Monday, 27 October 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

205/207 (Convention Center (Second Floor))

Section D Symposium: Genetic Drive Strategies for the Replacement and Suppression of Insect Vectors and Pests

Organizer(s): Stephen L. Dobson
Dawn M. Wesson
8:00 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:05 AM0228Past and present problems with genetic control of mosquitoes, including the idea of driving refractoriness genes into wild populations
Chris Curtis
8:25 AM0229Fighting malaria with transgenic mosquitoes
Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena
8:45 AM0230Paratransgenesis as a novel approach for the control of human infectious diseases
Ravi Durvasula
9:05 AM0231Applied use of Wolbachia symbionts as vehicles for gene drive and insect vector suppression
Stephen L. Dobson
9:25 AM0232Targeting vectorial capacity via symbiont-reduced longevity
Markus Riegler, Scott O'Neill
9:45 AMBreak
10:00 AM0233Transposon based population replacement
Peter Atkinson
10:20 AM0234Improving population suppression methods by using recombinant DNA technology
Luke Alphey
10:40 AM0235Ecological considerations important for population replacement strategies
Thomas Scott
11:00 AM0236Public health considerations relevant to population replacement strategies
Andrew Spielman
11:20 AM0237Funding directions for population replacement
Kathryn Aultman

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