Tuesday 5 July
To make the ends meet: instrinsic and extrinsic determinants of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics in non-model species (A5)
Animal Session
To make the ends meet: instrinsic and extrinsic determinants of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics in non-model species (A5)
8.55am – 11am CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours 5 mins
Animal Session
To make the ends meet: instrinsic and extrinsic determinants of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics in non-model species (A5)
Telomeres. the chromosome ends controlling cell replication capacity , are posited to have an important role in cell senescence and ageing. Telomeres predict life expectancy, and theey are thought to link with lifestyle conditions. Additionally , within species , telomeres and their dynamic present consistent between individual differences , which could reflect inter individual variability in health and ageing rates. This session will examine factors (i.e genetics , environmental conditions, transgenerational effects , early -life programming , effects) that shape telomere dynamics and contribute to understanding the causes of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics and how this could turn shape individual ftness, ageing rates and life -history trajectories.
Animal performance in response to varying diet quality and quantity: trade-offs between efficiency and capacity (A9)
Animal Session
Animal performance in response to varying diet quality and quantity: trade-offs between efficiency and capacity (A9)
8.55am – 11am CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours 5 mins
Animal Session
Animal performance in response to varying diet quality and quantity: trade-offs between efficiency and capacity (A9)
Feeding is essential for somatic growth and is intrinsically linked to animal performance. In general, a higher quantity and quality of food may confer benefits by increasing energy and growth potential. However, individual performance and overall success in the wild is, in part, a product of complex interactions between what food is available, how much of it there is and how capable and efficient an individual is at converting that food into energy. In this session, we aim to explore these interactions, why they might have evolved and how they could change with environmental fluctuations.
Carry-over effects of global change stressors across metamorphosis: mechanisms and consequences (A15)
Animal Session
Carry-over effects of global change stressors across metamorphosis: mechanisms and consequences (A15)
8.55am – 11am CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours 5 mins
Animal Session
Carry-over effects of global change stressors across metamorphosis: mechanisms and consequences (A15)Many animals undergo abrupt ontogenetic transformations in their phenotype, usually associated with a drastic switch in habitat. Metamorphosis has been considered as a solution to allow life stages to adapt to different key functions and to intrinsic selective factors of their habitat. Yet, evidence is accumulating that environmental factors experienced early in life carry over to shape adult phenotypes. Given potential fitness consequences of such carry-over effects, and the accelerating pace of global change, it is essential to understand the mechanisms and long-term consequences of carry-over effects to predict how species may cope with a rapidly changing world. The session will explore effects of early-life exposure to global change stressors (e.g. warming, pCO2, pollutants) on later life-stages across metamorphosis or across drastic life-history transitions. We encourage submissions from researchers working on physiology (e.g. metabolic rate, immune function, oxidative stress), life-history (e.g. growth and development rates) and behaviour (including personality research) across metamorphosis, with an emphasis on mechanisms (e.g. gene expression, microbiota, hormonal control) or fitness consequences (e.g. survival, reproductive success), including ecological consequences (e.g. via body stoichiometry). We aim for the representation of a wide variety of taxa that undergo (in)complete metamorphosis, or pronounced life-history transitions (e.g. birds/reptiles leaving nest).
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
8.55am – 11am CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours 5 mins
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
"Intra-oral food processing is a common feature of vertebrate feeding, characteristic not only of mammals, but also bony fishes, sharks, lizards, and birds. This taxonomical diversity offers an opportunity to evaluate relationships between architectural, physiological, mechanical, behavioral, and morphological diversity across a broad range of feeding system designs. At present, we lack a synthesis for the diversity of oral, intra-oral, and post-oral food processing behaviors, their functional roles, and the optimality criteria acting upon food processing across disparate vertebrate taxa. This session seeks to engage researchers working on structure-motion-mechanics, nutritional and ecological physiology, and macro-ecology and -evolution. Traditionally, those groups have weak interactions at SEB and we would like to contribute to breaking this trend. The key questions addressed by this special session are: What are the functions and optimality criteria of intra-oral food processing in vertebrates, and how do these parameters vary across taxa? Energetic considerations impact feeding system design at multiple scales, from the level of the whole organism down to individual muscles. Determining the appropriate scale at which to invoke energetic explanations is an important component of functional analysis. Are there unifying biomechanical and functional constraints on food processing across vertebrates and what mechanisms do different taxa use to overcome these constraints?"
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
8.55am – 11am CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours 5 mins
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
8.55am – 11am CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours 5 mins
Animal Session
Access and benefit sharing rights and digital sequence information: building awareness for plant scientists (P3)
Plant Session
Access and benefit sharing rights and digital sequence information: building awareness for plant scientists (P3)
8.55am – 11am CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours 5 mins
Plant Session
Access and benefit sharing rights and digital sequence information: building awareness for plant scientists (P3)With this session, we want to raise awareness among plant scientists on obligations with respect to access and benefit sharing rights under the Convention on Biodiversity, the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, and the Nagoya Protocols on Access and Benefit Sharing.
There is ongoing international discussion about digital sequence information (DSI) and how it should be covered in regulations for access to biological material and fair and equitable use. Both UN processes under the CBD and ITPGRFA will move forward in May and will potentially reach decisions on DSI with long-lasting implications.
The definition of DSI and any new requirements for benefit sharing and regulation could have significant impacts on plant research. Will open access to sequence data change in the near future? And is there anything that researchers can do to engage in this process?
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
11am – 11.30am CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Animal President Medallist and YSAS talks
Animal President Medallist and YSAS talks
Animal President Medallist and YSAS talks
11.30am – 1pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal President Medallist and YSAS talks
Cell President Medallist and YSAS Talks
Cell President Medallist and YSAS talks
Cell President Medallist and YSAS Talks
11.30am – 1pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Cell President Medallist and YSAS talks
Plant President Medallist and YSAS talks
Plant President Medallist and YSAS talks
Plant President Medallist and YSAS talks
11.30am – 1pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Plant President Medallist and YSAS talks
Lunch / Exhibition / Early Career Scientist Networking Mixer
Lunch / Exhibition / Early career scientist networking mixer
Lunch / Exhibition / Early Career Scientist Networking Mixer
1pm – 2pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour
Lunch / Exhibition / Early career scientist networking mixer
A5 - To make the ends meet: instrinsic and extrinsic determinants of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics in non-model species
Animal Session
A5 - To make the ends meet: instrinsic and extrinsic determinants of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics in non-model species
2pm – 3.30pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
To make the ends meet: instrinsic and extrinsic determinants of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics in non-model species (A5)
Telomeres. the chromosome ends controlling cell replication capacity , are posited to have an important role in cell senescence and ageing. Telomeres predict life expectancy, and theey are thought to link with lifestyle conditions. Additionally , within species , telomeres and their dynamic present consistent between individual differences , which could reflect inter individual variability in health and ageing rates. This session will examine factors (i.e genetics , environmental conditions, transgenerational effects , early -life programming , effects) that shape telomere dynamics and contribute to understanding the causes of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics and how this could turn shape individual ftness, ageing rates and life -history trajectories.
Animal performance in response to varying diet quality and quantity: trade-offs between efficiency and capacity (A9)
Animal Session
Animal performance in response to varying diet quality and quantity: trade-offs between efficiency and capacity (A9)
2pm – 3.30pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Animal performance in response to varying diet quality and quantity: trade-offs between efficiency and capacity (A9)
Feeding is essential for somatic growth and is intrinsically linked to animal performance. In general, a higher quantity and quality of food may confer benefits by increasing energy and growth potential. However, individual performance and overall success in the wild is, in part, a product of complex interactions between what food is available, how much of it there is and how capable and efficient an individual is at converting that food into energy. In this session, we aim to explore these interactions, why they might have evolved and how they could change with environmental fluctuations.
Carry-over effects of global change stressors across metamorphosis: mechanisms and consequences (A15)
Animal Session
Carry-over effects of global change stressors across metamorphosis: mechanisms and consequences (A15)
2pm – 3.30pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Carry-over effects of global change stressors across metamorphosis: mechanisms and consequences (A15)Many animals undergo abrupt ontogenetic transformations in their phenotype, usually associated with a drastic switch in habitat. Metamorphosis has been considered as a solution to allow life stages to adapt to different key functions and to intrinsic selective factors of their habitat. Yet, evidence is accumulating that environmental factors experienced early in life carry over to shape adult phenotypes. Given potential fitness consequences of such carry-over effects, and the accelerating pace of global change, it is essential to understand the mechanisms and long-term consequences of carry-over effects to predict how species may cope with a rapidly changing world. The session will explore effects of early-life exposure to global change stressors (e.g. warming, pCO2, pollutants) on later life-stages across metamorphosis or across drastic life-history transitions. We encourage submissions from researchers working on physiology (e.g. metabolic rate, immune function, oxidative stress), life-history (e.g. growth and development rates) and behaviour (including personality research) across metamorphosis, with an emphasis on mechanisms (e.g. gene expression, microbiota, hormonal control) or fitness consequences (e.g. survival, reproductive success), including ecological consequences (e.g. via body stoichiometry). We aim for the representation of a wide variety of taxa that undergo (in)complete metamorphosis, or pronounced life-history transitions (e.g. birds/reptiles leaving nest).
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
2pm – 3.30pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
2pm – 3.30pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
2pm – 3.30pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Access and benefit sharing rights and digital sequence information: building awareness for plant scientists (P3)
Plant Session
Access and benefit sharing rights and digital sequence information: building awareness for plant scientists (P3)
2pm – 3.30pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Plant Session
Access and benefit sharing rights and digital sequence information: building awareness for plant scientists (P3)With this session, we want to raise awareness among plant scientists on obligations with respect to access and benefit sharing rights under the Convention on Biodiversity, the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, and the Nagoya Protocols on Access and Benefit Sharing.
There is ongoing international discussion about digital sequence information (DSI) and how it should be covered in regulations for access to biological material and fair and equitable use. Both UN processes under the CBD and ITPGRFA will move forward in May and will potentially reach decisions on DSI with long-lasting implications.
The definition of DSI and any new requirements for benefit sharing and regulation could have significant impacts on plant research. Will open access to sequence data change in the near future? And is there anything that researchers can do to engage in this process?
A5 - To make the ends meet: instrinsic and extrinsic determinants of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics in non-model species
Animal Session
A5 - To make the ends meet: instrinsic and extrinsic determinants of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics in non-model species
4pm – 5.45pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 45 mins
Animal Session
To make the ends meet: instrinsic and extrinsic determinants of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics in non-model species ( A5)
Telomeres. the chromosome ends controlling cell replication capacity , are posited to have an important role in cell senescence and ageing. Telomeres predict life expectancy, and theey are thought to link with lifestyle conditions. Additionally , within species , telomeres and their dynamic present consistent between individual differences , which could reflect inter individual variability in health and ageing rates. This session will examine factors (i.e genetics , environmental conditions, transgenerational effects , early -life programming , effects) that shape telomere dynamics and contribute to understanding the causes of interindividual variation in telomere dynamics and how this could turn shape individual ftness, ageing rates and life -history trajectories.
Animal performance in response to varying diet quality and quantity: trade-offs between efficiency and capacity (A9)
Animal Session
Animal performance in response to varying diet quality and quantity: trade-offs between efficiency and capacity (A9)
4pm – 5.45pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 45 mins
Animal Session
Animal performance in response to varying diet quality and quantity: trade-offs between efficiency and capacity (A9)
Feeding is essential for somatic growth and is intrinsically linked to animal performance. In general, a higher quantity and quality of food may confer benefits by increasing energy and growth potential. However, individual performance and overall success in the wild is, in part, a product of complex interactions between what food is available, how much of it there is and how capable and efficient an individual is at converting that food into energy. In this session, we aim to explore these interactions, why they might have evolved and how they could change with environmental fluctuations.
Carry-over effects of global change stressors across metamorphosis: mechanisms and consequences (A15)
Animal Session
Carry-over effects of global change stressors across metamorphosis: mechanisms and consequences (A15)
4pm – 5.45pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 45 mins
Animal Session
Carry-over effects of global change stressors across metamorphosis: mechanisms and consequences (A15)Many animals undergo abrupt ontogenetic transformations in their phenotype, usually associated with a drastic switch in habitat. Metamorphosis has been considered as a solution to allow life stages to adapt to different key functions and to intrinsic selective factors of their habitat. Yet, evidence is accumulating that environmental factors experienced early in life carry over to shape adult phenotypes. Given potential fitness consequences of such carry-over effects, and the accelerating pace of global change, it is essential to understand the mechanisms and long-term consequences of carry-over effects to predict how species may cope with a rapidly changing world. The session will explore effects of early-life exposure to global change stressors (e.g. warming, pCO2, pollutants) on later life-stages across metamorphosis or across drastic life-history transitions. We encourage submissions from researchers working on physiology (e.g. metabolic rate, immune function, oxidative stress), life-history (e.g. growth and development rates) and behaviour (including personality research) across metamorphosis, with an emphasis on mechanisms (e.g. gene expression, microbiota, hormonal control) or fitness consequences (e.g. survival, reproductive success), including ecological consequences (e.g. via body stoichiometry). We aim for the representation of a wide variety of taxa that undergo (in)complete metamorphosis, or pronounced life-history transitions (e.g. birds/reptiles leaving nest).
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
4pm – 5.45pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 45 mins
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
"Intra-oral food processing is a common feature of vertebrate feeding, characteristic not only of mammals, but also bony fishes, sharks, lizards, and birds. This taxonomical diversity offers an opportunity to evaluate relationships between architectural, physiological, mechanical, behavioral, and morphological diversity across a broad range of feeding system designs. At present, we lack a synthesis for the diversity of oral, intra-oral, and post-oral food processing behaviors, their functional roles, and the optimality criteria acting upon food processing across disparate vertebrate taxa. This session seeks to engage researchers working on structure-motion-mechanics, nutritional and ecological physiology, and macro-ecology and -evolution. Traditionally, those groups have weak interactions at SEB and we would like to contribute to breaking this trend. The key questions addressed by this special session are: What are the functions and optimality criteria of intra-oral food processing in vertebrates, and how do these parameters vary across taxa? Energetic considerations impact feeding system design at multiple scales, from the level of the whole organism down to individual muscles. Determining the appropriate scale at which to invoke energetic explanations is an important component of functional analysis. Are there unifying biomechanical and functional constraints on food processing across vertebrates and what mechanisms do different taxa use to overcome these constraints?"
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
4pm – 5.45pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 45 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
4pm – 5.45pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 45 mins
Animal Session
Access and benefit sharing rights and digital sequence information: building awareness for plant scientists (P3)
Plant Session
Access and benefit sharing rights and digital sequence information: building awareness for plant scientists (P3)
4pm – 5.45pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 45 mins
Plant Session
Access and benefit sharing rights and digital sequence information: building awareness for plant scientists (P3)With this session, we want to raise awareness among plant scientists on obligations with respect to access and benefit sharing rights under the Convention on Biodiversity, the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, and the Nagoya Protocols on Access and Benefit Sharing.
There is ongoing international discussion about digital sequence information (DSI) and how it should be covered in regulations for access to biological material and fair and equitable use. Both UN processes under the CBD and ITPGRFA will move forward in May and will potentially reach decisions on DSI with long-lasting implications.
The definition of DSI and any new requirements for benefit sharing and regulation could have significant impacts on plant research. Will open access to sequence data change in the near future? And is there anything that researchers can do to engage in this process?
Science with impact
Science with impact
Science with impact
6pm – 7pm CEST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour
Science with impact
Wednesday 6 July
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)Cellular decision making is key to many developmental and adaptive responses in biological tissues. The adoption of novel identities by cells supports organ function and complexity, and underlies numerous developmental processes. The decision of a cell to divide or grow affects the structure and function of tissues by altering the cellular configurations from which they are constructed. This session will explore the state-of-the-art in understanding how these complex decision-making processes are taken by cells, in a range of biological systems, including plants, humans and slime molds. Such understanding is often underpinned by interdisciplinary approaches, and thus, the session will feature talks from both experimentalists and modellers who embrace the systems biology approach.
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
"Intra-oral food processing is a common feature of vertebrate feeding, characteristic not only of mammals, but also bony fishes, sharks, lizards, and birds. This taxonomical diversity offers an opportunity to evaluate relationships between architectural, physiological, mechanical, behavioral, and morphological diversity across a broad range of feeding system designs. At present, we lack a synthesis for the diversity of oral, intra-oral, and post-oral food processing behaviors, their functional roles, and the optimality criteria acting upon food processing across disparate vertebrate taxa. This session seeks to engage researchers working on structure-motion-mechanics, nutritional and ecological physiology, and macro-ecology and -evolution. Traditionally, those groups have weak interactions at SEB and we would like to contribute to breaking this trend. The key questions addressed by this special session are: What are the functions and optimality criteria of intra-oral food processing in vertebrates, and how do these parameters vary across taxa? Energetic considerations impact feeding system design at multiple scales, from the level of the whole organism down to individual muscles. Determining the appropriate scale at which to invoke energetic explanations is an important component of functional analysis. Are there unifying biomechanical and functional constraints on food processing across vertebrates and what mechanisms do different taxa use to overcome these constraints?"
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)
Animal Session
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)Among terrestrial vertebrates, many species develop bony elements within their skin. These elements, known as osteoderms, demonstrate an unexpected diversity in size, shape, taxonomic distribution, and histological composition. Although often suggested to participate as a form of physical defence, various other functions have been advanced. In this interdisciplinary session, we will explore the morphological, taxonomic, and functional diversity of osteoderms from multiple perspectives using a variety of investigative strategies. Speakers come with expertise in biomimetic engineering, biomechanics, comparative anatomy and imaging, palaeontology, physiology, and developmental and regenerative biology with the goal of advancing our understanding of these enigmatic elements.
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
Animal Session
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
In this session the effects of pollutants and other environmental stressors will be described in a multistress perspective using coastal animals
The aim is to explore the effects of pollutants on the species fitness in wild populations and their evolutionary implications. This is an exciting scientific challenge for the next decades that is particularly true in the context of small populations, where genetic drift can counteract the effect of selection and can become maladative.
The session is designed for integrative approaches to bridge the gap between ecotoxicology and evolutionary ecology in a multistress framework to tackle exciting up-to-date questions and to improve our ability to predict the effects of anthropogenic stressors on wildlife.
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)The evolutionary significance of variation in metabolic rates (A10)
Animal Session
The evolutionary significance of variation in metabolic rates (A10)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
The evolutionary significance of variation in metabolic rates (A10)Metabolic rate reflects an organism’s capacity for growth, maintenance, and reproduction, and is likely to be a target of selection. This session aims to examine the evolutionary potential of metabolism, by exploring both the causes of its variation, such as environmental and genetic sources of variation, energy trade-offs and constraints, and the consequences of variation for fitness. We welcome all submissions that consider evolutionary aspects underlying phenotypic variation in metabolic rates, including, selection, heritability, and plasticity.
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
10.30am – 11am CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)Cellular decision making is key to many developmental and adaptive responses in biological tissues. The adoption of novel identities by cells supports organ function and complexity, and underlies numerous developmental processes. The decision of a cell to divide or grow affects the structure and function of tissues by altering the cellular configurations from which they are constructed. This session will explore the state-of-the-art in understanding how these complex decision-making processes are taken by cells, in a range of biological systems, including plants, humans and slime molds. Such understanding is often underpinned by interdisciplinary approaches, and thus, the session will feature talks from both experimentalists and modellers who embrace the systems biology approach.
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
"Intra-oral food processing is a common feature of vertebrate feeding, characteristic not only of mammals, but also bony fishes, sharks, lizards, and birds. This taxonomical diversity offers an opportunity to evaluate relationships between architectural, physiological, mechanical, behavioral, and morphological diversity across a broad range of feeding system designs. At present, we lack a synthesis for the diversity of oral, intra-oral, and post-oral food processing behaviors, their functional roles, and the optimality criteria acting upon food processing across disparate vertebrate taxa. This session seeks to engage researchers working on structure-motion-mechanics, nutritional and ecological physiology, and macro-ecology and -evolution. Traditionally, those groups have weak interactions at SEB and we would like to contribute to breaking this trend. The key questions addressed by this special session are: What are the functions and optimality criteria of intra-oral food processing in vertebrates, and how do these parameters vary across taxa? Energetic considerations impact feeding system design at multiple scales, from the level of the whole organism down to individual muscles. Determining the appropriate scale at which to invoke energetic explanations is an important component of functional analysis. Are there unifying biomechanical and functional constraints on food processing across vertebrates and what mechanisms do different taxa use to overcome these constraints?"
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)
Animal Session
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)Among terrestrial vertebrates, many species develop bony elements within their skin. These elements, known as osteoderms, demonstrate an unexpected diversity in size, shape, taxonomic distribution, and histological composition. Although often suggested to participate as a form of physical defence, various other functions have been advanced. In this interdisciplinary session, we will explore the morphological, taxonomic, and functional diversity of osteoderms from multiple perspectives using a variety of investigative strategies. Speakers come with expertise in biomimetic engineering, biomechanics, comparative anatomy and imaging, palaeontology, physiology, and developmental and regenerative biology with the goal of advancing our understanding of these enigmatic elements.
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
Animal Session
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
In this session the effects of pollutants and other environmental stressors will be described in a multistress perspective using coastal animals
The aim is to explore the effects of pollutants on the species fitness in wild populations and their evolutionary implications. This is an exciting scientific challenge for the next decades that is particularly true in the context of small populations, where genetic drift can counteract the effect of selection and can become maladative.
The session is designed for integrative approaches to bridge the gap between ecotoxicology and evolutionary ecology in a multistress framework to tackle exciting up-to-date questions and to improve our ability to predict the effects of anthropogenic stressors on wildlife.
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)The evolutionary significance of variation in metabolic rates (A10)
Animal Session
The evolutionary significance of variation in metabolic rates (A10)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
The evolutionary significance of variation in metabolic rates (A10)Metabolic rate reflects an organism’s capacity for growth, maintenance, and reproduction, and is likely to be a target of selection. This session aims to examine the evolutionary potential of metabolism, by exploring both the causes of its variation, such as environmental and genetic sources of variation, energy trade-offs and constraints, and the consequences of variation for fitness. We welcome all submissions that consider evolutionary aspects underlying phenotypic variation in metabolic rates, including, selection, heritability, and plasticity.
Lunch / Exhibition
Lunch / Exhibition
Lunch / Exhibition
12.30pm – 1.30pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour
Lunch / Exhibition
Woolhouse Lecture
Woolhouse Lecture
Woolhouse Lecture
1.30pm – 2.30pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour
Woolhouse Lecture
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
2.35pm – 4.35pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
2.35pm – 4.35pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
2.35pm – 4.35pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)Cellular decision making is key to many developmental and adaptive responses in biological tissues. The adoption of novel identities by cells supports organ function and complexity, and underlies numerous developmental processes. The decision of a cell to divide or grow affects the structure and function of tissues by altering the cellular configurations from which they are constructed. This session will explore the state-of-the-art in understanding how these complex decision-making processes are taken by cells, in a range of biological systems, including plants, humans and slime molds. Such understanding is often underpinned by interdisciplinary approaches, and thus, the session will feature talks from both experimentalists and modellers who embrace the systems biology approach.
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
2.35pm – 4.35pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
"Intra-oral food processing is a common feature of vertebrate feeding, characteristic not only of mammals, but also bony fishes, sharks, lizards, and birds. This taxonomical diversity offers an opportunity to evaluate relationships between architectural, physiological, mechanical, behavioral, and morphological diversity across a broad range of feeding system designs. At present, we lack a synthesis for the diversity of oral, intra-oral, and post-oral food processing behaviors, their functional roles, and the optimality criteria acting upon food processing across disparate vertebrate taxa. This session seeks to engage researchers working on structure-motion-mechanics, nutritional and ecological physiology, and macro-ecology and -evolution. Traditionally, those groups have weak interactions at SEB and we would like to contribute to breaking this trend. The key questions addressed by this special session are: What are the functions and optimality criteria of intra-oral food processing in vertebrates, and how do these parameters vary across taxa? Energetic considerations impact feeding system design at multiple scales, from the level of the whole organism down to individual muscles. Determining the appropriate scale at which to invoke energetic explanations is an important component of functional analysis. Are there unifying biomechanical and functional constraints on food processing across vertebrates and what mechanisms do different taxa use to overcome these constraints?"
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)
Animal Session
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)
2.35pm – 4.35pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)Among terrestrial vertebrates, many species develop bony elements within their skin. These elements, known as osteoderms, demonstrate an unexpected diversity in size, shape, taxonomic distribution, and histological composition. Although often suggested to participate as a form of physical defence, various other functions have been advanced. In this interdisciplinary session, we will explore the morphological, taxonomic, and functional diversity of osteoderms from multiple perspectives using a variety of investigative strategies. Speakers come with expertise in biomimetic engineering, biomechanics, comparative anatomy and imaging, palaeontology, physiology, and developmental and regenerative biology with the goal of advancing our understanding of these enigmatic elements.
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
Animal Session
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
2.35pm – 4.35pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
In this session the effects of pollutants and other environmental stressors will be described in a multistress perspective using coastal animals
The aim is to explore the effects of pollutants on the species fitness in wild populations and their evolutionary implications. This is an exciting scientific challenge for the next decades that is particularly true in the context of small populations, where genetic drift can counteract the effect of selection and can become maladative.
The session is designed for integrative approaches to bridge the gap between ecotoxicology and evolutionary ecology in a multistress framework to tackle exciting up-to-date questions and to improve our ability to predict the effects of anthropogenic stressors on wildlife.
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
2.35pm – 4.35pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)
Animal Session
Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)
2.35pm – 4.35pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)Robotic models can provide new insights into how animals use musculoskeletal systems to move through their environment. These biological motors drive crucial physiological, behavioural—and ultimately ecological and evolutionary—processes. But the complexity of interacting muscles and skeletal elements limits what we can directly observe and measure. Replicating aspects of these biological systems with robotic mechanisms lets us test new hypotheses and explore biologically inspired design applications. This session brings together a diverse set of researchers exploring new ways to implement and apply musculoskeletal robotics.
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
4.35pm – 5.05pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
5.05pm – 6.20pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
5.05pm – 6.20pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
5.05pm – 6.20pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)Cellular decision making is key to many developmental and adaptive responses in biological tissues. The adoption of novel identities by cells supports organ function and complexity, and underlies numerous developmental processes. The decision of a cell to divide or grow affects the structure and function of tissues by altering the cellular configurations from which they are constructed. This session will explore the state-of-the-art in understanding how these complex decision-making processes are taken by cells, in a range of biological systems, including plants, humans and slime molds. Such understanding is often underpinned by interdisciplinary approaches, and thus, the session will feature talks from both experimentalists and modellers who embrace the systems biology approach.
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
5.05pm – 6.20pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Not just down the hatch: food processing, transport, and assimilation in jawed vertebrates (A19)
"Intra-oral food processing is a common feature of vertebrate feeding, characteristic not only of mammals, but also bony fishes, sharks, lizards, and birds. This taxonomical diversity offers an opportunity to evaluate relationships between architectural, physiological, mechanical, behavioral, and morphological diversity across a broad range of feeding system designs. At present, we lack a synthesis for the diversity of oral, intra-oral, and post-oral food processing behaviors, their functional roles, and the optimality criteria acting upon food processing across disparate vertebrate taxa. This session seeks to engage researchers working on structure-motion-mechanics, nutritional and ecological physiology, and macro-ecology and -evolution. Traditionally, those groups have weak interactions at SEB and we would like to contribute to breaking this trend. The key questions addressed by this special session are: What are the functions and optimality criteria of intra-oral food processing in vertebrates, and how do these parameters vary across taxa? Energetic considerations impact feeding system design at multiple scales, from the level of the whole organism down to individual muscles. Determining the appropriate scale at which to invoke energetic explanations is an important component of functional analysis. Are there unifying biomechanical and functional constraints on food processing across vertebrates and what mechanisms do different taxa use to overcome these constraints?"
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)
Animal Session
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)
5.05pm – 6.20pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints (A17)Among terrestrial vertebrates, many species develop bony elements within their skin. These elements, known as osteoderms, demonstrate an unexpected diversity in size, shape, taxonomic distribution, and histological composition. Although often suggested to participate as a form of physical defence, various other functions have been advanced. In this interdisciplinary session, we will explore the morphological, taxonomic, and functional diversity of osteoderms from multiple perspectives using a variety of investigative strategies. Speakers come with expertise in biomimetic engineering, biomechanics, comparative anatomy and imaging, palaeontology, physiology, and developmental and regenerative biology with the goal of advancing our understanding of these enigmatic elements.
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
Animal Session
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
5.05pm – 6.20pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Adaptation or maladaption of coastal populations to anthropogenic and environmental stressors (A16)
In this session the effects of pollutants and other environmental stressors will be described in a multistress perspective using coastal animals
The aim is to explore the effects of pollutants on the species fitness in wild populations and their evolutionary implications. This is an exciting scientific challenge for the next decades that is particularly true in the context of small populations, where genetic drift can counteract the effect of selection and can become maladative.
The session is designed for integrative approaches to bridge the gap between ecotoxicology and evolutionary ecology in a multistress framework to tackle exciting up-to-date questions and to improve our ability to predict the effects of anthropogenic stressors on wildlife.
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
5.05pm – 6.20pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)
Animal Session
Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)
5.05pm – 6.20pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)Robotic models can provide new insights into how animals use musculoskeletal systems to move through their environment. These biological motors drive crucial physiological, behavioural—and ultimately ecological and evolutionary—processes. But the complexity of interacting muscles and skeletal elements limits what we can directly observe and measure. Replicating aspects of these biological systems with robotic mechanisms lets us test new hypotheses and explore biologically inspired design applications. This session brings together a diverse set of researchers exploring new ways to implement and apply musculoskeletal robotics.
Poster Session 1
Poster Session 1
Poster Session 1
6.20pm – 8pm CEST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 40 mins
Poster Session 1
Thursday 7 July
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)Cellular decision making is key to many developmental and adaptive responses in biological tissues. The adoption of novel identities by cells supports organ function and complexity, and underlies numerous developmental processes. The decision of a cell to divide or grow affects the structure and function of tissues by altering the cellular configurations from which they are constructed. This session will explore the state-of-the-art in understanding how these complex decision-making processes are taken by cells, in a range of biological systems, including plants, humans and slime molds. Such understanding is often underpinned by interdisciplinary approaches, and thus, the session will feature talks from both experimentalists and modellers who embrace the systems biology approach.
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Mitochondrial metabolim is increasing recognized as a key mechanism that influences animal perfomance and adaptation to environmental conditions. Mitochondrial metabolic traits can be very plastic, but consistent differences still exist among individulas. This is probably due to the convoluted nature of mitchondrial proteins encoded by two different genomes but also to the ability of animals to respond to these environmental cues. Accounting for variation in mitochondrial genotype and phenotype is thus required to fully grasp the role of mitochandra in a braod range of organisms experiencing environmental changes and to explain the source of consistent variation both between and within populations. In this session , we will review the current knowledge of adjustments and adaptations allowing different organisms to cope with their environment at the mitochondrial level.
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics- INDEPTH (C2)Plants are vital to human life and health and are essential to mitigate the effects of climate change. Due to their sessile lifestyle, plants have developed the ability rapidly to adapt gene expression in response to environmental challenges. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that spatial (3D) organization of nuclear DNA as well as other epigenetic effects are critical in this adaptation process. The Impact of Nuclear Domains On Gene Expression and Plant Traits (INDEPTH) EU COST Action (which ended in 2021) established a pan-European and international network of researchers deciphering how nuclear architecture, chromatin organization and gene expression are connected and modified in response to internal and external cues. This session will bring together members of the COST Action and others to present progress and discuss the future of this important area of cell biology research and its value in dealing with today’s global challenges.
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Standing at the interface between the plant extra- and intracellular compartments, plasma membrane receptors initiate many of the critical signalling events required for plants to adapt to their continually changing environment. This session focuses on three areas that typify how plants integrate the decoding and regulation of hormonal signalling with monitoring of the extracellular environment for developmental cues or abiotic and biotic changes: 1) The integration of developmental and environmental responses via the TRANSMEMBRANE KINASE 1 system. 2) Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) that function in defence against pathogens and developmental regulation. 3) Trans-membrane signalling mechanisms of pollen growth and fertilisation (glutamate-like receptors (GLRs). RALFs, FERONIA, and Ca2+). The session will also have a half day workshop component focused on emergent techniques used to elucidate membrane complex function (e.g., cryo-EM enabled by AlphaFold, visualisation of membrane complex dynamics, molecular dynamic modelling of membrane partitioning, and enhanced lipidomics/proteomics).
Limits to thermal performance in ecototherms: the interplay between physical constrains, physiological boundaries and evolutionary trade-offs (A7)
Animal Session
Limits to thermal performance in ecototherms: the interplay between physical constrains, physiological boundaries and evolutionary trade-offs (A7)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Limits to thermal performance in ecototherms: the interplay between physical constrains, physiological boundaries and evolutionary trade-offs (A7)This session aims to bring together different perspectives on limits to thermal performance. While loss of performance coincides with the breakdown of some physiological processes, it is currently unclear which variables may be involved and to what extent the same variables are involved in different cases, making it difficult to generalize. In this session we aim to showcase how physical processes, physiological complexity and evolutionary trade-offs interact to give rise to the diversity in thermal tolerance ranges observed across lineages and explore how they can be combined to strengthen thermal biology.
Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)
Animal Session
Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)Robotic models can provide new insights into how animals use musculoskeletal systems to move through their environment. These biological motors drive crucial physiological, behavioural—and ultimately ecological and evolutionary—processes. But the complexity of interacting muscles and skeletal elements limits what we can directly observe and measure. Replicating aspects of these biological systems with robotic mechanisms lets us test new hypotheses and explore biologically inspired design applications. This session brings together a diverse set of researchers exploring new ways to implement and apply musculoskeletal robotics.
Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)
Science across boundaries
Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Science across boundaries
Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)The vacuole is one of the hallmarks of the plant cell. Growth, expansion and morphogenesis of every cell within the plant is driven by the vacuole. Furthermore, specialised protein storage vacuoles present within seed cells contribute a very large proportion of animal dietary proteins. Therefore, our understanding of this organelle is extremely important from both a fundamental discovery and applied science perspective. Over the past decade, the application of cell biology to studying the vacuole during growth and development has greatly improved our understanding of its biogenesis, regulation and expansion. We look forward to the community coming together at this session and discussing the latest developments in these exciting areas.
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)Mechanical ecology is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of quantitative biomechanics and field ecology, at the organism level. The development of ever smaller and more powerful portable devices for measurement and data acquisition has boosted the number of biomechanical field studies in recent years, shedding new light on often neglected mechanical influence factors in ecology and behaviour. This session brings researchers across the traditional plant-animal divide together to explore common interests in field biomechanics, showcase recent scientific and technological advances, and highlight the importance of putting biomechanical mechanisms into a biologically relevant real-world context.
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
10.30am – 11am CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
11am – 12.15pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
11am – 12.15pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
11am – 12.15pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)Cellular decision making is key to many developmental and adaptive responses in biological tissues. The adoption of novel identities by cells supports organ function and complexity, and underlies numerous developmental processes. The decision of a cell to divide or grow affects the structure and function of tissues by altering the cellular configurations from which they are constructed. This session will explore the state-of-the-art in understanding how these complex decision-making processes are taken by cells, in a range of biological systems, including plants, humans and slime molds. Such understanding is often underpinned by interdisciplinary approaches, and thus, the session will feature talks from both experimentalists and modellers who embrace the systems biology approach.
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
11am – 12.15pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Mitochondrial metabolim is increasing recognized as a key mechanism that influences animal perfomance and adaptation to environmental conditions. Mitochondrial metabolic traits can be very plastic, but consistent differences still exist among individulas. This is probably due to the convoluted nature of mitchondrial proteins encoded by two different genomes but also to the ability of animals to respond to these environmental cues. Accounting for variation in mitochondrial genotype and phenotype is thus required to fully grasp the role of mitochandra in a braod range of organisms experiencing environmental changes and to explain the source of consistent variation both between and within populations. In this session , we will review the current knowledge of adjustments and adaptations allowing different organisms to cope with their environment at the mitochondrial level.
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
11am – 12.15pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics- INDEPTH (C2)Plants are vital to human life and health and are essential to mitigate the effects of climate change. Due to their sessile lifestyle, plants have developed the ability rapidly to adapt gene expression in response to environmental challenges. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that spatial (3D) organization of nuclear DNA as well as other epigenetic effects are critical in this adaptation process. The Impact of Nuclear Domains On Gene Expression and Plant Traits (INDEPTH) EU COST Action (which ended in 2021) established a pan-European and international network of researchers deciphering how nuclear architecture, chromatin organization and gene expression are connected and modified in response to internal and external cues. This session will bring together members of the COST Action and others to present progress and discuss the future of this important area of cell biology research and its value in dealing with today’s global challenges.
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
11am – 12.15pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Standing at the interface between the plant extra- and intracellular compartments, plasma membrane receptors initiate many of the critical signalling events required for plants to adapt to their continually changing environment. This session focuses on three areas that typify how plants integrate the decoding and regulation of hormonal signalling with monitoring of the extracellular environment for developmental cues or abiotic and biotic changes: 1) The integration of developmental and environmental responses via the TRANSMEMBRANE KINASE 1 system. 2) Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) that function in defence against pathogens and developmental regulation. 3) Trans-membrane signalling mechanisms of pollen growth and fertilisation (glutamate-like receptors (GLRs). RALFs, FERONIA, and Ca2+). The session will also have a half day workshop component focused on emergent techniques used to elucidate membrane complex function (e.g., cryo-EM enabled by AlphaFold, visualisation of membrane complex dynamics, molecular dynamic modelling of membrane partitioning, and enhanced lipidomics/proteomics).
Limits to thermal performance in ecototherms: the interplay between physical constrains, physiological boundaries and evolutionary trade-offs (A7)
Animal Session
Limits to thermal performance in ecototherms: the interplay between physical constrains, physiological boundaries and evolutionary trade-offs (A7)
11am – 12.15pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Limits to thermal performance in ecototherms: the interplay between physical constrains, physiological boundaries and evolutionary trade-offs (A7)This session aims to bring together different perspectives on limits to thermal performance. While loss of performance coincides with the breakdown of some physiological processes, it is currently unclear which variables may be involved and to what extent the same variables are involved in different cases, making it difficult to generalize. In this session we aim to showcase how physical processes, physiological complexity and evolutionary trade-offs interact to give rise to the diversity in thermal tolerance ranges observed across lineages and explore how they can be combined to strengthen thermal biology.
Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)
Animal Session
Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)
11am – 12.15pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Muscles & Motors: Organismal bioinspired robotics (A4)Robotic models can provide new insights into how animals use musculoskeletal systems to move through their environment. These biological motors drive crucial physiological, behavioural—and ultimately ecological and evolutionary—processes. But the complexity of interacting muscles and skeletal elements limits what we can directly observe and measure. Replicating aspects of these biological systems with robotic mechanisms lets us test new hypotheses and explore biologically inspired design applications. This session brings together a diverse set of researchers exploring new ways to implement and apply musculoskeletal robotics.
Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)
Science across boundaries
Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)
11am – 12.15pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Science across boundaries
Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)The vacuole is one of the hallmarks of the plant cell. Growth, expansion and morphogenesis of every cell within the plant is driven by the vacuole. Furthermore, specialised protein storage vacuoles present within seed cells contribute a very large proportion of animal dietary proteins. Therefore, our understanding of this organelle is extremely important from both a fundamental discovery and applied science perspective. Over the past decade, the application of cell biology to studying the vacuole during growth and development has greatly improved our understanding of its biogenesis, regulation and expansion. We look forward to the community coming together at this session and discussing the latest developments in these exciting areas.
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
11am – 12.15pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)Mechanical ecology is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of quantitative biomechanics and field ecology, at the organism level. The development of ever smaller and more powerful portable devices for measurement and data acquisition has boosted the number of biomechanical field studies in recent years, shedding new light on often neglected mechanical influence factors in ecology and behaviour. This session brings researchers across the traditional plant-animal divide together to explore common interests in field biomechanics, showcase recent scientific and technological advances, and highlight the importance of putting biomechanical mechanisms into a biologically relevant real-world context.
Bidder Lecture
Bidder Lecturer
Bidder Lecture
12.20pm – 1.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour
Bidder Lecturer
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
2.20pm – 4.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
2.20pm – 4.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
2.20pm – 4.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)Cellular decision making is key to many developmental and adaptive responses in biological tissues. The adoption of novel identities by cells supports organ function and complexity, and underlies numerous developmental processes. The decision of a cell to divide or grow affects the structure and function of tissues by altering the cellular configurations from which they are constructed. This session will explore the state-of-the-art in understanding how these complex decision-making processes are taken by cells, in a range of biological systems, including plants, humans and slime molds. Such understanding is often underpinned by interdisciplinary approaches, and thus, the session will feature talks from both experimentalists and modellers who embrace the systems biology approach.
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
2.20pm – 4.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Mitochondrial metabolim is increasing recognized as a key mechanism that influences animal perfomance and adaptation to environmental conditions. Mitochondrial metabolic traits can be very plastic, but consistent differences still exist among individulas. This is probably due to the convoluted nature of mitchondrial proteins encoded by two different genomes but also to the ability of animals to respond to these environmental cues. Accounting for variation in mitochondrial genotype and phenotype is thus required to fully grasp the role of mitochandra in a braod range of organisms experiencing environmental changes and to explain the source of consistent variation both between and within populations. In this session , we will review the current knowledge of adjustments and adaptations allowing different organisms to cope with their environment at the mitochondrial level.
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
2.20pm – 4.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics- INDEPTH (C2)Plants are vital to human life and health and are essential to mitigate the effects of climate change. Due to their sessile lifestyle, plants have developed the ability rapidly to adapt gene expression in response to environmental challenges. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that spatial (3D) organization of nuclear DNA as well as other epigenetic effects are critical in this adaptation process. The Impact of Nuclear Domains On Gene Expression and Plant Traits (INDEPTH) EU COST Action (which ended in 2021) established a pan-European and international network of researchers deciphering how nuclear architecture, chromatin organization and gene expression are connected and modified in response to internal and external cues. This session will bring together members of the COST Action and others to present progress and discuss the future of this important area of cell biology research and its value in dealing with today’s global challenges.
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
2.20pm – 4.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Standing at the interface between the plant extra- and intracellular compartments, plasma membrane receptors initiate many of the critical signalling events required for plants to adapt to their continually changing environment. This session focuses on three areas that typify how plants integrate the decoding and regulation of hormonal signalling with monitoring of the extracellular environment for developmental cues or abiotic and biotic changes: 1) The integration of developmental and environmental responses via the TRANSMEMBRANE KINASE 1 system. 2) Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) that function in defence against pathogens and developmental regulation. 3) Trans-membrane signalling mechanisms of pollen growth and fertilisation (glutamate-like receptors (GLRs). RALFs, FERONIA, and Ca2+). The session will also have a half day workshop component focused on emergent techniques used to elucidate membrane complex function (e.g., cryo-EM enabled by AlphaFold, visualisation of membrane complex dynamics, molecular dynamic modelling of membrane partitioning, and enhanced lipidomics/proteomics).
Bioinspiration, Biomimetics and Bioreplication (A12)
Animal Session
Bioinspiration, Biomimetics and Bioreplication (A12)
2.20pm – 4.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Bioinspiration, Biomimetics and Bioreplication (A12)Looking to nature for clues to stimulate research in non-biological science and technology has been at the forefront of research innovation for years. Biomimetics is an interdisciplinary field in which principles from biological systems are applied to the synthesis of materials, systems or machines that have functions that mimic these naturally occurring processes. The scope for these inspirational systems is broad and there is a need to communicate new ideas from bioinspired research across disciplines in order to construct new ideas and initiate collaborations. This session aims to bring together researchers from a diverse range of fields and use the meeting as a basis for discussing novel and exciting findings along with their potential for a role in creating new bioinspired technologies and materials.
Environmental and evolutionary influences on performance capacity and environmental tolerance (A13)
Animal Session
Environmental and evolutionary influences on performance capacity and environmental tolerance (A13)
2.20pm – 4.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Animal Session
Environmental and evolutionary influences on performance capacity and environmental tolerance (A13)Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)
Science across boundaries
Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)
2.20pm – 4.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Science across boundaries
Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)The vacuole is one of the hallmarks of the plant cell. Growth, expansion and morphogenesis of every cell within the plant is driven by the vacuole. Furthermore, specialised protein storage vacuoles present within seed cells contribute a very large proportion of animal dietary proteins. Therefore, our understanding of this organelle is extremely important from both a fundamental discovery and applied science perspective. Over the past decade, the application of cell biology to studying the vacuole during growth and development has greatly improved our understanding of its biogenesis, regulation and expansion. We look forward to the community coming together at this session and discussing the latest developments in these exciting areas.
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
2.20pm – 4.20pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 2 hours
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)Mechanical ecology is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of quantitative biomechanics and field ecology, at the organism level. The development of ever smaller and more powerful portable devices for measurement and data acquisition has boosted the number of biomechanical field studies in recent years, shedding new light on often neglected mechanical influence factors in ecology and behaviour. This session brings researchers across the traditional plant-animal divide together to explore common interests in field biomechanics, showcase recent scientific and technological advances, and highlight the importance of putting biomechanical mechanisms into a biologically relevant real-world context.
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
4.20pm – 4.50pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
4.50pm – 6.05pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
4.50pm – 6.05pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)
4.50pm – 6.05pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Cell Biology
Systems approaches to cellular decision-making (C4)Cellular decision making is key to many developmental and adaptive responses in biological tissues. The adoption of novel identities by cells supports organ function and complexity, and underlies numerous developmental processes. The decision of a cell to divide or grow affects the structure and function of tissues by altering the cellular configurations from which they are constructed. This session will explore the state-of-the-art in understanding how these complex decision-making processes are taken by cells, in a range of biological systems, including plants, humans and slime molds. Such understanding is often underpinned by interdisciplinary approaches, and thus, the session will feature talks from both experimentalists and modellers who embrace the systems biology approach.
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
4.50pm – 6.05pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Mitochondrial plasticity and adaptation: proximate determinants and ultimate consequences for adjustments to environmental conditions (A14)
Mitochondrial metabolim is increasing recognized as a key mechanism that influences animal perfomance and adaptation to environmental conditions. Mitochondrial metabolic traits can be very plastic, but consistent differences still exist among individulas. This is probably due to the convoluted nature of mitchondrial proteins encoded by two different genomes but also to the ability of animals to respond to these environmental cues. Accounting for variation in mitochondrial genotype and phenotype is thus required to fully grasp the role of mitochandra in a braod range of organisms experiencing environmental changes and to explain the source of consistent variation both between and within populations. In this session , we will review the current knowledge of adjustments and adaptations allowing different organisms to cope with their environment at the mitochondrial level.
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
4.50pm – 6.05pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics- INDEPTH (C2)Plants are vital to human life and health and are essential to mitigate the effects of climate change. Due to their sessile lifestyle, plants have developed the ability rapidly to adapt gene expression in response to environmental challenges. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that spatial (3D) organization of nuclear DNA as well as other epigenetic effects are critical in this adaptation process. The Impact of Nuclear Domains On Gene Expression and Plant Traits (INDEPTH) EU COST Action (which ended in 2021) established a pan-European and international network of researchers deciphering how nuclear architecture, chromatin organization and gene expression are connected and modified in response to internal and external cues. This session will bring together members of the COST Action and others to present progress and discuss the future of this important area of cell biology research and its value in dealing with today’s global challenges.
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
4.50pm – 6.05pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Standing at the interface between the plant extra- and intracellular compartments, plasma membrane receptors initiate many of the critical signalling events required for plants to adapt to their continually changing environment. This session focuses on three areas that typify how plants integrate the decoding and regulation of hormonal signalling with monitoring of the extracellular environment for developmental cues or abiotic and biotic changes: 1) The integration of developmental and environmental responses via the TRANSMEMBRANE KINASE 1 system. 2) Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) that function in defence against pathogens and developmental regulation. 3) Trans-membrane signalling mechanisms of pollen growth and fertilisation (glutamate-like receptors (GLRs). RALFs, FERONIA, and Ca2+). The session will also have a half day workshop component focused on emergent techniques used to elucidate membrane complex function (e.g., cryo-EM enabled by AlphaFold, visualisation of membrane complex dynamics, molecular dynamic modelling of membrane partitioning, and enhanced lipidomics/proteomics).
Bioinspiration, Biomimetics and Bioreplication (A12)
Animal Session
Bioinspiration, Biomimetics and Bioreplication (A12)
4.50pm – 6.05pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Bioinspiration, Biomimetics and Bioreplication (A12)Looking to nature for clues to stimulate research in non-biological science and technology has been at the forefront of research innovation for years. Biomimetics is an interdisciplinary field in which principles from biological systems are applied to the synthesis of materials, systems or machines that have functions that mimic these naturally occurring processes. The scope for these inspirational systems is broad and there is a need to communicate new ideas from bioinspired research across disciplines in order to construct new ideas and initiate collaborations. This session aims to bring together researchers from a diverse range of fields and use the meeting as a basis for discussing novel and exciting findings along with their potential for a role in creating new bioinspired technologies and materials.
Environmental and evolutionary influences on performance capacity and environmental tolerance (A13)
Animal Session
Environmental and evolutionary influences on performance capacity and environmental tolerance (A13)
4.50pm – 6.05pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Animal Session
Environmental and evolutionary influences on performance capacity and environmental tolerance (A13)Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)
Science across boundaries
Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)
4.50pm – 6.05pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Science across boundaries
Cell Biology of the Plant Vacuole (CP1)The vacuole is one of the hallmarks of the plant cell. Growth, expansion and morphogenesis of every cell within the plant is driven by the vacuole. Furthermore, specialised protein storage vacuoles present within seed cells contribute a very large proportion of animal dietary proteins. Therefore, our understanding of this organelle is extremely important from both a fundamental discovery and applied science perspective. Over the past decade, the application of cell biology to studying the vacuole during growth and development has greatly improved our understanding of its biogenesis, regulation and expansion. We look forward to the community coming together at this session and discussing the latest developments in these exciting areas.
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
4.50pm – 6.05pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)Mechanical ecology is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of quantitative biomechanics and field ecology, at the organism level. The development of ever smaller and more powerful portable devices for measurement and data acquisition has boosted the number of biomechanical field studies in recent years, shedding new light on often neglected mechanical influence factors in ecology and behaviour. This session brings researchers across the traditional plant-animal divide together to explore common interests in field biomechanics, showcase recent scientific and technological advances, and highlight the importance of putting biomechanical mechanisms into a biologically relevant real-world context.
Poster Session 2
Poster Session 2
Poster Session 2
6.05pm – 6.35pm CEST, 7 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins
Poster Session 2
Friday 8 July
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics- INDEPTH (C2)Plants are vital to human life and health and are essential to mitigate the effects of climate change. Due to their sessile lifestyle, plants have developed the ability rapidly to adapt gene expression in response to environmental challenges. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that spatial (3D) organization of nuclear DNA as well as other epigenetic effects are critical in this adaptation process. The Impact of Nuclear Domains On Gene Expression and Plant Traits (INDEPTH) EU COST Action (which ended in 2021) established a pan-European and international network of researchers deciphering how nuclear architecture, chromatin organization and gene expression are connected and modified in response to internal and external cues. This session will bring together members of the COST Action and others to present progress and discuss the future of this important area of cell biology research and its value in dealing with today’s global challenges.
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)
Animal Session
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)There is increasing evidence that the age of parents at the time of breeding has effects on offspring traits: older parents often produce offspring with shorter lifespans (the ‘Lansing effect’) or impaired reproductive capacity. The reverse can also be true. However, the causes of these effects are unknown. and it is also unclear why they vary among species, or whether the strength of parental age effects are moderated by environmental conditions faced by offspring. This session is aimed at exploring the generality of these parental age effects, examining the mechanistic process at different biological levels, and considering their evolutionary basis.
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)
Cell Biology
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Cell Biology
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)Cell Biology has become a cornerstone of modern biological research. Moreover, rapid developments and emerging techniques in cell biology are pushing forward our ability to answer biological questions in unprecedented ways, this is particularly true at the intersection of cell biology and microscopy. This session will focus on emerging techniques in cell biology and the ability of biologists to both acquire and analyse data in new ways, leading to deeper biological insights. As this is a techniques focused session, we look forward to welcoming cell biologists and biologists from the diverse area of interests from across the SEB annual meeting.
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)Mechanical ecology is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of quantitative biomechanics and field ecology, at the organism level. The development of ever smaller and more powerful portable devices for measurement and data acquisition has boosted the number of biomechanical field studies in recent years, shedding new light on often neglected mechanical influence factors in ecology and behaviour. This session brings researchers across the traditional plant-animal divide together to explore common interests in field biomechanics, showcase recent scientific and technological advances, and highlight the importance of putting biomechanical mechanisms into a biologically relevant real-world context.
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)
Animal Session
Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)Organisms are complex networks of interacting reactions that are exquisitely synchronised by hormones. Hormones regulate any facet of biological organisation, including many physiological functions and life history from embryonic development to reproduction. The effects of environmental changes on biological functions are often mediated and moderated by hormones. For example, animal responses to natural cycles in temperature and light are mediated by thyroid hormone, glucocorticoids mediate responses to environmental stress, and androgens and oestrogens regulate reproductive cycles to match environmental signals. Anthropogenic endocrine disruptors, such as chemicals used in plastic manufacture and light-at-night, therefore can have massive ramifications for fundamental biological processes. This symposium focuses on endocrine responses to environmental variability, including the interaction between natural variation and anthropogenic drivers. These interactions are novel in natural environments and represent an emerging field that will be of interest to a broad cross-section of researchers.
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)
Animal Session
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)
8.55am – 10.30am CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 35 mins
Animal Session
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
10.30am – 11am CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics - INDEPTH (C2)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Cell Biology
Plant Nuclear and Chromatin Dynamics- INDEPTH (C2)Plants are vital to human life and health and are essential to mitigate the effects of climate change. Due to their sessile lifestyle, plants have developed the ability rapidly to adapt gene expression in response to environmental challenges. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that spatial (3D) organization of nuclear DNA as well as other epigenetic effects are critical in this adaptation process. The Impact of Nuclear Domains On Gene Expression and Plant Traits (INDEPTH) EU COST Action (which ended in 2021) established a pan-European and international network of researchers deciphering how nuclear architecture, chromatin organization and gene expression are connected and modified in response to internal and external cues. This session will bring together members of the COST Action and others to present progress and discuss the future of this important area of cell biology research and its value in dealing with today’s global challenges.
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)
Animal Session
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)There is increasing evidence that the age of parents at the time of breeding has effects on offspring traits: older parents often produce offspring with shorter lifespans (the ‘Lansing effect’) or impaired reproductive capacity. The reverse can also be true. However, the causes of these effects are unknown. and it is also unclear why they vary among species, or whether the strength of parental age effects are moderated by environmental conditions faced by offspring. This session is aimed at exploring the generality of these parental age effects, examining the mechanistic process at different biological levels, and considering their evolutionary basis.
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)
Cell Biology
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Cell Biology
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)Cell Biology has become a cornerstone of modern biological research. Moreover, rapid developments and emerging techniques in cell biology are pushing forward our ability to answer biological questions in unprecedented ways, this is particularly true at the intersection of cell biology and microscopy. This session will focus on emerging techniques in cell biology and the ability of biologists to both acquire and analyse data in new ways, leading to deeper biological insights. As this is a techniques focused session, we look forward to welcoming cell biologists and biologists from the diverse area of interests from across the SEB annual meeting.
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)Mechanical ecology is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of quantitative biomechanics and field ecology, at the organism level. The development of ever smaller and more powerful portable devices for measurement and data acquisition has boosted the number of biomechanical field studies in recent years, shedding new light on often neglected mechanical influence factors in ecology and behaviour. This session brings researchers across the traditional plant-animal divide together to explore common interests in field biomechanics, showcase recent scientific and technological advances, and highlight the importance of putting biomechanical mechanisms into a biologically relevant real-world context.
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)
Animal Session
Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)Organisms are complex networks of interacting reactions that are exquisitely synchronised by hormones. Hormones regulate any facet of biological organisation, including many physiological functions and life history from embryonic development to reproduction. The effects of environmental changes on biological functions are often mediated and moderated by hormones. For example, animal responses to natural cycles in temperature and light are mediated by thyroid hormone, glucocorticoids mediate responses to environmental stress, and androgens and oestrogens regulate reproductive cycles to match environmental signals. Anthropogenic endocrine disruptors, such as chemicals used in plastic manufacture and light-at-night, therefore can have massive ramifications for fundamental biological processes. This symposium focuses on endocrine responses to environmental variability, including the interaction between natural variation and anthropogenic drivers. These interactions are novel in natural environments and represent an emerging field that will be of interest to a broad cross-section of researchers.
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)
Animal Session
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)
11am – 12.30pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)Cell Plenary Lecture
Cell Biology Plenary Lecture
Cell Plenary Lecture
12.35pm – 1.35pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour
Cell Biology Plenary Lecture
Lunch / Exhibition
Lunch / Exhibition
Lunch / Exhibition
1.35pm – 2.45pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 10 mins
Lunch / Exhibition
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
2.45pm – 4.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
2.45pm – 4.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Individual variation in infection-induced phenotypes in animal hosts: Mechanisms and implications from individuals to ecosystems (A3)
Animal Session
Individual variation in infection-induced phenotypes in animal hosts: Mechanisms and implications from individuals to ecosystems (A3)
2.45pm – 4.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Individual variation in infection-induced phenotypes in animal hosts: Mechanisms and implications from individuals to ecosystems (A3)
Most animals harbour parasites, with implications for nearly every aspect of animal physiology, behaviour and ecology. Infection with parasites (defined broadly as viruses, bacteria and multicellular parasites) can stimulate a host’s immune system and alter host phenotypes in profound and sometimes counter-intuitive ways, due to parasite-induced debilitation, host-responses to infection and/or parasitic manipulation. Infection-induced phenotypes vary due to a range of factors, including host infection tolerance, host immunological resistance, parasite developmental stage, parasite load, and co-infection by multiple parasites. This session will bring
together researchers at the forefront of understanding the mechanisms driving parasite-induced phenotypes across
diverse host-parasite systems.
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)
Animal Session
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)
2.45pm – 4.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)There is increasing evidence that the age of parents at the time of breeding has effects on offspring traits: older parents often produce offspring with shorter lifespans (the ‘Lansing effect’) or impaired reproductive capacity. The reverse can also be true. However, the causes of these effects are unknown. and it is also unclear why they vary among species, or whether the strength of parental age effects are moderated by environmental conditions faced by offspring. This session is aimed at exploring the generality of these parental age effects, examining the mechanistic process at different biological levels, and considering their evolutionary basis.
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)
Cell Biology
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)
2.45pm – 4.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Cell Biology
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)Cell Biology has become a cornerstone of modern biological research. Moreover, rapid developments and emerging techniques in cell biology are pushing forward our ability to answer biological questions in unprecedented ways, this is particularly true at the intersection of cell biology and microscopy. This session will focus on emerging techniques in cell biology and the ability of biologists to both acquire and analyse data in new ways, leading to deeper biological insights. As this is a techniques focused session, we look forward to welcoming cell biologists and biologists from the diverse area of interests from across the SEB annual meeting.
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
2.45pm – 4.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)Mechanical ecology is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of quantitative biomechanics and field ecology, at the organism level. The development of ever smaller and more powerful portable devices for measurement and data acquisition has boosted the number of biomechanical field studies in recent years, shedding new light on often neglected mechanical influence factors in ecology and behaviour. This session brings researchers across the traditional plant-animal divide together to explore common interests in field biomechanics, showcase recent scientific and technological advances, and highlight the importance of putting biomechanical mechanisms into a biologically relevant real-world context.
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
2.45pm – 4.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)
Animal Session
Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)
2.45pm – 4.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)Organisms are complex networks of interacting reactions that are exquisitely synchronised by hormones. Hormones regulate any facet of biological organisation, including many physiological functions and life history from embryonic development to reproduction. The effects of environmental changes on biological functions are often mediated and moderated by hormones. For example, animal responses to natural cycles in temperature and light are mediated by thyroid hormone, glucocorticoids mediate responses to environmental stress, and androgens and oestrogens regulate reproductive cycles to match environmental signals. Anthropogenic endocrine disruptors, such as chemicals used in plastic manufacture and light-at-night, therefore can have massive ramifications for fundamental biological processes. This symposium focuses on endocrine responses to environmental variability, including the interaction between natural variation and anthropogenic drivers. These interactions are novel in natural environments and represent an emerging field that will be of interest to a broad cross-section of researchers.
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)
Animal Session
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)
2.45pm – 4.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
4.15pm – 4.45pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
Open Biomechanics (A22)
Animal Session
Open Biomechanics (A22)
4.45pm – 6.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)
4.45pm – 6.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Open Animal Biology (A23)Individual variation in infection-induced phenotypes in animal hosts: Mechanisms and implications from individuals to ecosystems (A3)
Animal Session
Individual variation in infection-induced phenotypes in animal hosts: Mechanisms and implications from individuals to ecosystems (A3)
4.45pm – 6.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Individual variation in infection-induced phenotypes in animal hosts: Mechanisms and implications from individuals to ecosystems (A3)
Most animals harbour parasites, with implications for nearly every aspect of animal physiology, behaviour and ecology. Infection with parasites (defined broadly as viruses, bacteria and multicellular parasites) can stimulate a host’s immune system and alter host phenotypes in profound and sometimes counter-intuitive ways, due to parasite-induced debilitation, host-responses to infection and/or parasitic manipulation. Infection-induced phenotypes vary due to a range of factors, including host infection tolerance, host immunological resistance, parasite developmental stage, parasite load, and co-infection by multiple parasites. This session will bring
together researchers at the forefront of understanding the mechanisms driving parasite-induced phenotypes across
diverse host-parasite systems.
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)
Animal Session
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)
4.45pm – 6.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
The effects of parental age at time of conception on offspring performance and fitness (A6)There is increasing evidence that the age of parents at the time of breeding has effects on offspring traits: older parents often produce offspring with shorter lifespans (the ‘Lansing effect’) or impaired reproductive capacity. The reverse can also be true. However, the causes of these effects are unknown. and it is also unclear why they vary among species, or whether the strength of parental age effects are moderated by environmental conditions faced by offspring. This session is aimed at exploring the generality of these parental age effects, examining the mechanistic process at different biological levels, and considering their evolutionary basis.
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)
Cell Biology
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)
4.45pm – 6.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Cell Biology
Emerging Technologies in Microscopy & Cell Biology (C1)Cell Biology has become a cornerstone of modern biological research. Moreover, rapid developments and emerging techniques in cell biology are pushing forward our ability to answer biological questions in unprecedented ways, this is particularly true at the intersection of cell biology and microscopy. This session will focus on emerging techniques in cell biology and the ability of biologists to both acquire and analyse data in new ways, leading to deeper biological insights. As this is a techniques focused session, we look forward to welcoming cell biologists and biologists from the diverse area of interests from across the SEB annual meeting.
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)
4.45pm – 6.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Science across boundaries
Mechanical Ecology - Taking Biomechanics to the Field (AP1)Mechanical ecology is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of quantitative biomechanics and field ecology, at the organism level. The development of ever smaller and more powerful portable devices for measurement and data acquisition has boosted the number of biomechanical field studies in recent years, shedding new light on often neglected mechanical influence factors in ecology and behaviour. This session brings researchers across the traditional plant-animal divide together to explore common interests in field biomechanics, showcase recent scientific and technological advances, and highlight the importance of putting biomechanical mechanisms into a biologically relevant real-world context.
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)
4.45pm – 6.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Plant Session
Life at the interface - plant membrane-protein dynamics and interactions during responses to environmental change (P1)Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)
Animal Session
Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)
4.45pm – 6.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Endocrine-mediated responses to environmental variability (A11)Organisms are complex networks of interacting reactions that are exquisitely synchronised by hormones. Hormones regulate any facet of biological organisation, including many physiological functions and life history from embryonic development to reproduction. The effects of environmental changes on biological functions are often mediated and moderated by hormones. For example, animal responses to natural cycles in temperature and light are mediated by thyroid hormone, glucocorticoids mediate responses to environmental stress, and androgens and oestrogens regulate reproductive cycles to match environmental signals. Anthropogenic endocrine disruptors, such as chemicals used in plastic manufacture and light-at-night, therefore can have massive ramifications for fundamental biological processes. This symposium focuses on endocrine responses to environmental variability, including the interaction between natural variation and anthropogenic drivers. These interactions are novel in natural environments and represent an emerging field that will be of interest to a broad cross-section of researchers.
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)
Animal Session
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)
4.45pm – 6.15pm CEST, 8 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Animal Session
Surviving oxygen deprivation: the role of mitochondria and the maintenance of metabolic function (A18)