Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting abstract submissions for our symposium, "Novel Insights
on Genome Architecture Evolution" (Symposium #8)

at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology &
Evolution, July 20-24 in Beijing China.

Details are below:

SMBE 2025 - Annual Meeting of the Society
for Molecular Biology & Evolution, 2025
smbe2025.scimeeting.cn
<https://smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index/25070_2131033>

Novel Insights on Genome Architecture Evolution

Organizers:
Carol Eunmi LEE, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Sean Chun-Chang CHEN, Taipei Medical University

Invited Speaker:
Chris Jiggins, University of Cambridge

The rapid expansion of genomic data is revolutionizing our ability to make
unprecedented discoveries regarding patterns, mechanisms, and consequences
of genome architecture evolution. With comprehensive genome sequencing
across diverse taxa, we can now address fundamental questions on how
large-scale structural variation in genomes arise and how they might
impact adaptive potential and speciation. For instance, we are only
beginning to uncover how chromosomal rearrangements, such as fusions,
fissions, and inversions, contribute to adaptation and speciation. In
addition, we are gaining new insights into how allopolyploid
hybridization in plants results in novel genome architectures and
potentially leads to highly invasive species. Moreover, we can now
explore how genome architecture evolution leads to morphological and
functional innovations, such as the evolution of animal body plans. Thus,
this symposium will assemble researchers who investigate the dynamics of
genome architecture evolution in multicellular organisms. We especially
welcome talks that focus on large scale genomic comparisons that delve
into mechanisms underlying genome structural variation and evolution and
impacts of that variation on responses to selection or the evolution of
novelty. Conceptual and theoretical talks that provide novel perspectives
are also welcome. As such, this symposium aims to highlight the importance
of genome architecture in shaping evolutionary trajectories and adaptive
potential.

Carol Eunmi LEE <carollee@wisc.edu>

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