Mini-Symposium:Evolutionary Approaches to Chromosome Biology

March 14-15, 2019

09.00h Oleg Simakov (University of Vienna)Evolution of animal chromosome architecture

09.45h Filipa Sousa (University of Vienna)Evolution of function

10.45h Alejandro Burga (IMBA)Case study in comparative genomics

09.00h Juliette Azimzadeh (Institut Jacques Monod)Evolution of microtubule organizing centers

10.00h Michael Lampson (University of Pennsylvania)Violation of Mendel’s First Law: chromosome competition in meiosis

11.15h Eelco Tromer (University of Cambridge)Evolution of the kinetochore network in eukaryotes: dynamics, motifs and origins

Introductory lectures: March 14th

GMI orange seminar roomResearch talks: March 15th

IMP lecture hall

Images: Phylogenetic tree of eukaryotes: Sandra Baldauf, University of Uppsala; Salamander (Animal): Alexey Khodjakov, Wadsworth Center; Dictyostelium discoideum (Slime mold): Michael Koonce, Wadsworth Center; Arabidopsis thaliana (Land plant): Christopher A. Makaro�, Miami University; Bigelowiella natans (Chlorarachnia): Mario Sengco, Long Island University; Crypthecodinium cohnii (Dino�agellate): Hervé Moreau, Rosco�; Hantzschia amphioxys (Diatom): Jeremy Pickett-Heaps, University of Melbourne; Leishmania mexicana (Leishmania): John Wheeler, University of Oxford; Giardia lamblia (Diplomonad): Zach Cande, UC Berkley