Session: PBT SS: RNAi: Emerging Technology to Overcome Grand Challenges in Entomology (2014 ESA Annual Meeting)

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PBT SS: RNAi: Emerging Technology to Overcome Grand Challenges in Entomology

Wednesday, November 19, 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Portland Ballroom 256 (Oregon Convention Center)

Organizers:

William Moar
Subba Reddy Palli

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

1791

Using RNA interference technologies to control pest insects

Steve Whyard, University of Manitoba ; Aditi Singh, University of Manitoba ; Alison Partridge, University of Manitoba ; Cassidy Erdelyan, University of Manitoba

8:25 AM

1792

The role of microRNAs in mosquitoes

Alexander Raikhel, University of California ; Keira Lucas, University of California ; Bo Zhao, University of California ; Shiping Liu, University of California

8:45 AM

1793

RNAi in insects is dependent on breakdown and uptake of dsRNA

Guy Smagghe, Ghent University

9:05 AM

1794

Cellular uptake of double-stranded RNA in Tribolium castaneum

Kun-Yan Zhu, Kansas State University ; Da Xiao, Kansas State University

9:25 AM

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Tribolium castaneum as a model for high-throughput RNAi-Screening

Andreas Vilcinskas, Justus-Liebig-Univ Giessen