Ten-Minute Papers, IPMIS: Development and Immunology

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 8:30 AM-11:55 AM
Sunrise (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Moderators:
Angela E. Douglas
Stewart Gray
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:45 AM
Topical RNAi in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Hongmei Li, University of Illinois; Thomas C. Newman, University of Illinois; Gene E. Robinson, University of Illinois
9:09 AM
Cloning, characterization, 3D modeling and dsRNA studies of Aedes aegypti juvenile hormone acid methyl transferase
Evelien Van Ekert, USDA-ARS; Dov Borovsky, University of Florida; Guy Smagghe, Ghent University; Pierre Rougé, Université Paul Sabatier
9:21 AM
Dissecting the factors affecting honey bee queen (Apis mellifera L.) post mating changes and queen-worker interactions 
Elina Lastro, Pennsylvania State University; David Tarpy, North Carolina State University; Jerry Hayes, Pennsylvania State University; Osnat Malka, Pennsylvania State University; Abraham Hefetz, Tel Aviv University; Christina M. Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University
9:33 AM
Honey bee intestinal stem cells: from culture to application?
Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina; Laura Willard, University of North Carolina-Greensboro; Cordelia Sackey-Mensah, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
9:57 AM
Break
10:12 AM
The proteome of the pea aphid bacteriocyte and the symbiotic bacterium Buchnera aphidicola
Calum W Russell, Cornell University; Anton Poliakov, Cornell University; Klaas van Wijk, Cornell University; Angela E. Douglas, Cornell University
10:24 AM
Biomarkers of disease resistance identified by quantitative proteomics
M. Marta Guarna, University of British Columbia; Robert Parker, University of British Columbia; Andony P. Melathopoulos, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Elizabeth Huxter, Kettle Valley Queens; Kjung-Mee Moon, University of British Columbia; Amy P. M. Tam, University of British Columbia; Rick White, University of British Columbia; Stephen F. Pernal, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Leonard J. Foster, The University of British Columbia
10:36 AM
Genetic and pheromonal regulation of caste differentiation in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus
Edward L. Vargo, North Carolina State University; Kenji Matsuura, Okayama University
10:48 AM
11:00 AM
Viruses found in domestic and feral populations of Apidae
Johnny Yu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Matthew Hudson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
11:24 AM
Concluding Remarks