P-IE Section Symposium: Connecting Healthy Pollinators, Diverse Microbiota, and the Changing Environment

Sunday, November 10, 2013: 1:15 PM-5:15 PM
Meeting Room 18 D (Austin Convention Center)
Organizers:
Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman
Tugrul Giray
Vanessa Corby-Harris


1:15 PM
Understanding honey bee colony health from a microbial perspective
Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
1:40 PM
The Microbeeome and development in Apis mellifera.
Gloria Dominguez-Bello, University of Puerto Rico ; Tugrul Giray, University of Puerto Rico ; Carlos J. Vega Melendez, University of Puerto Rico ; Grace Vélez, University of Puerto Rico ; Carlos Huertas, University of Puerto Rico ; Selena Rodríguez Rivera, University of Puerto Rico
2:05 PM
Of microbes and bees:  How does microbiota influence age-related division of labor?
Tugrul Giray, University of Puerto Rico ; Jose Agosto, University of Puerto Rico ; Yarira Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico
2:30 PM
Associations between Acetobacteriaceae and honey bees (Apis mellifera): effects of experimental inoculations in adults and larvae
Vanessa Corby-Harris, University of Arizona ; Melissa Schwann, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center ; Kirk E. Anderson, USDA - ARS
2:55 PM
The microbiology of honey bee guts: who is there and what they do
Nancy Moran, Yale University ; Philip Engel, Yale University ; Walden Kwong, Yale University ; J Powell, Yale University
3:20 PM
Gut microbiomes associated with honey bee social caste
Karen Kapheim, University of Illinois ; Vikyath Rao, University of Illinois ; Carl Yeoman, Montana State University ; Brian White, University of Illinois ; Nigel Goldenfeld, University of Illinois ; Gene E. Robinson, University of Illinois
3:45 PM
Microbial interactions and honey bee disease
Jay D. Evans, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Ryan Schwarz, USDA ARS ; Yanping (Judy) Chen, Bee Research Laboratory
4:10 PM
The genomics and natural products of Pseudonocardia defensive symbionts of fungus-growing ants
Jonathan Klassen, University of Connecticut ; Cameron Currie, University of Wisconsin
4:35 PM
Microbial transmission and the pollination landscape: Bacterial associates from flowers, the alimentary tract, and food stores of honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Kirk E. Anderson, USDA - ARS ; Timothy Sheehan, University of Arizona ; Brendon Mott, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Patrick Maes, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center ; Lucy Snyder, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center ; Melissa Schwann, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center ; Alexander Walton, Iowa State University ; Beryl M. Jones, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Vanessa Corby-Harris, University of Arizona
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