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P-IE SS: Functional Characterization of Insect Chemoreceptors: On Receptivity Range and Expression

Wednesday, November 19, 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Portland Ballroom 255 (Oregon Convention Center)
Organizers:
William B. Walker
Mattias Larsson


8:00 AM
Receptors as interfaces to the chemosensory world of insects
Mattias Larsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
8:15 AM
Evolutionary dynamics and functional properties of chemoreceptors in ants
Jesse Slone, Vanderbilt University ; Xiaofan Zhou, Vanderbilt University ; Nathan Day, Vanderbilt University ; Greg Pask, University of California ; Anandasankar Ray, University of California ; Laurence J. Zwiebel, Vanderbilt University
8:40 AM
Beyond the mosquito antennae: expanding the view of chemoreceptor function in Anopheles gambiae
R. Jason Pitts, Vanderbilt University ; Stephen Derryberry, Vanderbilt University ; David Rinker, Vanderbilt University ; Chao Liu, Vanderbilt University ; Xiaofan Zhou, Vanderbilt University ; Laurence J. Zwiebel, Vanderbilt University
9:30 AM
Integration of functional characterization and expression profiles of S. littoralis odorant receptors
William B. Walker, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Arthur de Fouchier, Université Pierre et Marie Curie ; Nicolas Montagné, Université Pierre et Marie Curie ; Muhammad Binyameen, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan ; Claudia Steiner, Université Pierre et Marie Curie ; Peter Anderson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Fredrik Schlyter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Bill Hansson, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ; Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) ; Mattias Larsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
9:55 AM
Break
10:05 AM
The narrowing olfactory receptor space
Jonathan Bohbot, Hebrew University
10:30 AM
Functional characterization of sex pheromone receptors in beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua (Hübner)
Chengcheng Liu Lu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences ; Yang Liu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences ; William B. Walker, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Shuang-Lin Dong, Nanjing Agricultural University ; Guirong Wang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
10:55 AM
A predicted sex pheromone receptor of codling moth Cydia pomonella detects the plant volatile pear ester
Jonas Bengtsson, Stockholm University ; Francisco Gonzales, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Alberto Cattaneo, Fondazione Edmund Mach ; Nicolas Montagné, Université Pierre et Marie Curie ; William B. Walker, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Marie Bengtsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Gianfranco Anfora, Fondazione Edmund Mach ; Rickard Ignell, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ; Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) ; Peter Witzgall, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
11:09 AM
The detection of bitter and sweet compounds by individual taste receptors in Insects
Erica Freeman, University of California ; Anupama Dahanukar, University of California
11:23 AM
A model on the role of odorant binding proteins in social immunity
M. Marta Guarna, University of British Columbia ; Immacolata Iovinella, University of Pisa ; Kyung-Mee Moon, University of British Columbia ; Elizabeth Huxter, Kettle Valley Queens ; Sarah Michaud, University of British Columbia ; Robert Parker, University of British Columbia ; Andony Melathopoulos, Dalhousie University ; Paolo Pelosi, University of Pisa ; Stephen Pernal, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ; Leonard J. Foster, University of British Columbia
11:35 AM
Reception of repellents in Culex
Walter Leal, University of California
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