Session: Metamorphosis: The Development of Entomology into an Interdisciplinary Science (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room C1, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Organizers:

Anne L. Nielsen
Greg Wiggins
Roxanne G. Burrus

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:32 PM

0753

The world according to webworms: Insights from 30 years with one interaction

Art Zangerl, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois

1:52 PM

0754

Ants, plants and elephants: Long-term dynamics of a multi-species mutualism

Todd M. Palmer, University of Florida

Audio File

2:12 PM

0755

Chemicals and their role in host-seeking and deterrence of mosquitoes

Ulrich Bernier, USDA - ARS

2:32 PM

0756

Immunology 101: What we can learn from the blood feeding interface?

Shirley Luckhart, University of California

2:52 PM

0757

Using mathematical modeling and genetic algorithms to optimize the control of the Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans, in Arequipa, Peru

Michael Z. Levy, National Institutes of Health

Audio File

3:12 PM

Break

3:22 PM

0758

Re-engineering the sterile insect technique

Luke Alphey, Oxford University and Oxitec Ltd

3:42 PM

0759

Bugs in space: Entomological questions that can be answered with GIS

Jeffrey D. Holland, Purdue University

Audio File

4:02 PM

0760

Insects and biofuel: Got cellulases?

Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, University of Tennessee

4:22 PM

0761

Forensic entomology at Texas A&M University: Smart insects, cow dung, and decomposition

Jeffery Tomberlin, Texas A&M University

4:42 PM

0762

Cascading host race formation and speciation across trophic levels?: A story of a fly (Rhagoletis pomonella) and its parasitoid (Diachasma alloeum)

Jeffrey Feder, University of Notre Dame; Andrew A Forbes, The University of California at Davis; Lukasz L. Stelinski, University of Florida

Audio File

5:02 PM

0763

Effects of oxygen reperfusion and metabolic flux rate modulation on responses to anoxia in Drosophila melanogaster

John RB. Lighton, University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Audio File

5:22 PM

Concluding Remarks

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