Insect-Symbiont Interactions: A Metamorphosis in Perspectives

Sunday, November 16, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room A4, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Kenneth F. Raffa
Kier Klepzig
1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:35 PM
Remarks on insect-symbiont interactions
Kenneth F. Raffa, University of Wisconsin
1:50 PM
Ants, agriculture, and antibiotics
Cameron Currie, University of Wisconsin
2:15 PM
Macroecology of symbionts in aquatic insects
John W. McCreadie, University of South Alabama
3:05 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Wolbachia - insect interactions
John Werren, University of Rochester
3:40 PM
Pestis symbiotica: Symbionts and pestilence
Mathew Ayres, Dartmouth College
4:05 PM
Net impacts of symbionts on insects
Kier Klepzig, USDA - Forest Service
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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