Colleagues, Science and Ideas: Investigating Chemicals, Signals, and Interactions

Sunday, December 13, 2009: 1:00 PM-5:10 PM
Room 209, Second Floor (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Walter Leal
May R. Berenbaum


1:05 PM
Chemistry and biology: worlds apart or natural symbiotes?
Jerrold Meinwald, Cornell University
1:35 PM
Molecules R Us: Butenandt & beyond
Walter Leal, University of California-Davis
1:55 PM
2:20 PM
Origins and evolution of the insect chemoreceptor superfamily
Hugh M. Robertson, University of Illinois
2:40 PM
2:55 PM
The genetics and chemistry underlying ant sociality and aggression
Neil Tsutsui, University of California-Berkeley
3:15 PM
Chemically mediated interactions between parasitic plants and their hosts
Consuelo De Moraes, Pennsylvania State University
4:20 PM
Genomics and evolution of chemical communication in social insects
Christina Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University
4:40 PM
Happy Anniversary Fraenkel 1959!
May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois
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