Co-Evolution"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure