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03:00pm – 04:45pm | Opening of the secretariat and reception of symposium members
04:45pm – 05:00pm | Opening of the XII Symposium on Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Drosophila
05:00pm – 05:45pm | Conference 1: Dr. Louis Bernard Klaczko (UNICAMP, SP):
Natural Selection and Chromosome Inversions in Drosophila mediopunctata
05:45pm – 06:30pm | Roundtable conference: Tribute to Fabio Sene
06:30pm – 07:30pm | Welcome cocktail
ECOLOGY
08:30am – 09:30am | Conference 2: Dr. Julian Mensch (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina):
Overwintering biology of native and invasive Drosophila species of South America.
09:30am – 10:00am | Speaker: Dr. Rosana Tidon (UnB, DF):
Twenty-five years of Drosophilid monitoring in the Cerrado: Species richness, abundance, and invasion dynamics
10:00am – 10:30am | Coffee break
10:30am – 11:00am | Speaker: Dr. Marlúcia Martins (Museu Paraenese Emilio Goeldi, PA):
Diversity and community structure of Drosophila (Hexapoda, Diptera) in post-mining sites under different forest restoration techniques in the Brazilian Amazon
11:00am – 11:30am | Speaker: Dr. Ana Lauer Garcia (Federal University of Pernambuco, PE):
Drosophila nasuta in Brazil: overview of the first decade of invasion
11:30am – 12:00pm | Speaker: M.Sc. Augusto Rampasso (Cornell University):
Evolutionary Patterns of Hawaiian Drosophilidae (Diptera)
12:00pm – 02:00pm | Lunch break
EVOLUTION
02:00pm – 03:00pm | Conference 3: Dr. Bernard Kim (Stanford University/Princeton University):
Ultra-precise mapping of natural selection in Drosophila with clade-scale population genomic data
03:00pm – 03:30pm | Speaker: Dr. Lizandra Robe (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS):
Ancient hybridization and the phylogenetic position of the Zygothrica genus group
03:30pm – 04:00pm | Coffee break
04:00pm – 04:30pm | Speaker: Dr. Rodrigo Cogni (University of Sao Paulo, SP):
The antiviral effects of the symbiont bacteria Wolbachia in insects
04:30pm – 05:00pm | Speaker: Dr. Karla Yotoko (Universidade Federal de Viçosa, MG):
Long-term relationships can also be toxic: a study of the Wolbachia-host interaction in Neotropical drosophilids
05:00pm – 05:30pm | Interval
05:30pm – 07:30pm | Poster Presentation - Group 1
GENETICS AND GENOMICS
08:30am – 09:30am | Conference 4: Dr. Timothy Karr (Arizona State University):
Discovery of an Insect Epididymis
09:30am – 10:00am | Speaker: Dr. Gustavo Kuhn (Federal University of Minas Gerais, MG):
Using transgenics to help unravel the evolutionary interplay between satellite DNAs and centromeric proteins in Drosophila
10:00am – 10:30am | Coffee break
10:30am – 11:00am | Speaker: Dr. Claudia Carareto (São Paulo State University, SP):
Contribution of transposable elements in the host shift of cactophilic Drosophila species
11:00am – 11:30am | Speaker: Dr. Elgion Loreto (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS):
Somatic expression and mobilization of transposable elements in Drosophila
11:30am – 12:00pm | Speaker: Dr. Marina Prigol (Federal University of Pampa, RS):
Drosophila melanogaster: A model organism for studying the impact of substances on behavior and molecular pathways
12:00pm – 02:00pm | Lunch break
THE DROSOPHILA MODEL
02:00pm – 02:30pm | Speaker: Dr. Marcos Oliveira (São Paulo State University, SP):
How Drosophila research can boost all areas of life sciences in Brazil
02:30pm – 03:00pm | Speaker: Dr. Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ):
A multi-species approach to understand early embryogenesis and regeneration
03:00pm – 03:30pm | Coffee Break
03:30pm – 04:00pm | Speaker: Dr. Maria Vibranovski (University of São Paulo, SP):
Development of Oligopaint probes for chromosomes with high frequency of repetitive sequences
04:00pm – 04:30pm | Speaker: Dr. Helena Araujo (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ):
From fruit flies to kissing bugs: can we understand how signaling networks evolve?
04:30pm – 06:30pm | Poster Presentation - Group 2
08:30am – 09:30am | Conference 5: Dr. Amir Yassin (Institut Diversité, Ecologie et Evolution du Vivant, CNRS):
The genetic architecture and evolution of sex-specific diversity in Drosophila
09:30am – 10:00am | Best Work Awards (Undergraduate/Postgraduate)
10:00am – 10:30am | Coffee break
10:30am – 11:15am | Tribute to Jean. R. David
11:15am – 12:00am | Meeting with SEGED participants: Suggestions for upcoming symposiums and announcement of the next event.