ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

PBT Section Symposium: RNAi: The Power, the Promise and the Frustration

Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 1:00 PM-5:25 PM
Ballroom E, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
Jeffrey G. Scott
Kun-Yan Zhu
Blair D. Siegfried
Angela Douglas


1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:05 PM
1067
RNAi in mosquitoes: Location, location, location
Kristin Michel, Kansas State University
1:25 PM
1068
Efficient silencing of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins receptors in Manduca sexta and Aedes aegypti using RNAi
Biviana Flores, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ; Leydi Bedolla, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ; Isabel Gómez, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ; Alejandra Bravo, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ; Mario Soberón, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
1:45 PM
Discussion
1:55 PM
1069
Investigations of mosquito embryonic development using siRNAs and artificial miRNAs
Jake Tu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2:15 PM
1070
Developing methods and potential applications for RNAi in Western corn root worms
Blair D. Siegfried, University of Nebraska ; Chitvan Khajuria, University of Nebraska ; Murugesan Rangasamy, University of Nebraska ; Hong Chen, University of Nebraska ; Haichuan Wang, University of Nebraska ; Analiza P. Alves, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
2:35 PM
1071
Aphid RNAi: Success, failure and speculation
Angela Douglas, Cornell University
2:55 PM
Discussion #2
3:05 PM
Break
3:20 PM
1072
RNAi in termites: An overview of successes and failures
Michael E. Scharf, Purdue University
3:40 PM
1073
Uptake of dsRNA in cells to evaluate the efficacy of RNAi in insects
Guy Smagghe, Ghent University
4:00 PM
1074
RNAi trigger target choice in Ecdysozoa: Lessons learned from shrimp, mosquitoes and nematodes
Lyric Bartholomay, Iowa State University
4:20 PM
Discussion #3
4:30 PM
1075
RNAi strategies: Problems to solve before advancing to solve problems
Wayne B. Hunter, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
4:50 PM
1076
Parental RNAi for the production of male only progenies
Jayendra Shukla, University of Kentucky
5:10 PM
Discussion #4
5:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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