ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Genetic Pest Management: Global Strategies, Hurdles, and Future Directions

Wednesday, November 14, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Ballroom C, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
Brian G. Rector
Fred Gould


1:30 PM
1605
Genetic approaches to controlling vector-borne diseases
Anthony A. James, University of California, Irvine
2:00 PM
1606
Engineering pathways and effectors of the Anopheles immune system for disease control
George Dimopoulos, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
2:30 PM
1607
Synthetic genetic drive for disease vector control
Andrea Crisanti, Imperial College
3:00 PM
1608
Conditional lethality in transgenic tephritid flies for improvement of SIT
Alfred Handler, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
1609
Development of 'male-only' strains of the New World screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax
Max Scott, North Carolina State University ; Felix Guerrero, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Area (SPA) ; Fang Li, North Carolina State University ; Azhahianambi Palavesam, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Area (SPA) ; Agustin Sagel, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
4:15 PM
1610
Governance strategies for genetic pest management: Options and impacts
Jennifer Kuzma, University of Minnesota
4:45 PM
1611
Engineering the genomes of wild insect populations
Bruce A. Hay, California Institute of Technology
5:15 PM
Panel Discussion
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