Annual Meeting 2022

Optional small group dinners in Boise, or on-site (all on your own)

Opening Remarks - Juniper/Laurel
Overview of GEM3 progress and Lightning Talks
Welcome and Overview - Andy Kliskey

 Sven Buerki - A Haploid Pseudo-Chromosome Genome Assembly for a Keystone   Sagebrush Species of Western North American Rangelands
 Kimberly Andrews - Whole genome resequencing identifies local adaptation   associated with environmental variation for redband trout
 Shanny Spang Gion - Nation Building in STEM Through Relationships,     Education, and Research
 Laticia Herkshan & Georgia Hart-Fredeluces - Improving Tribal-university   research partnerships: An exploration of Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and Idaho   State University Engagement

GEM3 Research and Education Lightning Talks - Juniper/Laurel
Introduction - Kitty Griswold

 Travis Seaborn - Upstream flow: simulations of human impacted landscapes and   the shifting eco-evo processes of trout
 Megan Cattau - Advances in GEM3 Mapping and Remote Sensing: from Plant   Traits to Social-Ecological Systems
 Haley Netherton-Morrison - The smell of home and open space: Perspectives on   sagebrush steppe importance 
 Sarah Ebel - Diverse objectives in collaborative governance underpin challenges   in achieving anadromous fish restoration in the Columbia River Basin
 Allison Simler-Williamson - Local adaptation to soil microbial communities   determines vital rates of translocated big sagebrush populations
 Carolina Viera - Project SCIENTIA: Increasing diversity in STEM using mentoring   and science and communication in Spanish
 Andy Kliskey - Introduction of NSF Program Officers: Elise Lockwood and Ted   Morgan

Networking Break (45 minutes) - Juniper/Laurel

 10:15 - Special Graduate Student Roundtable Event - Sapphire 

Concurrent A: WFD/ED opportunities and Broadening Participation in STEM. (NSF   Program Officer, Elise Lockwood, Division of Undergraduate Education) - Liberty

Concurrent B: Research Competitiveness in NSF Organismal Response to Climate   Change. (NSF Program Officer Theodore Morgan, Program Director - Directorate   for Biological Sciences) - Cinnabar

Concurrent C: Graduate Student Toolbox Dialogue Initiative (TDI) Workshop   - Clearwater (Group 1) and Delamar (Group 2)

Lunch and Networking - Juniper/Laurel

 12:40 - Molly Garrett & Haley Netherton-Morrison - Summary of recent GEM3   Graduate Student retreat

Concurrent A: Education/WFD/Broadening Participation - Liberty
Introduction/Moderate - Donna Llewellyn

 Sarah Penney-Jackson - GEM3 Summer Authentic Research Experiences   (SARE) Overview and Highlights
 Emily Wakild - VIP at BSU: The Tribal Urban Rural Nexus
 Jeff Cooper - SARE: Expanding Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Idaho's   Corn Belt
 Yolanda Bisbee - STEM Scholars Program
 Stephanie Sevigny - Refining Library Database Search Results Through R: A   Versatile Lab Module Developed at CWI
 Donna Llewellyn - Highlights of ASSERT
 Zoe Duran - The GEM3 Adopt-A-Scientist Event
 Devaleena Pradhan - Gene Regulatory Networks: Empowerment through   Research Engagement
 Kitty Griswold - Highlights of GEM3 education and broadening participation at ISU

Concurrent B: Sagebrush and Trout - Mechanisms, Mapping, Modeling - Cinnabar
Introduction/Moderate: Chris Caudill

 Kelly Hopping - Collecting Gems: Improving Workforce Communication and   Listening Skills Through Documenting Oral Histories of Idaho's Sagebrush Steppe
 Matt Germino - Statistical Considerations of Nonrandom Treatment Applications   Reveal Region-Wide Benefits of Widespread Post-Fire Restoration Action
 Trevor Caughlin - Mapping post-wildfire recovery of sagebrush populations using   drone technology
 Lukas Grossfurthner - When lakes form a sea: Distinct populations and   independent origins in a heteroploid foundation shrub species (Artemisia   tridentata)
 Tao Huang - Application of data driven models for stream temperature modeling
 Cara Applestein - Post-fire sagebrush seed dispersal declines with distance to   seed source, yet varies greatly across the landscape
 Maisha Maliha - Compare and Contrast Different Image Classification   Approaches of Deep-learning and Machine learning for Sagebrush Species   Detection with Remote Sensing Data
 Jacob Heil - Environmental conditions drive microbial community structure in the   sagebrush phyllosphere

Dinner provided - Juniper/Laurel

Adjourn, Networking

Idaho EPSCoR Committee business meeting - Clearwater

Graduate Student Data Management Discussion (w/ Andrew Child) - Liberty

Plenary Session: Integration and Sustainability - Juniper/Laurel
Opening remarks -  Jen Forbey 

 Zhongqi Chen - Applying Genomics in Assisted Migration under Climate Change:   Framework, Empirical Applications, and Case Studies
 Leonora Bittleston & Stephanie Galla - C3 VIP: Characterizing Complex   Communities in Natural Systems
 Elise Connor - CWI Lab Modules: CWI Perspective

Concurrent A: Trout Working Group - Delamar

Concurrent B: Education/WFD/Diversity Working Group - Liberty

Concurrent C: Castle Rocks/Sagebrush Working Group - Cinnabar

Pre-Scheduled individual or small group meetings with NSF Program Officer Theodore Morgan or Elise Lockwood (sign up on Day 1) - Garnet

Networking - Juniper/Laurel

Graduate Student Community meeting - Liberty

Pre-Scheduled individual or small group meetings with NSF Program Officer Theodore Morgan or Elise Lockwood (sign up on Day 1) - Garnet

Lunch provided - Juniper/Laurel

 12:30 - Anna Waldron - Project Advisory Board remarks

Closing Plenary Session: Sustainability - Juniper/Laurel
Introduction and Overview - Colden Baxter

 Andrew Child - Centralized Project-Specific Metadata Platforms: Toolkit Provides   New Perspectives on Open Data Management within Multi-institution and   Multidisciplinary Research Projects
 Kathryn Turner - Adapting to novel environments; integration of research and   education
 Paul Hohenlohe - Conservation Genomics Collaborations
 Jen Forbey - Vision towards use-inspired basic science for policy (PACSP and   TIP) and Envisioning the Future of NSF EPSCoR Report

Thank You/Closing Remarks - Andy Kliskey