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