Chicago Plant Science Symposium 2024

Saturday, April 20, 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

at the Chicago Botanic Garden

Invited Speakers

Registration Closed!

Poster Session Information - Submissions Closed!

Across Time and Terrain:

Plant Interactions and Evolution

We are pleased to announce the program for the 2024 Chicago Plant Science Symposium. This series is designed to bring together the plant science community of the greater Chicago area for a one-day symposium highlighting the cutting edge of research in plant evolution, ecology, and conservation. As usual, the program includes lunch and a post-conference mixer. Best of all, registration is free! Deadline to register is Friday April 5th, 2024!

The theme of the symposium this year is “Across Time and Terrain: Plant Interactions and Evolution.” We have invited a diverse group of researchers who will explore a wide range of topics that represent different aspects of pollination biology, including conservation, ecology, and evolution.

Program

8:30-9:30 AM — Registration & Poster Pinup (Regenstein Center)

9:30-9:45 AM — Introductory remarks (Alsdorf Auditorium*)

9:45-10:30 AM — Camila Pizano, "Janzen-Connell effects in tropical dry forests; the interactive effects of drought and soil microbial communities on seedling growth"

10:30-11:15 AM — Surangi W Punyasena, "Deep learning in Deep Time: Discovering the Evolutionary Information in Pollen Morphology"

11:15 AM-12:00 PM — Liming Cai, "The parasitic lifestyle shapes the genome, physiology, and body plan of plants"

12:00-1:15 PM — Lunch (Burnstein Hall)

1:15-2:00 PM — Kathleen Kay, "How plants solve the problem of bees acting as both pollinators and pollen consumers"

2:00-2:45 PM — Paul CaraDonna, "Time, flexibility, and the meaning of plant-pollinator interactions"

2:45-3:45 PM — Poster Session (Krehbiel Gallery) & Coffee Break (Burnstein Hall)

3:45-4:30 PM — Carolyn Wessinger, "Genetic features of parallel evolutionary shifts to hummingbird syndrome in Penstemon"

4:30-5:15 PM — Nathan Muchhala, "Actinomorphy to zygomorphy: Effects of floral symmetry on pollination, diversification, and abundance"

5:15-6:30 PM — Mixer

*All talks in Alsdorf Auditorium*

Registration

REGISTRATION CLOSED

Venue

Regenstein Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden

1000 Lake Cook Rd

Glencoe, IL 60022

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