Journal of Molecular Evolution

• Program
• Conference Location:
  • Hall of Science, American University campus, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016
  • Here is a link to a map of the American University campus

Program

Friday, March 17, 2023

• 1:15pm Welcome from AU Biology Professor John Bracht
• 1:30pm-3:00pm Talks
  • 1:30 David Liberles, Temple University - Modeling the genotype-phenotype map by combining expectations from population genetics and biochemistry
  • 2:00 Arturo Becerra, National Autonomous University of Mexico - Early evolution and the nature of the LCA
  • 2:30 Eric Haag, University of Maryland - The species-specific F-box protein FOG-2 enables self-fertility in C. elegans via a novel co-translational ubiquitination mechanism
• 3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee
• 4:00pm-5:30pm Talks
  • 4:00 Lindsay Hays, NASA Astrobiology Program
  • 4:30 David Alvarez-Ponce, University of Nevada - Dissecting the causes and consequences of the expression level-evolutionary rate anticorrelation
  • 5:00 Einat Hazkani-Covo, The Open University of Israel - Template switching is a source of nonsynonymous substitutions in wild-type yeast
• 5:30pm Dinner on own:
  • Bandit Taco
  • Shaw Brewpub and Kitchen - Right Proper Brewing Company 624 T Street NW

Saturday, March 18, 2023

• 9:00am—10:30am Talks:
  • 9:00 John Bracht, American University - Evolution of a more efficient mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase in nematodes
  • 9:30 Paco Moore, NSF Evolutionary Processes Program
  • 10:00 Amanda Wilson, Temple University - Expectations of Duplicate Gene Retention Under the Gene Duplicability Hypothesis
• 10:30am—11am Coffee
• 11:00am –12:30pm Talks
  • 11:00 Keith Crandall, George Washington University - Computational Approaches to Microbiome Characterization
  • 11:30 Ananias Escalante, Temple University - Evolution of primate malaria parasites
  • 12:00 Alejandro Gil Gomez, Stony Brook University - Wiring between close nodes in biological networks evolves more quickly than between distant nodes
• 12:30pm—1:30pm Lunch
• 1:30pm—3pm Talks
  • 1:30 Cara Weisman, Princeton University - Lineage-specific genes: novelty or noise? How to tell and why it matters
  • 2:00 Jody Hey, Temple University - Balancing selection is common for beneficial alleles in a human population
  • 2:30 Meru Sadhu, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH - Long-read genomes reveal pangenomic variation underlying yeast phenotypic diversity
• 3:00pm Coffee & poster session start
• 4:30 (For Editorial Board Members) Editorial Board Meeting, American University Hall of Science 103, presentation by Sarah Shokouhbeen, SpringerNature
• 6:30pm Editorial Board Dinner at Guapo’s (4515 Wisconsin Ave. NW); others dinner on own.

Sunday, March 19, 2023

• 9:00am—10:30am Talks
  • 9:00 Josh Rest, Stony Brook University - Genetic variation in protein expression responses to heat: independence of expression level, variance, and scaling with cell size
  • 9:30 Joana Carneiro da Silva, University of Maryland School of Medicine - Genome-wide sieve analysis: using population genetics principles in applied vaccinology
  • 10:00 TreVaughn Ellis, American University - The Devil worm’s efficient mitochondria: Adaptation of H. Mephisto’s electron transport chain in extreme conditions
• 10:30am—11am Coffee
• 11:00am—12:30pm Talks
  • 11:00 Michelle Meyer, Boston College - Using network clustering to investigate the evolution of RNA gene regulators
  • 11:30 Greg Lang, Lehigh University - Rock, paper, scissors: nontransitivity in experimental evolution
  • 12:00 Keith Hackbarth, University of Maryland - Dosage Compensation and Meioitic Silencing on the Neo-X Chromosomes of Filarial Nematodes
• 12:30pm—1:30pm Lunch
• 1:30pm—3:00pm Talks
  • 1:30 Jenna Archambeau, American University - Coral microbiomes across the Red Sea and their potential role in coral thermal resilience
  • 2:00 Ryan Skalsky, University of Maryland School of Medicine - Analysis of Structure and Epitope Characteristics of Novel Plasmodium falciparum Antigens 

Logistical Information

Hotel

For those of you who do not have a reservation (I have made them for journal editors), the campus hotel is the Glover Park Hotel. There is a special campus rate of “$”179 per night for the nights of March 17 and 18. Mention the code “Frontiers Meeting Group” when booking to get the rate. Please make any reservations before the end of the month to guarantee a room at that rate.

Parking

Parking on the American University campus is enforced until 5pm on Friday at the rate of “

“2 per hour and then not enforced over the weekend. That will likely be the cheapest parking option. Parking at the hotel is “$”10 per day and “$”25 per 24 hours for overnight guests from the group rate.