Program
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schedule
π€ = short talk, β‘ = lightning talk, ποΈ = keynote
Time Speaker Affiliation Presentation
8:00 β /β Registration and Breakfast
8:25 π Joe Parker and Matt Pennell Welcome to SCalE Meeting 2024!
8:30 π€ Julia Schwartzman USC Collectives as a unit of eco-evolutionary dynamics for marine bacteria
8:45 π€ Jacob Steenwyck UCB Innovation, constraint, and the evolution of genetic networks
9:00 π€ Karin Kram CSUDH SspA Plays a Large Role in Evolution of Escherichia coli in Long-Term CulturesΒ
9:15 β‘ Richard Wolff UCLA Pervasive selective sweeps across human gut microbiomes
9:20 β‘ Philip Woods Caltech Convergence and horizontal gene transfer drive the evolution of anaerobic methanotrophy in archaea
9:25 ποΈ Alexei Aravin Caltech The battles and cooperation between selfish genomic elements and host defense systemsΒ
9:55 β‘ Peiwei Chen Caltech Adaptive piRNA pathway tuning tames recently expanded selfish genes
10:00 β/πͺ§ Coffee and Posters
10:45 π€ Tom Naragon Caltech The entangling of the bank
11:00 π€ Janis Liu USC Error rates in QST vs. FST comparisons depend on genetic architecture
11:15 π€ Chris Fiscus UCI Landscape genomics and mutational load in Vitis arizonica
11:30 β‘ Daniel Olivares-Cordero USC Dysbiosis response in coral based on symbiont transmission mode
11:35 β‘ Tyler Inskeep UCR Quantifying the strength of natural selection on nematode gene expression
11:40 β‘ Dongmin (Ryan) Son UCSB X Chromosome Promoter Methylation and CpG Density in Mammalian Genomes
11:45 ποΈ Joe Parker Caltech The cellular substrate of evolutionary novelty
12:15 π―/π Lunch, networking, and chance to view posters
1:15 π€ Ilan Goldstein USC Loci that interact with fitness are widespread throughout the yeast genome
1:30 π€ Arun Durvasula USC Accurate inference of population history in the presence of background selection
1:45 π€ Chenlu Di UCLA Inference of fitness effects of mutations in non-coding regions of the human genome
2:00 β‘ Matt Pennell USC Unifying approaches from statistical genetics and phylogenetics for mapping phenotypes in structured populations
2:05 β‘ Jen-Yu Wang UCI How do structural variants evolve in Drosophila melanogaster populations?
2:10 β‘ Ugbad Farah UCSD Adaptive evolution of Nannochloropsis oceanica in multiple resource environments
2:15 ποΈ Doc Edge USC Revisiting Lewontin: Heritability within groups is uninformative about differences among groups
2:45 β/πͺ§ Coffee and Posters
3:30 π€ Diana Aguilar Gomez UCLA Genetic Rescue, Selection, and Conservation: Insights from Floridaβs Puma Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis
3:45 π€ Chris Clark UCR Behavioral Genomics of a hummingbird hybrid zone
4:00 π€ Rex (Daohan) Jiang USC Genetic and selective constraints on the optimization of gene product diversity
4:15 β‘ Alex McElwee-Adame SDSU Evolutionary history and rhizosphere community dynamics during domestication in hops (Humulus lupulus L.)
4:20 β‘ James Fifer UCSD Genetic history of a human specialist mosquito
4:25 β‘ Jennalyn Resendez UCR Variation in centromere size between and within species of Formica ants determined from whole-genome sequencing data
4:30 ποΈ Carly Kenkel USC Ecological genomics of Caribbean acroporids in light of a demographic catastrophe
5:00 Meeting Adjourned
Posters
# Presenter Affiliation Presentation
1 πͺ§ Harsh Shukla UCI Roles of Transposable Elements in rewiring 3D genome architecture
2 πͺ§ Kayla Ly UCI The genetic architecture of transposable element-mediated heterochromatin formation in Drosophila melanogaster
3 πͺ§ Zita Gao UCI Long-range spatial interactions of transposable elements impose trans epigenetic effects
4 πͺ§ Mariana Harris UCLA Enrichment of hard sweeps on the X chromosome compared to autosomes in six Drosophila species
5 πͺ§ Shawn Yang USC Building chromosome regions to study genetics between genera
6 πͺ§ Tyler Inskeep UCR Quantifying the strength of natural selection on nematode gene expression
7 πͺ§ Diane Nguyen UCR Shifts in Seed Morphology: Insights from Half a Century of Evolution in Barley
8 πͺ§ Katalin Voss USC Using simulations to assess the performance of methods for B-cell clonal family assignment
9 πͺ§ Yixin Zhu USC A Comprehensive Evaluation of Long-read Whole-Genome Assembly Quality in the Immunoglobulin (IG) Loci Across Diverse Vertebrate Species
10 πͺ§ Jen-Yu Wang UCI The Evolution Trends of Structural Variants at A Large Population Scale
11 πͺ§ Jonathan Mah UCLA Inference of the demographic histories and selective effects of human gut commensal microbiota over the course of human history
12 πͺ§ Brennan Silva UCR The distribution of chromosomal rearrangements in Clarkia, section Myxocarpa
13 πͺ§ Joani Viliunas Caltech Evolutionary entrenchment of a myrmecophilous lifestyle: the metabolic basis of obligate parasitism in rove beetles
14 πͺ§ Can Li Caltech Study of the Developing Enteric Nervous System in Zebrafish
15 πͺ§ Rajesh Neupane UCR Understanding Genetic Basis of Adaptation of Wild Sunflowers in Southern California
16 πͺ§ Leila Lin UCI Prevalent fast evolution of genes involved in heterochromatin functions
17 πͺ§ Maria Elena de Bellard CSUN A Molecular Approach to Elasmobranch Nociception
18 πͺ§ Linlin Liu UCR Wind vs. Gravity: How Seed Dispersal Modes Affect the Level of Gene Flow Among Alpine Plants
19 πͺ§ Philip Woods Caltech Convergence and horizontal gene transfer drive the evolution of anaerobic methanotrophy in archaea
20 πͺ§ Dennis Manjaly Joshy UCSB Accelerated Cell type Evolution in the Human Brain
21 πͺ§ Alex Sumarli UCR Exploring genomic divergence between two sympatric stickleback ecotypes
22 πͺ§ Jennalyn Resendez UCR Variation in centromere size between and within species of Formica ants determined from whole-genome sequencing data
23 πͺ§ Daniel Pierce UCR The Genetic Architecture of Reproductive Barriers and Sexual Signals in Hybridizing Warblers
24 πͺ§ Nadje Najar UCR Genetic basis of Selasphorus hummingbird courtship display behaviors
25 πͺ§ Marcell Cadney UCSB Differential Patterns of Expression in High Runner Mouse Hippocampus
26 πͺ§ Daniela Zarate UCR Comparative linkage mapping to investigate synteny and recombination in social Vespida
27 πͺ§ Tina Soroudi UCI Extreme malleability in the organization of the NK homeobox cluster in the Diptera
28 πͺ§ Peiwei Chen Caltech Evolutionary tuning of genome defense capacities enables the control of expanding meiotic drivers