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Friday, July 31st

Friday, July 31st, 10:00 am to 12:15 pm · Virtual/Virtual
Session LT1: Lightning Talks: Germinating Ideas - Lightning Talks I
Presiding: Amy Litt, University Of California, Riverside; Amy McPherson,
LT1001July 31st 10:00 amVirtual/VirtualReproductive ecology of a rare Florida endemic mint, Macbridea albaGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkJohnson, Sara; Coons, Janice; Molano-Flores, Brenda.vivipary
conservation
rare species
endangered
Germination
reproductive ecology
mint
LT1002July 31st 10:05 amVirtual/VirtualEnvironmental regulation of developmental transitions across generations in Arabidopsis thaliana plantsGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkAuthier, Ailén; Auge, Gabriela.environment
maternal effects
fitness
flowering phenology
LT1003July 31st 10:10 amVirtual/VirtualRethinking Plant PhylotranscriptomicsGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkYang, Ya.phylogenomics
transcriptomics
genomics
LT1004July 31st 10:15 amVirtual/VirtualWriting Your Plant Love Story: A Science Writing Activity for Remote or In-Person InstructionGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkMcDonough MacKenzie, Caitlin; McGill , Bonnie; Bletz, Molly; Tonietto, Rebecca; Barak, Rebecca; Dudney, Joan; Young, Talia.outreach
remote teaching
Plant Love Stories
LT1005July 31st 10:20 amVirtual/VirtualEnvironmental selection and adaptive traits in sympatric Mimulus speciesGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkTataru, Diana; Ferris, Kathleen.Reciprocal Transplant
Mimulus laciniatus
Mimulus guttatus
LT1006July 31st 10:25 amVirtual/VirtualPhylotranscriptomic evidence supports the lack of ancient polyploidy events in monkey flowerGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkLin, Nan; Grossenbacher, Dena; Yang, Ya.Phrymaceae
Diplacus
Erythranthe
Phryma
LT1007July 31st 10:30 amVirtual/VirtualEvidence for intraspecific variation in self-incompatibility in the wild tomatillo Physalis acutifolia (Solanaceae)Germinating Ideas Lightning TalkPretz, Chelsea; Smith, Stacey.Physalis
Solanaceae
self-incompatibility
reproductive biology
LT1008July 31st 10:35 amVirtual/VirtualEvolution of the Anthocyanin synthesis pathway in CaryophyllalesGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkCrum, Alexandra; Yang, Ya.Caryophyllales
Pigments
Phylogenetics
LT1009July 31st 10:40 amVirtual/VirtualFlower shape evolution in Penstemon: preliminary resultsGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkRodriguez, Rosa; Wolfe, Andi.Flower morphology
Penstemon
Plantaginaceae
Pollination syndrome
Shape evolution
LT1010July 31st 10:45 amVirtual/VirtualUnnamed for Decades: A SciArt collaboration inspired by the sexually-fluid nightshade Solanum plastisexumGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkMartine, Christopher; Erin, Johnson.Solanaceae
Education 
scicomm
science communications
interdisciplinarity
PUI
Solanum
andromonoecy
Breeding System
LT1011July 31st 10:50 amVirtual/VirtualCharacterization of the Fungal Microbiome in 50-Year-Old Plant Herbarium SpecimensGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkCoker , Cassidy Reagan; Hale, Haley; Johnson, Matthew.Metagenomics
Fungi
NGS Techniques
Extraction Techniques
LT1012July 31st 10:55 amVirtual/VirtualLandscape Changes in the New Jersey Pine Barrens from Historic Human UseGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkBallas, Chase.Historical ecology
temperate forest
Land Use
Paleobotany
Forest ecology
LT1013July 31st 11:00 amVirtual/VirtualA call for unified study of plant thermal performance in a warming worldGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkWooliver, Rachel; Vtipil, Emma; Sheth, Seema.climate change
adaptation
acclimation
thermal performance curve
thermal reaction norm
LT1014July 31st 11:05 amVirtual/VirtualIntegrating ecological approaches and local knowledge for the conservation of useful plant species in ColombiaGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkKor, Laura; Dawson, Terence P.; Homewood, Katherine; Diazgranados, Mauricio.
LT1015July 31st 11:10 amVirtual/VirtualThe Lichen Symbiosis in Three MinutesGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkScharnagl, Klara.lichen
symbiosis
transcriptomics
microscopy
LT1016July 31st 11:15 amVirtual/VirtualUnderstanding foliar diversity and its evolution using Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) as a modelGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkHernandez-Hernandez, Brenda; Rosas, Miguel; Piña-De la Rosa , Itzel; Calvillo-Canadell, Laura; Carranza, Eleazar; Cacho, N. Ivalu.leaf evolution
leaf morphology
phylogenetic comparative method
Ipomoea
LT1017July 31st 11:20 amVirtual/VirtualMethods to Delimit Speciation and Determine Population Parameters of the Moss, Physcomitrium pyriforme Using Target Capture SequencingGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkWilliams, Lindsay; Patel, Nikisha; Medina, Rafael; Goffinet, Bernard; Johnson, Matthew.bryophytes
Biogeography
Physcomitrella
bryophyte
function
admixture
LT1018July 31st 11:25 amVirtual/VirtualDevelopment of genomic tools for Bryum argenteum: Applications in small RNA and population geneticsGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkPruthi, Aman; Greenwood, Joshua; Stark, Lloyd; Raudenbush, Zane; Johnson, Matthew G..Bryum argenteum
bryophytes
mosses
genome sequencing
miRNA
LT1019July 31st 11:30 amVirtual/VirtualPhylogenomics and Habitat Restoration: Detecting the Effects of Gene Duplication and Diversification of KAI2 on Seed GerminationGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkChen, Yanni; Johnson, Matt.Smoke
Shortgrass Prairie
transcriptome
Orthogroups
Gene Family
LT1020July 31st 11:35 amVirtual/VirtualA phylogenomic approach to estimate hybrid viability across the oak syngameonGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkLandis, Henry; Eaton, Deren.oak
hybrid
genomics
LT1021July 31st 11:40 amVirtual/VirtualAppraising the Monetery Value of an HerbariumGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkGilman, Arthur.Herbarium
Per sheet dollar value
LT1022July 31st 11:45 amVirtual/VirtualFlowering plants and animals have a similar range of chromosome numbersGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkBarker, Michael; Medina, Cesar; Zhan, Shing; Román-Palacios, Cristian.Chromosomes
Genomes
Dysploidy
polyploidy
LT1023July 31st 11:50 amVirtual/VirtualThe modular growing of tropical low plants (contains genetically modified and grafted)Germinating Ideas Lightning TalkXiong, XiangWen.Modularized Growing
ecological multilayer module
energized multilayer module
Low landscape plant
LT1024July 31st 11:55 amVirtual/VirtualThe Evolution of Exceptionally Low Chromosome Numbers in Xanthisma (Asteraceae)Germinating Ideas Lightning TalkFinch, Geoffrey.Xanthisma
chromosome evolution
chromEvol
Dysploidy
LT1025July 31st 12:00 pmVirtual/VirtualPollination syndrome divergence in a species complex despite genetic interminglingGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkWessinger, Carolyn; Kelly, John; Hileman, Lena.Pollination syndrome
population genomics
Penstemon
QTL
LT1026July 31st 12:05 pmVirtual/VirtualA new technology to control mistletoe spread on tree hostsGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkAngeles, Pedro G.; Ceccantini, Gregorio; Abarca, Ramon.Hemiparasites
Urban trees
Forest trees
Friday, July 31st, 12:30 pm to 2:40 pm · Virtual/Virtual
Session LT2: Lightning Talks: Germinating Ideas - Lightning Talks II
Presiding: Amy Litt, University Of California, Riverside; Amy McPherson,
LT2001July 31st 12:30 pmVirtual/VirtualNatural History Education and Community Outreach Through the Campus ArboretumGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkRollinson, Emily; Strubert, Weston.Arboretum
natural history
education
outreach
LT2002July 31st 12:35 pmVirtual/VirtualIndependent genetic control of ab- vs ad- axial stomatal densityGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkBaker, Robert (Rob); Albarran, Casey.stomata
Brassica
leaf polarity
QLTs
network analysis
Gene expression
LT2003July 31st 12:40 pmVirtual/VirtualHistorical duplication events and it's effects on the biochemistry of sunflowersGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkMajumder, Sambadi .Whole-genome duplication
LT2004July 31st 12:45 pmVirtual/VirtualExpanded phylotranscriptomic sampling reveals gene family expansion in pleurocarpous mossesGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkBuckowing, Kira; Liu, Yang; Medina, Rafael; Shaw, Jonathan; Goffinet, Bernard; Wickett, Norman; Johnson, Matt.bioinformatics
genomics
bryophyte
Hypnales
orthologs
evolution
transcriptome
LT2005July 31st 12:50 pmVirtual/VirtualTetrapleura tetraptera Domestication: Assessing Growth Performance of Tetrapleura tetraptera Provenances through a Randomized Controlled TrialGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkKemigisha, Esther; Omujal, Francis.Tetrapleura tetraptera 
Growth Performance 
Provenances
Accessions
LT2006July 31st 12:55 pmVirtual/VirtualBecome a GBIF data provider – it’s easyGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkBarkworth, Mary.GBIFGBIF
Symbiota
Biodiversity Informatics
LT2007July 31st 1:00 pmVirtual/VirtualSilver linings of lockdown; high school student creativity blooms Germinating Ideas Lightning TalkDudley, Mary.High School Education
COVID 19 Lockdown
LT2008July 31st 1:05 pmVirtual/VirtualPaleocene - Eocene vegetation and early grass ecology in the San Jorge Basin of Argentine PatagoniaGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkStiles, Elena; Stromberg, Caroline; Erra, Georgina; Gelfo, Javier N.; Goin, Francisco; Kohn, Matthew; Madden, Richard H.; Trayler, Robin B. ; Bauzá, Nicolás; Gallaher, Timothy.Poaceae
Phytolith
Paleocene
Eocene
Argentina
Paleoecology
LT2009July 31st 1:10 pmVirtual/VirtualThe fruit doesn’t fall far from the gene tree: Relationship between fruit type and gene tree discordance in Neotropical LobelioideaeGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkFrankel, Lauren; Lagomarsino, Laura.phylogenomics
Neotropics
Campanulaceae
Gene tree discordance
Lobelioideae
LT2010July 31st 1:15 pmVirtual/VirtualUnraveling the Species Complex of Black Pepper Wild Relative Neotropical Piper arboreum: A Brazilian Case StudyGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkKeshtvarz, Jacob; Tepe, Eric; Marino, Salvatore.Morphometrics
Taxonomy
Systematics
Neotropical
crop wild relatives
Species Complex
Brazil 
Piper
Elliptic fourier analysis (EFA)
Principal Components Analysis
K-means Cluster Analysis
LT2011July 31st 1:20 pmVirtual/VirtualGenomic windows into the replicated radiation of neotropical ViburnumGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkEaton, Deren; Maya Lastra, Carlos Alonso; Sweeney, Patrick; Moeglein, Morgan; Edwards, Erika; Donoghue, Michael.RAD-seq
introgression
phylogeny
LT2012July 31st 1:25 pmVirtual/VirtualDeveloping Genetic Resources for Lakota Plants Used  in Traditional Medicine   Germinating Ideas Lightning TalkNelson, Dillon ; Nepal, Madhav.ethnobotany
South Dakota Native Plants
Traditional Medicine
Comeplete Genome Sequencing 
Genetic Resources
LT2013July 31st 1:30 pmVirtual/VirtualEvolutionary Trends of WRKY Transcription Factors in Higher PlantsGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkPradhan, Bijaya; Nepal, Madhav.WRKY Proteins
Plant Stress Regulation
Gene Duplication
Phylogenetic Analysis 
LT2014July 31st 1:35 pmVirtual/VirtualCost effective surveys of gene expression variation in non-model plants using TagSeqGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkDlugosch, Katrina; Marx, Hannah; Barker, Michael.Gene expression
transcriptome
genomics
non-model
Tag-seq
RNA-seq
LT2015July 31st 1:40 pmVirtual/VirtualTemperature but not ethylene affects defense against a specialist herbivore in monkeyflowersGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkYuki, Cameron; Colicchio , Jack M; Adams, Sean; Blackman, Benjamin.common monkeyflower
cut-leafed monkeyflower
herbivory
defense
Junonia coenia
temperature
ethylene
LT2016July 31st 1:45 pmVirtual/VirtualCommonly used inference methods result in significantly different diversification rate estimatesGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkMartinez-Gomez, Jesus ; Song, Michael; Tribble, Carrie; Hohna, Sebastian; Freyman, William; Specht, Chelsea; Rothfels, Carl.BAMM
speciation
RevBayes
Diversification
Extinction
macroevolution
Birth Death
Phylogenetics
LT2017July 31st 1:50 pmVirtual/VirtualTiming is everything: Towards elucidating the genetic control of flowering time in Cannabis sativaGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkDowling, Caroline; Schilling, Susanne; Shi, Jiaqi; McCabe, Paul; Melzer, Rainer.Cannabis sativa
flowering
genomics
QTL analysis
LT2018July 31st 1:55 pmVirtual/VirtualDeveloping an automated duckweed phenotyping pipeline using PlantCVGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkManchego, Jordan; Cox, Kevin; Meyers, Blake; Czymmek, Kirk; Harkess, Alex.Duckweed
PlantCV
phenotyping
LT2019July 31st 2:00 pmVirtual/VirtualForest for the trees: Local landscapes as learning toolsGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkKaur, Harmanpreet; Babaoshanazoumalan, Danielle; Gardner, Andrew.undergraduate education
Community phylogenetics
Systematics
LT2020July 31st 2:05 pmVirtual/VirtualDarwin, Lindley, and types galore: Cambridge University Herbarium, rediscovering and unlocking an overlooked botanical treasure troveGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkGardiner, Lauren M..Herbarium
Herbaria
collections
type specimens
Biodiversity
Darwin
Lindley
Wallich
Spruce
Rackham
Wallace
new species
LT2021July 31st 2:10 pmVirtual/VirtualFrom phone to folder: Reducing time spent on specimen labels using ESRI's Survey123Germinating Ideas Lightning TalkBillings, Garrett; Billings, Garrett.collections
Symbiota
Survey123
LT2022July 31st 2:15 pmVirtual/VirtualLeaf shape patterns in Chimaphila (Ericaceae) associated with a large east-west range disjunction in North AmericaGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkHarrison, Haley; Jolles, Diana.Elliptic fourier analysis (EFA)
Biogeography
Ericaceae
climate
phenotypic plasticity
Pyroleae
Taxonomy
Rydberg
LT2023July 31st 2:20 pmVirtual/VirtualExpression dynamics of orphan genesGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkYocca, Alan; Edger, Patrick.molecular evolution
LT2024July 31st 2:25 pmVirtual/VirtualGeographic and climatic distribution of color form in the widespread pink lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium acaule Aiton)Germinating Ideas Lightning TalkWebb, Lindsey; Curran, Bridget; Jolles, Diana.Orchidaceae
niche modelling
pollination
Natural Selection
orchid
Bombus
speciation
Species Complex
LT2025July 31st 2:30 pmVirtual/VirtualPlants of Hawaii: An eflora and specimen-based plant information and identification system for Hawai‘iGerminating Ideas Lightning TalkGallaher, Timothy; Brock, Kelsey; Imada, Clyde; Kennedy, Barbara.Flora
Pacific
Hawaii
taxon information system

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