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
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
"Using Experimental Evolution to Understand Adaptation in Outcrossing Species"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"PH-Sensitive Global Regulator Alleles Alter Metabolism and Increase Survival in Experimentally Evolved Escherichia coli Populations"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
"Experimental Evolution of Microbial Mutualists"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Adaptation and Evolutionary Innovations
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Eco-morphological and Behavioral Diversity and Innovation in the Adaptive Radiation of Cichlid Fishes from Lake Tanganyika"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
"Seven New Reference-Quality Side-Necked Turtle Genomes Illuminate Turtle Evolution"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
"Genetic Evolution Caught on the Butterfly Wing"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"Caught in the Act: Initial Stages of Endosymbiotic Evolution in Epithemia"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Evolutionary Genomic Insights into the Accidental Virulence Hypothesis for the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus "
12:10 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
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Rapid Evolutionary Change, Climate and Biodiversity
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"The Genomics of Adaptation and Extinction in the Anthropocene"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
"The Coral Holobiont Evolves in Response to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
"Ancient Viral Epidemics Through the Lens of Adaptation in Host Genomes"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Population & Comparative Genomics
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"How to Tango with Four: Re-evolving Fertility After Whole Genome Duplication"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
"A Blast from the Past: Functional Genomics in 'Living Fossil' Fishes Illuminates Major Transitions and Key Innovations Across Vertebrates"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
"An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Germline Mutation Rate"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"A Complex Mechanism Translating Variation of a Simple Genetic Architecture in Life-Histories"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Exceptionally Strong and Rapidly Fluctuating Selection in Drosophila on Sub-generational Time Scales"
12:10 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
Ecosystems & Community Genomics
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Indirect Genetic Effects in Dyads and Groups of Drosophila Melanogaster"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
"Repeated Adaptation to Cave Environments Through De Novo Mutations and Standing Genetic Variation"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
"Predicted Protein Structures Meet Microbial Population Genetics"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Biodiversity in the Omics Era
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"How California eDNA Grassroots Projects Are Fitting eDNA Monitoring Into Natural Areas Management"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
"Global-Scale Climate Genomics Describes Modulations in Plankton Composition and Gene Expression that Structure the Sunlit Ocean"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
"Conservation of Antiviral Immunity Across Domains of Life"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"Identifying Shifts in Coding Sequence Evolutionary Rates and Gene Expression Accompanying Dietary Transitions in Mammals"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Comparative Population Genomics in Birds Reveals Shared Patterns of Selection and Demography"
12:10 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 - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Evolution of Centromeres and Genome Organization: Insights from Lepidoptera (EMBO Young Investigator Lecture)"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
"Reshuffling of Recombination Frequency and Distribution are Driven by Chromosome Fusions and Fissions in Plants with Repeat-Based Holocentromeres"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
"Mind the Gap - Towards Understanding Hidden Genetic Diversity"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General 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; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Methodological Innovation, Machine Learning and Big Data
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Variation of the Distribution of Fitness Effect Across Animals"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
"Genome-Wide Architecture of Adaptation in Experimentally Evolved Drosophila Characterized by Widespread Pleiotropy"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
"New-Old Methods for Estimating Evolutionary Histories Under the Coalescent"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"Revealing the Genetic Architecture of Highly Variable Guppy Color Patterns with Deep Learning"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Putting the HAL in Haldane"
12:10 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 Future of Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"The Evolution of an Inversion Supergene in Deer Mice"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
"The Evolution of Gene Regulation in the Developing Mammalian Cerebellum"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
General Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"Genomic Models Describe Epidemiological Determinants of Pathogen Evolution"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure