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Program Symposium: Molecular Evolution in Social Insects: Insights from the Synergy of Natural History, Diversity, and Genomics

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Auditorium 1 (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Amy L. Toth
Sandra Rehan


1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:33 PM
1786
Evolution of sociality in termites: A synergistic approach from ecology to genomics
Judith Korb, University of Freiburg
1:50 PM
1787
DNA methylation in termites
Karl Glastad, Georgia Institute of Technology
2:07 PM
1788
Maternal manipulation, DNA methylation and neuroplasticity in a subsocial bee
Sandra Rehan, University of New Hampshire
2:24 PM
1789
The genetic basis of a social polymorphism in the halictid bee, Lasioglossum albipes
Sarah D. Kocher, Harvard University ; Benjamin E Rubin, Princeton University
2:41 PM
1790
Molecular mechanisms of social plasticity in bees
Karen Kapheim, Utah State University
2:58 PM
1791
It's all about balance: Evidence of balancing selection in advanced and primitively social bees
Amro Zayed, York University
3:15 PM
Break
3:31 PM
1792
Molecular basis of key innovations in social evolution
Seirian Sumner, University of Bristol ; Daisy Taylor, University of Bristol
3:48 PM
1797
Genome evolution in social insects
Michael AD. Goodisman, Georgia Institute of Technology
4:05 PM
1794
The impact of mutualism on genome evolution in plant-ants and their endosymbiotic bacteria
Benjamin E Rubin, Field Museum of Natural History
4:22 PM
1795
The ecology of a social chromosome
Jessica Purcell, University of Lausanne
4:39 PM
1796
The fire ant sex locus
John Wang, Academia Sinica
4:56 PM
1793
Parasite manipulation of host social behavior in paper wasps: Can a genetic toolkit be hijacked by a parasite?
Amy Geffre, Iowa State University ; Amy L. Toth, Iowa State University
5:13 PM
1798
Exploring the role of 'hub' genes in the regulation of animal personalities
Mark Fitzpatrick, University of Toronto
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