Conservation Genomics Paris - Sciencesconf.org

10:00 - 10:25 (25min)

Coffee

10:25 - 10:30 (05min)

Opening Welcome

Conference Organizers

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Genomics and the rewilding of an African national park

Marc Stalmans, Gorongosa National Park

11:00 - 12:00 (1h)

Applied aspects of conservation genomics

› Counting invisible elephants. Developing non-invasive DNA sampling methods for wild elephants - Andrew Tighe, University College Dublin [Dublin], Pwani University 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Little evidence of inbreeding depression for birth mass, survival and growth in Antarctic fur seal pups - Anna Paijmans, Universität Bielefeld = Bielefeld University 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Using genomic data to estimate mate compatibilities in the endangered endemic Brassica insularis - Sandrine MAURICE, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier - Xavier Vekemans, Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Low-coverage whole genome sequencing for powerful and cost-effective population assignment - Nina Therkildsen, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University 11:45-12:00 (15min)

12:00 - 13:30 (1h30)

Lunch

13:30 - 14:00 (30min)

Nicolas Poulet, Office Français de la Biodiversité

14:00 - 14:30 (30min)

Applied aspects of conservation genomics

› Evaluation of genomic tools to predict individual homozygosity-by-descent for the management of genetic diversity in small populations - Natalia Soledad Forneris, Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› New opportunities offered by genomics for the conservation of the Asian elephant: from captivity to the wild - Mirte Bosse, Mirte Bosse, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam] 14:15-14:30 (15min)

14:30 - 15:00 (30min)

Lisa Komoroske, University of Massachusetts Amherst

15:00 - 15:30 (30min)

Coffee break

15:30 - 16:00 (30min)

Concept and challenges associated with using the genomic offset metric to inform conservation: an example with seed sourcing in red spruce.

Thibaud Capblancq, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine

16:00 - 17:00 (1h)

Evolutionary rescue, genomic offset & mutation load

› Predicting species invasiveness with genomic data: is Genomic Offset related to establishment probability ? - Louise Camus, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Gene flow to the rescue : Using assisted gene flow to save a threatened plant population from extinction - Olivier BRISSET, Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la COnservation 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› The burden of mutations: indirect effects of genetic load on fitness through lek attendance - Rebecca Chen, Universität Bielefeld = Bielefeld University 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Evolutionary rescue by means of introgression: balancing genetic rescue and swamping - Adèle Erlichman, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia 16:45-17:00 (15min)

17:00 - 17:30 (30min)

Jazlyn Mooney, University of Southern California

18:30 - 20:00 (1h30)

Poster Session I

Poster Session (wine and cheese)

20:15 - 23:00 (2h45)

Drinks and food at Sofia Bar (20 rue Censier)

The bar is very close to the conference venue and has been privatized for conference participants.Note that food and drink costs will be at the charge of each participant.