Program

Session 1

Chairs: Rui Faria and Susana Almeida

TIME

SPEAKER

TOPIC 1| Genome Architecture, Structural Evolution and Biogeography

14:00

Matthew Webster

Plenary Talk| The evolution of sex and recombination – lessons from the bee hive

14:40

Carlos Vila-Verde

Talk 1| Structural organisation and evolutionary dynamics of human satellite 1b (HSAZ1b) across the primate genome

14:52

Jorge Pereira

Talk 2| Bat genome evolution: karyotypic conservation and repetitive sequence dynamics

15:04

Matthew Moreira

Talk 3| Global diversity patterns are explained by diversification rates and dispersal at ancient, not shallow, timescales

15:16

Maria Carolina Matos

Talk 4| FCRL6 throughout the lineages: what’s the history behind the first FCRL that was described?

15:28

Mónica Lopes-Marques

Talk 5| Gene loss and evolutionary adaptations in cetaceans: insights from the gene loss db

15:40

João Moutinho

Talk 6| Exon duplication and loss in cldn18 punctuates the evolution of the gnathostome stomach and lung

Session 2

Chairs: Vítor Sousa e Dora Henriques

TIME

SPEAKER

TOPIC 2| Domestication, Population Genomics and Conservation

16:35

Isabel Alves

Talk 7| Evidence for two major domestication events during the evolutionary history of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

16:47

Catarina Ginja

Talk 8| Unveiling genome-wide diversity and selection signatures in Portuguese sheep breeds

16:59

João Souto

Talk 9|Incomplete lineage sorting and the recurrent evolution of parthenogenesis in Timema stick insects

17:11

Sofia Alves

Talk 10| Macro- and microevolutionary genomics of the blue shark (Prionace glauca)

17:23

Xana Sá-Pinto

Talk 11| Seedling evolution understanding to promote positive attitudes towards biodiversity conservation

17:35

Oriol Alejo

Talk 12| Novogene-Gold Sponsor talk

Session 3

Chairs: Rita Ponce e Xana Sá-Pinto

TIME

Mesa Redonda| Evolução com todos: pontes entre ciência, educação e comunicação

Bruno Sousa, Agrupamento de Escolas de Albufeira Poente (online)

Ivone Fachada, Ciência Viva - Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica

João Faiões, Jornalista da SIC

Maria Vicente, Ciência Viva - Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica

Ricardo Pereira, Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History

Tiago Ramalho, Jornalista do Público

18:00

Session 4

Chairs: Margarida Matos and M. Alice Pinto

TIME

SPEAKER

TOPIC 3| Experimental Evolution and Adaptation

9:00

Margarida Matos

Plenary Talk | The role of history, chance, and selection during adaptation – from nature to the lab

9:40

Afonso Grandela

Talk 13| Detrimental impact of a heatwave on male reproductive behaviour and fertility

9:52

Sofia G. Costa

Talk 14| Maternal effects mediate the interactive effect of temperature and population structure on spider mite sex ratio and body size

10:04

André Silva

Talk 15| From genomes to “heat”: the molecular origin of adaptation in desert mammals

10:16

Marta Ferreira

Talk 16| The importance of environmental heterogeneity for the genomic signature of adaptation to cadmium

10:28

R.Alexandre Barroso

Talk 17| Toxicity in the reef: evolutionary insights and proteomic

10:40

Miguel Cruz

Talk 18| Experimental evolution in sympatry leads to higher growth rates, but does not alleviate the costs of competition and reproductive interference

10:52

Pedro Humberto Castro

Talk 19| Discovery of an evolutionarily conserved molecular mechanism for iodine detoxification in plants

Session 5

Chairs: Sara Magalhães and Ana Rita Lopes

TIME

SPEAKER

TOPIC 4| Co-evolution, Host–Pathogen and Parasite Evolution

10:35

Ana Rita Lopes

Talk 20| Viral evolution in isolation: how Varroa invasion shaped deformed wing virus and Lake Sinai virus in Azorean honeybees

10:47

António Pérez

Talk 21| Rethinking the evolution of Varroa destructor resistance to amitraz: what is happening?

10:59

Hugo Barreto

Talk 22| Eco-evolutionary dynamics of Escherichia coli invasion across human gut microbiotas

11:11

Raquel Tomé

Talk 23| Estimating trait heritability and variation in predator-prey dynamics

11:23

Rui Borges

Talk 24| Phylogenetic inference with not-so-rare mutations and wee tiny organisms

Session 6

Chairs: Élio Sucena and Mónica Marques

TIME

SPEAKER

TOPIC 5| Hybridisation, Introgression, and Phenotypic Diversity

14:15

Ricardo Pereira

Plenary Talk| Museum collections as windows into species formation and introgression in a moving hybrid zone of birds

14:55

Catarina Garcês

Talk 25| Hybridisation as a source of phenotypic diversity: the genomic basis of yellow coat colour in Iberian wolves

15:07

Fernanda Li

Talk 26| Human-mediated rapid evolutionary change in European honey bees

15:19

José Costa

Talk 27| The genomic aftermath of the ice ages in European hares

15:31

João Moreno

Talk 28| Impact of introgression on thermal stress responses in Iberian chubs: a proteomic-level approach uncovers widespread transgressive protein expression in hybrids

15:43

Rita Afonso

Talk 29| Avian structural colouration diversity explained by changes in feather keratinisation

15:55

Lara Almeida

Talk 30| Morphological responses of Mus musculus to the environmental conditions of Cabo Verde

16:07

Raquel Ruivo

Talk 31| Genome stories: how losing genes builds new phenotypes