Butterflies as Genomic Models in Ecology and Evolution
Two day conference at the University of Exeter
A Research Services research event | |
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Date | 27 - 28 July 2017 |
Time | 9:00 to 17:30 |
Place | Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, UK |
Provider | Research Services |
Organizer | Dr Alexander Hayward, Dr Konrad Lohse, Professor Richard ffrench-Constant, Professor Mark Blaxter |
Event details
Event information
This two day workshop will be centred on addressing the challenges involved in whole genome sequencing, to achieve novel high impact insights in ecology and evolution using butterflies as a model system. It will feature presentations from leading international research groups in the field, providing examples of how the power of massive genomic data sets can be harnessed to tackle fundamental questions in evolutionary ecology.
Programme
Thursday 27 July
Time | Speaker/s | Topic |
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09.00 - 09.15 | Dr Alex Hayward, University of Exeter, UK | Welcome and introduction |
SESSION 1: RESOURCES AND METHODS Chair: Dr Alex Hayward | ||
09.15 - 10.10 | Professor Mark Blaxter, Dr Richard Challis, and Dr Suraj Kumar, University of Edinburgh, UK | LepBase: a community database for lepidopteran genomics |
10.10 - 10.30 | Dr Kumar Singh, University of Exeter, UK | Genome sequencing of the highly heterozygous African Queen butterfly, Danaus chryssipus |
10.30 - 11.00 | Tea break | |
11.00 - 11.35 | Mark Thornber, Pacific Biosciences | Long read SMRT sequencing - addressing the challenges involved in whole genome sequencing |
11.35 - 12.10 | Dr Alvaro Martinez Barrio, 10X Genomics | 10X ecological genomics |
12.10 - 13.10 | Lunch break | |
SESSION 2: SUPERGENES AND MIMICRY Chair: Dr Konrad Lohse | ||
13.10 - 14.00 | Dr Krushnamegh Kunte, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India | The evolution and genetics of an iconic adaptation: a population genomics tale in 40 parts |
14.00 - 14.20 | Emma Curran, University of Sheffield, UK | The genetic architecture of iridescence in Heliconius butterflies |
14.20 - 14.30 | Short break | |
14.30 - 15.20 | Professor Haruhiko Fujiwara, University of Tokyo, Japan | Molecular biological and genomics approach to reveal the genetic mechanism and evolution of Batesian mimicry supergene in Papilio butterflies |
15.20 - 15.50 | Tea break | |
SESSION 3: SEX CHROMOSOMES Chair: Professor Richard ffrench-Constant | ||
15.50 - 16.40 | Dr Beatriz Vicoso, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria | Sex chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera |
16.40 - 17.00 | Dr Virpi Ahola, University of Helsinki, Finland | Sex chromosome dosage compensation in Melitaea cinxia |
17.00 - 17.10 | Short break | |
17.10 - 18.00 | Dr Simon Martin, University of Cambridge, UK | Suppressed recombination in the African Queen hybrid zone and the origin of a neo-W |
18.00 - 18.20 | Dr Petr Nguyen, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic | Neo-sex chromosomes in Lepidoptera: rule or exception |
Friday 28 July
SESSSION 4: BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS Chair: Dr Karl Wotton | ||
09.00 - 09.50 | Dr Richard Merrill, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich, Germany | Genetic dissection of assortative mating behaviour |
09.50 - 10.40 | Professor Adriana Briscoe, University of California, Irvine, USA | Sexual dimorphism and retinal mosaic diversification following the evolution of a violet receptor in butterflies |
10.40 - 11.10 | Tea break | |
11.10 - 12.00 | Dr Marcus Kronforst, University of Chicago, USA | Exploring the genetic basis of herbivory between butterflies and their host plants |
12.00 - 12.20 | Dirleane Ottonelli Rossato, University of Sheffield, UK | Evolution of morphological traits in Nymphalidae with emphasis on dispersion |
12.20 - 13.20 | Lunch break | |
SESSION 5: SPECIATION Chair: Professor Mark Blaxter | ||
13.20 - 14.10 | Professor Jim Mallet, Harvard University, USA | Heliconius butterfly genomics is messing up our understanding of species |
14.10 - 15.00 | Dr Niclas Backstroem, University of Uppsala, Sweden | Genomic approaches to investigate adaptation, speciation and karyotype evolution in wood-white (Leptidea) butterflies |
15.00 - 15.30 | Tea break | |
15.30 - 16.00 | Dr Konrad Lohse, University of Edinburgh, UK | Are speciation islands real? A test in Heliconius butterflies |
16.00 - 16.50 | Dr Mathieu Joron, University of Montpellier, France | The ecology of chromosomal inversions: introgression, demography, and the maintenance of polymorphism |
16.50 - 17.10 | Dr Casper Breuker, Oxford Brookes University, UK | Divergent patterns of early embryogenesis in butterflies; characterising standing genetic variation and signatures of selection of developmental genes in an ecological context |
17.10 | Discussion and closing remarks |
Registration
Please email requests for attendance, and presentation titles/abstracts (up to 150 words), by 20th June to: exeterbutterflies@gmail.com
Successful requests for attendance and presentations will be notified by 27th June.
Please visit the university accommodation web page if you would to book accommodation on campus.
Hosted by the Centre for Ecology and Conservation on 27 and 28 July 2017
Location:
Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, UK