Insects Inspire Innovation in the Study of Conserved Evolutionary Toolkits

Organizer(s)

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  Rebecca Westwick

  PhD Candidate
  Entomology
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky
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  Allison Young

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky
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  Anastasia Weger

  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca R. Westwick – University of Kentucky
• 9:05 AM – 9:30 AM PT

  A flexible evolutionary toolkit for neural development
  

  Presenting Author: Angelika Stollewerk – Queen Mary University of London
• 9:30 AM – 9:55 AM PT

  Toolkits for maternal care, sociality and longevity: Insights from facultatively social bees
  

  Presenting Author: Sandra M. Rehan – York University
• 9:55 AM – 10:15 AM PT

  Break
• 10:15 AM – 10:40 AM PT

  Is there a genetic toolkit for insect sociality? A synthesis across approaches and taxa
  

  Presenting Author: Amy Toth – Iowa State University
• 10:40 AM – 11:05 AM PT

  From the formation of embryonic appendages to the color of wings: Conserved and novel roles of aristaless1 in butterfly development
  

  Presenting Author: Erick X. Bayala – University of Michigan

  Co-author: Nicholas VanKuren – University of Chicago

  Co-author: Darli Massardo – University of Chicago

  Co-author: Marcus Kronforst – University of Chicago
• 11:05 AM – 11:35 AM PT

  Panel discussion