Sunday 15^th May

16:00–19:30

Arrival, check-in and registration

18:00

Welcome Dinner, Chinese Dining Room

19:30–20:00

Welcome from the symposium organisers and New Phytologist 

Hongzhi Kong, Mark Rausher and Sarah Lennon (Managing Editor, New Phytologist).

20:00–21:00

Keynote lecture with discussion - Mark Rausher.
Chaired by Hongzhi Kong.

Evolutionary genetics of floral patterning

Monday 16^th May

Session 1: Floral development

Chair: Elizabeth Kellogg

09:00–12:30

09:00–09:05

Introduction from Chair of the session

09:05–09:40

S1-1 Madeleine Bartlett

The evolution of MADS-box protein-protein interactions and gene regulatory evolution

09:40–10:15

S1-2 Hongzhi Kong

Nigella as a new model system for the study of plant developmental evolution

10:15–10:50

S1-3 Chaoying He

Evolutionary developmental genetics of fruit morphological variation in Physalis

10:50–11:20

Break

11:20–11:55

S1-4 Da Luo

Establishment of floral asymmetry in asymmetric flowers: State of the art

11:55–12:30

S1-5 Lena Hileman

Convergence in flower form: from evolutionary patterns to developmental processes

12:30–13:30

Lunch, Western Dining Room

13:30–15:00

Free time

15:00–17:00

Selected talks and discussion
Chair: Mark Rausher

Selected poster abstract talk: Jim Leebens-Mack (P12)

Identifying sex determination genes on the young Asparagus Y chromosome

Selected poster abstract talk: Chun-Neng Wang (P25)

Floral bilateral symmetry enhances shape variation revealed through morphometric and genetic analysis

Late breaking poster abstract talk: Yinzheng Wang (P40 – late abstract)

An emerging evo-devo model system—Chirita pumila

Discussion led by Mark Rausher

17:30–19:30

Dinner, Western Dining Room

19:30–20:30

Keynote lecture with discussion – Beverley Glover.
Chaired by Mark Rausher.

Integrated evo-devo of the petal epidermis: development, function and evolution of structures that influence pollinator behaviour

20:30–22:00

Poster session

Tuesday 17^th May

Session 2: Vegetative meristems, leaves, and inflorescences

Chair: Kathleen Donohue

09:00–12:30

09:00–09:05

Introduction from Chair of the session

09:05–09:40

S2-1 Neelima Sinha

Heteroblasty and Heterophylly – when two programs collide

09:40–10:15

S2-2 Mitsuyasu Hasebe

Life cycle of Physcomitrella patens as transitions of eight types of stem cells

10:15–10:50

S2-3 Paula Elomaa

Recruitment of floral meristem identity genes for patterning of the flower-like Asteraceae inflorescence

10:50–11:20

Break

11:20–11:55

S2-4 Elizabeth Kellogg

Evolution and function of CLE genes and the control of meristem size in grasses

11:55–12:30

S2-5 Angela Hay

Morphomechanical innovation drives explosive seed dispersal

12:30–13:30

Lunch, Western Dining Room

13:30–15:00

Free time

15:00–17:00

Selected talks and discussion session
Chairs: Hong Ma and Hongzhi Kong

Selected poster abstract talk: Annette Becker (P2)

A phylogenetic framework for the carpel development regulation: mixing and matching old with new

Selected poster abstract talk: Xia Yang (P28)

Evo-devo study of floral organs in an emerging model system, Chirita pumila (Gesneriaceae)

Late breaking poster abstract talk: Yan-ping Guo (P39 – late abstract)

Divergence of expression pattern of NAM genes is reponsible for pinnate or serrate leaves in yarrow

Discussion led by Hong Ma and Hongzhi Kong.

17:30–19:30

Dinner, Western Dining Room

19:30–20:30

Keynote lecture with discussion – Miltos Tsiantis.
Chaired by Neelima Sinha.

Development and diversity of leaf shape: from understanding to reconstructing

20:30–22:00

Poster session

Wednesday 18^th May

Session 3: Selected talks from the poster abstracts

Chair: Madeleine Bartlett

09:00–13:00

09:00–09:05

Introduction from Chair of session

09:05–09:25

S3-1 Jinshun Zhong

Functional changes in NAC-domain transcription factors are implicated in the evolution of petal fusion

09:25–09:45

S3-2 Lidan Sun

The genetic architecture of heterochrony in Prunus mume

09:45–10:05

S3-3 Nicola Illing

Evolution of vegetative dessication tolerance in the resurrection plant, Xerophyta humilis

10:05–10:25

S3-4 Shihao Su

Unveiling the molecular basis of floral zygomorphy in Lamiales: Torenia fournieri as a model species

10:25–11:00

Break

11:00–11:20

S3-5 Teng Zhang

Dissecting the functions of SEPALLATA-like genes in patterning of the pseudanthium-type inflorescence of Gerbaria hybrida (Asteraceae)

11:20–11:40

S3-6 Aaron Leichty

Heterochrony and patterns of leaf morphology in the Acacieae

11:40–12:00

S3-7 Yichun Qiu

Concerted neurofunctionalization of duplicated gene products in the Brassicaceae PRC2 complexes rewiring the regulatory pathways in seed development

12:00–12:20

S3-8 Leandro Lucero

A mechanistic model of stamen filament development that may contribute to mating system evolution in Brassicaceae

12:20–13:00

Discussion

13:00

Lunch, Western Dining Room

14:00

18:00

Buses leave for excursion to the Summer Palace

Symposium dinner, Four Seasons Royal Garden International Hotel

20:00

Buses return to the Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel

Thursday 19^th May

Session 4: Plasticity and life history evo-devo

Chair: Lena Hileman

09:00–13:00

09:00–09:05

Introduction from Chair of the session

09:05–09:40

S4-1 Rowan Sage

Reconfiguring leaf development during C₄ evolution

09:40–10:15

S4-2 Dan Runcie

Genetic signals accumulate through development to regulate flowing time in Arabidopsis thaliana

10:15–10:50

S4-3 Kathleen Donohue

Pleiotropy in the environmental regulation of germination and flowering

10:50–11:20

Break

11:20–11:55

S4-4 Martin Lercher

Modeling the evolution of C₄ photosynthesis

11:55–12:30

S4-5 Ana Caicedo

All roads lead to weediness? Dissecting the extent of parallel evolution in weedy rice

12:30–13:15

Discussion and closing comments from organisers: Hongzhi Kong and Mark Rausher.

13:15

Lunch, Western Dining Room