Session: Ten-Minute Papers, IPMIS: Development and Immunology (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 8:30 AM-11:55 AM

Sunrise (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Moderators:

Angela E. Douglas
Stewart Gray

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:45 AM

1342

Topical RNAi in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Hongmei Li, University of Illinois ; Thomas C. Newman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Gene E. Robinson, University of Illinois

8:57 AM

1343

Effect of RNA interference mediated knockdown of prophenoloxidase subunit 2 on immune response in wild silkmoth, Antheraea mylitta

V Satyavathi Valluri, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

9:09 AM

1344

Cloning, characterization, 3D modeling and dsRNA studies of Aedes aegypti juvenile hormone acid methyl transferase

Evelien Van Ekert, University of Florida-IFAS ; Dov Borovsky, University of Florida ; Guy Smagghe, Ghent University ; Pierre Rougé, UMR Université Paul Sabatier

9:21 AM

1346

Dissecting the factors affecting honey bee queen (Apis mellifera L.) post mating changes and queen-worker interactions

Elina Lastro, Pennsylvania State University ; David R. Tarpy, North Carolina State University ; Jerry Hayes, Pennsylvania State University ; Osnat Malka, Pennsylvania State University ; Abraham Hefetz, Tel Aviv University ; Christina Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University

9:33 AM

1347

Honey bee intestinal stem cells: from culture to application?

Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro ; Laura Willard, University of North Carolina-Greensboro ; Cordelia Sackey-Mensah, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

9:45 AM

1348

Profile of alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata) gene expression and immune response at different temperatures

Junhuan Xu, Utah State University ; Rosalind James, USDA-ARS, Pollinating Insects Biology, Management and Systematics

9:57 AM

Break

10:12 AM

1349

The proteome of the pea aphid bacteriocyte and the symbiotic bacterium Buchnera aphidicola

Calum W Russell, Cornell University ; Anton Poliakov, Cornell University ; Klaas van Wijk, Cornell University ; Angela E Douglas, Cornell University

10:24 AM

1350

Biomarkers of disease resistance identified by quantitative proteomics

M. Marta Guarna, University of British Columbia ; Robert Parker, University of British Columbia ; Andony P. Melathopoulos, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ; Elizabeth Huxter, Kettle Valley Queens ; Kjung-Mee Moon, University of British Columbia ; Amy P. M. Tam, University of British Columbia ; Rick White, University of British Columbia ; Stephen F. Pernal, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ; Leonard J. Foster, University of British Columbia

10:36 AM

1351

Genetic and pheromonal regulation of caste differentiation in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus

Edward L. Vargo, North Carolina State University ; Kenji Matsuura, Okayama University

10:48 AM

1352

Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain of Methoprene-tolerant (Met) is required for juvenile hormone action in Aag-2 cell line

Yipeng Sui, University of Kentucky ; Subba Reddy Palli, University of Kentucky

11:00 AM

1353

Viruses found in domestic and feral populations of Apidae

Johnny Yu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Matthew Hudson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign