North Central Branch Annual Meeting Online Program

Odd Couples: Symbioses in Insects and their Consequences

Tuesday, June 5, 2012: 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Regents F (Embassy Suites)
Organizer :
Julie A. Peterson


2:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:05 PM
116
Defining host-symbiont collaboration in termite lignocellulose digestion
Michael E. Scharf, Purdue University
2:30 PM
117
The importance of symbioses for defining insect diet and trophic position
Ryan Schmid, USDA - ARS ; Michael Lehman, USDA - ARS ; Jonathan G. Lundgren, USDA - ARS
2:55 PM
118
Facultative bacterial symbionts and aphid evolution: inferences from patterns of geographic variation
Jen A. White, University of Kentucky
3:20 PM
Break
3:35 PM
119
On the presence and generality of a defensive symbiosis in the cowpea aphid, Aphis craccivora
Mark K. Asplen, University of Minnesota
4:00 PM
120
The complex interactions between symbionts and host immunity
Nicole Gerardo, Emory University
4:25 PM
121
Deception of a parasitic syrphid by honeydew-hungry ants in the urban landscape
Sarah J. Vanek, University of Kentucky
4:50 PM
Concluding Remarks
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