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PBT Section Symposium: Partnering for Health: Genetic, Behavioral and Environmental Synergies in Insect Immunity

Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
204 AB (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Michael Simone-Finstrom
Margarita M. López-Uribe
Marla Spivak
Moderators:
Michael Simone-Finstrom
Margarita M. López-Uribe
Marla Spivak


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:00 AM
0914
Moms know best: Pathogen-induced maternal effects in Manduca sexta
Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University ; Steve Vollmer, Northeastern University ; Wendy Smith, Northeastern University
8:20 AM
0915
Immunity and other forms of defense against fungal pathogens in pea aphids
Nicole Gerardo, Emory University
8:40 AM
0916
Pathogen adaptations to individual and social host defenses in ants
Sylvia Cremer, Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)
9:00 AM
Break
9:15 AM
0917
Microbial interactions and honey bee immunity
Jay Evans, USDA-ARS
9:35 AM
0918
Symbionts as modulators of virulence and defense in insect-parasite interactions
Michael R. Strand, University of Georgia ; Kavita Bitra, University of Georgia
9:55 AM
0919
Premier Presentation: Immune system responses to a drop in food supply: Not a global decline, but a shift in immune system strategy
Shelley A. Adamo, Dalhousie University
10:15 AM
Intermission
10:30 AM
0920
The evolutionary consequences of sociality for immunity
Margarita M. López-Uribe, North Carolina State University ; Steven Frank, North Carolina State University ; Rob R. Dunn, North Carolina State University ; David Tarpy, North Carolina State University
10:45 AM
0921
Withdrawn
11:00 AM
0922
Finding the clean genes: The search for loci underpinning hygienic behaviour in the honey bee
Brock Harpur, York University ; Amro Zayed, York University
11:15 AM
Break
11:25 AM
0923
Antimicrobial compounds from plants to the hive: Benefits of a propolis envelope to honey bee immunity and colony health
Renata Borba, University of Minnesota ; Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota
11:40 AM
SP0924
Activating honey bee immunity with a larval vaccine against Nosema ceranae
Matthew Endler, UCSD ; Zachary Y. Huang, Michigan State University ; James C Nieh, University of California, San Diego
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