Understanding the genomic basis of adaptation is a fundamental question in evolutionary biology with far-reaching implications, including for climate change, biodiversity, biological invasion, pest control, and plant and animal health. How environmental change affects the genetic composition of populations is still poorly understood: questions such as how rapidly adaptation can occur, and at what spatial and temporal scales, remain largely unanswered. As a result, several important questions, such as whether substantial environmental changes result in reduction of native European species, lead to their rapid adaptation, or favor invasive species, remain open. The DrosEU consortium is providing an exciting platform to tackle these issues by applying genetics, bioinformatics, and state-of-the-art next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and analyses to one of the most tractable organisms, the fruit fly Drososphila melanogaster and its relatives.
The scientific goal of this meeting is to discuss the latest insights from the DrosEU community, including invited talks from senior PIs, and contributions from other species to put the results in a broader perspective.”
We are excited to host the European Drosophila Population Genomics Consortium (DrosEU) meeting in Wageningen this year! We are looking forward to two days of exciting science and we cordially invite you to join as well.
Venue
The meeting will be held on the Campus of Wageningen University, in room NcountR of the Impulse building.
Everything you need to know when you come to Wageningen for the DrosEU meeting (8-9 May 2023)
Registration
Members of the Wageningen Graduate School can register for free, for other participants we charge €25. Please note that coffee, tea, and lunch are included. You can register here, https://www.pe-rc.nl/DrosEU.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
Bas Zwaan, Joost van den Heuvel, and Marjan Kampinga (on behalf of DrosEU)
Programme
The first day symposium on Evolutionary genomics of adaptation in natural populations is a mix of contributing talks and two exciting keynote speakers, with not only Drosophila being the star of the show. The second day will the DrosEU consortium meeting proper, but please indicate if you would like to join to see for yourself what it is all about. Please ee the next pages for a detailed programme.
Monday 8th of May
Time | What? | Who? | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
9:00 - 9:25 | Walk-in and coffee/tea | All | |
9:25 - 9:30 | Welcome | Bas Zwaan | |
9:30- 9:50 | Contributed talk 1 | Noora Poikela | Drosophila montana inversions and their role |
9:50 - 10:10 | Contributed talk 2 | Daniël Siqueira de Oliveira | Contribution of transposable plasticity in Drosophila |
10:10 - 10:30 | Contributed talk 3 | René Boesten | Local adaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana in a small geographic region with mild environmental clines |
10:30 - 11:00 | BREAK | | |
11:00 - 11:45 | Keynote 1 | Paul Schmidt | Rapid adaptation in Drosophila: tempo, |
11:45 - 12:05 | Contributed talk 4 | Iryna Kozeretska | What can Antarctic endemic Belgica antarctica tell about |
12:05 - 12:25 | Contributed talk 5 | Natalie van Dis | Genomic basis of rapid adaptation to climate change in the winter moth |
12:25 - 13:30 | LUNCH | | |
13:30 - 14:15 | Keynote 2 | Josefa González | Transposable elements in adaptive |
14:15 - 14:35 | Contributed talk 6 | Joost van den Heuvel | The evolution and genetics of ageing |
14:35 - 14:55 | Contributed talk 7 | Svitlana Serga | In search of Wolbachia-induced incompatibility in Drosophila suzukii |
14:55 - 15:15 | Contributed talk 8 | Bregje Wertheim | Seasonal biology of Drosophila suzukii |
15:15 - 15:45 | BREAK | | |
15:45 - 16:05 | Contributed talk 9 | Dahise Brilinger | Integrated management of Drosophila suzukii |
16:05 - 16:25 | Contributed talk 10 | Nicky Faber | Gene drive versus Genetic diversity |
16:25 - 16:45 | Contributed talk 11 | Sonja Steindl | "FAIRiCUBE", machine learning, and DrosEU |
16:45 - 17:05 | Contributed talk 12 | Bahar Patlar | Genomic signatures of clinal adaptation in seminal fluid |
Tuesday 9th of May
Time | Working Group | What? | Who? | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
9:00 - 10:15 | DEST WG | Update | Joaquin Nunez/Alan Bergland/Marta Coronado-Zamora | Progress update |
10:15 - 11:00 | Phenotyping WG | Update | Thomas Flatt | Progress update |
| | (If time allows) | Axel Wiberg | Population genetics of sexual conflict |
11:00 - 11:30 | | BREAK | | |
11:30 - 12:00 | TE WG | Update | Josefa González/Miriam Merenciano | Progress update |
| | Contributed talk 13 | Pau Carazo | Phenotypic plasticity and the ecology of sexual conflict in Drosophila melanogaster |
12:00 - 12:30 | Suzukii | Update | Matthieu Gauttier (online) | Progress update |
12:30 - 13:30 | | LUNCH | | |
13:30 - 14:15 | Sampling WG | Update | Katja Hoedjes | |
| | Contributed talk 14 | Katja Hoedjes | Drosophila Combined Annotation Dependent Depletion (CADD) plans |
14:15 - 14:45 | Mircobiome WG | Update | Oleksandr Maistrenko | Progress update |
14:45 - 15:15 | | BREAK | | |
15:15 - 16:15 | General DrosEU business | Update | Josefa González/Thomas Flatt | Open discussion |
16:15 - 16:30 | Closing remarks | Any other business/End | All/Bas Zwaan | |
Everything you need to know when you come to Wageningen for the DrosEU meeting (8-9 May 2023)
