Symposium S9: Plant EvoDevo: Linking cross-species genetic and morphological variation
Organizers: John Bowman and Christian Hardtke
Chair: Christian Hardtke

S9-01  Inverted regulatory logic in hormone pathway interactions shapes different root system types
Hardtke, Christian (University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CHE)

S9-02  Genetic determinants of petal number variation between Arabidopsis thaliana and Cardamine hirsuta
Monniaux, Marie (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, GER)

S9-03  A division in PIN-mediated Auxin patterning during organ initiation in grasses
O'Connor, Devin (Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, GBR); Runions, Adam (University of Calgary, AB, CAN); Sluis, Aaron (University of California Albany, CA, USA); Bragg, Jennifer (USDA, Albany, CA, USA); Vogel, John (USDA, Albany, CA, USA); Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw (University of Calgary, AB, CAN); Hake, Sarah (University of California, Albany, CA, USA) 

S9-04  Towards unterstanding the genetic basis for diversification of leaf form
Tsiantis, Miltos (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, GER)

Symposium S10: What should bioinformatics do for EvoDevo? I
Organizers: Günter Plickert, Mark Blalxter, Paula Mabee, and Ann Burke
Chair: Paula Mabee

S10-01 Bioinformatics for Evo Devo: Connecting evolutionary morphology and model organism genetics
Mabee, Paula (University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA)

S10-03 From the wet lab to the computer and back: A stage specific RNAseq analysis elucidates the molecular underpinnings and evolution of Hydrozoan development
Schiffer, Philipp (University of Cologne, Zoological Institute and Institute for Genetics, GER)

S10-04 Insights into the evolution of early development of parthenogenetic nematodes by second generation sequencing
Kraus, Christopher (University of Cologne, GER); Schiffer, Philipp (Universität of Cologne, GER); Kroiher, Michael (University of Cologne, GER); Schierenberg, Einhard (University of Cologne, GER)

Symposium S11: Ecological and environmental impacts on the evolution of organismal development I
Organizers: Chris Lowe, John Willis and Angelika Stollewerk
Chair: Angela Stollewerk

S11-01 EcoEvoDevo and the origins of morphological complexity in the worker caste in ants
Rajakumar, Rajendhran (McGill University, Montreal, QC, CAN); Fave, Marie-Julie (McGill University, Montreal, QC, CAN); Abouheif, Ehab (McGill University, Montreal, QC, CAN)

S11-02 Inducible defenses in Daphnia
Laforsch, Christian (University of Bayreuth, GER)

S11-03 Genetics of larval mode in the poecilogonous polychaete Streblospio benedicti
Rockman, Matthew (New York University, NY, USA)

S11-04 Determination of sexual fate in the temperature dependent red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans
Capel, Blanche (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA); Czerwinski, Mike (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA); Mork, Lindsey (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA); Looger, Loren (Janelia Farm, Ashburn, VA, USA); Natarajan, Anirudh (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA)

Symposium S12: Developmental basis of quantitative variation
Organizers: Mihaela Pavlicev and Günter Wagner
Chair: Mihaela Pavlicev

S12-01 The evolution of pleiotropy in relation to integration, modularity, and individuation
Cheverud, James M. (Loyola University, Chicago, USA)

S12-02 Mutational variation in epistatic pleiotropy and the genotype-phenotype map of multi-drug resistance in HIV-1
Guillaume, Frederic (University of Zurich, CHE)

S12-03 Highly monotone genotype-phenotype maps emerging from gene regulatory networks
Gjuvsland, Arne (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, NOR); Wang, Yunpeng (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, NOR); Plahte, Erik (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, NOR); Omholt, Stig W. (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, NOR)

S13-04 Managing the pleiotropy of  “pleiotropic“ transcription factor genes
Wagner, Gunter (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA); Lynch, Vincent (The University of Chicago, IL, USA); Nnamani, Mauris (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA); Pavlicev, Mihaela (University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA)

Symposium S13: Structural organization in vertebrate dentitions: Molecules, morphology and function
Organizers: Abigail Tucker and Moya Smith
Chair: Moya Smith

S13-01 Teeth inside and outside the mouth: Topographic relationships in sawshark and sawfish dentitions (Elasmobranchii; Chondrichthyes)
Welten, Monique (Natural History Museum, London, GBR); Meredith Smith, Moya (King’s College London, GBR); Underwood, Charlie (University of London, GBR); Fraser, Gareth (University of Sheffield, GBR); Johanson, Zerina (Natural History Museum, London, GBR)

S13-02 Mechanical constraints during cusp pattern development in rodent molars
Renvoise, Elodie (University of Helsinki, FIN); Kavanagh, Kathryn (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, USA); Kallonen, Aki (University of Helsinki, FIN); Häkkinen, Teemu (University of Helsinki, FIN); Rice, Ritva (University of Helsinki, FIN); Jernvall, Jukka (University of Helsinki, FIN)

S13-03 Development and fate of the dental lamina in amniotes
Buchtova, Marcela (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, CZE)

S13-04 What the Myotragus evolutionary lineage tell us about the selective pressures that drive dentition patterning in mammals
Jordana, Xavier (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Bellaterra, ESP); Moncunill-Solé, Blanca (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Bellaterra, ESP); Köhler, Meike (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and ICREA, Bellaterra, ESP)

Symposium S14: What should bioinformatics do for EvoDevo? II
Organizers: Günter Plickert, Mark Blaxter, Paula Mabee and Ann Burke
Chairs: Günter Plickert and Mark Blaxter

S14-01  Petaloidy, polarity and pollination: The evolution of organ morphology networks
Specht, Chelsea (University of California Berkeley, CA, USA); Yockteng, Roxana (University of California Berkeley, CA, USA); Almeida, Ana M. R. (University of California Berkeley, CA, USA); Pineyro-Nelson, Alma (University of California Berkeley, CA, USA)

S14-02 Aligning phonemes and genomes to understand the evolution of multicellular organisms
Donoghue, Philip (University of Bristol, Bristol, GBR); Deline, Bradley (University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, USA); Greenwood, Jennifer (University of Bristol, GBR); Taylor, Richard (University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, GBR); Hetherington, Alexander (University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, GBR); Tarver, James (University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, GBR); Peterson, Kevin (Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA)

S14-03 Online databases provide critical insights into the evolution of appendage modularity during the fin to limb transition
Dececchi, Alex (University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA); Mabee, Paula (University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA); Marcot, Jonathan (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA); Sears, Karen (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA)

S14-04 Evolutionally conserved mechanisms of regeneration in chordates: Uncovering pathways active during WBR in Botrylloides leachi
Zondag, Lisa (University of Ontago, Dunedin, NZL); Rutherford, Kim (University of Ontago, Dunedin, NZL); Wilson, Megan (University of Ontago, Dunedin, NZL)

S15-01 Evolutionary lability of plant epidermal morphology in response to changing interactions with animals
Glover, Beverley (University of Cambridge, GBR)

S15-02 New genes, new chemistry and new cells in phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of novelty in nematodes.
Sommer, Ralf (Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, GER) 

S15-03 Understanding strategies used by the C. elegans reproductive system to cope with uncertain environments
Ruvinsky, Ilya (The University of Chicago, IL, USA)

S15-04 Experimental evolution of multicellularity
Travisano, Michael (University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA); Ratcliff, William (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA)

Symposium S16: How does developmental robustness facilitate the evolution of biodiversity?
Organizers: Rainer Melzer and Günter Theissen
Chairs: Günter Theissen and Rainer Melzer

S16-01 How do clades explore morphological character space throughout their evolution?
Wills, Matthew (University of Bath, Bath, GBR); Hughes, Martin (The Natural History Museum, London, GBR); Gerber, Sylvain (The University of Cambridge, GBR); Oyston, Jack (University of Bath, GBR); Wagner, Peter (National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA)

S16-02 The evolution of canalization and evolvability in changing environments
Hansen, Thomas F. (University of Oslo, Oslo, NOR)

S16-03 Developmental robustness in C. elegans: From quantification to mechanisms
Barkoulas, Michalis (Imperial College, London, GBR); Felix, Marie-Anne (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, FRA)

S16-04 Genetic basis of petal number variation in Cardamine hirsuta
Hay, Angela (Max Planck Society Minerva Fellow, Cologne, GER) 

Symposium S17: EvoDevo as an approach to understanding communication  
Organizers: D. Kimbrough Oller and Ulrike Griebel
Chair: D. Kimbrough Oller

S17-01 Language evolution and change: The impact of modern evolutionary thinking
Dediu, Dan (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen)

S17-02  The building blocks of language: From molecules to neuronal circuits
Vernes, Sonja (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen)

S17-03 Computational models of human vocal development and evolution
Warlaumont, Anne (University of California Merced, CA, USA)

S17-04 Human vocal development and animal communication in an evodevo approach to language
Oller, D. Kimbrough (University of Memphis, TN, USA); Griebel, Ulrike (University of Memphis, TN, USA)

Contributed Session C11: What should Bioinformatics do for EvoDevo?
Chairs: Günter Plickert and Paula Mabee­­­­­

C11-01 Phylogenomics of MADS-box genes in flowering plants to identify EvoDevo genes
Theissen, Guenter (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, GER); Gramzow, Lydia (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, GER)

C11-02 Illuminating the evolutionary origin of the turtle shell by a comparative tissue-specific transcriptome analysis
Pascual-Anaya, Juan (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, JPN); Kuratani, Shigeru (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, JPN)

C11-03 Blastodermal segmentation in the milkweed bug Oncopeltus facsiatus
Chipman, Ariel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISR); Stahi, Reut (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, ISR)

C11-04 The origins of arthropod innovations: Insights from the non-insect arthropods, the Cherry Shrimp and Rusty Millipede
Kenny, Nathan (School of Life Sciences, Hong Kong, HKG); Qu, Zhe (School of Life Sciences, Hong Kong, HKG); Wong, Nicola (School of Life Sciences, Hong Kong, HKG); Lam, Hon Ming (School of Life Sciences, Hong Kong, HKG); Chu, Ka Hou (School of Life Sciences, Hong Kong, HKG); Hui, Jerome (School of Life Sciences, Hong Kong, HKG)

Contributed Session C12: Perspectives on Wnt signaling II
Chair: Wim Damen

C12-01 Repeated evolution of novel embryonic axis determinants in dipteran insects
Schmidt-Ott, Urs (The University of Chicago, IL, USA)

C12-02 Antagonizing Wnt signalling in the Tribolium embryo
Schröder, Reinhard (University of Rostock, GER); Prühs, Romy (University of Rostock, GER); Sharma, Rahul (University of Rostock, GER); Beermann, Katharina (University of Rostock, GER); Beermann, Anke (University of Tübingen, GER)

C12-03 Wnt-Myc interaction in Hydra stem cell proliferation
Hobmayer, Bert (University of Innsbruck, AUT); Gufler, Sabine (University of Innsbruck, AUT); Glasauer, Stella (University of Innsbruck, AUT); Bister, Klaus (University of Innsbruck, AUT); Hartl, Markus (University of Innsbruck, AUT)

C12-04 How regulatory beta-catenin modules impinge on early annelid GRNs
Schneider, Stephan (Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA); Pruitt, Margaret(Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA); Bastin, Benjamin (Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA); Chou, Hsien-chao (Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA)

Contributed Session C13: Ecological and environmental impacts on the evolution of organismal development I
Chair: Angelika Stollewerk

C13-01 Combining molecular, developmental, and ecological approaches to understanding the relationship between genotype, phenotype, and the selective environment
Khila, Abderrahman (IGFL, Lyon, FRA)

C13-02 Evolution of the olfactory sensory system in the blind cavefish Astyanax mexicanus
Retaux, Sylvie (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Bibliowicz, Yoni (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Hélène, Hinaux (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Maryline, Blin (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Alexandre, Alié (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, AUT); Espinasa, Luis (Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA)

C13-03 Optogenetics illuminates the neural circuit regulating swimming behavior in the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii
Tosches, Maria Antonietta (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, GER); Bucher, Daniel (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, GER); Arendt, Detlev (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, GER)

C13-04  Genetic an epigenetic bases of abdominal pigmentation plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster
Gibert, Jean-Michel (UMR7622 CNRS-UPMC IBPS, Paris, FRA); Mouchel-Vielh, Emmanuèle (UMR7622 CNRS-UPMC IBPS, Paris, FRA); De Castro, Sandra (UMR7622 CNRS-UPMC IBPS, Paris, FRA); Coulpier, Fanny (Genomic Paris Centre, IBENS, Paris, FRA); Le Crom, Stéphane (Genomic Paris Centre, IBENS, Paris, FRA); Peronnet, Frédérique (UMR7622 CNRS-UPMC IBPS, Paris, FRA)

Contributed SessionC14: Developmental mechanisms underlying evolutionary change II
Chair: Peter Dearden

C14-01 A mechanism for reproductive constraint in the honeybee
Duncan, Elizabeth (University of Otago, Dunedin, NZL); Dearden, Peter (University of Otago, Dunedin, NZL)

C14-02 EvoDevo of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish: A new time frame and its consequence on the underlying evolutionary mechanisms
Fumey, Julien (LEGS, UPR9034 CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Noirot, Céline (Genotoul, INRA, Auzeville, FRA); Hinaux, Hélène (Neurobiology & Development Laboratory UPR3294, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Rétaux, Sylvie (Neurobiology & Development Laboratory UPR3294, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Casane, Didier (LEGS, UPR9034 CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA)

C14-03 Notch signalling is necessary for environmentally-induced transdifferentiation in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica
Degnan, Bernie (University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUS); Nakanishi, Nagayasu (University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUS); Richards, Gemma (University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUS)

C14-04  The evolutionary role of microRNA gene regulation in development: Insights from hemichordates
Gray, Jessica (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA); Freeman, Jr., Robert (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA); Gerhart, John (University of California Berkeley, CA, USA); Kirschner, Marc (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)

Contributed Session C15: EvoDevo as an approach to understanding communication: Modeling, genetics, and developmental research in vocal communication and its neurological underpinnings
Chair: Irene Berra

C15-01 Endless forms of reward. A combinatorial solution for convergent behavioural traits
Berra, Irene (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NLD / University of Messina, ITA)

C15-02 Language acquisition as an organic developmental process
Blasco Máñez, Teresa (The KLI Institute, Klosterneuburg, AUT / Universidad de Oviedo, ESP); Lorenzo, Guillermo (Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, ESP); Balari, Sergio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, ESP)

Contributed Session C16: Quo vadis EvoDevo?
Chair: Cassandra Extavour

C16-01 Remaining questions of the developmental hourglass model
Irie, Naoki (University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN); Kuratani, Shigeru (RIKEN, Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, JPN)

C16-02 Arthropod developmental patterns through time - is there a decline of diversity?
Haug, Joachim (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, GER); Haug, Carolin (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, GER)

Contributed Session C17: Regeneration EvoDevo
Chair: Uri Frank

C16-01 Distinct mechanisms underlie proximal and distal regeneration in the cnidarian Hydractinia echinata
Bradshaw, Brian (National University of Ireland, Galway, IRL; Frank, Uri (National University of Ireland, Galway, IRL)

C16-02 Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) ectosome regeneration: Morphallaxis and metaplasia
Ereskovsky, Alexander (Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie Marine et Continentale (IMBE), Marseille, FRA); Borisenko, Ilya (Saint-Petersburg State University, RUS); Gazave, Eve (Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Université Paris-Diderot Paris 7, FRA); Renard, Emmanuelle (Aix Marseille Université, FRA); Borchiellini, Carole (Aix Marseille Université, FRA)

Contributed Session C18: Ecological and environmental impacts on the evolution of organismal development II
Chair: Angelika Stollewerk

C18-01 Regulatory gene networks that shape the development of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in a cichlid fish
Schneider, Ralf Friedrich (University of Konstanz, GER); Li, Yuanhao (University of Konstanz, GER); Meyer, Axel (University of Konstanz, GER); Gunter, Helen M (University of Konstanz, GER)

C18-02 Running for life: Developmental and biomechanical constraints on homeotic transformations in mammals
Galis, Frietson (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, NLD); Carrier, David (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA); van Alphen, Joris (Groningen University, NLD); Metz, Johan (IIASA, Laxenburg, AUT); Ten Broek, Clara (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, NLD)

Contributed Session C19: Amphioxus EvoDevo
Chair: Beatriz Albuixech-Crespo

C19-01 Molecular patterning of amphioxus CNS reveals unexpected evolutionary relationships between midbrain and diencephalon
Albuixech-Crespo, Beatriz (Universitat de Barcelona, ESP); Irimia, Manuel (Universitat de Barcelona, ESP); Maeso, Ignacio (Universitat de Barcelona, ESP); Sánchez-Arrones, Luisa (CSIC-UAM, Madrid, ESP); Somorjai, Ildiko (University of St Andrews , Scotland, GBR); Pascual-Anaya, Juan (CDB Riken, Kobe, JPN); Bovolenta, Paola (CSIC-UAM, Madrid, ESP); Garcia-Fernàndez, Jordi (Universitat de Barcelona, ESP); Ferran, José Luis (University of Murcia, ESP); Puelles, Luis (University of Murcia, ESP)

C19-02 Functional study of neural induction in the cephalochordate Branchiostoma lanceolatum
Le Pétillon, Yann (UPMC - Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer, FRA)

Award of the Kowalevsky Medal to Denis Duboule
University of Geneva, CHE

Keynote Lecture (K3)
Ulrich Technau
University of Vienna, AUT

The evolution of key bilaterian traits: Insights from regulatory developmental networks in Cnidaria     
Chair: Michael Schubert

(Presentation of posters with odd numbers)
Corridors in front of ROOMS C1 & C2 and ROOM E

Workshop: Advances in live imaging morphogenesis
Organizers: Frederike Alwes and Carsten Wolff

W-01 High-speed light sheet microscopy and real-time image processing
Huisken, Jan (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, GER)

W-02 SPIM imaging of spiralian development
Handberg-Thorsager, Mette (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, GER); Tomer, Raju (Stanford University, CA, USA); Amat, Fernando (Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA); Girstmair, Johannes (University College London, GBR); Telford, Max (University College London, GBR); Arendt, Detlev (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, GER); Keller, Philipp (Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA); Tomancak, Pavel (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, GER)

W-03  Imaging and quantifying 4D growth patterns during flower development
Das, Pradeep (ENS Lyon, Lyon, FRA)

W-04  Multi-level studies of appendage morphogenesis in the crustacean model Parhyale hawaiensis
Pavlopoulos, Anastasios (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA); Tinevez, Jean-Yves (Institut Pasteur, Paris, FRA); Pietzsch, Tobias (Max Planck Institute, Dresden, GER); Wolff, Carsten (Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, GER); Tomancak, Pavel (Max Planck Institute, Dresden, GER)

W-05  Light sheet microscopy as a tool for studying early insect development
Tomancak, Pavel (MPI-CBG, Dresden, GER)