CoE Annual-Meeting 24.–25.11.2015 Lammi Biological Station

CoE Annual-Meeting 24.–25.11.2015 Lammi Biological Station

CoE Annual-Meeting 24.–25.11.2015
Lammi Biological Station
Programme
Tue 24.11.
Departure times for the charter buses (bus company: Pohjolan Matka)
09.00
Departure from Jyväskylä (Dep. of Biol. & Env. Science, Survontie 9D)
09.15
Departure from the centre of Helsinki (Mannerheimintie, charter bus stop in front
of Kiasma)
09.35
Departure from Helsinki (Viikki, Viikinkaari 1, Biokeskus 3)
11.30
Arrival in Lammi, checking in at the main office at the main building
11.30–12.40
Lunch
SESSION 1
Chair:
12.40–12.55
Opening words
12.55–13.15
Anaïs Tilquin (UZH): The geographic patterns of parthenogenesis and how they are
explained: first steps to a review
13.15–13.35
Nina Gerber (UZH): Cyclical parthenogenesis and the evolution of sex
13.35–13.55
Isobel Booksmythe (UZH): Sex ratios affect sex allocation in facultatively sexual
Daphnia
13.55–14.15
Martina Ozan (HU): Reproductive conflict and their resolution in multi-queen ant
14.15–14.35
Petri Rautiala (JyU): Voluntary virginity in haplodiploids (think ants)
14.35–14.50
Group photo
POSTER SESSION & COFFEE
14.50–16.15
Swanne Gordon et al. (JyU): Evolutionary genetics of the wood tiger moth
(Parasemia plantaginis)
Stephen Heap (JyU): Selfish progeny of great societies (research plan)
Heikki Helanterä (HU): Cooperation and learning across social structures
Jouni Laakso (HU): Eco-evolutionary dynamics of opportunist pathogens
Jouni Laakso (HU): Kinship effects on tree seedling growth and behaviour
Lotta-Riina Sundberg (JyU): Arms race drives molecular evolution and increased
parasite host range in a locally adapting natural population
Janne Valkonen et al. (JyU): Function of the eye mask?
HU = University of Helsinki, JyU = University of Jyväskylä, UZH = University of Zürich
SESSION 2
Chair: Helena Johansson (HU)
16.15–16.35
Sanja Hakala (HU): Selfish progeny of great societies (research plan)
16.35–16.55
Pilvi Ruotsalainen (JyU): Genetic engineering of natural gut flora via modified
conjugative plasmids
16.55–17.15
Stafva Lindström (HU): The unique microbiota in the nests of the ant Formica
exsecta
17.15–17.35
Jana Wolf (HU): What causes queen size dimorphism in the ant Myrmica ruginodis?
17.35–17.55
Unni Pulliainen (HU): Ant larvae as a secret weapon against social parasites
18.30–20.30
Dinner
20.30–23.30
Sauna: at the student dormitory and Rantasauna (sauna by the lake)
Snacks at the student dormitory (takkahuone, fireplace room)
Wed 25.11.
08.00–09.00
Breakfast
SESSION 3
Chair: Nick Bos (HU)
09.00–09.20
Katja Rönkä (JyU): Geographic variation in predation pressure towards warning
signals of the wood tiger moth
09.20–09.40
Samuel Waldron (JyU): Müllerian mimicry: experimental evidence from alpine leaf
beetles
09.40–10.00
Franziska Dickel (JyU): Mixed diet - insects know how to stay healthy
10.00–10.20
Siiri Fuchs (HU): Do injured mothers produce more resistant brood?
10.20–10.50
Coffee break
SESSION 4
Chair: Ilkka Kronholm (JyU)
10.50–11.10
Sari Mattila (JyU): On-demand isolation of bacteriophages against drug-resistant
bacteria for personalized phage therapy
11.10–11.30
Ilona Merikanto (HU): Biological control of environmental opportunist infectious
diseases
11.30–11.50
Ville Ojala (JYU): Counteracting the horizontal spread of bacterial antibiotic
resistance with conjugative plasmid-targeting phages
11.50–12.10
Dimitri Stucki (HU): Ant immune defenses under ecological constraints
12.10–13.10
Lunch
HU = University of Helsinki, JyU = University of Jyväskylä, UZH = University of Zürich
SESSION 5
Chair: Matthieu Bruneaux (JyU)
13.10–13.30
Reetta Penttinen (JyU): Genetic and environmental factors associated with
virulence of Flavobacterium columnare
13.30–13.50
Hanna Kinnula (JyU): Virulence of Flavobacterium columnare coinfections depends
on the interstrain interactions
13.50–14.10
Roghaieh Ashrafi (JyU): Broadness of thermal tolerance is linked to decreased
virulence in fish pathogen - does climate change alter disease epidemics?
14.10–14.30
Sebastiano De Bona (JyU): Eco-evolutionary dynamics of an invasion: a case study in
the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
14.30–15.00
Coffee break
SESSION 6
Chair: Emily Burdfield-Steel (JyU)
15.00–15.20
Kati Saarinen (JyU): Rescued by evolution - problems ahead: Adapting to fluctuating
environment increases invasiveness
15.20–15.40
Aigi Margus (JyU): A cocktail of pesticides: impact of herbicides and insecticides on
Colorado potato beetle´s gene expression
15.40–16.00
Jaakko Junikka (JyU): Why do humans have wars? Comparing evolutionary theories
of intergroup conflict: Is hostilities motivated by altruistic sacrifice for the greater
good, or selfish desire for the spoils of war?
16.00–16.20
Kishor Dhaygude (HU): Molecular diversity of viruses in Formica ants
16.20–16.50
Discussions, wrapping up etc.
17.00
19.30
19.00
Departure
Arrival in Jyväskylä
Arrival in Helsinki
HU = University of Helsinki, JyU = University of Jyväskylä, UZH = University of Zürich