Satellite Symposium Tentative Schedule – Sunday, July 17, 2022

8:15 – 8:30 AM           Welcome by the the co-organizers

Session 1 – Genomic Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms (Chair: Ingo Braasch)

8:30 – 9:00 AM           Naoki Irie, Possible intrinsic factors limiting animal body plan diversification

9:00 – 9:30 AM           Karen Sears, Shared epigenetic controls link post-natal development and later aging in marsupial and placental mammals

9:30 – 9:45 AM           Contributing Speaker 1

9:45 – 10:00 AM         Contributing Speaker 2

10:00 – 10:15 AM         Coffee Break

Session 2 – Functional Genomics of Developmental Evolution (Chair: Andrew Thompson)

10:15 – 10:45 AM       Johanna Kowalko, Uncovering the genetic and developmental underpinnings of trait evolution in the blind Mexican cavefish

10:45 – 11:15 AM       Ricardo Mallarino, How to build a gliding mammal

11:15 – 11:30 AM       Contributing Speaker 3

11:30 – 11:45 AM       Contributing Speaker 4
 
11:45 – 12:45 PM       Lunch Break

Session 3 – Genomic Basis of Major Transitions in Chordates (Chair: Olivia Fitch)

12:45 – 1:15 PM         Cristian Cañestro, Deconstructing the matters of the heart and the origin of ancestral tunicate sessility

1:15 – 1:45 PM           Joaquín Letelier, Gene Regulatory Transitions of Vertebrate Appendages

1:45 – 2:00 PM           Contributing Speaker 5

2:00 – 2:15 PM           Contributing Speaker 6
 
2:15 – 2:30 PM           Coffee Break

Session 4 – Multi-Omics Approaches for Development and Evolution

2:30 – 3:30 PM           Keynote Lecture by Tatjana Sauka-Spengler
 
3:30 – 4:00 PM           Community Discussion: Genomic Approaches in Developmental Evolution
 
 4:00 – 5:00 PM          Joint Social Hour with the Developmental Origins of Novelty Satellite Symposium