Conference Schedule

Tuesday 1 December

13:00

Pre-conference workshop13:00–17:00 Building 43: Room XX

Introduction to Phylogenomics

Wednesday 2 December

08:30

08:30–08:50 Building 67: Menura (R107)

Registration open (continued during breaks until lunch time)

08:50

08:50–09:10 Building 67: Menura (R107)

Welcome to Evolution in the Gong (Damien Esquerré & Nikolas Johnston). Acknowledgement of Country

09:10

Plenary09:10–10:00 Building 67: Menura (R107)

Prof Phil Byrne

The evolution of polyandry: causes and consequences

10:00

10:00–10:30 Building 67 (McKinnon Building)

Morning tea

Parallel sessions 10:30–12:15

Menura (R107)

Genomic evolution

Menura (R107) · Chair: Ethan Briggs

Chair: Ethan Briggs

Morelia (R104)

Phylogenetics and comparative methods

Morelia (R104) · Chair: Rob Lanfear

Chair: Rob Lanfear

Amenia (R102)

Systematics and evolution

Amenia (R102) · Chair: Nik Johnston

Chair: Nik Johnston

10:30

1 Genomic evolution 10:30–10:45

Maxim Adams Student

Uncovering thousands of endosymbiont DNA transfer events within single cockroach genomes

2 Phylogenetics and comparative methods 10:30–10:45

Changsen Jiang Student

A bias in a popular phylogenetic model

3 Systematics and evolution 10:30–10:45

Julian Brown Student

Exploring the under-studied diversity of Australian tephritid fruit fly parasitoids with genomics

10:45

1 Genomic evolution 10:45–11:00

Rhiannon Schembri Student

Using linked reads to understand the evolution of chromosome inversions in Australian finches

2 Phylogenetics and comparative methods 10:45–11:00

Joshua Rowe Student

Nested Phylogenetic Collector Curves Reflect Occupancy Structure Analogous to Spatial Relationships

3 Systematics and evolution 10:45–11:00

Liam Foley Student

Uncovering Australia's hidden radiation of endemic cluster flies through integrative museomics

11:00

1 Genomic evolution 11:00–11:15

Ethan Briggs

Investigating spider genome evolution with a new chromosome-level tarantula genome

2 Phylogenetics and comparative methods 11:00–11:15

Kira Lowe Student

oliveTree: An R Package for Human-Readable Ancestral Change Data and Annotated Phylogenetic Trees

3 Systematics and evolution 11:00–11:15

Encui Wang Student

Integrative systematics reveals hidden diversity in the parasitic Calliphora flexipenis species-group of Australian Calliphorinae

11:15

1 Genomic evolution 11:15–11:30

Alex Sotiropoulos

The genome evolution of the black root rot (Berkeleyomyces) fungi is shaped by repeat-induced point mutations

2 Phylogenetics and comparative methods 11:15–11:30

Simone Blomberg

The filling of trait space: what can we learn from evolutionary stochastic processes on trees?

3 Systematics and evolution 11:15–11:30

Perry Beasley-Hall

Aola Richards: a trailblazing entomologist with a "creepy" cave cricket legacy

11:30

1 Genomic evolution 11:30–11:45

Joshua Thia

Let's talk about sex (determination loci): Genomic insights from three Aphidiinae parasitoid wasps

2 Phylogenetics and comparative methods 11:30–11:45

Manuela Cascini

Evolutionary rates in living fossils across the Tree of Life

3 Systematics and evolution 11:30–11:45

Rosalyn Gloag

Mito-nuclear divergence and barrier loci in the hybrid zones of Australian stingless bees

11:45

1 Genomic evolution 11:45–12:00

James Bickerstaff

Convergent genome evolution underpins the repeated evolution of the ambrosia symbiosis in beetles

2 Phylogenetics and comparative methods 11:45–12:00

Jordan Douglas

Influence of the climate on molecular evolutionary rates in flowering plants (Proteaceae)

3 Systematics and evolution 11:45–12:00

Mengjie Jin

Phylogeny of Australian Heliozelidae (Lepidoptera: Adeloidea)

12:00

1 Genomic evolution 12:00–12:15

Thomas Schmidt

Evolutionary genomics of a natural Wolbachia superinfection in the dengue mosquito Aedes albopictus

2 Phylogenetics and comparative methods 12:00–12:15

Simon Ho

The tempo and mode of molecular and morphological evolution

3 Systematics and evolution 12:00–12:15

Taia Artemov

Developing AI assisted methods for monitoring insect biodiversity

12:15

12:15–13:15 Building 67 (McKinnon Building)

Lunch

Parallel sessions 13:15–15:00

Menura (R107)

Genomic evolution and landscape genetics

Menura (R107) · Chair: Putter Tiatragul

Chair: Putter Tiatragul

Morelia (R104)

Phylogenetics and macro-evolution

Morelia (R104) · Chair: Juanita Rodriguez

Chair: Juanita Rodriguez

Amenia (R102)

Plasticity and development

Amenia (R102) · Chair: Lee Rollins

Chair: Lee Rollins

13:15

1 Genomic evolution and landscape genetics 13:15–13:30

Maddison Teys Student

Uncovering the genomics and spatial patterns of Pharohylaeus lactiferus

2 Phylogenetics and macro-evolution 13:15–13:30

Giorgio Muneretto Student

Exploring the genomic, phylogeographic and adaptive landscapes of the native shrub Calothamnus quadrifidus

3 Plasticity and development 13:15–13:30

Kyungwoon Min Student

What is the effect of nutritionally modified larval condition on adult lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster??

13:30

1 Genomic evolution and landscape genetics 13:30–13:45

Felix James Student

Rare but promising: Resistance to myrtle rust and genetic diversity in a declining paperbark support assisted evolution

2 Phylogenetics and macro-evolution 13:30–13:45

Kamryn Carter Student

Freaky frogday: phylogenomics explains evolution and introgression in a complex of Australian toadlets

3 Plasticity and development 13:30–13:45

Harry Mortimer Student

Forms in Flow: Spatial and temporal plasticity in body shape between and within wild arid fish populations

13:45

1 Genomic evolution and landscape genetics 13:45–14:00

Hafiza Sehrish Kiani Student

Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of the Duckweed Microbiome: Towards a Self-Sustaining Ecosystem

2 Phylogenetics and macro-evolution 13:45–14:00

Maha Yudha Samawi Student

Reconstructing the Biogeographic History of White-Toothed Shrews (Crocidura Wagler 1832) in the Indo-Australian Archipelago

3 Plasticity and development 13:45–14:00

Aidan Stuckey Student

pleiotropy or modularity: genomic architecture of body shape plasticity

14:00

1 Genomic evolution and landscape genetics 14:00–14:15

Katarina Stuart

Concordant landscape patterns of population demography and genetic diversity: links to fitness across restoration-relevant species

2 Phylogenetics and macro-evolution 14:00–14:15

Consolata Nanjala Student

Unravelling the evolutionary history of the hyperdiverse genus Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) in Southeast Asia and Australasia

3 Plasticity and development 14:00–14:15

Eva Sulkova Student

How does combined thermal-nutritional stress affect wing and ovary development and associated life-history traits in Drosophila melanogaster

14:15

1 Genomic evolution and landscape genetics 14:15–14:30

Renee Firman

Genomic signatures of Pleistocene climatic fluctuation in Australian pebble mound mice

2 Phylogenetics and macro-evolution 14:15–14:30

Hayden Jones Student

Signals of hybrid speciation in the genus Anigozanthos

3 Plasticity and development 14:15–14:30

Andre Nogueira Alves

Why won't it fix? The mystery of the Cyp6g1 polymorphism

14:30

1 Genomic evolution and landscape genetics 14:30–14:45

Christopher Friesen

Stuck in the middle: phenotypes, genome and geography in the painted dragon (Ctenophorus pictus)

2 Phylogenetics and macro-evolution 14:30–14:45

Lyn Cook

Macs tracks: debogging the history of Stuart's Central Australian "palm"

3 Plasticity and development 14:30–14:45

Hayley Cameron

Re-evaluating the evidence for transgenerational plasticity

14:45

2 Phylogenetics and macro-evolution 14:45–15:00

Millicent Oulo

Phylogenomic and evolutionary analysis of Sword sedges (Lepidosperma)

3 Plasticity and development 14:45–15:00

Matthew Piper

The way nutrition shapes Drosophila life histories

15:00

15:00–15:30 Building 67 (McKinnon Building)

Afternoon tea

Parallel sessions 15:30–17:15

Menura (R107)

Micro-evolution

Menura (R107) · Chair: Ondi Crino (TBC)

Chair: Ondi Crino (TBC)

Morelia (R104)

Morphological and trait evolution

Morelia (R104) · Chair: Perry Beasley-Hall

Chair: Perry Beasley-Hall

Amenia (R102)

Behaviour

Amenia (R102) · Chair: Iliana Medina

Chair: Iliana Medina

15:30

1 Micro-evolution 15:30–15:45

Jonas Courtalon Student

Benign but not harmless: tumours hinder fitness-related performance and competitiveness in a predatory freshwater planarian

2 Morphological and trait evolution 15:30–15:45

Guoyi Zhang Student

When shell mathematical model meets phylogenomics: adaptive evolution in Australian camaenid land snails

3 Behaviour 15:30–15:45

Yuxin Hou Student

Evolutionary history of brood-parasitic bronze-cuckoos: towards testing cospeciation with their hosts

15:45

1 Micro-evolution 15:45–16:00

Grace Day Student

Characterisation of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I and Class II inBurrunan Dolphins (Tursiops australis): Evidence for Genetic Erosion and Putative Novelty

2 Morphological and trait evolution 15:45–16:00

Cameron Dodd Student

Convergent cochlea morphology as a signal of arid adaptation in the Sminthopsinae

3 Behaviour 15:45–16:00

Maddison Howie Student

Evolving escape: the genetic basis of antipredator behaviour in an Australian threatened bird, the Hooded Plover

16:00

1 Micro-evolution 16:00–16:15

Anuk Jayasinghe Student

Mitochondrial Genetic effects on Wolbachia Fitness Traits in Drosophila melanogaster.

2 Morphological and trait evolution 16:00–16:15

Danelle van den Berg Student

The evolutionary link between diet and habitat choice in Australian marsupials

3 Behaviour 16:00–16:15

Caleb Wellard Student

Keeping time to hatch: impacts of rhythmic light and temperature cues on gene expression and hatch timing in chicks

16:15

1 Micro-evolution 16:15–16:30

Robert Laird

Linking parental age, offspring fitness, and population dynamics in an aquatic plant

2 Morphological and trait evolution 16:15–16:30

David Brito Student

Diet, not soil properties, explains morphological diversification in Australian fossorial elapids

3 Behaviour 16:15–16:30

Yuxuan Zhao Student

Comparative Analyses Reveal Attenuation of Circadian Organisation in Australian Subterranean Diving Beetles

16:30

1 Micro-evolution 16:30–16:45

Jan Engelstaedter

Quantifying the mutational spectrum of antibiotic resistance

2 Morphological and trait evolution 16:30–16:45

Daniel Hoops

Neuroanatomical variation in snakes

3 Behaviour 16:30–16:45

Ewan Auld Student

Calling against the clock: amphibian chytrid fungus infection effects calling investment in male Brown Toadlets (Pseudophryne bibronii)

16:45

1 Micro-evolution 16:45–17:00

Matt Hall

Hotter, faster, sicker? Warming shifts the cost of infection from individuals to populations

2 Morphological and trait evolution 16:45–17:00

Nikolas Johnston

Colour evolution in Australian blowflies

3 Behaviour 16:45–17:00

Tsering Chan Student

Sex-Specific responses to lungworm infection in cane toads

17:00

2 Morphological and trait evolution 17:00–17:15

Christen Mirth

Genetic variation in body size traits across environments

3 Behaviour 17:00–17:15

Evie Cotterill

Intergenerational effects of bisphenol S on movement and reproduction at different temperatures in zebrafish

17:15

Thursday 3 December

08:40

08:40–09:00 Building 67: Menura (R107)

Housekeeping address

09:00

Plenary09:00–09:50 Building 67: Menura (R107)

Dr Ian Brennan

Oz-versification. Do Australian animals show adaptive syndromes?

09:50

09:50–10:20 Building 67 (McKinnon Building)

Morning tea

10:20

PhD Award Plenary10:20–11:05 Building 67: Menura (R107)

Dr Li "Living" Yun

Endless forms most charming: ecomorphological diversification of beetles

Parallel sessions 11:05–12:20

Menura (R107)

Theoretical evolution and big ideas

Menura (R107) · Chair: Alistair Senior

Chair: Alistair Senior

Morelia (R104)

Venom evolution

Morelia (R104) · Chair: Damien Esquerré

Chair: Damien Esquerré

Amenia (R102)

Microbial evolution

Amenia (R102) · Chair: Bethany Hoye

Chair: Bethany Hoye

11:05

1 Theoretical evolution and big ideas 11:05–11:20

Disha Chaudhary Student

Molecular dynamics of co-evolution in experimental populations.

2 Venom evolution 11:05–11:20

Katherine Jordan Student

Variation in the clotting strength of brown snake (Pseudonaja) venom and implications for antivenom efficacy

3 Microbial evolution 11:05–11:20

Divyangi Pandit Student

Hook, Line, and Swimmer!: Investigating the evolution of the bacterial flagellar filament proteins

11:20

1 Theoretical evolution and big ideas 11:20–11:35

Jack Price Student

Simulating the effects of complexity in genetic architecture on evolution

2 Venom evolution 11:20–11:35

Felipe Triana Student

Tracing the macroevolutionary pathway of venom composition in Viperidae

3 Microbial evolution 11:20–11:35

Jasmine Saghafifar Student

Profile-mixture models for viral protein evolution

11:35

1 Theoretical evolution and big ideas 11:35–11:50

Alistair Senior

Scientists (i.e., me) say this simple diet trick could knock 4 years off your biological clock in just 4 weeks!

2 Venom evolution 11:35–11:50

Navaneel Sarangi Student

A Toxic Arsenal - Evolutionary underpinnings of venom composition in snakes

3 Microbial evolution 11:35–11:50

Alvaro Conca Esquembre Student

Captivity leaves a microbial footprint: the gut microbiome of the Lord Howe Island stick insect

11:50

1 Theoretical evolution and big ideas 11:50–12:05

Jodi Edwards

Before Time There Was Story: The Foundations of Indigenous Cultural Marine Science

2 Venom evolution 11:50–12:05

Juanita Rodriguez

Uncovering the evolution of spider wasp venoms from fresh and museum specimens

3 Microbial evolution 11:50–12:05

Ryan O'Donnell

The Tightrope Hypothesis: Reconsidering the orchid mycorrhizal 'symbiosis' as a controlled plant-pathogen interaction

12:05

2 Venom evolution 12:05–12:20

Andrew Walker

Genome of venomous caterpillar Doratifera vulnerans reveals recruitment of immune peptides and their adaptation as pain-inducing toxins

3 Microbial evolution 12:05–12:20

Bethany Hoye

Bacterial pathogen evolution in an era of global change

12:20

12:20–13:15 Building 67 (McKinnon Building)

Lunch

Parallel sessions 13:15–15:00

Menura (R107)

Adaptation and natural selection

Menura (R107) · Chair: Alistair Senior

Chair: Alistair Senior

Morelia (R104)

Speciation, species delimitation and systematics

Morelia (R104) · Chair: Helen Armstrong

Chair: Helen Armstrong

Amenia (R102)

Sexual selection

Amenia (R102) · Chair: Keith Bayless

Chair: Keith Bayless

13:15

1 Adaptation and natural selection 13:15–13:30

Xinyi Liu Student

The Effects of Micro-plastics on the Fitness of Marine Animals: a Meta-analysis

2 Speciation, species delimitation and systematics 13:15–13:30

Naomi Laven Student

The clone wars: physiological consequences of mitonuclear discordance in hybrid parthenogens

3 Sexual selection 13:15–13:30

Incheol Shin Student

Is bigger better? The evolution and function of exaggerated weapons in bulb mites

13:30

1 Adaptation and natural selection 13:30–13:45

Adi Nugroho Student

Adaptive variants show stronger a genetic diversity area relationship than neutral variants in rusa deer (Cervus timorensis) introduced populations

2 Speciation, species delimitation and systematics 13:30–13:45

Reilly Seet Student

Insect-microbe symbiosis as a driver of speciation in Australian stingless bees

3 Sexual selection 13:30–13:45

Lachlan King Student

Sexual dimorphism of mutational effects for Drosophila wing shape

13:45

1 Adaptation and natural selection 13:45–14:00

Ting Yin Student

Understanding adaptive patterns in Alpine ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis) in a changing climate

2 Speciation, species delimitation and systematics 13:45–14:00

Jenny Wang Student

Species boundaries and drivers of evolution in a species complex of fairy wrasses (Labridae: Cirrhilabrus)

3 Sexual selection 13:45–14:00

Aadhi Ramkumar Student

Cloaked in Darkness - Melanisation as a signal

14:00

1 Adaptation and natural selection 14:00–14:15

Chandler Tsz To Tsang Student

Epigenetic mechanism of thermal acclimation: acclimation of performance is decoupled from reproductive fitness

2 Speciation, species delimitation and systematics 14:00–14:15

Jackson Rendall Student

Population genomics and connectivity in a jarrah forest endemic trapdoor spider

3 Sexual selection 14:00–14:15

Patricia Slattery Student

Fancy facades and pigment preferences: are the colourful faces of male bees sexy?

14:15

1 Adaptation and natural selection 14:15–14:30

Jade Kannangara

More than a powerhouse: Unravelling the Mitochondrial Role in Climate Adaptation

2 Speciation, species delimitation and systematics 14:15–14:30

Felipe Lin

Dual mitochondrial capture shaped mito-nuclear discordance in sky-island skinks (Scincidae: Sphenomorphus)

3 Sexual selection 14:15–14:30

Vicky Ying Student

How do pre-copulatory male behaviours affect female fitness? Insights from a facultatively parthenogenetic stick insect

14:30

1 Adaptation and natural selection 14:30–14:45

Carla Sgro

Climatic adaptation and species' ranges

2 Speciation, species delimitation and systematics 14:30–14:45

Patricia Lu-Irving

Invasive lantana in Australia comprises multiple taxa and hybrids

3 Sexual selection 14:30–14:45

Keith Bayless

Patterns underlying the evolution of stalk eyes in multiple lineages of flies

14:45

1 Adaptation and natural selection 14:45–15:00

Brooke Zanco

Does mother know best? Evolutionary narrowing of biotic interactions due to climate change could compromise future population resilience in a UK butterfly

2 Speciation, species delimitation and systematics 14:45–15:00

Stephen Zozaya

Underestimating admixture is easy

3 Sexual selection 14:45–15:00

Keaghan Yaxley

The evolution of semelparity in response to intense sexual competition and sexual conflict

15:00

15:00–15:25 Building 67 (McKinnon Building)

Afternoon tea

Parallel sessions 15:25–16:10

Menura (R107)

Menura (R107) · Chair: Ondi Crino (TBC)

Chair: Ondi Crino (TBC)

Morelia (R104)

Morelia (R104) · Chair: Perry Beasley-Hall

Chair: Perry Beasley-Hall

15:25

1 Speed talks 1 (5 minutes each)

15:25
Joe Painter

Does nipple shape matter?
15:30
William Brooker

Why Cooperate? Using a synthetic Escherichia coli Model System to Investigate the Origins of Reproductive Division of Labour
15:35
Boris Yagound

Epigenetic markers of rapid adaptation in cane toads
15:40
Maddie James

Using MAGIC to deconstruct and reconstruct the genetic basis of adaptation
15:45
Jacob Scadden

Characterisation of bacterial flagellar filaments from extreme environments
15:50
Frank Fan

Hidden herds in borrowed homes: the scale insects in Psydrax nests of Crematogaster
15:55
Matthew Symonds

Do species differences in physiological control of heat loss predict shape-shifting responses to climate change?

2 Speed talks 2 (5 minutes each)

15:25
Madalyn Iaria

Temporal trends in avian colouration under climatic warming
15:30
Shamia Shoma

Evolution of semelparity in terrestrial arthropods
15:35
Zhe-Yu Chen

Mitogenomes and nuclear rDNA reveal complex lineage histories in the Australian pond snail genus Austropeplea (Gastropoda, Hygrophila, Lymnaeidae)
15:40
Wednesday Elgar

Evolution & Systematics of Neoniphargidae Amphipods
15:45
Jacqueline Nguyen

Estimating the timing of passerine evolution using Bayesian tip dating and fossil occurrences
15:50
Laura Wilson

The evolution of prenatal cranial growth and development in bats
15:55
Devi Stuart-Fox

The eco-evo of skin colour in reptiles, and the rediscovery of riboflavin

Parallel sessions 16:10–17:00

Menura (R107)

Morelia (R104)

16:10

1 AGM 16:10–17:00

Annual General Meeting: Australasian Evolution Society

2 AGM 16:10–17:00

Annual General Meeting: Society of Australian Systematic Biologists

Friday 4 December

08:50

08:50–09:00 Building 67: Menura (R107)

Housekeeping address

09:00

Plenary09:00–09:50 Building 67: Menura (R107)

Dr Iliana Medina

Taking it to the nest-level: Building as a superpower

09:50

09:50–10:20 Building 67 (McKinnon Building)

Morning tea

10:20

ECR Award Plenary10:20–11:05 Building 67: Menura (R107)

Dr Carmen Da Silva

Nest microclimates drive evolution of heat tolerance in Australian native bees

Parallel sessions 11:05–12:20

Menura (R107)

Evolution of viviparity

Menura (R107) · Chair: Dan Noble

Chair: Dan Noble

Morelia (R104)

Conservation genomics

Morelia (R104) · Chair: Putter Tiatragul

Chair: Putter Tiatragul

Amenia (R102)

Genomics and adaptation

Amenia (R102) · Chair: Nik Johnston

Chair: Nik Johnston

11:05

1 Evolution of viviparity 11:05–11:20

Dineth Pathirana Student

Oviparity, viviparity, and transitional pregnancy in the lizard Saiphos equalis

2 Conservation genomics 11:05–11:20

Putter Tiatragul

Genomic representation of endangered corroboree frogs

3 Genomics and adaptation 11:05–11:20

Hongyuan Chen Student

Long-read sequencing reveals DNA methylation changes along the cane toad invasion trajectory

11:20

1 Evolution of viviparity 11:20–11:35

Lizz Peni-Pearson Student

Single-cell analysis of the placenta of a live bearing lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii

2 Conservation genomics 11:20–11:35

Shengyao Lin Student

Population genomics of Uperoleia daviesae (Anura: Myobatrachidae) highlights the vulnerability of naturally fragmented short-range endemics to urban development

3 Genomics and adaptation 11:20–11:35

Neve Kelly Student

Do repeat invasions have the same genetic signature: Using population genetics to inform management of an active invasion

11:35

1 Evolution of viviparity 11:35–11:50

Camilla Whittington

Evolution of male pregnancy

2 Conservation genomics 11:35–11:50

Lucy Ockert Student

From colonies to captivity: using genomics to inform conservation of little penguins

3 Genomics and adaptation 11:35–11:50

Henry North

Bidirectional adaptive introgression of insecticide resistance between native and invasive species

11:50

1 Evolution of viviparity 11:50–12:05

Claudia Crowther

Paying the Ultimate Price

2 Conservation genomics 11:50–12:05

James Weppner Student

Using genetic data to understanding the impact of landscape on movement of the Southern Greater Glider

3 Genomics and adaptation 11:50–12:05

Jonathan Wilson

Pangenomes and population genomics reveal more complexity at an already complex insecticide resistance locus

12:05

1 Evolution of viviparity 12:05–12:20

Lisa Schwanz

Genetic and environmental influences on sex determination

3 Genomics and adaptation 12:05–12:20

James Dorey

Weather, you want it or not? Extracting a new type of climate variable for eco-evolutionary enquiry

12:20

12:20–13:15 Building 67 (McKinnon Building)

Lunch

Parallel sessions 13:15–14:45

Menura (R107)

Macroevolution

Menura (R107) · Chair: Damien Esquerré

Chair: Damien Esquerré

Morelia (R104)

Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz

Morelia (R104) · Chair: Bryan Lessard

Chair: Bryan Lessard

Amenia (R102)

Thermal biology and plasticity

Amenia (R102) · Chair: Renee Firman

Chair: Renee Firman

13:15

1 Macroevolution 13:15–13:30

Ziqi Shen Student

Evolution of Central Carbon Metabolism across the Tree of Life

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 13:15–13:30

Andy Austin

The Decadal Plan for taxonomy and biosystematics

3 Thermal biology and plasticity 13:15–13:30

Qian Hu Student

Developmental plasticity in response to incubation temperature varies with reproductive ecology in birds

13:30

1 Macroevolution 13:30–13:45

Anuj Shinde Student

Patterns of Species & Functional Diversity in Australian Frogs

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 13:30–13:45

Helen Armstrong Student

Exploring the evolutionary history of the Cryptogonimidae

3 Thermal biology and plasticity 13:30–13:45

Chenke Zang Student

Effects of thermal stress on cognition, stress hormones, and parental care in zebra finches

13:45

1 Macroevolution 13:45–14:00

Chenyue Yang Student

Macroevolution of flexibility in bird nest-building behaviour

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 13:45–14:00

Jia Chang Student

A new Serratia taxon found in a Trombidiform mite shows genomic evidence of host-adapation but is phylogenetically distinct from Serratia symbiotica

3 Thermal biology and plasticity 13:45–14:00

Joshua Hufton Student

Temperature and sex-dependent differential methylation in the Swedish sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)

14:00

1 Macroevolution 14:00–14:15

Eleanor Hay

Mutualistic microbes drive niche expansion yet constrain diversification

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 14:00–14:15

Sebastian Hayden Student

A new species sheds light on a southern radiation of Australian burrowing scorpions

3 Thermal biology and plasticity 14:00–14:15

Luisa Fitzpatrick

Senescence diverges across thermal environments in a wild reptile

14:15

1 Macroevolution 14:15–14:30

Alexandra McQueen

The evolutionary ecology of hatch timing in wild birds: effects of daylight across ecologically diverse species

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 14:15–14:30

Volker Framenau

Cupboard spiders in the wrong cupboard: Australia Steatoda are not that

3 Thermal biology and plasticity 14:15–14:30

Mylene Mariette

avian heat adaptation: an acoustic signal of heat alters embryonic blood brain barrier

14:30

1 Macroevolution 14:30–14:45

Andre Wanderley do Prado

Revising Artoria (Araneae: Lycosidae): uncovering the diversity of Australia’s most speciose wolf spider genus

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 14:30–14:45

Christoph Hoepel

The question of "paraphyletic species ": a case study in Tasmanian Mountain Shrimps (Anaspides, Malacostraca)

3 Thermal biology and plasticity 14:30–14:45

Amanda Pettersen

Ultimate and proximate causes of variation in developmental thermal physiology in three-spined stickleback

14:45

14:45–15:15 Building 67 (McKinnon Building)

Afternoon tea

Parallel sessions 15:15–17:00

Menura (R107)

Morphological evolution

Menura (R107) · Chair: Emma Sherratt

Chair: Emma Sherratt

Morelia (R104)

Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz

Morelia (R104) · Chair: Bryan Lessard

Chair: Bryan Lessard

Amenia (R102)

Behaviour

Amenia (R102) · Chair: Martin Whiting

Chair: Martin Whiting

15:15

1 Morphological evolution 15:15–15:30

Grace Anthes Student

Cortical cross-sectional geometry and implications of cortical heterogeneity in ecological predictions in primates

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 15:15–15:30

Wesley Read Student

How many species do you see? (Gehyra nana)

3 Behaviour 15:15–15:30

Manisha Koneru Student

Gloss as a Startling Visual Effect: A Study with Australian Magpies and Robotic Beetles

15:30

1 Morphological evolution 15:30–15:45

Nicholas Joris Fleck Student

Frankenskink - Straightening 3D meshes to address questions in morphological evolution

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 15:30–15:45

Saphira Bloom-Quinn Student

The epiphytic moss subfamily Macromitrioideae in Australia

3 Behaviour 15:30–15:45

Kimberley Wong Student

Differences at every scale: Intraspecific variation in cognition in the green-head ant, Rhytidoponera metallica

15:45

1 Morphological evolution 15:45–16:00

Lochlan Paterson-Crisp Student

Understanding the unique teeth of shark toothed dolphins

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 15:45–16:00

Steven Cooper

William (Bill) Humphreys - A lifetime of discovery

3 Behaviour 15:45–16:00

Kieran Baughan Student

Locomotor diversity amongst marsupial gliders: implications for evolution, ecology and conservation

16:00

1 Morphological evolution 16:00–16:15

Elizabeth Surovic Student

The water-to-land transition in Gobiidae: Morphological convergence and the evolution of terrestrial Bauplans

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 16:00–16:15

Kelton Cheung

New South Wales Plant Tree of Life

3 Behaviour 16:00–16:15

Martin Whiting

Dynamic visual signal evolution in Asian toad-headed agamas and its influence on brain size

16:15

1 Morphological evolution 16:15–16:30

Shizhi Yao Student

How fish move on land: A comparative study of pectoral and caudal fin anatomy in aquatic and amphibious blennies and gobies.

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 16:15–16:30

Daniel Huston

A fossil free-living nematode and mite from McGraths Flat, a Miocene Konservat-Lagerstätte in New South Wales, Australia

3 Behaviour 16:15–16:30

Zhongqiu Li

Learning to Solve, Learning Not to Cooperate: Physical and Social Cognition in Azure-winged Magpies

16:30

1 Morphological evolution 16:30–16:45

Ryan Dallas

The cranial morphology of the invasive red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Southern and Eastern Australia

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 16:30–16:45

Bruno Buzatto

A molecular phylogeny of Australian burrowing scorpions and their continental radiations

3 Behaviour 16:30–16:45

Caitlin Creak

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit: Microhabitat association and burrow architecture in natural populations of Sydney funnel-web spiders

16:45

1 Morphological evolution 16:45–17:00

Trevor Wilson

Floral evolution and morphological losses in Australia's endemic mints (Lamiaceae) Lamiaceae systematics flower

2 Uncovering species and systematics – presented by Bush Blitz 16:45–17:00

Elena Kupriyanova

A paradox of Ficopomatus: a common but poorly known group of notorious estuarine biofoulers and bioinvaders

3 Behaviour 16:45–17:00

Michael Kasumovic

Using a lizard videogame to explore personality in humans

17:00

17:00–18:00

Closing and prizes

18:00