Science Programme

Tuesday 4 January 2011
13:00 Arrival and Registration

14:10
Chair: Scott Hayward (University of Birmingham)
14:15
Péter Csermely (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
Links between stress, adaptation and evolution: a network perspective
14:55
Andrija Finka (University of Lausanne)
Heat- and chemically upregulated chaperone networks in plants and animals
15:15
Martin Jastroch (Buck Institute for Age Research)
Using mitochondrial bioenergetics to determine and predict metabolic performance of animals in a changing environment
15:35 Refreshment Break

16:10
Bill Davies (Lancaster University, UK)
Manipulation of plant stress responses to enhance crop yield and food supply
16:40
Prof Richard J Lewis (Newcastle University)
The regulation of the general stress response of B. subtilis and its adaptation in other organisms
17:00 Structured Mixer and Drinks Reception

19:00 Buffet Dinner

Wednesday 5 January 2011
08:55
Chair: Scott Hayward (Birmingham University)
09:00
One Minute Poster Presentations
09:30
Clive Catchpole (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
Developmental stress and bird song: brain, behaviour and the evolution of honest advertising
10:00
Prof Pat Monaghan (University of Glasgow)
Stress in early life reduces longevity in both exposed individuals and in their mates
10:20
Dr Britt J Heidinger (University of Glasgow)
Age and the stress response in long-lived seabirds
10:40 Refreshment Break

11:10
Georg Jander (Boyce Thompson Institute, USA)
Induced biosynthesis and defensive function of a non-protein amino acid in Arabidopsis thaliana
11:40
Society Talks: Martin Watson - SEB, Hazel Norman - BES, Chris Kirk - BS
12:10 Lunch and Poster Session

13:55
Chair: Jeremy Pritchard (Birmingham University)
14:00
Volker Loeschcke (Aarhus University, Denmark)
A systems biology approach to the study of adaptation to thermal stress
14:40
Dr Nia M Whiteley (Bangor University)
Physiological variation with latitude in congeneric marine amphipods
15:00
Dr Gabrielle A Archard (Pennsylvania State University)
Hormones, behaviour and predation pressure in a freshwater fish
15:20 Refreshment Break

15:50
Lloyd Peck (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
Adaptations and responses to environmental change in Antarctic marine species
16:20
Dr Nanette Verboven (Norwegian Polar Institute)
Responses of Arctic-breeding glaucous gulls to environmental pollution
16:40
One Minute Poster Presentations
17:00 Poster Session and drinks reception

19:00 Social at the Yorkshire Grey Pub

Thursday 6 January 2011
09:05
Chair: Jeremy Pritchard
09:10
Ary Anthony Hoffman (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Dissecting the molecular basis of adaptive variation and adaptive limits: desiccation and cold resistance in flies
09:40
Dr Anne M Borland (Newcastle University)
Metabolic and molecular basis of divergent strategies of drought resistance in tropical trees of the genus Clusia
10:00
Mr ALBERTO L TEIXIDO (REY JUAN CARLOS UNIVERSITY)
Large flowers in stressful environments: importance of a short flower lifespan in a Mediterranean ecosystem
10:20
Miss Susan C Fitzer (Newcastle University)
Multigenerational effects of CO2 -induced ocean acidification in the benthic harpacticoid copepod, Tisbe battagliai.
10:40 Refreshment Break

11:10
Dietmar Kültz (University of California - Davis, USA)
Evolution of molecular phenotype plasticity and environmental stress tolerance in fish
11:40
Funding Talk
12:10 Lunch and Poster Session

13:55
Chair: Peter Lund (Birmingham University)
14:00
Dave Denlinger (The Ohio State University, USA)
Winter's coming! An Insect Survival Guide - Insect responses to predictable seasonal stress as detected using metabolomics, proteomics and genomic data, and RNA interference
14:40
Richard Stafford (University of Gloucestershire)
Linking molecular or genetic stress responses to changes in community structure
15:00
Miss Angela M Sims (University of Liverpool)
Identifying signatures of selection for the stress response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
15:20 Refreshment Break

15:50
Sophie Dove (University of Queensland, Australia)
Indicators of coral reef health under climate change - bleaching, calcification, and other biophysiological markers
16:20
Prof Mark H Rider (De Duve Institute Brussels Belgium)
Dealing With Energy Stress In Hypometabolic States : Role Of The Amp-Activated Protein Kinase
16:40
One Minute Poster Presentations
17:00 Poster Session and drinks reception

19:00 Dinner at Ambassadors Hotel, Bloomsbury

Friday 7 January 2011
08:55
Chair: Peter Lund (Birmingham University)
09:30
Andrew Cossins (University of Liverpool, UK)
The regulatory and downstream effector mechanisms for the adaptation of cold tolerance have been assessed in C. elegans using transcriptomic, metabolomic and gene knockdown screens, leading to deep insights into underlying genes regulatory processes.
09:30
Mr Craig J Anderson (Cardiff University)
Mechanistic bases of metal tolerance: linking phenotype to genotype.
09:50
Dr Melody S Clark (British Antarctic Survey)
Do Antarctic marine ectotherms really lack a stress response?
10:10
Mark Viant (University of Birmingham, UK)
Integrating metabolomics with physiology: Towards "Systems Ecotoxicology"
10:40
Summary and Close
11:00 Refreshments and Delegates Depart