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Interacting Genomes in Bark Beetle Ecology

Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room D9, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Dezene Huber
Christopher I. Keeling
8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:02 AM
0977
Pre- and post- genomic studies characterizing the regulation and enzymes involved in enantiomeric specific ipsdienol production in the pine engraver beetle, Ips pini
Gary J. Blomquist, University of Nevada; Anna Barbara Gilg, University of Nevada, Reno; Rubi Figueroa, University of Nevada, Reno; Pamela Sandstrom, University of Nevada, Reno; Claus Tittiger, University of Nevada
Audio File
8:26 AM
0978
Functional genomics: Clues to mountain pine beetle biology
Claus Tittiger, University of Nevada; Tidane Aw, University of Nevada, Reno; Karen Schlauch, University of Nevada, Reno; Andrew Gorzalski, University of Nevada, Reno; Sharon Young, University of Nevada; Christopher I. Keeling, University of British Columbia; Gary J. Blomquist, University of Nevada
8:50 AM
0979
Mountain pine beetle genomics
Christopher I. Keeling, University of British Columbia; Hannah Henderson, University of British Columbia; Maria Li, University of British Columbia; Erin Clark, University of Northern British Columbia; Dezene Huber, University of Northern British Columbia; Joerg Bohlmann, The University of British Columbia
Audio File
9:14 AM
0980
What we have learned from the draft genome of the pine pathogen G. clavigera, a fungal associate of the mountain pine beetle
Colette Breuil, University of British Columbia
9:38 AM
0981
Dimorphism, hydrophobins and reproduction: A fungal hitchhiker’s guide to elms and elm bark beetles
Louis Bernier, Université Laval
Audio File
10:02 AM
Break
10:22 AM
0982
Defense without escape: Molecular mechanisms of chemical diversity of conifer defense against insects
Joerg Bohlmann, The University of British Columbia; Christopher I. Keeling, University of British Columbia
10:46 AM
0983
Genetics of bark beetle host choice and tree resistance: Possibilities for breeding, and the Red Queen running backwards?
Alvin D. Yanchuk, British Columbia Ministry of Forests
11:10 AM
0984
Microsatellite population genetics analyses of the western Canadian mountain pine beetle outbreak: Phylogeography and current dispersal patterns
Brent W. Murray, University of Northern British Columbia; Nicolas V. Bartell, University of Northern British Columbia; Staffan Lindgren, University of Northern British Columbia; Janice E. K. Cooke, University of Alberta; Karen Mock, Utah State University
Audio File
11:34 AM
0985
Towards an integrated genetic landscape map in the mountain pine beetle system
Amanda D. Roe, University of Alberta; Adriance V. Rice, Northern Forestry Centre; Janice E. K. Cooke, University of Alberta; Corey Davis, University of Alberta; Sean Bromilow, University of Alberta; Patricia Crane, Northern Forestry Centre; Felix Sperling, University of Alberta
Audio File
11:58 AM
Concluding Remarks
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