Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, USA
Tuesday, January 17, 8:45 AM / Town & Country Ballroom

Talk Title: Microbes and the Origin of Animal Species

Read more: Seth Bordenstein

Professor, and Director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide, Australia
Tuesday, January 17, 8:00 AM / Town & Country Ballroom

Talk Title: Ancient DNA Records of Genome Evolution

Read more: Alan Cooper

University of Maryland, School of Medicine, USA
Monday, January 16, 8:00 AM / Town & Country Ballroom

Talk Topic:  The Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease

Read more: Claire M. Fraser

Director, Australian Museum Research Institute, Professor - University of Sydney, Australia
Wednesday, January 18, 8:00 AM / Town & Country Ballroom

Talk Topic: Genomics and Wildlife Conservation

Read more: Rebecca N. Johnson

Filmmaker, Black Valley Films, USA
Sunday, January 15,  6:15  PM / Town & Country Ballroom

Talk Title: Food and Film: A Search for Nuance In the Struggle Between Art
and Activism

Read more: Scott Hamilton Kennedy

HHMI-GBMF Investigator, Professor, Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
Monday, January 16, 8:45 AM / Town & Country Ballroom

Talk Title:  Germline Reprogramming and Epigenetic Inheritance In Plants: How to Avoid Bad Karma

Read more: Robert Martienssen