Schedule of Events

8:30-9:15 Breakfast

9:15-9:30 Yaniv Brandvain, PMB

"A tour of genomic conflicts"

9:30-10:00 Nels Elde

"Evolutionary innovations from biological collisions between microbes and their hosts"

10:00-10:30 Sarah Anderson, PMB

"Analysis of transposon expression provides insights into TE-genome conflicts in maize"

10:30-11:00 Coffee

11:00-11:30 Erin Kelleher

"Host tolerance of invading transposable elements"

11:30-12:00 Amanda Larracuente

"Meiotic drive and satellite DNA in Drosophila melanogaster"

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Jennifer Mandel

"Plant organellar genomes: heteroplasmy and its evolutionary consequences"

1:30-2:00 Will Driscoll, EEB

"Social conflict during the experimental evolution of multicellularity "

2:00-2:15 Coffee

2:15-2:30 Will Harcombe, EEB, BTI

"Systems biology and eco-evolutionary feedbacks in microbial communities"

2:30-3:30 Harmit Malik

"Genetic conflicts shape meiosis and species"

3:30-4:30 Reception