Section Symposia

Sunday, November 16, 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM
IPMIS Section Symposium: Lignocellulose Degradation by Insects and Their Gut Symbionts with Potential Applications to the Biofuels Industry Jian-Zhong Sun, js841@msstate.edu, Kelli Hoover, kxh25@psu.edu, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, jurat@utk.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor
8:40 AM-12:00 PM
PIE Section Symposium: Seizing the Night: Nocturnal Studies of Insect Predation Yield New Insights Robert Pfannenstiel, Bob.Pfannenstiel@ars.usda.gov, Donald C. Weber, Don.Weber@ars.usda.gov Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A2, First Floor
1:30 PM-5:30 PM
PIE Section Symposium: Insect-Symbiont Interactions: A Metamorphosis in Perspectives Kenneth Raffa, raffa@entomology.wisc.edu, Kier Klepzig, kklepzig@fs.fed.us Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A4, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Pollen and Nectar-providing Plants Enhance Biological Control with Parasitoids and Predators Phyllis G. Weintraub, phyllisw@agri.gov.il, Eric Palevsky, palevsky@agri.gov.il Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A3, First Floor
SVPHS Section Symposium: The Larry L. Larson Symposium: Legal and Collaborative Challenges Between Industry, Universities, and IR-4 That Impact Product Development Success Mike P. Tolley, mtolley@dow.com Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A2, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: Immature Stages in Insect Systematics Caroline Chaboo, cschaboo@ku.edu, Yves G. Alarie, yalarie@laurentian.ca, Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor
Monday, November 17, 2008
1:30 PM-5:30 PM
IPMIS Section Symposium: Section Meeting---Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems Walter S. Leal, wsleal@ucdavis.edu, Margaret L. Allen, meg.allen@ars.usda.gov Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Section Meeting---Plant-Insect Ecosystems Robert N. Wiedenmann, rwieden@uark.edu, William D. Hutchison, hutch002@umn.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor
SVPHS Section Symposium: Section Meeting---Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems Phillip E. Kaufman, pkaufman@ifas.ufl.edu, Michael E. Merchant, m-merchant@tamu.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D4/D5, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: Section Meeting--Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity Marc A. Branham, marcbran@ufl.edu, Paul Z. Goldstein, pgoldstein@flmnh.ufl.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM
PIE Section Symposium: Entomology Without Borders - The Next Stage in Resistance Management Caydee Savinelli, caydee.savinelli@syngenta.com, Graham P. Head, graham.p.head@monsanto.com Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A4, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: Phylogenomics: Trends and Innovative Techniques Barb Sharanowski, rhubarb@uky.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor
1:30 PM-5:30 PM
IPMIS Section Symposium: Metamorphosis of Entomological Chemical Ecology: A Tribute to Wendell Roelofs: II Walter Leal, wsleal@ucdavis.edu, Coby Schal, coby_schal@ncsu.edu, Sonny Ramaswamy, sonny@purdue.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor
IPMIS Section Symposium: Tick Genomics and Beyond—New Advances in Tick-borne Disease Systems Albert Mulenga, a-mulenga@tamu.edu, Deborah C Jaworski, deborah.jaworski@okstate.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A3, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Environmental Fate of Transgenic Insecticidal Proteins from Genetically-modified Crops: The Metamorphosis of Ecotoxicology Kelsey R Prihoda, kelsey.prihoda@pioneer.com, Keri L.D. Henderson, keri.henderson@pioneer.com, Joel Coats, jcoats@iastate.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D6, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Metamorphosis by Fusion: Plant-Insect Interactions, Forest Entomology, and the Unifying Contributions of William J. Mattson (On the Occasion of his Retirement). Daniel A. Herms, herms.2@osu.edu, Kenneth F. Raffa, raffa@entomology.wisc.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
SVPHS Section Symposium: Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Public Health: Metamorphosis of Research from Basic Biology Towards Novel Disease Control Strategies Phillip G. Lawyer, Phillip.Lawyer@amedd.army.mil, Marcelo Ortigao, mortigao@nd.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A11, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: For the Love of Longicornia: Cerambycid Workers Symposium Ann M. Ray, annray@life.uiuc.edu, Amy Berkov, berkov@sci.ccny.cuny.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A4, First Floor
9:00 PM-11:30 PM
PIE Section Symposium: The Global Threat of Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, (Olivier) To Major Palm Species Aziz Ajlan, aajlan@hotmail.com, Khalid Alhudaib, Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM
IPMIS Section Symposium: Interacting Genomes in Bark Beetle Ecology Dezene P. W. Huber, huber@unbc.ca, Christopher I. Keeling, ckeeling@mac.com Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D9, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Advances in Weed Biological Control: The On-going Metamorphosis Veronica Manrique, vero72@ufl.edu, Rodrigo Diaz, rrdg@ufl.edu, William A. Overholt, billover@ufl.edu, Greg Wheeler, greg.wheeler@ars.usda.gov Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A16, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: From North American Pest to European Threat: 21st Century Western Corn Rootworm Management at Home and Abroad Joseph L. Spencer, spencer1@uiuc.edu, Bruce E. Hibbard, Bruce.Hibbard@ars.usda.gov, Stefan Vidal, svidal@gwdg.de Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: Beyond Paper: Diversity, Importance And Validation Of Non-traditional Web-based Scientific Publication Joshua R. Jones, doc.jones3000@tamu.edu, John D. Oswald, j-oswald@tamu.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A10, First Floor
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
IPMIS Section Symposium: Application of New Methodologies to Insect Physiology Research: The “–Omics” Revolution Kent Shelby, shelbyk@missouri.edu, Holly J. Popham, pophamh@missouri.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
SVPHS Section Symposium: School Integrated Pest Management Dawn Gouge, dhgouge@ag.arizona.edu, Thomas A. Green, ipmworks@ipminstitute.org, L. C. "Fudd" Graham, grahalc@auburn.edu, Kathy Murray, kathy.murray@maine.gov Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A11, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: Systematics and Diversity of Coleoptera M. Fran Keller, mfkeller@ucdavis.edu Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor

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