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Member Symposium: Synergy in Arthropod Genomics: Integrative Solutions to Functional and Evolutionary Biology

Sunday, November 15, 2015: 11:30 AM-3:30 PM
205 CD (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Amelia Lindsey
James Ricci
Eric Smith
Moderators:
Amelia Lindsey
James Ricci
Eric Smith


11:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
11:54 AM
The genomics of hybridization and speciation in Heliconius butterflies
Brian A. Counterman, Mississippi State University ; Steven Van Belleghem, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras ; Ricardo Papa, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
12:32 PM
Break
12:47 PM
Genomic islands of divergence and speciation in Anopheles gambiae
Gregory C. Lanzaro, University of California, Davis ; Yoosook Lee, University of California, Davis ; Bradley Main, University of California, Davis ; Travis Collier, University of California, Davis
1:06 PM
Using genomics to define the taxonomic and functional diversity of gut microbiota in drosophilid flies
Alyssa Bost, Cornell University ; Vince Martinson, University of Rochester ; John Jaenike, University of Rochester ; Gregory M. Loeb, Cornell University ; Angela E. Douglas, Cornell University
1:25 PM
Sex chromosome dosage compensation in Lepidoptera: Insights from nymphalid butterflies, coddling moth, and demasculinized silkworms
Jamie Walters, University of Kansas ; Thomas Hardcastle, Cambridge University ; Aloy Gu, Cornell University ; Douglas Knipple, Cornell University ; Chris Jiggins, University of Cambridge
1:44 PM
Positive selection, repertoire size, and antiquity of arthropod chemoreceptors
Hugh M. Robertson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:03 PM
Break
2:18 PM
DNA methylation and insect life with pathogens
Soojin Yi, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Dan Sun, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Amelia Lindsey, University of California ; John H. Werren, University of Rochester ; Richard Stouthamer, University of California ; Christina M. Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University ; David Galbraith, Pennsylvania State University ; Elina L. Niņo, Pennsylvania State University ; Xingyu Yang, Georgia Institute of Technology
2:37 PM
Genome evolution in heritable symbioses of leafhoppers (Cicadellidae)
Gordon Bennett, The University of Hawaii at Manoa ; Nancy Moran, University of Texas
2:56 PM
The antennal transcriptome of Aedes aegypti pre- and post-blood meal
Michel A. Slotman, Texas A&M University ; Luciano Cosme, Texas A&M University ; Craig J. Coates, Texas A&M University
3:15 PM
Concluding Remarks
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