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SysEB Section Symposium: Social Wasps, the Model "Non-Model" Organisms: Celebrating the Synergistic Contributions of Robert L. Jeanne (Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
200 F (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Jennifer M. Jandt
Sean O'Donnell
Amy L. Toth
Moderator:
Jennifer M. Jandt


8:18 AM
Role of social wasps in understanding the evolution of sociality
Justin Schmidt, Southwestern Biological Institute
8:54 AM
Integration of foraging in colonies of a highly eusocial wasp through cue-based learning and recruitment
Teresa I. Schueller, University of Wisconsin - Waukesha ; Robert L. Jeanne, University of Wisconsin ; Erik V. Nordheim, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Benjamin J. Taylor, LaGuardia Community College
9:12 AM
Gastral drumming in the Vespula germanica: Testing hypotheses on function
Benjamin J. Taylor, LaGuardia Community College ; Teresa I. Schueller, University of Wisconsin - Waukesha ; Robert L. Jeanne, University of Wisconsin
9:30 AM
Ecological consequences of social wasp foraging
Monica Raveret Richter, Skidmore College ; Jennifer M. Jandt, Iowa State University
9:48 AM
Break
10:12 AM
10:30 AM
10:48 AM
Morphological evolution and reproductive caste in swarming wasps (Epiponini, Polistinae, Vespidae)
Fernando Noll, UNESP ; John Wenzel, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
11:06 AM
Direct and indirect benefits of joining and helping behavior in newly-established colonies of primitively eusocial wasps
Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy, University of Miami ; Krisha Patel, University of Miami
11:24 AM
Asleep or astray? Paper wasps as viable sleep subjects
Barrett Klein, University of Wisconsin
11:42 AM
Antennal drumming affects caste-biased gene expression during larval development in Polistes wasps
Jennifer M. Jandt, Iowa State University ; Amy L. Toth, Iowa State University ; John Hermanson, USDA - Forest Service ; Robert L. Jeanne, University of Wisconsin
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