13:00 Arrival and Registration
Chair: Scott Hayward (University of Birmingham)
Péter Csermely (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
Links between stress, adaptation and evolution: a network perspective
Andrija Finka (University of Lausanne)
Heat- and chemically upregulated chaperone networks in plants and animals
Martin Jastroch (Buck Institute for Age Research)
Using mitochondrial bioenergetics to determine and predict metabolic performance of animals in a changing environment
Bill Davies (Lancaster University, UK)
Manipulation of plant stress responses to enhance crop yield and food supply
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
Chair: Scott Hayward (Birmingham University)
One Minute Poster Presentations
Clive Catchpole (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
Developmental stress and bird song: brain, behaviour and the evolution of honest advertising
Prof Pat Monaghan (University of Glasgow)
Stress in early life reduces longevity in both exposed individuals and in their mates
Dr Britt J Heidinger (University of Glasgow)
Age and the stress response in long-lived seabirds
Georg Jander (Boyce Thompson Institute, USA)
Induced biosynthesis and defensive function of a non-protein amino acid in Arabidopsis thaliana
Society Talks: Martin Watson - SEB, Hazel Norman - BES, Chris Kirk - BS
12:10 Lunch and Poster Session
Chair: Jeremy Pritchard (Birmingham University)
Volker Loeschcke (Aarhus University, Denmark)
A systems biology approach to the study of adaptation to thermal stress
Dr Nia M Whiteley (Bangor University)
Physiological variation with latitude in congeneric marine amphipods
Dr Gabrielle A Archard (Pennsylvania State University)
Hormones, behaviour and predation pressure in a freshwater fish
Lloyd Peck (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
Adaptations and responses to environmental change in Antarctic marine species
Dr Nanette Verboven (Norwegian Polar Institute)
Responses of Arctic-breeding glaucous gulls to environmental pollution
One Minute Poster Presentations
17:00 Poster Session and drinks reception
19:00 Social at the Yorkshire Grey Pub
Ary Anthony Hoffman (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Dissecting the molecular basis of adaptive variation and adaptive limits: desiccation and cold resistance in flies
Dr Anne M Borland (Newcastle University)
Metabolic and molecular basis of divergent strategies of drought resistance in tropical trees of the genus Clusia
Mr ALBERTO L TEIXIDO (REY JUAN CARLOS UNIVERSITY)
Large flowers in stressful environments: importance of a short flower lifespan in a Mediterranean ecosystem
Miss Susan C Fitzer (Newcastle University)
Multigenerational effects of CO2 -induced ocean acidification in the benthic harpacticoid copepod, Tisbe battagliai.
Dietmar Kültz (University of California - Davis, USA)
Evolution of molecular phenotype plasticity and environmental stress tolerance in fish
12:10 Lunch and Poster Session
Chair: Peter Lund (Birmingham University)
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
Richard Stafford (University of Gloucestershire)
Linking molecular or genetic stress responses to changes in community structure
Miss Angela M Sims (University of Liverpool)
Identifying signatures of selection for the stress response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Sophie Dove (University of Queensland, Australia)
Indicators of coral reef health under climate change - bleaching, calcification, and other biophysiological markers
Prof Mark H Rider (De Duve Institute Brussels Belgium)
Dealing With Energy Stress In Hypometabolic States : Role Of The Amp-Activated Protein Kinase
One Minute Poster Presentations
17:00 Poster Session and drinks reception
19:00 Dinner at Ambassadors Hotel, Bloomsbury
Chair: Peter Lund (Birmingham University)
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.
Mr Craig J Anderson (Cardiff University)
Mechanistic bases of metal tolerance: linking phenotype to genotype.
Dr Melody S Clark (British Antarctic Survey)
Do Antarctic marine ectotherms really lack a stress response?
Mark Viant (University of Birmingham, UK)
Integrating metabolomics with physiology: Towards "Systems Ecotoxicology"
11:00 Refreshments and Delegates Depart