Alexa Sadier 9:15-9:40
Research Scientist - Sears Lab, University of California Los Angeles
The developmental foundation of new organs: eco-evo-devo of bat teeth

Heather Bruce 9:40-10:05
Research Associate - Patel Lab, Marine Biological Laboratory
Ghost hunting: insects retain ancestral legs on the abdomen

Gavin Rice 10:05-10:30
Postdoctoral Fellow - Rebeiz Lab, University of Pittsburgh
Investigating the evolution of novel body parts in the rapidly evolving genitalia of Drosophila

Ryan Hulett 10:50-11:15
PhD Candidate - Srivastava Lab, Harvard University
Mechanisms generating neural cell-type diversity during regeneration in the acoel Hofstenia miamia

Isabel Almudi 11:15-11:40
Group Leader - University of Barcelona
The developmental origins of a new visual system in mayflies

David Booth 11:40-12:05
Assistant Professor - University of California San Francisco
The evolution of interdependent cell types from selfish cell differentiation

Alexandre de Mendoza 1:30-1:55
Senior Lecturer - Queen Mary University of London
The emergence of a new epigenetic pathway: brain non-CpG methylation as a vertebrate innovation

Margarida Cardoso Moreira 1:55-2:20
Group Leader - The Francis Crick Institute
The evolution of pregnancy

Guilherme Gainett 2:20-2:45
Ph.D. Candidate - Sharma Lab, University of Wisconsin Madison
Antenniform legs in arachnids: Old players and duplications in innovations to sense the world

Philip Abitua 3:00-3:25Tania Rozario
Assistant Professor - University of Washington
Symmetry breaking in annual killifish

Tania Rozario 3:25-3:50
Assistant Professor - University of Georgia
Making heads or tails of tapeworms: Signals that regulate regeneration in Hymenolepis diminuta