Session: Ten-Minute Papers, MUVE: Vector Biology and Genetics (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Tuesday, December 14, 2010: 1:30 PM-4:55 PM

Royal Palm, Salon 5-6 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Moderators:

Douglas E. Norris
Rebecca Trout Fryxell

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:35 PM

Historical demography and molecular taxonomic status of the malaria vector (Anopheles albimanus) in the Northern Neotropics

Jose R. Loaiza, The Wadsworth Center, New York State DOH; Marilyn E. Scott, McGill University; Eldredge Bermingham, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Jose Rovira, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud; Margarita Correa, Universidad de Antioquia; Lina Andrea Gutierrez, Universidad de Antioquia; Richard C. Wilkerson, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; Mario Grijalva, Pontificia Universidad Catolica; Lotty Bimberg, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador; Sara A. Bickersmith, New York State Department of Health; Jan E. Conn, Wadsworth Center, New York State DOH

1:47 PM

1155

High level of population structuring within the West-African malaria vector Anopheles melas

Michel A Slotman, Texas A&M University; Kevin C Deitz, Texas A&M University; Michael R Reddy, Yale University School of Medicine; Hans J Overgaard, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Abraham M Arnez, Medical Care Development International; Neha Satyanarayana, Texas A&M University; Musa Jawara, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara; Allesandra della Torre, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"; Joao Pinto, Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Simon Abaga, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; Adalgisa Caccone, Yale University

1:59 PM

1156

Transfer of genetic material across hybrid zones in the Culex pipiens complex

Dina Fonseca, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Emilie C Cameron, Rutgers University

2:11 PM

1157

Evidence for interspecific mating in nature and asymmetric reproductive competition between invasive mosquito vectors

LP. Lounibos, University of Florida; F. Tripet, Keele University

2:23 PM

1158

Wolbachia-based suppression of an Aedes polynesiensis field population: a vector control strategy to augment the lymphatic filariasis elimination campaign

Linda-Lou O'Connor, SC Johnson & Son, Inc.; Michel Ayo Cheongsang, Insitut Louis Malarde; Stephen L. Dobson, University of Kentucky

2:35 PM

1159

Activation, orientation, and landing of female Culex quinquefasciatus in response to carbon dioxide and odor from human feet: 3-D flight analysis in a wind tunnel

Emerson S. Lacey, University of California, Riverside; Ring T. Cardé, University of California

2:47 PM

1160

Evaluating landing preferences of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi on various surface textures

Matt Aubuchon, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

2:59 PM

Break

3:11 PM

1161

Potential vectors of dog heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) in northeast Arkansas

Tanja Mckay, Arkansas State University; Tracy Bianco, Arkansas State University

3:23 PM

1162

Insecticide susceptibility and feeding behavior in Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus after ITN introduction Southern Zambia

Laura C. Norris, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Douglas E. Norris, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

3:35 PM

1163

The kdr mutation and knockdown time in Anopheles gambiae and Culex pipiens collected from Mali

Rebecca Trout Fryxell, University of California Davis; Anthony J. Cornel, University of California, Davis; Yoosook Lee, University of California, Davis

3:47 PM

1164

Slowing the development of insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes: Application of a spatially complex simulation model

Kristine T. Edwards, Mississippi State University; Jerome Goddard, Mississippi State University; Michael Caprio, Mississippi State University

3:59 PM

1165

Genome-wide transcriptome analysis of immunity related genes in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Zhen Zou, University of California, Riverside; Jayme souza-Neto, Johns Hopkins University; Zhiyong Xi, Michigan State University; Vladimir Kokoza, University of California, Riverside; Sang Woon Shin, University of California Riverside; George Dimopoulos, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Alexander Raikhel, University of California

4:11 PM

1166

Serine Protease Lectin-2 (SPL2) is a negative modulator of hemolymph melanization and involved in modulation of melanization response to malaria infection in Aedes aegypti.

Sang Woon Shin, University of California Riverside; Zhen Zou, University of California, Riverside; Alexander Raikhel, University of California

4:23 PM

1167

Increased insulin signaling in the mosquito midgut blocks malaria parasite development and reduces lifespan

Vanessa Corby-Harris, USDA - ARS; Anna Drexler, University of California Davis; Shirley Luckhart, University of California; Michael A. Riehle, University of Arizona

4:35 PM

1168

Larval movement within a maggot mass in reference to temperature

Sonja Swiger, Texas A&M University; Jerome A. Hogsette, USDA - ARS; Jerry F. Butler, University of Florida

4:47 PM

Concluding Remarks

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