Polydnaviruses: Genomic Analyses, Evolution, and Prospective

Tuesday, December 14, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:55 AM
Pacific, Salon 1 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizers:
Mario A. Rodriguez-Perez
Ali M. A. Mahmoud


8:05 AM
Discovery and early history of the Polydnaviruses
Brad Vinson, Texas A&M University
8:25 AM
Integrated Glyptapanteles braconid polydnavirus genomes
Dawn E Gundersen-Rindal, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
8:45 AM
Host immune suppression by Toxoneuron nigriceps and its associated Bracovirus
Francesco Pennacchio, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Portici (NA), Italy
9:25 AM
Control of host gene expression by Cotesia plutellae bracovirus
Yonggyun Kim, Andong National University
9:45 AM
Genome wide analysis of polydnavirus promoters using neural network promoter prediction
Ahmed MA. Ibrahim, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University ; Paola Varricchio, Department of Entomology, University of Napoli ; Patrizia Falabella, University of Basilicata ; Francesco Pennacchio, “ Federico II”, Portici (Napoli), University of Napoli ; Silvia Gigliotti, University of Napoli, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics (IGB-CNR)
10:05 AM
10:20 AM
Viruses viewed as obligatory symbionts of parasitoid wasps
Annie Bézier, Université François Rabelais, Parc de Grandmont ; G. Periquet, Université François Rabelais, Parc de Grandmont ; E. Herniou, Université François Rabelais, Parc de Grandmont ; C. Dupuy, Université François Rabelais, Parc de Grandmont ; Huguet Elisabeth, Université François Rabelais, Parc de Grandmont ; Jean-Michel Drezen, Université François Rabelais, Parc de Grandmont
10:40 AM
11:00 AM
Cotesia flavipes polydnaviruses and host immunity
Ali M. A. Mahmoud, Deparment of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University ; Mario A. Rodriguez-Perez, Instituto Politecnico Nacional
11:10 AM
Utility of polydnavirus genes in biotechnology applications
Bruce Webb, University of Kentucky ; Angelika Fath-Goodin, ParaTechs Corp
11:30 AM
21st Century directions in polydnavirus research
Nancy E Beckage, University of California-Riverside
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