Biocomplexity XI
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Agenda

Friday, December 3rd

Tree Suites and University Club, Indiana Memorial Union and Myers Hall

7:00-8:00am

Continental Breakfast (University Club)

8:00-8:20

Greg Huber, James Glazier, Michael Lynch

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Chair: Michael Lynch

I. Multicellularity – Origins

8:20-9:00

Gregory Velicer

Social Bacteria

Abstract

9:00-9:20

Aurora Nedelcu

Co-opting Environmentally-induced Responses

for Group Advantage

Abstract

9:20-9:40

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo

‘Multicellular’ Genes in Unicellular Lineages

Abstract

9:40-9:50

Jody Westbrook

Gene Structure & Alternative Splicing in Our Ancestors

Abstract

9:50-10:10

Provocateur: William Martin

Open Session I: Discussion and Exchange

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

Chair: Douglas Hofstadter

II. Emergence from Collectives

10:30-11:10

Elinor Ostrom

The Evolution of Rules that Enhance Cooperation

Abstract

11:10-11:30

César Hidalgo

The Emergence of Economic Diversity

11:30-11:50

Sid Redner

Can Consensus Ever Be Achieved

by Social Interactions Alone?

Abstract

11:50-12:00pm

Thomas Julou

Variability of Public Goods in a Clonal Population

Abstract

12:00-12:20

Provocateur: Jeff Gore

Open Session II: Discussion and Exchange

12:20-1:40

Lunch

Chair: Greg Huber

III. Selection & Collective Behavior

1:40-2:20

Iain Couzin

Information Transfer: the Evolution of Collective Behavior

Abstract

2:20-2:40

David Nelson

Competition & Cooperation at Frontiers

Abstract

2:40-3:00

Herbert Levine

Indirect Selection During Darwinian Evolution

Abstract

3:00-3:20

Roeland Merks

Emergence of Microbial Cooperation in the Human Gut

Abstract

3:20-3:40

Provocateur:Paulien Hogeweg

Open Session III: Discussion and Exchange

3:40-4:00

Coffee Break (Tree Suites Lounge)

4:00-5:30

IV, V, VI: Trifurcated Sessions

Details

7:00-8:00

Rick Michod

Public Lecture: (Myers Hall, Rm 130)

Cooperation, Conflict, & Sex in the Evolution of Individuality

8:00

Reception for Public Lecture


Friday, December 3rd: The Trifurcated Sessions

Tree Suites, Indiana Memorial Union

Chair: Pierre Durand

IV. Crossing the Pro/Eukaryotic Divide

Location: University Club

4:00-4:30

John Allen

Why Cytoplasmic Inheritance? Genes in Chloroplasts and Mitochondria

Abstract

4:30-5:00

Neil Blackstone

Programmed Death in Mitochondria

Abstract

5:00-5:30

William Martin

The Origin of Mitochondria and Eukaryotes

Abstract

Chair: David Nelson

V. Bacterial Biofilms

Location: Oak Room

4:00-4:30

Tommy Angelini

Biofilm Multicellularity and Molecular Concentration Gradients

Abstract

4:30-5:00

Isaac Klapper

Discrete Speciation in a Continuous Environment

Abstract

Chair: Natasha Mehdiabadi

VI. Germ Lines & Division of Labor - Origins

Location: Walnut Room

4:00-4:30

Sergey Gavrilets

Rapid Transition Towards the Division of Labor via Evolution of Developmental Plasticity

Abstract

4:30-5:00

Cassandra Extavour

Evolution of Germ Lines

Abstract


Saturday, December 4th

University Club, Indiana Memorial Union

7:00-8:00am

Continental Breakfast (University Club)

Chair: Sid Redner

VII. Applied Game Theory

8:00-8:40

Jeff Gore

Cooperation & Cheating in Microbes

Abstract

8:40-9:00

Risto Miikkulainen

Co-evolution of Cooperative Behaviors in Simulated Predator & Prey Teams

Abstract

9:00-9:20

Kim Sneppen

Why Do Phage Play Dice?

Abstract

9:20-9:40

Chris Adami

Evolution of Cooperation from Reliable Communication

Abstract

9:40-10:00

Provocateur: Daniel Fisher

Open Session VII: Discussion and Exchange

10:00-10:20

Coffee Break

Chair: Tommy Angelini

VIII. Sound Bites

10:20-12:00pm

Sound Bite Speakers

Short talks 4 – 10 min each

12:00-12:20

Open Session VIII: Discussion and Exchange

12:20-1:40

Lunch

IX. Breakout Sessions

1:40-2:45

Group A

Fitness and Kin Selection

Group B

Origin of Life, Origin of the Genome

Group C

Cancer and Metastasis

Group D

Levels of Selection

Group E

From Groups to Individuals

2:45-3:00

Coffee Break

Chair: Greg Huber

X: Evolution & Ecology of Cancer

3:00-3:45

José Costa

The Cancer Paradox: Innovating through Atavism

Abstract

3:40-4:00

Robert Gatenby

Evolutionary Dynamics of Carcinogenesis

Abstract

4:00-4:20

Carlo Maley

Cooperation in the Evolution and Ecology of Tumors

Abstract

4:20-4:40

Athena Aktipis

The Evolution of Metastasis

Abstract

4:40-5:00

Michael Lynch

Somatic Mutation & The Cost of Multicellularity

Abstract

5:00-5:20

Provocateur: Neil Blackstone

Open Session X: Discussion and Exchange


Sunday, December 5th

University Club, Indiana Memorial Union

7:00-8:00am

Continental Breakfast (University Club)

Chair: James Glazier

XI: Selection and Multiple Scales

8:00-8:40

Eugene Shakhnovich

Physics-based Fitness Landscapes

Abstract

8:40-9:20

Paulien Hogweg

Evolution of Molecular Cooperation & Functional Complexity

Abstract

9:20-9:40

Daniel ben Avraham

Selection Pressure in the Kleinberg Navigation Model: A Cautionary Tale

Abstract

9:40-10:00

Ariel Fernández

Nonadaptive Origin of Interactome Complexity

Abstract

10:00-10:20

Provocateur: Pierre Durand

Open Session XI: Discussion and Exchange

10:20-10:40

Coffee Break

Chair: Sergey Gavrilets

XII: Fitness and Relatedness

10:40-11:20

Natasha Mehdiabadi

Cooperation & Conflict in Social Systems

Abstract

11:20-11:40

Corina Tarnita

The Evolution of Eusociality

Abstract

11:40-11:50

Owen Gilbert

Why Do Organisms Limit Social Interactions to Kin?

Abstract

11:50-12:10pm

Provocateur: Greg Huber

Open Session XII: Discussion and Exchange

12:10

Lunch and Farewell