Heteropterists Conference

Tuesday, December 14, 2010: 7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Crescent (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizers:
C. Scott Bundy
Christiane Weirauch
7:00 PM
Welcoming Remarks
7:05 PM
Derivation of the abdominal spiracles in adult Corimelaena incognita (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Thyreocoridae)
C. Scott Bundy, New Mexico State University; JE. McPherson, Southern Illinois University
7:45 PM
Biodiversity and drivers of diversification in the Miridae of French Polynesia
Brad Balukjian, University of California, Berkeley
8:05 PM
8:25 PM
Break
8:35 PM
Cell signaling pathways mediating trypsin activation of sperm motility in the water strider Aquaruis remigis
Haru Miyata, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA; Cathrine Thaler, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA; Leah T. Haimo, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA; Richard A. Cardullo, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA
8:55 PM
Synergism vs. high potency in the defense secretions of nymphs in the Pentatomomorpha (Heteroptera)
Dorit Eliyahu, University of Arizona; Judith X. Becerra, University of Arizona
9:15 PM
Soapberry bugs:  Growing resources for pure and applied evolution
Scott P. Carroll, University of California; Jenella Loye, University of California; Crystal Perreira, Institute for Contemporary Evolution
9:35 PM
Discussion
9:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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