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MS: Horizons in the Field of Symbiosis

Sunday, November 16, 2014: 1:15 PM-5:15 PM
Portland Ballroom 252 (Oregon Convention Center)
Organizers:
Jacob Russell
John McCutcheon


1:15 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:20 PM
0363
A genotoxic gut symbiont of honey bees with a unique colonization phenotype
Philipp Engel, University of Lausanne ; Maria Vizcaino, Yale University ; Kelsey Bartlett, University of New Haven ; Jason Crawford, Yale University ; Nancy Moran, Yale University
1:40 PM
0364
Spiroplasma-mediated defense against parasitic nematodes in Drosophila
Steve J. Perlman, University of Victoria ; Phineas Hamilton, University of Victoria ; Benjamin Koop, University of Victoria ; Jong Leong, University of Victoria ; Martin Boulanger, University of Victoria ; Fangni Peng, University of Victoria
2:00 PM
0365
Beewolves’ bodyguards: Evolution, ecology, and genomics of symbiont-mediated antibiotic defense in solitary wasps
Martin Kaltenpoth, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
2:20 PM
0366
Diverse phage roles in an aphid defensive mutualism
Kerry M. Oliver, University of Georgia ; Adam J. Martinez, University of Georgia ; Stephanie Weldon, University of Georgia
2:40 PM
0367
An elegant mechanism regulates amino acid biosynthesis in the pea aphid/Buchnera holosymbiont
Alex C.C. Wilson, University of Miami
3:00 PM
0368
The intracellular symbiont Rickettsia influences whitefly biology in multiple ways
Martha S. Hunter, University of Arizona ; Anna G. Himler, University of Arizona ; Paul Nabity, University of Arizona ; Bodil N. Cass, University of Arizona ; Peter Asiimwe, University of Arizona
3:20 PM
Break
3:30 PM
0369
Wolbachia infections for vector-borne disease control: Letting the genie out of the bottle?
Grant Hughes, Pennsylvania State University ; Jason Rasgon, Pennsylvania State University ; Brittany Dodson, Pennsylvania State University
3:50 PM
0370
Unraveling tri-partite symbiosis in the termite gut with the goal of improved biomass-to-biofuel processing
Brittany F. Peterson, Purdue University ; Michael E. Scharf, Purdue University
4:10 PM
0371
Pathogen genome sequences without culturing
Dustin Brisson, University of Pennsylvania ; Aaron Leichty, University of Pennsylvania
4:30 PM
0372
Population genomic and transcriptomic insights into symbiont adaptation during a rapid insect invasion
Amanda Brown, University of Montana ; Lynn Huynh, University of Montana ; John McCutcheon, University of Montana
4:50 PM
0373
Convergent acquisition of symbionts by ants at extreme ends of the trophic scale
Piotr Lukasik, Drexel University ; Corrie Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History ; Jacob Russell, Drexel University
5:10 PM
Concluding Remarks
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