The Speciation GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
This two-day meeting is followed by the Gordon Research Conference on Speciation co-chaired by Dan Bolnick, Jonna Kulmuni, and Rike Stelkens, and participants are strongly encouraged to attend both meetings.
Integration and synthesizing across a variety of systems and approaches in modern speciation research has been an important focus of the past meetings and will continue to be in this edition. In particular, this meeting will place emphasis on bringing together biologists that study detailed proximate / mechanistic processes (e.g., genetic, developmental, neurobiological, physiological, ecological) that are pertinent to our understanding of speciation with biologists who primarily focus on speciation and macroevolution. By bringing together researchers who study proximate mechanisms of divergence and researchers who study ultimate outcomes for biodiversity, we hope to broaden the speciation research community while generating new insights and collaborations.
Application Instructions
The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.
The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by November 24, 2024. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Information section above.
Program Format
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC. The GRS opens with a 1-hour introductory session on Saturday afternoon, followed by a poster session, dinner and a 2-hour session in the evening. Sunday morning begins with breakfast and is followed by another 2-hour session, a second poster session, and lunch. A final 1-hour session takes place just after lunch, and the associated GRC begins later that evening.
