Ten-Minute Papers, SysEB Section: Arthropod Symbionts and Ecology of Social Insects

Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Meeting Room 4 ABC (Austin Convention Center)
Moderators:
Corrie Moreau
Jiri Hulcr


1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:32 PM
Wolbachia diversity in the Asian subterranean termite
Nurmastini Bujang, University of Florida ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
1:44 PM
Wolbachia's Evolutionary Strategies for Adaptation to Trichogramma Wasps
Amelia Lindsey, University of California Riverside ; Richard Stouthamer, University of California
1:56 PM
Draft genome of Spiroplasma hyd-1: An endosymbiotic bacterium that protects Drosophila flies against parasitic wasps
Humberto Martinez-Montoya, Texas A&M University ; Rodolfo Aramayo, Texas A&M University ; Mariana Mateos, Texas A&M University
2:08 PM
Symbiont mediated defense and pea aphid population dynamics under natural conditions
Andrew H. Smith, Drexel University ; Jacob A. Russell, Drexel University
2:20 PM
Co-evolution of the planthoppers (Hemiptera:Fulgoroidea) with multiple obligate bacterial endosymbionts
Julie Urban, Nature Research Center, NC Museum of Natural Sciences ; Charles Bartlett, University of Delaware ; Jason Cryan, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
2:44 PM
Using genotype-by-sequencing to uncover the population history of fungus farming ambrosia beetles
Caroline Storer, University of Florida ; Jiri Hulcr, University of Florida
2:56 PM
High-throughput identification of fungal communities associated with ambrosia beetles
Martin Kostovcik, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida ; Lukasz Stelinski, University of Florida ; Jiri Hulcr, University of Florida
3:20 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Diversity and abundance of microbial symbionts across the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Jacob A. Russell, Drexel University ; Piotr Lukasik, Drexel University ; Yi Hu, Drexel University ; Corrie Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History
3:54 PM
Multimodal learning in ants, species differences in Ectatomma
Marc Seid, University of Scranton ; Brian Entler, University of Scranton ; Erich Junge, University of Scranton ; Danielle Salvadeo, University of Scranton ; Andre Riveros, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
4:06 PM
Ants adjust attribute weights according to prior experience
Takao Sasaki, Arizona State University ; Stephen C. Pratt, Arizona State University
4:18 PM
Epigenetic maternal effects on caste development in Polistes wasp
Jennifer M. Jandt, Iowa State University ; Robert L. Jeanne, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; John Hermanson, USDA Forest Products Laboratory ; Amy L. Toth, Iowa State University
4:30 PM
Social signaling effects on learning in honey bee (Apis mellifera sp.) workers and drones
Arián Avalos, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras ; Eddie Perez Claudio, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus ; Tugrul Giray, University of Puerto Rico
4:42 PM
“Worker queens”? Behavioral flexibility, juvenile hormone binding protein and vitellogenin in queens of the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata
Yarira Ortiz-Alvarado, University of Puerto Rico ; Bert Rivera-Marchand, University of Puerto Rico
4:54 PM
Imaging brain activity of honey bees sensing odors while they sleep
Barrett Klein, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse ; Lisa Rath, University of Konstanz ; Arno Klein, Stony Brook University School of Medicine ; Satrajit Ghosh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; C. Giovanni Galizia, University of Konstanz ; Christoph Kleineidam, University of Konstanz
5:06 PM
Diversity of pollen diet and viral infection profiles affect survival and physiology in caged honey bees
Adam G. Dolezal, Iowa State University ; Jimena Carrillo-Tripp, Iowa State University ; Allen Miller, Iowa State University ; Bryony C. Bonning, Professor, Iowa State University ; Amy L. Toth, Iowa State University
5:18 PM
Individual and group transport: What are the benefits of team work ?
Aurélie Buffin, Arizona State University ; Takao Sasaki, Arizona State University ; Stephen C. Pratt, Arizona State University
5:30 PM
Concluding Remarks