Programme

Tuesday, July 10th

14:00-18:00 Registration18:00-19:00 Opening & Keynote Talk

Armin MozcekOn the origins of novelty and diversity in development and evolution: a case

study on horned beetles

Chair: Richard Bateman

19:00-20:30 Welcoming Cocktail

Wednesday, July 11th

Room 3.3.13 Room 3.3.14 Room 3.3.15 Room 3.3.169:00-10:40 S2

Evo-Devo of Homeotic Transformations

S1Evolution of organs and cell types

S3Towards a theory of development

S4Evolution at the plant-animal interface

10:40-11:10 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break11:10-12:50 S2

Evo-Devo of Homeotic Transformations

S1Evolution of organs and cell types

S3Towards a theory of development

S4Evolution at the plant-animal interface

12:50-14:20 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch14:20-15:35 C3

Evo-Devo of patterning in arthropod appendages and epithelia

C1Evolution of organs and cell types

C4Evolution of early development

C2“Next generation models” to understand animal phylogeny and regulatory evolution

15:35-15:50 Break Break Break Break15:50-16:50 C6

Evo-Devo of homeotic transformations

C5Evolution of organs and cell types

C7Plant Evo-Devo

C8“Next generation models” to understand animal phylogeny and regulatory evolution

16:50-17:20 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break

17:20-18:00 Keynote Talk

Paula RudallFlower evolution in early angiosperms

Chair: Frietson Galis18:00-19:45 Poster Session 1

(even numbers)

Thursday, July 12th

Room 3.3.13 Room 3.3.14 Room 3.3.15 Room 3.3.169:00-10:40 S6

Evo-Devo of arthropod appendages: the genes that matter

S5“Next generation models” to understand animal phylogeny and regulatory evolution

M1Regulatory protein changes in the evolution of plant body plans

Midi1Planarians to parasitism: development and stem cells in flatworms

10:40-11:10 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break11:10-12:50 S6

Evo-Devo of arthropod appendages: the genes that matter

S5“Next generation models” to understand animal phylogeny and regulatory evolution

M2Heterospory: the evolutionary road to the seed

Midi1Planarians to parasitism: development and stem cells in flatworms

12:00 - Midi2AEvo-Devo in extreme environments

12:50-14:20 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch14:20-16:00 M4

The origin and fate of germ cells in animals evolution and development

M33D Imaging for Evo-Devo

M5In Silico Evo-Devo: rerunning complex tapes

Midi2BEvo-Devo in extreme environments

16:00-16:15 Break Break Break Break16:15-16:45 C11

The origin and fate of germ cells in animals evolution and development

C103D Imaging for Evo-Devo

C12Paleo-Evo-Devo

C9Evo-Devo of arthropod appendages

16:45-17:20 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break

17:20-18:00 Keynote Talk

Gerd MüllerThe Evo-Devo turn: consequences for evolutionary theory

Chair: Gerhard Schlosser18:00-19:45 Poster Session 2

(odd numbers)20:30 Conference Dinner

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Friday, July 13th

Room 3.3.13 Room 3.3.14 Room 3.3.15 Room 3.3.169:00-10:40 S7

Morphological misfits

S8Evolution of stem cells and regeneration

M6Posterior elongation in bilaterians

M8How do you like your eggs?

10:40-11:10 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break11:10-12:50 S7

Morphological misfits

S8Evolution of stem cells and regeneration

M73D morphometrics for Evo-Devo

M9Evolution of sex determining pathways in insects

12:50-14:20 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch12:50-14:20 Council Meeting Council Meeting Council Meeting Council Meeting14:20-15:35 C14

Theoretical contributions to Evo-Devo

C13Evolution of organs and cell types

C16Evolution of vertebrate head development

C15How do you like your eggs?

15:35-15:50 Break Break Break15:50-16:50 C20

Molecular evolution

C17Evolution of organs and cell types

C18Posterior elongation in bilaterians

C19Evolution of stem cells and regeneration

16:50-17:20 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break

17:20-17:30 Student Poster Prices17:30-18:10 Keynote Talk

Moisés MalloAxial patterning mechanisms and the evolution of the vertebrate body plan

Chair: Élio Sucena18:10-19:10 EED Business Meeting

Detailed Scientific Programme

Tuesday, July 10th

18:00-19:00

Keynote Talk

Armin Mozcek Indiana University Bloomington, USAOn the origins of novelty and diversity in development and evolution: a case study on horned beetles 

Chair: Richard Bateman

Wednesday, July 11th

S1 - Evolution of organs and cell types (Andreas Hejnol, Jean-François Brunet)Room 3.3.14Chairs: Andreas Hejnol, Jean-François Brunet

Sponsored by:

Company of Biologists Journal of Experimental Zoology Wiley-Blackwell

09:00-09:25Detlev Arendt EMBL, Heidelberg, GermanyFrom apical organs to the bilaterian forebrain: duplication and divergence of neural circuits in CNS evolution 

09:25-09:50Clare Baker University of Cambridge, UKThe development and evolution of vertebrate electroreceptors 

09:50-10:15Nicholas Strausfeld University of Arizona, Tucson, USAExploring origins of a memory center in deep time 

10:15-10:40Jean-François BrunetÉcole Normale Supérieure, Paris, FranceAncient divergence of somatic and visceral neurons 

11:10-11:35Uli Technau University of Vienna, AustriaIndependent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians 11:35-12:00Lionel Christiaen New York, USA Development and evolution of the cardiogenic mesoderm in chordates 

12:00-12:25Volker Hartenstein University of California, Los Angeles, USAStem cells and lineages of the intestine: a developmental and evolutionary perspective 

12:25-12:50Kinya Ota Academia Sinica, TaiwanDevelopmental and evolutionary process of the vestigial vertebral elements in the hagfish 

S2 - Evo-Devo of Homeotic Transformations (André Pires da Silva, Frietson Galis)Room 3.3.13Chairs: André Pires da Silva, Frietson Galis

09:00-09:25Michael AkamUniversity of Cambridge, UK

09:25-09:50John Bowman Monash University, AustraliaPatterning events during the life cycle in the liverwort Marchantia 

09:50-10:15Linda Holland Scripps Institute of Oceanography, USARetinoic acid and secreted proteins mediate homeotic transformations in the basal chordate amphioxus 

10:15-10:40Zhe-Xi Luo Carnegie Museum of Natural History, PittsburghVertebral identities in modern monotreme and therian mammals and their homeotic variations in early mammal evolution 

11:10-11:35Guenter Theissen University of Jena, GermanyEvo-Devo of naturally occurring floral homeotic varieties 

11:35-12:00Joost Woltering University of Geneva, SwitzerlandAnalysis of differential Hox gene regulation between mouse and teleost fishes with respect to the fin-limb transition

12:00-12:25Andre Pires da Silva University of Texas, USAHomeotic transformation in natural populations of anole lizards 

12:25-12:50Frietson Galis VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The NetherlandsHomeotic transformations and natural selection in mammals. 

S3 - Towards a theory of development (Rinaldo Bertossa, Alessandro Minelli)Room 3.3.15Chairs: Rinaldo Bertossa, Alessandro Minelli

Sponsored by:

Springer

09:00-09:25Wallace Arthur National University of Ireland, Galway, IrelandPast, present and future theories of development and related processes 

09:25-09:50Charbel Niño El-Hani Federal University of Bahia, Salvador-BA, BrazilEmergence in evolutionary and developmental time

09:50-10:15Stuart Newman New York Medical College Valhalla, NY, USAPhysico-genetics of morphogenesis: the hybrid nature of developmental mechanisms 

10:15-10:40Stephan Grill Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, GermanyEMBO Young Investigator LectureMorphogenetic functions of actomyosin 

11:10-11:35Johannes Jaeger Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, SpainLife´s attractors: understanding developmental systems through reverse-engineering 

11:35-12:00Antónia Monteiro Yale University, New Haven, USAThe evolution of gene regulatory networks that produce plastic traits 

12:00-12:25Jan Traas École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, FranceFrom genes to shape: morphodynamics at the shoot apical meristem 

12:25-12:50Rinaldo C. Bertossa University of Groningen, The NetherlandsUnits of function across the biological hierarchy and in development 

S4 - Evolution at the plant-animal interface (Beverley Glover, Sam Brockington)Room 3.3.16Chairs: Beverley Glover, Sam Brockington

Sponsored by:

New Phytologist Natur wissenschaften

09:00-09:25Conrad Labandeira Smithsonian Institution, USAInsect herbivore diversification after the end-Permian crisis: evidence from leaf miners 

09:25-09:50Mohammed Shabab Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, GermanyPlant hormones as toxins for insects: concept of molecular mimicry 

09:50-10:15Andrew Hudson University of Edinburgh, UKThe genetics of adaptation in Antirrhinum 

10:15-10:40Harald Krenn University of Vienna, AustriaEvolution of mouthparts in Lepidoptera: adaptations to collect nectar and pollen 

11:10-11:35Beverley Glover University of Cambridge, UKThe petal epidermis as the origin of visual and tactile signals to pollinating insects 

11:35-12:00Ian Baldwin Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, GermanyHow plants solve the outcrossing-defence dilemma 

12:00-12:25Tanya Renner University of California, Berkeley, USAMolecular evolution of class I chitinases utilized for plant carnivory in the Caryophyllales 

12:25-12:50Ulrike Bauer University of Cambridge, UKWax or wetness? Evolution of alternative trapping strategies in carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants 

C1 - Evolution of organs and cell typesRoom 3.3.14Chair: Uli Technau

14:20-14:35Oleg SimakovEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg, Heidelberg, GermanyCombining developmental, population, and comparative genomics analyses to study long term evolution of cell types14:35-14:50Gemma S. Richards Sars Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, NorwayA Soxb gene identifies progenitor cells that generate neurons and nematocytes in an anthozoan cnidarian

14:50-15:05Masaaki YoshidaNational Institute of Genetics, Mishima, JapanCyclops phenocopy in squids indicates common but diverged mechanisms of eye field determination

15:05-15:20Maria Antonietta Tosches European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg, Heidelberg, GermanyEvolution of the melatonin system for the control of rhythmic locomotion

15:20-15:35Kevin PangSars International Centre for Marine Molecular BiologyThe ctenophore photocyte: light producer and light receptor?

C2 - “Next generation models” to understand animal phylogeny and regulatory evolution Room 3.3.16Chair: Maja Adamska

14:20-14:35Marcin AdamskiSars Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, Norway Surprisingly complex developmental toolkits of calcaronean sponge

14:35-14:50Stephan Q. SchneiderIowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA Symmetry makers and symmetry breakers: reiterative beta-catenin asymmetries and the formation of the annelid body plan

14:50-15:05Eve Gazave Institut Jacques Monod - CNRS, Paris, France Notch signalling pathway in the annelid Platynereis dumerilii: insights into chaetogenesis and segmentation processes

15:05-15:20Gregor BucherGeorg August University, Goettingen, GermanyIBEETLE: Genome wide RNAi screen for embryonic and metamorphic development in the beetle Tribolium castaneum

15:20-15:35Megan J WilsonUniversity of Otago, Dunedin, New ZealandSequencing and developmental expression of microRNAs from early honeybee (Apis mellifera) embryos

C3 - Evo-Devo of patterning in arthropod appendages and epitheliaRoom 3.3.13Chair: Elizabeth Jockusch

14:20-14:35Kristen PanfilioInstitute for Developmental Biology, University of Cologne, GermanyAssessing the degree of conservation in epithelial morphogenetic movements

14:35-14:50Alistair P. McGregorOxford Brookes University, UK;Evolution of the regulation of cellular morphology among Drosophila legs: a new route to the naked valley

14:50-15:05Arnaud MartinUniversity of California Irvine, Irvine - CA, USA Two developmental patterning genes that drive color pattern diversity and convergence in Heliconius mimetic butterflies

15:05-15:20Suzanne V SaenkoInstitute Biology Leiden - Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands Characterization of a hotspot locus for wing pattern evolution in the Lepidoptera

15:20-15:35Matthias PechmannGeorg August University, Goettingen, GermanyNovel function of distal-less as a gap gene during spider segmentation

C4 - Evolution of early developmentRoom 3.3.15Chair: Robert Cerny

14:20-14:35Evelyn E. SchwagerHarvard University, Cambridge - MA, USA Germ line specification in the spider Achaearanea tepidariorum

14:35-14:50Megan P. LeaskUniversity of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Epigenetics in the honeybee ovary

14:50-15:05Chiara SinigagliaSARS Centre, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Homologs of bilaterian head genes regulate aboral pole development in a cnidarian larva

15:05-15:20Günther JirikowskiUniversität Rostock, Institut für Biowissenschaften, GermanyEvolution of malacostracan muscle development: how myogenic patterns relate to modes of ontogeny

15:20-15:35Adrien DemillyInstitut Jacques Monod - CNRS, Paris, France WNT/β-Catenin and PCP pathways control CNS development in the annelid Platynereis dumerilii

C5 – Evolution of Organs and Cell TypesRoom 3.3.14Chair: Volker Hartenstein

15:50-16:05José M. Martin-DuranSars Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, Norway Deuterostomy in an early branching ecdysozoa: embryonic development of the digestive tract in Priapulus caudatus

16:05-16:20Emmanuel FargeInstitut Curie, FranceBeta-catenin dependent mechanical induction determines Bilateria early mesoderm specification16:20-16:35

Koh OnimaruTokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Evolution of the lateral plate mesoderm: insights from amphioxus and lampreys development

16:35-16:50Marta ChiodinBarcelona University, Spain Mesodermal gene expression in the acoel Isodiametra pulchra: implications for the evolution of the mesodermal germ layer

C6 – Evo-Devo of Homeotic TransformationsRoom 3.3.13Chair: Linda Holland

15:50-16:05Daniel CapekUniversity of Vienna, Department of Theoretical Biology, AustriaA molecular-morphogenetic approach to avian digit identity

16:05-16:20Michael SchubertInstitut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, FranceRetinoic acid-FGF antagonism is an ancestral mechanism for patterning the chordate brain

16:20-16:35Yuuta MoriyamaUniversity of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan The Medaka zic1/zic4 mutant provides molecular insights into teleost caudal fin evolution

16:35-16:50Verónica S. Di StiliioUniversity of Washington, USA Homeotic cultivars of Thalictrum thalictroides enable a forward genetic approach to flower organ identity evolution

C7 – Plant Evo-DevoRoom 3.3.15Chair: Richard Bateman

15:50-16:05Florian KarolyiDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna, AustriaAdaptations for nectar-feeding in the mouthparts and the suction pump of long-proboscid flies (Nemestrinidae: Prosoeca)

16:05-16:20Katrina AlcornUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Evolution of petal surface texture with variation in pollinator handling

16:20-16:35

Beatriz GonçalvesUnité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) de Génétique Végétale, Gif-sur-Yvette, France A floral dimorphism in Nigella damascena: genetic control and evolutionary significance

16:35-16:50Heather SandersUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, UKA new fern model system for understanding heterospory

C8 - “Next generation models” to understand animal phylogeny and regulatory evolutionRoom 3.3.16Chair: Lennart Olson

15:50-16:05Naoki IrieRIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB), Kobe, JapanExperimental verification of the developmental hourglass model

16:05-16:20Guillaume BalavoineInstitut Jacques Monod - CNRS, Paris, France Annelid nervous system patterning: insight into the origin of the chordate neural tube

16:20-16:35Helen GunterUniversity of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany Exploring the molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity in the pharyngeal jaw of the cichlid, Astatoreochromis alluaudi

16:35-16:50Kyle MartinUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, UK Molecular evolution in Osteoglossomorpha reveals tetralogy as a novel form of homology

16:50-17:20Coffee break Sponsored by

17:20-18:00Keynote Talk

Paula Rudall Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, UKFlower evolution in early angiosperms 

Chair: Frietson Galis18:00-19:45

Poster Session 1Even numbers

Thursday, July 12th

S5 - “Next generation models” to understand animal phylogeny and regulatory evolution (Michel Vervoort, Florian Raible)Room 3.3.14Chairs: Michel Vervoort, Florian Raible

09:00-09:25Inaki Ruiz-Trillo Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, UPF-CSIC, SpainThe origin of Metazoa: unicells take the lead 

09:25-09:50Maja Adamska Sars Centre, Bergen, NorwaySycon ciliatum as a model to study evolution of metazoan body plans 

09:50-10:15Ferdinand Marletaz University of Oxford, UKChaetognaths: genomic insights into a zoological enigma 

10:15-10:40Jordi Garcia-Fernandez Universitat de Barcelona, SpainThe amphioxus in evolution: what matters is the question, not the model 

11:10-11:35Florian Raible MFPL/University of Vienna, AustriaPlatynereis dumerilii as a new functional model system to dissect circalunar reproductive rhythmicity 

11:35-12:00Maria Ina Arnone SZN, Naples, ItalyConservation and divergence of a gene regulatory network that controls gut patterning in deuterostomes 

12:00-12:25Patrick Lemaire CNRS, Montpellier, FranceHow to make morphologically similar embryos with divergent genomes? 

12:25-12:50Andreas Hejnol Sars Centre, Bergen, NorwayIncreased taxon sampling in animals improves the understanding of the evolution of developmental processes 

S6 - Evo-Devo of arthropod appendages: the genes that matter (Patrícia Beldade, Antónia Monteiro)Room 3.3.13Chairs: Patrícia Beldade, Antónia Monteiro

09:00-09:25Ryo Futahashi National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, JapanMolecular bases underlying the colour pattern diversity in dragonflies 

09:25-09:50Elizabeth Jockusch University of Connecticut, USAConservation and change in the metamorphic patterning of beetle appendages 

09:50-10:15Abderrahman Khila University of Lyon, FranceMorphological diversification as enabled by new ecological opportunities 

10:15-10:40Christen Mirth Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, PortugalEcdysone regulates nutrition-dependent patterning and growth of the developing wings in fruit flies 

11:10-11:35Virginie Orgogozo University of Paris Diderot, FranceAchaete-scute, bristle loss and developmental noise in Drosophila santomea

11:35-12:00Nipam Patel  UC Berkeley, USAThe evolution of crustacean appendages 

12:00-12:25Aleksandar Popadic Wayne State University, USAHox gene patterning of hemipteran limbs 

12:25-12:50Yoshi Tomoyasu University of Miami, USADiverged developmental mechanisms underlying the conserved insect wing vein patterns 

M1 - Regulatory protein changes in the evolution of plant body plans (Günter Theissen)Room 3.3.15Chair: Günter Theissen

09:00-09:25Annette Becker University of Bremen, GermanyChanges that matter: evolution of a protein motif required for floral homeotic complex formation 

09:25-09:50Chiara Airoldi University of Leeds, UKMale and female organ identity is influenced by a single amino acid change 

09:50-10:15Rainer Melzer Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, GermanyFrom fuzzy interactions to fading borders to floral diversity: evolutionary dynamics of floral quartet formation 

10:15-10:40Edwige Moyroud University of Cambridge, UKBiophysical models for predicting regulatory interactions and studying leafy evolution 

M2 - Heterospory: the evolutionary road to the seed (Heather Sanders, Mike Frohlich)Room 3.3.15Chairs: Heather Sanders, Mike Frohlich

11:10-11:35Richard Bateman Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UKHeterospory: what is it, who does it, and why does it matter? 

11:35-12:00Cyrille Prestianni Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, BelgiumHeterospory and seed habit, two innovations in the Devonian changing world 

12:00-12:25Irma Roig Vilanova Università degli Studi di Milano, ItalyThe role of the MADS box genes seedstick and arabidopsis bsister in the control of seed development in A. thaliana 

12:25-12:50Ueli Grossniklaus University of Zurich, SwitzerlandEpigenetic control of a pollinator syndrome: a role for epigenetics in evolution?

Midi1 - Planarians to parasitism: development and stem cells in flatworms (Peter Olson, Bret Pearson)Room 3.3.16Chairs: Peter Olson, Bret Pearson

Sponsored by:

BMC Parasites & Vectors The Systematics Association

09:00-09:25Aziz Aboobaker University of Nottingham, UKTelomere biology is adapted to an asexual life history in Schmidtea mediterranea 

09:25-09:50Klaus Brehm Universität Würzburg, GermanyEchinococcus as a parasitic model in stem cell biology 

09:50-10:15Francesc Cebrià University of Barcelona, SpainThe EGFR signaling pathway during planarian regeneration and homeostasis: function and downstream targets 

10:15-10:40Jochen Rink Max Planck Institute, Dresden, GermanyBody building: axial patterning during planarian regeneration 

11:10-11:35Peter Ladurner University of Innsbruck, AustriaMacrostomum as parasitic forerunner: lessons from cell renewal and adhesion 

11:35-12:00James Collins University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USAIdentification and functional characterization of adult stem cells in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. 

Midi2A – Evo-Devo in extreme environments (Didier Casane, Sylvie Rétaux)Room 3.3.16Chair: Sylvie Rétaux 12:00-12:25Rochelle BuffensteinBarshop Institute, San Antonio, USANews from the underground super-mole; successful aging in the extraordinarily long-lived naked mole-rat 12:25-12:50Tom van Dooren UMR7625 Ecology and Evolution, Paris, FranceSouth-american annual killifish: a vertebrate model for the eco-evo-devo of diapause 

Midi2B – Evo-Devo in extreme environments (Didier Casane, Sylvie Rétaux)Room 3.3.16Chair: Sylvie Rétaux

14:20-14:45William R. Jeffery and Helena Bilandžija University of Maryland, College Park, USA, and Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, CroatiaEvolution of albinism in an extreme environment: dark caves 

14:45-15:10Masato Yoshizawa and William R. Jeffery University of Maryland, College Park, USAEvolution of a behaviour and its sensory nervous system adapts cavefish to life in darkness 

15:10-15:35Sylvie Rétaux, Karen Pottin and Hélène Hinaux CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, FranceBlind cavefish evolution and eye degeneration mechanisms: placodal and neural components. 

15:35-16:00Chris Jacobs Institute Biology, Leiden, NetherlandsHow insects conquered land; the serosa as innovation against desiccation. 

M3 – 3D Imaging for Evo-Devo (Brian Metscher, Gerd Müller)Room 3.3.14Chairs: Brian Metscher, Gerd Müller

14:20-14:45Zerina Johanson The Natural History Museum, London, UKEvolution and development of a morphological innovation: the pufferfish beak 14:45-15:10Thomas Schwaha University of Vienna, AustriaIntegrative approaches for developmental imaging 

15:10-15:35James Sharpe Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, SpainMesoscopic optical imaging for Evo-Devo studies 

15:35-16:00Jukka Jernvall University of Helsinki, FinlandEvolutionary phenomics tools to decipher surface complexity 

M4 - The origin and fate of germ cells in animals evolution and development (Jeremy Lynch, Evelyn Schwager)Room 3.3.13Chairs: Jeremy Lynch, Evelyn Schwager

14:20-14:45Peter Dearden University of Otago, New ZealandGerm cell specification and ovary structure in the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis 

14:45-15:10Roland Dosch Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, GermanyGerm plasm formation in vertebrates: the role of bucky ball in zebrafish 

15:10-15:35Cassandra Extavour Harvard University, USAThe evolution of novel and diverse mechanisms of arthropod germ cell specification 

15:35-16:00Einhard Schierenberg University of Cologne, GermanyNematodes, the germline and construction of the body plan 

M5 – In Silico Evo-Devo: rerunning complex tapes (Kirsten ten Tusscher, Hans Metz)Room 3.3.15Chairs: Kirsten ten Tusscher, Hans Metz

14:20-14:45Kirsten ten Tusscher Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics Group, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsIn-silico models for the evolution of anterior-posterior patterning 

14:45-15:10Isaac Salazar Ciudad Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain; Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology. University of Helsinki, FinlandHow natural selection sees morphology? A model bringing development into the picture 

15:10-15:35Kunihiko Kaneko Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, University of Tokyo, JapanPhenotypic fluctuations, developmental plasticity, and environmental variation 

15:35-16:00Paul Francois McGill University, Montreal, CanadaBifurcation theory for Evo-Devo 

C9 – Evo-Devo of arthropod appendagesRoom 3.3.16Chair: Abderrahman Khila

16:15-16:30Sara KhadjehGeorg August University Göttingen, Dept. of Developmental Biology, GermanyThe role of hox genes in the convergent evolution of ´´abdominal´´ limb repression

16:30-16:45Takahiro OhdeNagoya University, Nagoya - Aichi, JapanDiversification of dorsal appendages in the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor

C10 – 3D Imaging for Evo-Devo Room 3.3.14Chair: Jukka Jernvall

16:15-16:30Matt BentonCambridge University, Cambridge, UK A widely applicable transient expression method for fluorescent live imaging in arthropods

16:30-16:45Brian D. MetscherUniversity of Vienna, Theoretical Biology Department, AustriaMicro-CT for 3D Evo-Devo: imaging micromorphology, molecular expression, and developmental variation

C11 - The origin and fate of germ cells in animals evolution and development Room 3.3.13Chair: Cassandra Extavour

16:15-16:30Sven Leininger Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, NorwayDo sponges have germ line? Expression of germ and stem cell markers in the calcareous sponge Sycon ciliatum

16:30-16:45Sabrina SchiemannSars Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, NorwayOops there goes a gonad. The tracing of an ancient apoptotic event in Rotifers

C12 – Paleo-Evo-Devo Room 3.3.15Chair: Zerina Johanson

16:15-16:30Ian CorfeUniversity of Helsinki, Finland The developmental basis of 200 million year old mammal teeth

16:30-16:45Joachim T. HaugUniversity of Greifswald, Germany Palaeo-Evo-Devo and the evolution of metamorphosis II: examples from insects

17:20-18:00Keynote Talk

Gerd Müller University of Vienna, AustriaThe Evo-Devo turn: consequences for evolutionary theory 

Chair: Gerhard Schlosser

18:00-19:45Poster Session 2 Odd numbers

Sponsored by

20:30Conference Dinner

Friday, July 13th

S7 - Morphological misfits (Paula Rudall, Ronald Jenner)Room 3.3.13Chairs: Paula Rudall, Ronald Jenner

09:00-09:25Alessandro Minelli Department of Biology, University of Padova, ItalyModularity, paramorphism and synorganization – what morphological misfits suggest about the architecture of development 

09:25-09:50Rolf Rutishauser University of Zurich, SwitzerlandEvolution of morphological misfits in seed plants such as podostemaceae, allowing for growth in tropical rivers 

09:50-10:15Jacqueline Moustakas Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki, FinlandRaising the shield: the origin and loss of periodic patterning in the turtle shell 

10:15-10:40Thomas Stützel Fakultät für Biologie und Biotechnologie, University of Bochum, GermanyFits and misfits in normal and abnormal cones of gymnosperms 

11:10-11:35Alexander Gruhl The Natural History Museum, London, UKMyxozoa: cnidarians gone parasitic 

11:35-12:00Chelsea Specht University of California, Berkeley, USAEmerging complexity in tropical gingers (zingiberales): homoplasy and floral evolution 

12:00-12:25Shigeru Kuratani RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, JapanDevelopmental understanding of the turtle shell - generation of evolutionarily novel patterns in vertebrates 

12:25-12:50Dmitry Sokoloff University of Moscow, RussiaEvolution of floral polymery in a derived angiosperm family, araliaceae (apiales) 

S8 – Evolution of stem cells and regeneration (Uri Frank, Ram Reshef)Room 3.3.14Chairs: Uri Frank, Ram Reshef

09:00-09:25

Gerrit Begemann Univ. of Constance, GermanyPleiotropic requirements for retinoic acid signalling in zebrafish fin regeneration 

09:25-09:50António Jacinto CEDOC - Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PortugalWound healing in simple epithelia

09:50-10:15Ram Reshef University of Haifa, IsraelStem cells and the molecular mechanisms underlie whole body regeneration 

10:15-10:40Justyna Kanska NUI Galway, IrelandA role for nanos in neural cell type specification 

11:10-11:35Yuichiro Suzuki Wellesley College, USAEvolution of limb regeneration mechanisms: insights from limb regeneration in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum 

11:35-12:00Michalis Averof Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Heraklion, Crete, GreeceMapping the cellular basis of limb regeneration in an emerging model crustacean 

12:00-12:25Gideon Grafi Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, IsraelStress-induced dedifferentiation: implications for adaptive evolution 

12:25-12:50Yoav Soen Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot, IsraelHeritable reprogramming of development enabled by suppression of polycomb genes 

M6 – Posterior elongation in bilaterians (Guillaume Balavoine, Ariel Chipman)Room 3.3.15Chairs: Guillaume Balavoine, Ariel Chipman

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09:00-09:25

Susan Brown Kansas State University, USATribolium segmentation: from stripes to waves 

09:25-09:50Wim Damen University of Jena, GermanySegmentation in spiders 

09:50-10:15Jacqueline Deschamps Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, The NetherlandsEvolutionary conserved requirement of cdx for post- occipital tissue emergence 

10:15-10:40Jens H. Fritzenwanker and Chris Lowe Stanford University, USAPosterior growth without segmentation: insights into the origins of the bilaterian trunk. 

M8 – How do you like your eggs? (Casper Breuker, Alistair McGregor)Room 3.3.16Chairs: Casper Breuker, Alistair McGregor

09:00-09:25Jeremy Lynch University of Cologne, GermanyConvergence, co-option, and novelty in the evolution of insect eggs 

09:25-09:50Ehab Abouheif McGill University, CanadaThe intimate link between social evolution and development 

09:50-10:15Thomas Flatt University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, AustriaEndocrine regulation of ovarian development and fecundity in drosophila 

10:15-10:40Gary Wessel Brown University, USAMaking eggs the old fashion way: multipotency and the germ line in echinoderms. M7 – 3D Morphometrics for Evo-Devo (Philipp Mitteroecker)Room 3.3.15Chair: Philipp Mitteroecker

11:10-11:35Philipp Gunz, Simon Neubauer Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, GermanyA developmental perspective on hominid brain evolution 

11:35-12:00

Michael Coquerelle Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, SpainEvodevo of the human chin: 3d morphometrics of the mandible, the teeth, and muscle insertions 

12:00-12:25Abby Grace Drake Skidmore College, USAIntraspecific macroevolution in domestic dogs: disparity and modularity of skull shape 

12:25-12:50Philipp Mitteroecker University of Vienna, AustriaHow to measure phenotypic variation in development and evolution 

M9 – Evolution of sex determining pathways in insects (Daniel Bopp, Louis van de Zande, Lino Polito, Martin Beye)Room 3.3.16Chairs: Daniel Bopp, Louis van de Zande, Lino Polito, Martin Beye

IntroDaniel BoppUniversity of Zürich, Zürich, SwitzerlandIs sex determination in insects based on a common principle?

11:10-11:35Giuseppe Saccone University of Naples Federico II, Naples, ItalySex determination in Ceratitis relies on a conserved binary genetic on/off switch, splicing-based and epigenetic 

11:35-12:00Teruyuki Niimi Nagoya University, Nagoya, JapanControl of sexual dimorphism by the doublesex gene in beetles 

12:00-12:25Louis van de Zande University of Groningen, Groningen, The NetherlandsMaternal imprinting and control of haplodiploid sex determination in Nasonia 

12:25-12:50Martin Beye Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, GermanyWhat can honeybees tell us about the regulation and evolution of sexual development? 

C13 – Evolution of organs and cell typesRoom 3.3.14Chair: Detlev Arendt14:20-14:35

Johanna KrausUniversity of Vienna, Dept. of molecular evolution and development, AustriaHomology of polyp tentacles with medusa bell in hydrozoans: implications for cnidarian life cycle evolution

14:35-14:50Marie-Therese NödlUniversity of Vienna; Department of Theoretical Biology, AustriaWNT signalling during cephalopod appendage development

14:50-15:05Sebastian Kittelmann Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany The end of a beetle: genetic control of anterior head development in Tribolium castaneum

15:05-15:20Evangelia StamatakiDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UKMPI-CBG, Dresden, GermanyEvolution of bristle pattern in Drosophilids driven by cis-regulatory changes in the achaete-scute complex

15:20-15:35Maria D. S. NunesOxford Brookes University, UK Mapping eye size variation within D. simulans using multiplexed shotgun genotyping (MSG)

C14 – Theoretical contributions to Evo-DevoRoom 3.3.13Chair: Isaac Salazar-Ciudad

14:20-14:35Irepan Salvador MartínezInstitute of Biotechnology, Helsinki, FinlandDoes morphological complexity increase during embryonic development? In which way?

14:35-14:50Ajay Nair Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, New ZealandGenetic assimilation: a fact or just a philosophy shaped in the lamarckian mold?

14:50-15:05Axel LangeUniversity of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Biased polyphenism in polydactylous cats carrying a single point mutation

15:05-15:20Claus RuefflerUniversity of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Evolution of functional specialization and division of labor

15:20-15:35

Mario de PinnaMuseu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, BrazilOntogenetic data in phylogenetic rooting: rescuing the arrow of time

15:35-15:50Miquel Marín RieraAutonomous University of Barcelona, SpainHow natural selection sees morphology? A model bringing development into the picture.

C15 – How do you like your eggs?Room 3.3.16Chair: Johannes Jaeger

14:20-14:35Atsuko SatoUniversity of Oxford; Department of Zoology, UKMaternal inheritance of thermotolerance facilitates monitoring ecological and evolutionary changes under climate change

14:35-14:50Barbara Vreede Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal The origin of morphological novelties: what we can learn from Drosophila oogenesis

14:50-15:05Megan J WilsonUniversity of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand G down the maternal blueprint: the role of RNA localization in the evolution of body patterning.

15:05-15:20Karl R WottonCentre de Regulació Genómica (CRG), Barcelona, SpainGenerating anterior-posterior polarity in cyclorrhaphan flies: a story of missing maternal factors

15:20-15:35Elizabeth J. DuncanLaboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago & National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Aotearoa-New ZealandPlasticity in axis formation: how can one species have two different trajectories for early development?

C16 – Evolution of vertebrate head developmentRoom 3.3.15Chair: Shigeru Kuratani

14:20-14:35Fumiaki Sugahara RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB), Kobe, Japan

Development of the naso-hypophyseal placode (NHP) in lamprey

14:35-14:50Robert CernyCharles University in Prague, Czech RepublicExternal gills of vertebrate larvae are generated by dissimilar developmental processes: implications for homology

14:50-15:05Jennifer SchmidtFriedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institute of Zoology, Germany The regulatory network of FoxN3 during I head development

15:05-15:20Melanie Debiais-Thibaud Université Montpellier 2, FranceVariable constraints on dlx gene expression pattern during the evolution of jawed vertebrates

15:20-15:35Daisuke KoyabuUniversity of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Heterochrony and developmental modularity of osteogenesis in lipotyphlan mammals

C17 – Evolution of organs and cell typesRoom 3.3.14Chair: Clare Baker

15:50-16:05Koryu KinYale University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Yale Systems Biology Institute, USA Transcriptomic and immunohistochemical evidence on the evolutionary origin of endometrial stromal cells

16:05-16:20Eric Lewitus Max Planck Institute, Dresden, Germany Oncogenetic and sex-linked gene expression in mammalian neocortical expansion

16:20-16:35Iva Kelava Max Planck of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany Basal radial glia in the neocortex of the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and the secondary loss of gyrencephaly

16:35-16:50Vladimir Soukup Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech RepublicEvolution of vertebrate teeth based on germ-layer and gene expression analyses

C18 – Posterior elongation in bilateriansRoom 3.3.15Chair: Wim Damen

15:50-16:05Ariel D. ChipmanThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelThe evolution of insect A/P axis determination pathways – insights from the holometabolous bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus

16:05-16:20Christian Schmitt-EngelDepartment of Developmental Biology, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach Institute, Göttingen, Germany A dual role for nanos and pumilio in anterior and posterior blastodermal patterning of the short-germ beetle Tribolium

16:20-16:35Luke Hayden National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland A tale of tails: multiple wnt genes are involved in centipede posterior growth and development

16:35-16:50Carlo Brena Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK Transition from dynamic pair-rule oscillation to single segment patterning in segmentation of a centipede clade

C19 – Evolution of stem cells and regenerationRoom 3.3.16Chair: Gerrit Begemann15:50-16:05Maria Almuedo-Castillo University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainJNK controls cell death and G2M transition of planarian neoblasts, orchestrating differentiation and compensatory growth

16:05-16:20Thomas Butts King´s College London, London, UK Transit amplification in the amniote external granule layer evolved via regulatory evolution of neurod1

16:20-16:35Roman P. KostyuchenkoDepartment of Embryology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, RussiaMolecular and cellular events of AP axis and tissue transformations during asexual reproduction in naidid olygochaetes

16:35-16:50Uriel Koziol Julius Maximilians University Würzburg; Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, Germany

Cell proliferation and differentiation in cestode larval and adult development

C20 – Molecular evolutionRoom 3.3.13Chair: Michael Schubert

15:50-16:05Manuel Irimia Stanford University, USA The ancient syntenic roots of the human genome

16:05-16:20Eric Samarut IGFL (Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon); IGBMC (Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Céllulaire), FrancePhosphorylation sites as targets of regulatory evolution: the example of retinoic acid receptors.

16:20-16:35Juliana Gutierrez-MazariegosInstitut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon Origin and diversification of the retinoic acid signalling pathway

16:35-16:50Jianwei LiGeorg-August-University Goettingen, Dept. of Developmental Biology, Goettingen, Germany Transcriptome screening to understand the chemical defence mechanism in an insect model, the red flour beetle

17:20-17:30Student Poster Prizes

17:30-18:10Keynote Talk

Moisés Mallo Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, PortugalAxial patterning mechanisms and the evolution of the vertebrate body plan 

Chair: Élio Sucena

18:10-19:10EED Business Meeting