| Saturday |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Evolution of Nervous Systems |
| Discussion Leaders: Benjamin de Bivort (Harvard University, USA) and Jessica Fox (Case Western Reserve University, USA) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:35 pm | Fanny de Busserolles (Queensland Brain Institute, Australia)
"From the Surface to the Deep-Sea and Back: Adaptation and Evolutionary History of Dim-Light Vision in Teleosts" |
| 3:35 pm - 3:40 pm | Discussion |
| 3:40 pm - 3:55 pm | Gabriella Wolff (University of Washington, USA)
"Learning from the Past: Evolution of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Learning and Memory Brain Structures" |
| 3:55 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Genetic Tools for Studying Behavior |
| Discussion Leaders: Benjamin de Bivort (Harvard University, USA) and Jessica Fox (Case Western Reserve University, USA) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Eva Fischer (Colorado State University, USA)
"Flexibility and Constraint in the Evolution of Gene Expression and Behavior" |
| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Stefanie Hampel (Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
"A Command-Like Circuit that Elicits Acute or Persistent Motor Outputs in Drosophila" |
| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Benjamin Sandkam (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
"Seeing Across Space and Time: Colour Vision Is Tuned to Mate Preference Across Populations but Not Species" |
| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Sara Stieb (Queensland Brain Institute, Australia)
"How Reef Fish See Their Colourful World: Variability of Visual Pigment Genes in Damselfish (Pomacentridae)" |
| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Brains in Action |
| Discussion Leaders: Benjamin de Bivort (Harvard University, USA) and Jessica Fox (Case Western Reserve University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Lasse Jakobsen (Lund University, Sweden)
"Sensory Motor Integration in Brown Long-Eared Bats (Plecotus auritus): Linking Flight and Echolocation" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Daniel Knebel (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Central Pattern Generators and Higher Motor Centers Interactions" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Marta Rivera-Alba (Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
"The Evolution of Foraging in Drosophilid Larvae: From Video to Simulation" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Lena Veit (University of Tubingen, Germany)
"Neuronal Correlates of Executive Control Functions in the Corvid Brain" |
| 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 | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Life in Academia and Beyond |
| Discussion Leaders: Charuni Gunaratne (Georgia State University, USA) and Ian Hall (Columbia University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm | John Hildebrand (University of Arizona, USA)
"From Big Brass and the Big Bang to Bug Brains and Beyond" |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
