Session: Invertebrate Immunity: from Molecules to Communities (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Invertebrate Immunity: from Molecules to Communities

Tuesday, December 14, 2010: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Pacific, Salon 1 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Organizers:

Tamara R. Hartke
Thomas Chouvenc
Rebeca B. Rosengaus

1:00 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:05 PM

Dscam: A hypervariable pattern recognition receptor of the mosquito's immune system

George Dimopoulos, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

1:25 PM

Defining resistance and tolerance mechanisms against infections using the fruit fly as a model host

David Schneider, Stanford School of Medicine

1:45 PM

Biodiversity of antimicrobial peptides in arachnids

Pedro da Silva, Butantan Institute

2:05 PM

Variation of immune defenses in crustaceans

Yannick Moret, Université de Bourgogne

2:25 PM

Exploring molecular signaling mechanisms in invertebrate immunity: Leaping back and forth through evolution

Erick Garcia Garcia, University of Alberta; Patricia Lucero Garcia-Garcia, Instituto de Ecología A.C; Maria Prado-Alvarez, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Vigo; Cerlos Rosales, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Beatriz Novoa-Garcia, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Vigo; Antonio Figueras-Huerta, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Vigo

2:45 PM

Break

2:55 PM

Function and mechanism of self-medication in an arctiid caterpillar

Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University; Angela Smilanich, University of Nevada

3:15 PM

Sex and dung and phenoloxidase: Resource allocation, reproduction and immunity in scarab beetles

Rob Knell, Queen Mary University of London

3:35 PM

Trophallaxis and prophylaxis: Social immunity in the carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University; Casey Hamilton, Towson University; Brian Lejeune, Northeastern University

3:55 PM

Zombie ants: Parasite manipulation of host behavior

David Hughes, Museum of Comparative Zoology

4:15 PM

Integrated anti-fungal defenses in subterranean termites: From cells to society

Thomas Chouvenc, University of Florida; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida

4:35 PM

Evolutionary ecology of insect immunity

Jens Rolff, The University of Sheffield

4:55 PM

Concluding Remarks

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