Session: PBT Section Symposium: Water and Ion Homestasis-Role of Aquaporins and Other Channel Proteins (Entomology 2015)

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PBT Section Symposium: Water and Ion Homestasis-Role of Aquaporins and Other Channel Proteins

Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

211 A (Convention Center)

Organizers:

Jeff Fabrick
Joshua Benoit
Immo Hansen

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:33 PM

1205

Salt and water balance in insects: Molecular mechanisms and potential biomedical targets

Klaus W. Beyenbach, University of Osnabrueck

1:53 PM

1206

How do insect tubules achieve the highest transport rates in biology?

Julian Dow, University of Glasgow ; Kenneth Halberg, The August Krogh Centre, University of Copenhagen ; Pablo Cabrero, University of Glasgow ; Anthony Dornan, University of Glasgow ; Selim Therhzaz, University of Glasgow ; Shireen Davies, University of Glasgow

2:13 PM

1207

The molecular evolution of arthropod aquaporins

Roderick Finn, Institute of Marine Research ; Fran�ois Chauvign�, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient�ficas (CSIC) ; Jon Stavang, University of Bergen ; Xavier Belles, Institute of Evolutionary Biology ; Joan Cerd�, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient�ficas (CSIC)

2:33 PM

1208

Physiology of aquaporins in lepidopteran caterpillars

Masaaki Azuma, Tottori University

2:53 PM

1209

Water relations in plant sap-feeding insects: From molecular function to pest control target

Angela E. Douglas, Cornell University

3:13 PM

1210

Functional aquaporins from the agricultural pests Lygus hesperus and Bemisia tabaci

Jeff Fabrick, USDA-ARS U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center