Three quarters of a century since the "Modern Synthesis" and twice as long since Darwin and Mendel, evolution is still predominantly a historical discipline. Although the essence of evolution is dynamical and founded in an interplay between molecular and population level processes, this aspect has been hardest to study. Recent breakthroughs in DNA sequencing together with experimental and computational advances, are enabling evolution to be followed and manipulated as it occurs. This has sown the seeds for a revolution in the understanding of evolution.
EVENT AGENDA:
MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012
Registration
Daniel Fisher, Stanford
Welcome and introduction
Richard Lenski, Michigan State University
Repeatability, Contingency, and Novelty: Findings from Two Evolution Experiments
Coffee break
Martin Ackermann, ETH Zurich
An Evolutionary Perspective on Bacterial Individuality
Lunch at Nexus
Marcus Feldman, Stanford
Introductory comments on evolution at Stanford
Scott Boyd, Stanford
Lymphocyte Responses to Vaccination and Infection
Karla Kirkegaard, Stanford
Suppressing Diversity and Restricting Spread in RNA Viruses
Coffee break
Carlo Maley, UCSF
Recent Surprises in the Evolutionary Dynamics of Neoplastic Progression to Cancer
General discussion
TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012
Stephen Quake, Stanford
Introductory comments on technological developments
Michael Desai, Harvard
The SABRmetric Approach to Experimental Evolution
Coffee break
Jerome Bibette, ESPCI, Paris
Bacterial Phenotypic Diversity Probed by Inoculum Miniaturization in Millifluidic Systems
Lunch at Nexus
Talks by Stanford postdocs:
Russell Monds
Synergy Between Experimental Evolution and Cell Biology: New Insight into Mechanisms of Morphogenesis
Benjamin Callahan
The Role of Niche Construction in the Evolution of Microbial Communities
Paul J. McMurdie II
Evolution of Dehalococcoides, an Unusual Microbe
Alan Bergland
Genomic Evidence for Natural Selection and Adaptation on Seasonal Time Scales in Drosophila Melanogaster
Coffee break
Christopher Vollmers
Improving Accuracy and Throughput of Antibody Repertoire Sequencing
Dan Kvitek
Using Whole-Population Sequencing to Investigate the Evolutionary Dynamics of Parallel Adaptation
Sasha Levy
Lineage Tracking in Yeast by Sequencing of Random Barcodes