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Section Symposium

Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

Beenome100: Genomic Insights into Bee Biodiversity and Evolution

Sunday, November 5, 2023
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor 10

In-Person

The symposium brings together researchers who share an interest in how genomics can provide insights into the biodiversity, evolution, and conservation of bees and highlights the beenome100 initiative, a collaborative effort that aims to generate 100+ reference quality bee genomes. The symposium will feature talks and a discussion.

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM ET
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Michael G. Branstetter (he/him/his) – USDA

  • 8:05 AM – 8:18 AM ET
    Fantastic bees and how to sequence them: Generating high quality reference genomes from diverse bee species

    Presenting Author: Scott M. Geib (he/him/his) – USDA

  • 8:18 AM – 8:31 AM ET
    Fantastic bees and how to assemble them: Instant ASM-Bee is a bioinformatic pipeline for assembling bee genomes and other insects

    Presenting Author: Sheina Biason Sim (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  • 8:31 AM – 8:44 AM ET
    Beenome100: Bee diversity through a genomic lens

    Presenting Author: Ligia R. Benavides Silva (she/her/hers) – USDA

    Co-author: Rena Schweizer – USDA

  • 8:44 AM – 8:57 AM ET
    Bee blueprints: Genomic insights for agriculture

    Presenting Author: Katherine A. Parys – USDA

    Co-Author: Ligia R. Benavides Silva (she/her/hers) – USDA

  • 8:57 AM – 9:10 AM ET
    Host-microbe interactions in bees

    Presenting Author: Jay Evans (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-author: Diana Cox-Foster – USDA

    Co-author: Yanping Chen – USDA

  • 9:10 AM – 9:23 AM ET
    Towards healthier bees: Applications of a honey bee pangenome in the analysis of hygienic breeding lines

    Presenting Author: Arian Avalos (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-author: Garett Slater – USDA

    Co-author: Justin Vaughn – USDA

    Co-author: Andrew Ontano – USDA

    Co-author: Brian Abernathy (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Anna Childers – USDA

    Co-author: Scott M. Geib (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-Author: Brian Scheffler – USDA-ARS

  • 9:23 AM – 9:33 AM ET
    Break
  • 9:33 AM – 9:46 AM ET
    A bounty of bumble bee genomes: Highlighting opportunities to expand Beenome100 for intraspecific biodiversity genomics

    Presenting Author: Jeff Lozier (he/him/his) – University of Alabama

    Co-author: Scott M. Geib (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-Author: Sheina Biason Sim (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

    Co-author: Sam D. Heraghty (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-author: Jonathan Berenguer Uhuad Koch – USDA

    Co-author: Michael G. Branstetter (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-author: Remy Vandame (he/him/his) – El Colegio de la Frontera Sur

  • 9:59 AM – 10:12 AM ET
    Advances in social evolution and pollinator health using carpenter bee genomics

    Presenting Author: Sandra Rehan (she/her/hers) – York University

  • 10:12 AM – 10:25 AM ET
    Enhancer activity linked to social variation across populations of a socially flexible bee

    Presenting Author: Beryl Jones (she/her/hers) – Princeton University

    Co-author: Andrew Webb (he/him/his) – Princeton University

    Co-author: Sarah Kocher – Princeton University

  • 10:25 AM – 10:38 AM ET
    Chemosensory evolution across populations of a specialised bee pollinator are associated with shifts from wild to agricultural plants

    Presenting Author: Avehi Singh (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University

    Co-author: Nathaniel Pope (he/him/his) – University of Oregon

    Co-author: Margarita Lopez-Uribe (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University

  • 10:38 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Panel discussion