Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 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
Challenges and Opportunities
Discussion Leader: Ake Brannstrom (Umea University, Sweden)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Ulf Dieckmann (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria)
"Adaptive Speciation"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Axel Meyer (University of Konstanz, Germany)
"Genomics
of Adaptation and Speciation in the Repeated Radiations
of Cichlid Fishes"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Kerry Shaw (Cornell University, USA)
"Preference Behavior and Speciation"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Behaviour, Sexual Selection, and Speciation
Discussion Leader: Tamra Mendelson (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader: The Link Between Sexual Selection and Reproductive Isolation Is Not Straightforward
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Brian Langerhans (North Carolina State University, USA)
"More than Mate Choice: Postmating Sexual Selection and Prezygotic Reproductive Isolation"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Mike Ritchie (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
"Genomic Signatures of Sexual Selection in Speciation"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Maria Servedio (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"Patterns of Divergence over Time: The Effects of Mate Choice Mechanisms"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Rebecca Safran (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Mechanisms of Reproductive Isolation
Discussion Leader: Daniel Matute (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader: The Genetic Basis of Reproductive Isolation
6:20 pm - 6:50 pm
Florence Debarre (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France)
"A Null Model of Speciation by Reproductive Isolation"
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:40 pm
Robin Hopkins (Harvard University, USA)
"Evolution of Mate Recognition... in Plants"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Introgression and Hybrid Speciation
Session in memory of Richard Harrison.
Discussion Leader: Sean Mullen (Boston University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Hybrid Zones and the Evolutionary Process
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Erik Dopman (Tufts University, USA)
"Genetics of Total Isolation Reproduction"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Carole Smadja (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France)
"Genomics of Reinforcement in the House Mouse"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Scott Taylor (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
"Natural Selection and the Maintenance of Species Boundaries in Hybridizing Birds"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
Simon Martin (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Selection Against Introgression Shapes Species Boundaries Among Heliconius Butterflies"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Explaining Patterns of Species Richness
Discussion Leader: Michael Alfaro (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Reconciling Diverse Perspectives on Species Richness Dynamics: Progress and Challenges
6:20 pm - 6:50 pm
Tiago Quental (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"Paleontological Perspective on Biodiversity and Speciation Dynamics"
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:40 pm
Helene Morlon (Ecole Normale Superieure, France)
"Recent Developments in Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and Their Implications for Our Understanding of Species Richness Patterns"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sources of Divergent Selection
Discussion Leader: Martine Maan (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader: The Explanatory Power of Extrinsic Factors
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Katie Wagner (University of Wyoming, USA)
"On Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Factors as Drivers of Divergence"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Pim Edelaar (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain)
"Divergent Selection Pressures and Then What? Population Versus Individual Solutions, and What It Might Mean for Reproductive Isolation"
10:35 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:20 am
Coffee Break
11:20 am - 11:50 am
Sander van Doorn (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"All Sources of Divergent Selection Are Equal (but Some of Its Targets Are More Equal than Others)"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Experimental Approaches to Speciation
Discussion Leader: Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos (University of Queensland, Australia)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Constraints and Drivers of Speciation
6:20 pm - 6:50 pm
Rowan Barrett (McGill University, Canada)
"Testing Ecological Barriers to Speciation: A Case Study in Anolis Lizards"
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:40 pm
Daven Presgraves (University of Rochester, USA)
"Sex Chromosomes, Conflict, and Complex Speciation in Drosophila "
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
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
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advances in Speciation Genomics
Discussion Leader: Patrik Nosil (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Genomic Insights into the Dynamics of Speciation
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Philine Feulner (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland)
"Whitefish Genomics: Divergence of Large Duplicated Genomes"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Zach Gompert (Utah State University, USA)
"Hybridization and the Genomics of Speciation"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Cheng-Ruei Lee (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
"Genomic Variation in Arabidopsis thaliana : Ice-Age Relicts Versus Global Weed"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
Jonna Kulmuni (University of Helsinki, Finland)
"Haplodiploids Offer a Window into Processes of Speciation that Are Hidden in Diploids"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Integrative Perspectives
Discussion Leader: Ole Seehausen (Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Switzerland)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Breaking Limits on the Rapid Origins of Large Species Richness
6:20 pm - 6:50 pm
Trevor Price (University of Chicago, USA)
"Limits on Rates of Evolution of Reproductive Isolation, and of Speciation"
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:40 pm
Dmitry Filatov (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Are 'Adaptive Radiations' Adaptive?"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure