Session: Metamorphosis of Entomological Chemical Ecology: A Tribute to Wendell Roelofs: I (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room C2/C3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Organizers:

Walter S. Leal
Coby Schal
Sonny Ramaswamy

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

0619

Chemical ecology and insect migration

Jeremy N. McNeil, Western University

Audio File

8:30 AM

0620

Peptides, receptors and pheromone biosynthesis

Russell Jurenka, Iowa State University

Audio File

8:55 AM

0621

Desaturases: From sex attraction to self-eating

Gemma Fabrias, IIQAB Institut d'Investigacions Químiques i Ambientals de Barcelona, CSIC

9:20 AM

0622

Pheromone biosynthesis genes involved in sexual isolation in Drosophila

Claude Wicker-Thomas, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation-CNRS

Audio File

9:45 AM

0623

A new look at a decade old question

Peter Ma, Mississippi State University

10:10 AM

Break

10:25 AM

0624

Primitive arguments with an advanced chemical entomologist - or the other way around?

Christer Lofstedt, Lund University

Audio File

10:50 AM

0625

Fragrances to entice females: Ecological significance of male sex pheromones in insects

Kenji Nishida, Kyoto University

Audio File

11:15 AM

0626

The Phyllophaga makeover gallery: Studies from management to evolutionary biology are transformed by sex pheromone chemistry

Paul Robbins, Cornell University

11:40 AM

0627

The Pollination Syndrome: Successful cheating - another way to survive

Wittko Francke, University of Hamburg

12:05 PM

Concluding Remarks

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