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Symposia schedule
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Symposium Schedule August 3rd 2016
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9:15-9:30 Suzanne Alonzo Opening Remarks: The causes and consequences of behavioural plasticity
9:30-10:15 Rui Oliveira Neurogenomic mechanisms of social plasticity
10:15 -11:00 Coffee Break (as per ISBE organizers)
11:00-11:30 Amanda Bretman Understanding the “how” of behavioural plasticity using Drosophila melanogaster sperm competition responses as a model
11:30-12:00 Clare Rittschof Honey bee aggression and brain energy metabolism: a plasticity mechanism that stands the test of time
12:00-12:30 Lucy Aplin Social learning, the spread of innovation and a changing world - studies in great tits Parus major
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Bram Kuijper Does transgenerational plasticity increase robustness to changes in environmental variability?
14:30-15:00 Alastair Wilson Plasticity is not a trait
15:00-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-16:45 Breakout groups + Discussion
16:45-17:00 Nick Royle Closing Remarks: Future research on behavioural plasticity
Further post-symposium discussion over food and drinks - Details to be determined.