Mini-Symposium: Evolutionary Approaches to Chromosome Biology March 14-15, 2019 09.00h Oleg Simakov (University of Vienna) Evolution of animal chromosome architecture 09.45h Filipa Sousa (University of Vienna) Evolution of function 10.45h Alejandro Burga (IMBA) Case study in comparative genomics 09.00h Juliette Azimzadeh (Institut Jacques Monod) Evolution of microtubule organizing centers 10.00h Michael Lampson (University of Pennsylvania) Violation of Mendel’s First Law: chromosome competition in meiosis 11.15h Eelco Tromer (University of Cambridge) Evolution of the kinetochore network in eukaryotes: dynamics, motifs and origins Introductory lectures: March 14 th GMI orange seminar room Research talks: March 15 th IMP lecture hall Images: Phylogenetic tree of eukaryotes: Sandra Baldauf, University of Uppsala; Salamander (Animal): Alexey Khodjakov, Wadsworth Center; Dictyostelium discoideum (Slime mold): Michael Koonce, Wadsworth Center; Arabidopsis thaliana (Land plant): Christopher A. Makaroff, Miami University; Bigelowiella natans (Chlorarachnia): Mario Sengco, Long Island University; Crypthecodinium cohnii (Dinoflagellate): Hervé Moreau, Roscoff; Hantzschia amphioxys (Diatom): Jeremy Pickett-Heaps, University of Melbourne; Leishmania mexicana (Leishmania): John Wheeler, University of Oxford; Giardia lamblia (Diplomonad): Zach Cande, UC Berkley