The Crafoord Prize Symposium in Biosciences: How do species originate?

Datum: 2023-05-10

Tid: 09:00 - 16:30

Adress: Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm

Lokal: Beijersalen

Sista anmälningsdatum: 2023-05-03 12:00

The symposium is organised in conjunction with the award of the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2023 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences to Dolph Schluter, University of British Columbia, Canada “for fundamental contributions to the understanding of adaptive radiation and ecological speciation”.

Programme

Morning session
Chair: Siv Andersson, Member of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Biosciences

09.00
Registration

09.20
Opening address
Hans Ellegren, Secretary General, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

09.25
Introduction of the Crafoord Laureate

Ove Eriksson, Chair of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Biosciences

09.30
The evolution of phenotypic incompatibilities during speciation

Crafoord Laureate Dolph Schluter, University of British Columbia, Canada


10.20
Coffee break

10.40
Genetics and the origin of stickleback species

Catherine Peichel, University of Bern, Switzerland

11.20
Parallelism and persistence during stickleback divergence

Andrew MacColl, University of Nottingham, UK

12.00
Lunch (included for registered participants)

Afternoon session
Chair: Sören Nylin, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

13.20
Parallel speciation and the role of chromosomal rearrangements
Kerstin Johannesson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

14.00
The causes and consequences of parallel speciation in plants

Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, University of Queensland, Australia

14.40
Coffee break

15.10
”Mate first, ask questions later”: On the process of speciation in the Fungi

Hanna Johannesson, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden

15.50
Hybrid speciation and genome stabilization in Passer sparrows

Anna Runemark, Lund University, Sweden

16.30
Closing remarks

Ove Eriksson, Chair of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Biosciences

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