8:30 am Registration - Catcheside Court

9:15 am Welcome Address – Robertson Lecture Theatre - Craig Moritz/EMCR Committee

9:30 am Morning plenary – Robertson Lecture Theatre - Emma Sherratt (University of Adelaide) – "Shape of Life and the Museum of Possible Forms"

10:10 am EMCR talks session 1 – Robertson Lecture Theatre - Chair - Putter Tiatragul
Aiden Beauglehole Dumb ways to die: mammalian biopharmaceutical expression
Emily Roycroft Museum genomics unlocks a historical record of extinction in Australia
Julian Greenwood Effector proteins: How plant fungal pathogens invade and evade
Michael Taleski Uncovering local and long-distance hormone signalling in control of plant root growth

11:00 am Morning Tea – Catcheside Court (Trade displays)

11:20 am EMCR talks session 2 - Robertson Lecture Theatre - Chair - Holly Yuan
Mitzy Pepper What genetics and geology can tell us about the evolution of Australia's deserts
Joe Kaczmarski Changes in structure and dynamics during the evolution of new protein functions
Ondi Crino Sustained effects of developmental stress in the delicate skink
Ashley Jones Long-read sequencing and de novo genome assemblies
Garima Bhatia Decoding Long Non-coding RNAs in Grapevine
Sarah Shafik How do malaria parasites modulate their response to antimalarial drugs?
Damien Esquerre Genomics as a tool to uncover the deep and shallow evolutionary stories of pythons
Jie Liang Insights into Water Use Efficiency, Intrinsic Water Use Efficiency and Water Use Strategy
Marten Moore Control of Cytosolic Translation Targets Synthesis of Photosynthetic Proteins and Nuclear Responses for High-Light Acclimation

1:00 pm Lunch – Catcheside Court (Trade displays)

1:45pm Afternoon plenary – Robertson Lecture Theatre
Kim Johnson (LaTrobe University) – "Shape of Life and the Museum of Possible Forms"

2:30 pm EMCR talks session 3 – Robertson Lecture Theatre - Chair - Carl McCombe
Tomás Fuenzalida Leaf squeeze-flow rheometry: monitoring plant water status via static uniaxial compression of the leaf lamina
Robyn Shaw A landscape approach to conservation: supporting resilient mammal communities in the Pilbara
Florence Danila Single promoter-TALE for multiple gene expression in rice
Ian Brennan Morphological Evolution of Australia's Social Skinks
Annamaria De Rosa Deciphering aquaporin functional roles in regulating water and ion homeostasis in salt-secreting mangrove Avicennia marina.
Eiri Heyno Effect of increased Cytochrome b6f complex on photosynthesis in tobacco
Alex Slavenko (PRE-RECORDED) Phylogenetic and functional diversity of desert-dwelling birds
Kylie Chen (PRE-RECORDED) Bayesian single-cell phylogenetics

4:00 pm EMCR Networking session – Eucalyptus Seminar Room

4:00 pm (concurrent) Trade displays with drinks and mingle

5:00 pm Conference Social Hour – Catcheside Court