PROGRAMME
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Sunday, 4th of September
9:00 Crash course: Best Practice for high quality genome assembly
Organiser: Alessio Iannucci
9:00 Introduction.
Lino Ometto, University of Pavia, Italy
9:15 Overview of NGS technologies and experimental design.
Alessio Iannucci, University of Florence, Italy
10:00 Genome assembly strategies.
Andrea Benazzo, University of Ferrara, Italy; Giulio Formenti, Rockefeller University, US
10:45 Snack break
11:15 Functional annotation of genomes.
Marco Gerdol, University of Trieste, Italy; Roberto Biello, University of Ferrara, Italy;
Lorena Ancona, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy
12:00 Invited lecture: Community efforts to democratise high-quality genomes assembly and annotation
ROBERT WATERHOUSE
Lausanne University, Switzerland
12:30 Registration opening
14:00 Welcome
14:30 Symposium: Biodiversity conservation using genes and genomes
Chairs: Giorgio Bertorelle, Claudio Ciofi
14:30 Invited lecture: Biodiversity conservation and the need of high-quality genomes
CAMILA MAZZONI
Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research, Germany
15:00 The genome of the subterranean termite: diversity and dynamics of gene families associated to wood feeding and social living
Jacopo Martelossi, Giobbe Forni, Mariangela Iannello, Castrense Savojardo, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio, Barbara Mantovani, ANDREA LUCHETTI, Omar Rota-Stabelli
15:15 News from Mozambicans rivers: what we know about freshwater fish biodiversity?
FERRARI CLAUDIO, Tovela Erica, Nonnis Marzano Francesco
15:30 Genomic variation and accumulation of deleterious mutations in the critically endangered Aeolian wall lizard
GABRIELLI MAEVA, Benazzo Andrea, Iannucci Alessio, Trucchi Emiliano, Ciofi Claudio, Bertorelle Giorgio
15:45 Is the Aeolian wall lizard Podarcis raffonei threatened by hybridisation with Podarcis siculus? Conservation genomic insights from Capo Grosso (Vulcano Island)
PARIS JOSEPHINE R, Ficetola G Francesco, Silva-Rocha Iolanda, Sherpa Stéphanie, Carretero Miguel A, Salvi Daniele
16:00 Population structure, genomic diversity and demographic history of Komodo dragons inferred from whole-genome sequencing
IANNUCCI ALESSIO, Benazzo Andrea, Natali Chiara, Arida Evy Ayu, Zein Moch Samsul Arifin, Jessop Tim S, Bertorelle Giorgio, Ciofi Claudio
16:15 Snack break with poster session
16:45 Invited lecture: Genomic analyses of gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations in Eurasia
ASTRID VIK STRONEN
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
17:15 From conservation genetics to conservation genomics: the case of the endangered land tortoise Testudo hermanni
BIELLO ROBERTO, Fuselli Silvia, Ramella Levis Elena, Spiezio Caterina, Mancia Annalaura, Benazzo Andrea, Bertorelle Giorgio
17:30 Integration of environmental Niche Modelling and genomic data to investigate the demographic history of Emys orbicularis in relation to habitat availability
SOZZONI MARCELLA, Iannucci Alessio, Formenti Giulio, Bellavita Massimo, Fratini Sara, Chelazzi Guido, Jarvis Erich, Natali Chiara, Trifonov Vladimir, Ciofi Claudio
17:45 Evaluating the past, present and future effects of climate change on a steppe-specialist raptor
FERRER OBIOL JOAN, Bounas Anastasios, Lombardo Gianluca, Secomandi Simona, Formenti Giulio, Brambilla Mattia, Iannucci Alessio, Paris Josephine R., Bonisoli-Alquati Andrea, Ficetola Gentile Francesco, Galimberti Andrea, Batbayar Nyambayar, Bragin Alexandr, Caprioli Manuela, Catry Ines, Cecere Jacopo G., Davaasuren Batmunkh, De Pascalis Federico, Efrat Ron, Erciyas Yavuz Kiraz, Gameiro Joao, Gradev Gradimir, Kresimir Mikulic, Morganti Michelangelo, Parau Liviu, Rodriguez Airam, Sarà Maurizio, Toli Elisavet-Aspasia, Tsiopelas Nikos, Wink Michael, Ciofi Claudio, Sotiropoulos Konstantinos, Olivieri Anna, Gianfranceschi Luca, Torroni Antonio, Rubolini Diego
18:00 Changes in neutral genetic variability of the isolated brown bear (Ursus arctos) population of Trentino (Italy) two decades after its reintroduction
MARINANGELI LARA, Rossi Chiara, Crestanello Barbara, Pedrotti Luca, Groff Claudio, Mucci Nadia, Davoli Francesca, Nonnis Marzano Francesco, Hauffe Heidi Christine
18:15 COins: a curated reference database of COI sequences for insect species identification through DNA metabarcoding
MAGOGA GIULIA, Forni Giobbe, Brunetti Matteo, Spada Alberto, De Biase Alessio, Montagna Matteo
18:30 Exploring fungal biodiversity using a comprehensive python package for automatic (multi-marker) barcode analyses
TATTI ALESSIA, Piccinno Riccardo, Fusco Giuseppe, Rota-Stabelli Omar
19:00-21:00 Welcome reception
Monday, 5th of September
09:00 Symposium: Behaviour and ecology: an evolutionary perspective
Chairs: Lisa Locatello, Donato Grasso.
09:00 Invited lecture: Behavioural mechanisms, macroevolution, and global change
GIL GUASTONI ROSENTHAL
University of Padova, Italy
09:30 Molecular mechanisms orchestrating sexual maturation and reproduction with the lunar cycle
ANDREATTA GABRIELE, Poehn Birgit, Bannister Stefanie, Tessmar-Raible Kristin
09:45 When order matters: fertilisation patterns in the polyandrous common cuttlefish
BELLO ELEONORA, Grignani Giacomo, Latini Lorenzo, Ferri Andrea, Carere Claudio
10:00 The rise of cryptic female choice: a lesson from two external fertilizers.
PINZONI LIVIA, Locatello Lisa, Gasparini Clelia, Rasotto Maria B.
10:15 Vampire tales: adaptations to hematophagy in the marine snail Cumia reticulata
MODICA MARIA VITTORIA, Gerdol Marco, Fracarossi Davide, Cervelli Manuela, Reinoso-Sanchez Jonathan, Leone Serena, Tartaglia Gian Gaetano, Milanetti Edoardo, Vassalli Quirino Attilio, Ruggeri Zaverio Maria, Oliverio Marco
10:30 Do cnidarian polyps remember their last meal? The role of learning in the protocooperative capture of large prey
GREGORIN CHIARA, Vega Fernandez Tomas, Musco Luigi, Puce Stefania
10:45 Snack break with poster session
11:15 Kleptopredation: how (and why) do nudibranchs eat plankton?
WILLIS TREVOR J., Kiernan Summer-Anne, Neville Jacob, McGill Rona A.R., Zenone Arturo, Badalamenti Fabio
11:30 The role of mimicry in the evolutionary history of Palearctic ants: the case of Colobopsis imitans and Co. truncata revealed through a multidisciplinary approach
SCHIFANI ENRICO, Giannetti Daniele, Csősz Sándor, Castellucci Filippo, Luchetti Andrea, Castracani Cristina, Spotti Fiorenza, Mori Alessandra, Grasso Donato A.
11:45 Deimatic behavior correlates with personality and population history in the Apennine yellow-bellied toad Bombina pachypus
ANDREA CHIOCCHIO, Giuseppe Martino, Roberta Bisconti, Claudio Carere, Daniele
Canestrelli
12:00 Cognitive plasticity in teleost fish
MONTALBANO GIULIA, Bertolucci Cristiano, Reddon Adam, Lucon-Xiccato Tyrone
12:15 Investigating physiological differences between native and invasive strains of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus
KHRRAMNEJAD AYDA, Alfaro Claudia, Quaranta Stefano, Gasmi Laila, Bonizzoni Mariangela
12:30 Contrasting respiratory responses define different thermal niches in two families of semi- terrestrial crabs
KA HEI NG, Cannicci Stefano
12:45 Dr Darwin AWARD talk: Exploring directional and fluctuating asymmetry in the human palate during growth
GREGORIO OXILIA, Jessica C. Menghi Sartorio, Eugenio Bortolini, Giulia Zampirolo, Andrea Papini, Marco Boggioni, Sergio Martini, Filippo Marciani, Simona Arrighi, Carla Figus, Giulia Marciani, Matteo Romandini, Sara Silvestrini, Maria Elena Pedrosi, Tommaso Mori, Alessandro Riga, Ottmar Kullmer, Rachel Sarig, Luca Fiorenza, Melchiore Giganti, Rita Sorrentino, Maria Giovanna Belcastro, Jacopo Moggi Cecchi, Stefano Benazzi
13:00 Lunch break
14:30 Symposium: Dynamics of genomic diversity in domesticated species
Chairs: Elena Bitocchi, Ivan Scotti
14:30 Invited lecture: Tracing the origin of African crop domestication
YVES VIGOUROUX
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France
15:00 Diversity and adaptation of domesticated chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) germplasm
ROCCHETTI LORENZO, Monica Rodriguez, Leonardo Vincenzi, Luca De Antoni, Antonio Fadda, Elena Bitocchi, Roberto Papa
15:15 The domestication of cat and its dispersal in ancient Europe
DE MARTINO MARCO, De Cupere Bea, Alhaique Francesca, Bogdanović Sonja, Ceccaroni Emanuela, Cerilli Eugenio, Detry Cleia, Goffette Quentin, Grau Idoia, Gręzak Anna, Küchelmann Hans Christian, Lloveras Lluís, Mazzorin De Grossi Jacopo, Minniti Claudia, Moreno Marta, Nadal Jordi, Onar Vedar, Pereira Vera, Soranna Gabriele, Spassov Nicolai, Wilkens Barbara, Peters Joris, Van Neer Wim, Ottoni Claudio
15:30 The barn swallow genome reveals selection signatures in genes involved in neural development and fear memory formation, suggesting a role for synanthropy
GALLO GUIDO Roberto, Secomandi Simona, Sozzoni Marcella, Lombardo Gianluca, Olivieri Anna, Torroni Antonio, Rubolini Diego, Ambrosini Roberto, Bonisoli-Alquati Andrea, Gianfranceshi Luca, Formenti Giulio
15:45 Invited lecture: The complex journey of the common bean
ROBERTO PAPA
Marche Polytechnic University, Italy
16:15 Symposium OTHER: Toxicity of sex chromosomes and evolution
PEONA VALENTINA, Protasio Anna, Suh Alexander
16:30 Snack break with poster session
17:00 Symposium: Evolution of forms from genes to cells to organisms
Chairs: Maria Ina Arnone, Paolo Colangelo
17:00 Invited lecture: Building bilaterian brains: key innovations in molecular machinery, cell types, and nervous system architecture
DETLEV ARENDT
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
17:30 Reconstruction of Nitric Oxide regulatory networks during chordate embryonic development and novel insights in fish gill development
Caccavale Filomena, Annona Giovanni, D’ANIELLO SALVATORE
17:45 The genetic basis of a trans-specific alternative life history strategy
Kalle Tunström, Alyssa Woronik, Joseph J. Hanly, Pasi Rastas, Anton Chichvarkhin, Andrew D. Warren, Akito Y. Kawahara, Sean D. Schoville, Vincent Ficarrotta, Adam H. Porter, Ward B. Watt, Arnaud Martin, CHRISTOPHER W. WHEAT
18:00 Growth regulation in the larva of the lepidopteran Pieris brassicae
BARALDI SEBASTIAN, Rigato Emanuele, Fusco Giuseppe
18:15 The genomics of Heliconiini shows strong selective pressures prior Heliconius' adaptive radiation
FRANCESCO CICCONARDI
18:30 Neuromodulation by Monoamines is a Bilaterian Innovation
Matthew Goulty, Gaelle Botton-Amiot, Ezio Rosato , Simon Sprecher and ROBERTO FEUDA
18:45 The evolution of molecular toolkits for biosilicification in demosponges (Porifera)
MARIA ELEONORA ROSSI, Nathan James Kenny, Astrid Schuster, Paco Cárdenas, Sergi Taboada, Vasiliki Koutsouveli, Bruna Plese, Davide Pisani, Ana Riesgo
19:00 Evo-devo approach to study asexual development and whole body regeneration: insights from tunicates
STEFANO TIOZZO
19:30-19:50 Bus transfer to Ristorante AION Moroder
20:45 Social dinner
23:30-20:50 Bus transfer to Ancona (Passetto)
Tuesday, 6th of September
09:00 Symposium: Advances in phylogeography and phylogenomics.
Chairs: Paolo Gratton, Joan Ferrer Obiol, Assunta Biscotti
09:00 Invited lecture: Phylogenomic approaches reconstruct the age and physiology of the last universal common ancestor of life
DAVIDE PISANI
University of Bristol, UK
09:30 Whole mitochondrial genome sequencing to improve population genetic inference and phylogeny of Mediterranean loggerhead turtles
TOLVE LIVIA, Iannucci Alessio, Capobianco Dondona Andrea, Cocumelli Cristiano, De Lucia Alessandra, Falconi Mattia, Formia Angela, Garofalo Luisa, Iacovelli Federico, Mancusi Cecilia, Marchiori Erica, Marsili Letizia, Mingozzi Antonio, Nannarelli Stefano, Natali Chiara, Novelletto Andrea, Terracciano Giuliana, Zuffi Marco Alberto Luca, Ciofi Claudio
09:45 Investigation of the evolutionary history of common bean through nuclear and chloroplast genomes
FRASCARELLI GIULIA, Galise Teresa R., D'Agostino Nunzio, Cozzolino Salvatore, Cortinovis Gaia, Bellucci Elisa, Rossato Marzia, Benazzo Andrea, Delledonne Massimo, Bitocchi Elena, Papa Roberto
10:00 Genomic evidence of postglacial expansion from multiple refugia for alpine plants in the Dolomites
CARNICERO PAU, Rota Francesco, Casazza Gabriele, Schönswetter Peter, Wellstein Camilla
10:15 Congruent evolutionary responses of European steppe biota to late Quaternary climate change
KIRSCHNER PHILIPP, Perez Manolo F. , Zaveska Eliska, Sanmartin Isabel, Marquer Laurent, Schlick-Steiner Birgit , Alvarez Nadir, Steiner Florian M., STEPPE Consortium, Schönswetter_Peter
10:30 Integrative taxonomy in the 21st century. An example from the intricate plant genus Xanthium L. (Ambrosinae, Asteraceae)
MANZO ELEONORA, Tomasello Salvatore
10:45 Snack break with poster session
11:15 Underestimated evolutionary differentiation under the ground: hints from geographic fine-scale variation in soil centipedes
GREGNANIN LUCA, Bortolin Francesca, De Zen Giada, Fusco Giuseppe, Orlando Marco, Palumbo Ludovico, Peretti Emiliano, Bonato Lucio
11:30 Mito-nuclear coevolution and phylogenetic artifacts: the case of bivalve mollusks
Formaggioni Alessandro, PLAZZI FEDERICO, Passamonti Marco
11:45 PhyloCloud: an online platform for making sense of phylogenomic data
DENG ZIQI, Botas Jorge, Cantalapiedra Carlos P, Hernández-Plaza Ana, Burguet-Castell Jordi, Huerta-Cepas Jaime
12:00 The evolution of photoreception in Lophotrochozoa
DE VIVO GIACINTO, Crocetta Fabio, Ferretti Miriam, Feuda Roberto, D'Aniello Salvatore
12:15 Symposium OTHER: Molecular systematics of the enigmatic spider genus Mastigusa
(Menge, 1854)
CASTELLUCCI FILIPPO, Scharff Nikolaj, Luchetti Andrea
12:30 Symposium OTHER: Seascape genomics approach to describe population structure of two marine species: Solea solea and Merluccius merluccius case studies
CORTI RACHELE, Piazza Elisabetta, Mokhtar‐Jamaï Kenza, Masnadi Francesco, Armelloni Enrico Nicola, Scarcella Giuseppe, Cariani Alessia
12:45 Symposium OTHER: Multiple LINE lineages contribute to early and recent bivalve genome evolution
MARTELOSSI JACOPO, Nicolini FIlippo, Ghiselli Fabrizio, Luchetti Andrea
13:00 GROUP PICTURE!
13:15 Lunch break
14:30 Symposium: Microbial genomics and evolution
Chairs: Marco Fondi, Alessio Mengoni
14:30 Invited lecture: Person-to-person transmission of the human microbiome
MIREIA VALLES COLOMER
University of Trento, Italy
15:00 Molecular mechanisms for the evolution of gene structure and organization: the histidine case
DEL DUCA SARA, Semenzato Giulia, Esposito Antonia, Romeo Lucia, Bernacchi Alberto, Colazzo Daniele, Vassallo Alberto, Chioccioli Sofia, Fani Renato
15:12 Genetic variation analysis provides insights into diatom population genomics
MAGER SVENJA, Manfellotto Francesco, Di Tuccio Viviana, Ruggiero Antonella, Sanges Remo, Ruggiero Maria Valeria, Russo Monia Teresa, Montresor Marina, Ferrante Maria Immacolata
15:24 Population Genomics and Phylogenetics of Phytoplasma Transmissibility by Psyllids and their Coevolving Endosymbionts
HOWIE JAMES M., Corretto Erika, Serbina Liliya Štarhová, Dittmer Jessica, Ometto Lino, Rota-Stabelli Omar, Stauffer Christian, Schuler Hannes
15:36 It’s a long way to the tap: microbiome research at the core of drinking water quality
BRUNO ANTONIA, Sandionigi Anna, Bernasconi Marzia, Fumagalli Sara, Ghisleni Giulia, Consolandi Clarissa, Cocuzza Clementina, Labra Massimo, Casiraghi Maurizio
15:48 Plant root microbiota can induce dysbiosis in Lepidoptera
FORNI GIOBBE, Di Lelio Ilaria, Magoga Giulia, Brunetti_Matteo, Bruno Daniele, Becchimanzi_Andrea, Giovanna De Luca, Sinno Martina , Frusciante Sarah, Diretto Gianfranco, Digilio Maria Cristina, Woo Sheridan Lois,, Tettamanti Gianluca, Rao Rosa, Lorito Matteo, Casartelli Morena, Montagna Matteo, Pennacchio Francesco.
16:00 Overwintering does not affect the microbiome diversity in the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
PICCINNO RICCARDO, Galla Giulio, Roselli Gerardo, Pindo Massimo, Stringer Lloyd, Rodeghiero Mirco, Anfora Gianfranco, Mazzoni Valerio, Hauffe Heidi Christine, Rota-Stabelli Omar
16:12 Large-scale genome reconstructions from human gut metagenomes to study phage-host relationships
SILVERJ ANDREA, Zolfo Moreno, Asnicar Francesco, Blanco-Míguez Aitor, Cumbo Fabio, Huang Kun D., Pinto Federica, Rota-Stabelli Omar, Segata Nicola
16:24 Oral plaque metagenome: a functional perspective
NICOLETTA FAVALE, Alberto Carrieri, Roberto Farina, Mattia Severi, Silvia Sabbioni, Leonardo Trombelli, Chiara Scapoli.
16:36 Extensive phylogenomic analysis of Zika virus provides an updated scenario of its origin and evolution
ZADRA NICOLA, Rizzoli Annapaola, Rota-Stabelli Omar
16:48 The origin of autism spectrum disorders in the interpretation of Evolutionary Medicine
GIACINTO LIBERTINI
17:00 Snack break (Closing polls for new SIBE board and best poster prize)
17:30 Society meeting (New SIBE president and board election)
21:00-22:30 Outreach event (Auditorium Orfeo Tamburi, Mole Vanvitelliana)
Organiser: Lisa Locatello
La biodiversità: come studiarla e proteggerla, dai geni agli ecosistemi (in Italian)
Presenta: TELMO PIEVANI, University of Padova
Partecipano: Emanuela Fanelli, Giorgio Bertorelle, Maria Vittoria Modica, Roberto Papa, Claudia Gili
Wednesday, 7th of September
09:00 Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza Award
09:15 Symposium: Population genetics using modern and ancient data
Chairs: Silvia Ghirotto, Josephine Paris
09:15 Cavalli-Sforza award lecture: Using Ancestral Recombination Graphs for Population Genetic Inferences
RASMUS NIELSEN
University of California Berkeley, US
09:45 Robust demographic inference from low-coverage whole-genome data through Approximate Bayesian Computation
VIZZARI MARIA TERESA, Ghirotto Silvia, Boscolo Agostini Rajiv, Maisano Delser Pierpaolo, Cassidy Lara, Manica Andrea, Benazzo Andrea
10:00 A genomic portrait of the Isthmus of Panama
RAMBALDI MIGLIORE NICOLA, Capodiferro Marco Rosario, Martín Juan Guillermo, Semino Ornella, Aram Bethany, Achilli Alessandro
10:15 Human-to-human transmission of bubonic plague: a lesson from the Milan epidemic of 1630.
NODARI RICCARDO, Galli Massimo, Perini Matteo, Luconi Ester, Fois Luca, Vaglienti Folco, Bandi Claudio, Biganzoli Elia, Comandatore Francesco
10:30 Exploring heritable and plastical contributions to survival in individuals born under naturally unfavorable conditions using the King penguin as a study case
FERNANDES FLÁVIA, Cristofari Robin, Massa Piergiorgio, Bardon Gaël, Alessio Iannucci, Le Bohec Céline, Trucchi Emiliano
10:45 Snack break with poster session
11.15 Using ancient genomes to investigate responses to climate and anthropogenic impacts in the Atlantic bluefin tuna
ANDREWS ADAM JON, Cilli, Elisabetta, Star, Bastiaan, Di Natale, Antonio, Cariani, Alessia, Tinti, Fausto
11.30 How do different ploidies adapt? A case of Arabidopsis in non-extreme edaphic environment.
CELESTINI SONIA, Konečná Veronika, Kolář Filip
11.45 Scales of genomic patterns of selection reflect biogeographic history of a beech population
MODICA ANDREA, Oddou-Muratorio Sylvie, Scotti Ivan
12.00 Differences in population structure between two octopus species, Eledone moschata and E. cirrhosa, in the Mediterranean Sea
TIJANA CVETKOVIĆ, Tereza Flegrová, Marie Drábková, Masoud Nazarizadeh, Daniela Kotalová, Jan Štefka
12.15 Bringing order to chaos: population genomics and forward genetic simulations explain the causal mechanisms of chaotic genetic patchiness in an Antarctic gastropod
DAVID L. J. VENDRAMI, Lloyd S. Peck, Melody S. Clark, Bjarki Eldon, Michael Meredith, Joseph I. Hoffman
12.30 Symposium OTHER: Population genetics of the tick Ixodes frontalis and correlation with the presence of bacterial endosymbionts.
BISAGLIA BEATRICE, Sophie Melis, Tiago Nardi, Romain Daveu, Olivier Plantard, Michele Castelli, Greta Bellinzona, Alessandra Cafiso, Chiara Bazzocchi, Emanuela Olivieri, Davide Sassera
13:00 Awards and concluding remarks
16:30 Post-conference activity
Walk with the Conero Park guides in the Portonovo Bay
This is a beautiful itinerary through Mediterranean maquis woodland, natural lakes and the sea, with a visit to the little Romanesque church (open during our walk, with free admission), the De Bosis Tower and the Napoleonic Fort. Stories and characters will be told, reconstructing the history of this magical place. The Bay can be reached by bus no. 94.
Ticket price, per person: 10 EUR
The visit must be booked by the registration desk before Tuesday, the 6th, at 16:30.
Minimum number required: 5 participants.