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
Keynote Session: From Ecology to Genomics: Unifying Studies of Speciation
Discussion Leader: Rebecca Safran (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Ake Brannstrom (Umea University, Sweden)
"Eco-Evolutionary Modeling of Diversification and Speciation"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Peter Grant (Princeton University, USA)
"Speciation and Adaptive Radiation"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Rosemary Grant (Princeton University, USA)
"Hybridization and Speciation"
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
Macroevolutionary Patterns and Speciation
Discussion Leader: Katie Peichel (University of Bern, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Daniel Rabosky (University of Michigan, USA)
"The Metapopulation Bridge to Macroevolutionary Speciation Rates"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Marjorie Weber (Michigan State University, USA)
"Species Interactions and Speciation Dynamics: Signatures at the Macroevolutionary Scale?"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Josef Uyeda (Virginia Tech, USA)
"Is Speciation a Cause of Macroevolutionary Patterns of Trait Evolution?"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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 challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Katie Peichel (University of Bern, Switzerland) and Rebecca Safran (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bridging Macroevolutionary Patterns and Microevolutionary Processes
Discussion Leader: Sonal Singhal (California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Nicola Nadeau (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
"How Did the Butterfly Get Its Colour? Using Intraspecific Variation to Understand Macroevolution"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Matt Streisfeld (University of Oregon, USA)
"The Origin and Spread of Pre-Mating Isolation Across Time, Space and Ecology"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Role of Biotic vs. Abiotic Factors in Ecological Speciation
Discussion Leader: Rudiger Riesch (Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Florian Schiestl (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
"Pollinators and Herbivores as Factors Driving Divergent Evolution in Plants"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Michi Tobler (Kansas State University, USA)
"Environmental Stress, Physiological Adaptation, and the Origin of Species"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Christophe Eizaguirre (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom)
"Can Parasites Drive Speciation in Their Vertebrate Hosts?"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
Philipp Brand (University of California, Davis, USA)
"The Role of Genetic Coupling in the Evolution of Perfume-Mediated Reproductive Isolation in Orchid Bees"
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
Sexual Conflict and Sexual Selection as Drivers of Speciation
Discussion Leader: Rhonda Snook (Stockholm University, Sweden)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Erica Larson (University of Denver, USA)
"The Evolution of Hybrid Male Sterility in House Mice"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Tanja Slotte (Stockholm University, Sweden)
"Genomic Signatures of Selection on Genes Involved in Pollen Competition"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Comparing the Genetic and Genomic Factors that Underlie Pre- and Post-Zygotic Isolation
Discussion Leader: Anne Yoder (Duke University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Lila Fishman (University of Montana, USA)
"The Genomics of Adaptation and Speciation in Monkeyflowers"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Darren Irwin (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Analyses of Hybrid Zones Show an Intimate Relationship Between Pre- and Post-Zygotic Isolation"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Michael Nachman (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Pre- and Post-Zygotic Isolation in House Mice"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Unifying Theoretical and Empirical Approaches
Discussion Leader: Sarah Otto (University of British Columbia, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Michael Kopp (Aix-Marseille University, France)
"Modeling Divergence with Gene Flow in Fire Salamanders"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Yoh Iwasa (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
"Rate of Species Creation by Geographic Isolation and Recurrent Migration"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Moving Along the Speciation Continuum
Discussion Leader: Daniel Bolnick (University of Connecticut, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Daniel Matute (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"Seventy Years of Speciation Through Experimental Evolution"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Molly Schumer (Harvard University, USA)
"Natural Selection Shapes the Evolution of Hybrid Genomes and Populations"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Mario Vallejo-Marin (University of Stirling, United Kingdom)
"The Hopeful-Monster Factory: Effect of Whole-Genome Duplication on the Evolutionary Rescue of Sterile Hybrids and the Instantaneous Origin of Species"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
Sean Stankowski (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
"Monkey Flower Genomes Reveal the Tempo of Genomic Landscape Evolution During the First Million Years of Speciation"
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
Keynote Session: New Directions in Speciation Research
Discussion Leader: Roger Butlin (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
James Sobel (Binghamton University, SUNY, USA)
"Shifting Impacts of Reproductive Barriers to Gene Flow During Habitat Divergence: The Neglected Importance of Dispersal in Mediating Isolation"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Jochen Wolf (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
"Beyond Metaphors: Evaluating the Information Content of Genome Scans in the Context of Speciation"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
General Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure