Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Genetic Drivers of Adaptive Radiations
Discussion Leader: Ben Moran (Stanford University, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm
Walter Salzburger (Zoological Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland)
"The Dynamics of Adaptive Radiation in African Cichlid Fishes"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Genes and Ecosystems: Genomics Across Scales
Discussion Leader: Alicja Witwicka (Queen Mary University of London / UCL, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Rachel Steward (Lund University, Sweden)
"Adaptive Transcriptional Changes Underlying Plastic and Evolved Niche Shifts"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Skyler Berardi (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Probing the Genomic Architecture and Agents of Selection Underlying Rapid Adaptation of D. Melanogaster Pigmentation"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Leslie Kollar (Michigan State University, United States)
"Breakpoint Mutations Drive the Evolution of Adaptive Chromosome Inversions in the Yellow Monkey Flower, Mimulus Guttatus "
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Ekaterina Osipova (Harvard University, United States)
"Convergent and Lineage-Specific Genomic Changes Contribute to Adaptations in Nectar-Taking Birds"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Adaptation in the Anthropocene
Discussion Leader: Leon Hilgers (Senckenberg Institute, Frankfurt, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Clare Abreu (Stanford University, United States)
"Strong Environmental Memory Revealed by Experimental Evolution in Static and Fluctuating Environments"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
M. Elise Lauterbur (University of Arizona, United States)
"Genomic Signals of Disease Adaptation Reflect Ecological Drivers of Pathogen Exposure"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Jukka-Pekka Verta (University of Helsinki, Finland)
"A Complex Mechanism Translating Variation of a Simple Genetic Architecture in Life-Histories"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Carla Bautista (Université Laval, Canada)
"The Genomic Landscape of Hybridization with Increased Genomic Instability"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Frontiers in Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics
Discussion Leader: Sarah Frail (Stanford Universty, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Wouter van der Bijl (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Revealing the Genetic Architecture of Highly Variable Guppy Color Patterns with Deep Learning"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Pablo Cárdenas R. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Genomic Models Describe Epidemiological Determinants of Pathogen Evolution"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
