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SysEB Section Symposium: Evolution of Castes in Social Organisms: Behavior, Development and Regulating Mechanisms

Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
213 AB (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Li Tian
Qian "Karen" Sun


1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:35 PM
1258
Recent omic insights into symbiont-mediated caste regulation in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes
Michael E. Scharf, Purdue University
1:55 PM
1259
Premier Presentation: The pre-adult social environment has lasting impacts on adult behavior and health in the honey bee, Apis mellifera
Clare Rittschof, Pennsylvania State University ; Chelsey Coombs, University of Illinois ; Maryann Frazier, Pennsylvania State University ; Christina M. Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University ; Gene E. Robinson, University of Illinois
2:15 PM
1260
The road to sociality: Genetic and physiological toolkits underpinning diapause and caste determination in bumble bee queens
Etya Amsalem, Pennsylvania State University
2:35 PM
SP1261
Brain amines, aggression, reproducion and the emergence of social behavior in the bee Megalopta
Adam Smith, George Washington University ; Marc Seid, The University of Scranton
2:47 PM
1262
The molecular basis of an effective defense in aphid soldiers
Sarah P. Lawson, University of New Hampshire
3:07 PM
SP1263
Fire ant ecology: The state of the art
Joshua R. King, University of Central Florida ; Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University
3:19 PM
Break
3:29 PM
1264
Premier Presentation: Division of labor from 50,000 evolutionary feet
Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University
3:49 PM
1265
From foundation to death: Differential caste investment during the life of a termite colony
Thomas Chouvenc, University of Florida ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
4:09 PM
1266
Eusociality in parasitic flatworms: Trematodes form soldier and reproductive castes
Ryan Hechinger, University of California, San Diego
4:29 PM
1267
Personalities and behavioral syndromes: Sub-caste variation in honey bee behavior
Alexander Walton, Iowa State University
4:49 PM
1268
The social regulation of worker-reproductive transition in the eastern subterranean termite
Qian "Karen" Sun, University of Kentucky
5:09 PM
SP1269
Habitat bottlenecks to the establishment of fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, populations
Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University ; Joshua R. King, University of Central Florida
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