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Programme

Wednesday 21st

1st Day

Thursday 22nd

2nd Day

Friday 23rd

3rd Day

Wednesday 21st

8:30-9:30
Registration

9:30-10:30

Welcome speech and Plenary Talk:

John J. Wiens (University of Arizona)
Evolutionary biology in a world on fire

10:30-13:30

Session 1: Microbial Evolution

10:30-11:00
Plenary session: Tiffany Taylor - Unv. Bath (Bath, UK)
Crosstalk, Constraint, and Bias: Dissecting Microbial Evolution at the Molecular Level
11:00-11:45
Coffee break
11:45-13:30
Oral communications
Microbial Evolution
13:30-15:30
Lunch

15:30-17:30

Session 2: Evo-Devo

15:30-16:00
Plenary session: Christoph Liedtke -EBD-CSIC (Sevilla)
Go Big, Go Dark or Get Out: The transcriptomic playbook for tadpole survival
16:00-17:30
Oral communications
Evo-Devo

17:30-19:30

Poster Session 1 (even numbers)

19:30-21:30
Welcome Reception

Thursday 22nd

09:00-11:00

Session 3: Evolutionary Ecology and Ethology

09:00-09:30
Plenary session: Joan García Porta - UCM (Madrid)
Smart Moves: How Does Cognition Shape Evolution?
09:30-11:30
Oral communications
Evolutionary Ecology and Ethology
11:00 - 11:45
Coffee break

11:45 – 13:45

Session 4: Palaeobiology and Palaeoanthropology

11:45 – 12:15
Plenary session: Juan Cantalapiedra - MNCN (Madrid)
What fossil mammals teach us about evolution
12:15 – 13:45
Oral communications
Paleobiology & Paleoanthropology
13:45 – 15:30
Lunch

15:30 – 16:30

Pere Alberch Session

15:30 – 16:00
Plenary talk
Pere Alberch Session
16:00 – 16:30
Oral communications
Pere Alberch Session

16:30 – 18:00

Poster Session 2 (odd numbers)

18:00 – 20:00
Social Event
TBD

Friday 23rd

09:00 – 12:00

Session 5: Evolutionary Genetics & Omics

9:00 – 9:30
Plenary session: Aida Verdes - MNCN (Madrid)
Novelty and conservation in the evolution of animal venoms.
9:30 – 10:45
Oral Communications
Evolutionary Genetics & Omics
10:45 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00
Oral Communications
Evolutionary Genetics & Omics

12:00-13:30

SESBE Assembly Meeting & Next Conference

13:30-15:30
Lunch

15:30 – 17:30

Session 6: Macroevolution & Speciation

15:30 – 16:00
Plenary session: Anne-Claire Fabre - NMBE (Bern, Switzerland)
The Metamorphic Blueprint: How life cycle type shapes salamander diversity
16:00 – 17:30
Oral Communications
Macroevolution & Speciation
17:30 – 18:00
Coffee break

18:00 – 19:00

Clausure Keynote:

Joana Meier - Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
The role of hybridisation and chromosomal rearrangements in rapid speciation
21:30
Conference Dinner
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