Second International CDVR Symposium!
Second International CDVR Symposium!!
"Facing the Challenges of Vector-borne Diseases
in the 21st Century II"
University of California, Riverside
September 29-30, 2012
Organizers:
Alexander Raikhel (chair), Anupama Dahanukar, James Ng, Joao Pedra,
Bradley White and Emma Wilson
Location:
Genomics Building Auditorium, Room 1102A
The second international CDVR Symposium titled "Facing the Challenges of Vector-Borne Diseases in the 21st Century II" and hosted by NIH, CDVR and IIGB, will be held September 29-30, 2012 in the Genomics Auditorium.
Six experts will present and discuss their work on evolutionary and ecological genomics, molecular genetics, plant-virus-vector interactions, transmission, and control strategies for a wide range of vector-borne diseases in humans and plants. The symposium welcomes students, postdoctoral fellows and other researchers as presenters and attendees.
For additional information, please contact CDVR Director Peter Atkinson.
| DAY 1: September 29, 2012 | |
| 8:45AM | Registration |
| 9:00AM | Symposium Opening: ALEXANDER RAIKHEL, Organizing Committee Chair |
| CHAIR: ANUPAMA DAHANUKAR | |
| 9:10AM | Keynote Presentation: LARRY ZWEIBEL, Vanderbilt University "The Molecular Genetics and Genomics of Anopheline Olfaction Drive Novel Approaches to Modify Insect Behavior" |
| 10:10AM | TUSAR T. SAHA, Alexander Raikhel Laboratory "Genome-wide analysis of genes controlled by juvenile hormone receptor methoprene-tolerant in the dengue fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti" |
| 10:25AM | ANGEL Y.S. CHEN, James Ng Laboratory "Further characterization of specific virion retention associated with the whitefly transmission of foregut-borne criniviruses" |
| 10:40AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00AM | MAIARA SEVERO, Joao Pedra Laboratory "The E3 ubiquitin ligase XIAP controls Anaplasma phagocytophilum colonization of Ixodes scapularis ticks" |
| 11:15AM | KEIRA LUCAS, Alexander Raikhel Laboratory "The role of miRNAs during the reproductive life stages of the female mosquito, Aedes aegypti" |
| 11:30AM | ADAM ZEILINGER, Matt Daugherty Laboratory "Modeling the effects of host defense and vector preference on disease dynamics" |
| 11:45AM | MARIA TERESA FERNANDEZ-LUNA, Brian Federici Laboratory "Cyt1A forms small aggregates, not cation channels, resulting in large lesions of 8.5 nm in the midgut epithelial membrane of Culex quinquefasciatus larvae" |
| 12:00PM | Lunch |
| CHAIR: JAMES NG | |
| 1:30PM | Invited Speaker: ANNA WHITFIELD, Kansas State University "Final Transmission: Exploiting Plant-Virus-Vector Interactions for the Development of New Disease Control Strategies" |
| 2:15PM | ILIANO V. COUTINHO-ABREU, Anand Ray Laboratory "Odor coding in the antennae of a herbivorous insect, the Asian Citrus Psyllid: towards push and pull strategies" |
| 2:30PM | ZEV WISOTSKY, Anupama Dahanukar Laboratory "Logic of glycerol input to behavioral output in Drosophila" |
| 2:45PM | JACLYN ZHOU, Linda Walling/Greg Walker Laboratories "Silverleaf whitefly-Arabidopsis interactions examined by electrical penetration graph and genome-wide expression analysis" |
| 3:00PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:30PM | Invited Speaker: FLAMINIA CATTERUCCIA, Harvard University "Sex and Post-Mating Responses in Anopheles gambiae" |
| Day 2: September 30, 2012 | |
| CHAIR: BRADLEY WHITE | |
| 9:15AM | Keynote Presentation: NORA BESANSKY, University of Notre Dame "Evolutionary and Ecological Genomics of the African Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae" |
| 10:15AM | KARLA MEDINA-ORTEGA, Greg Walker Laboratory “Phloem sealing mechanisms and aphid saliva interactions” |
| 10:30AM | DYAN MACWILLIAM, Anand Ray Laboratory “Volatile inhibitors and activators of the carbon dioxide-sensitive neuron” |
| 10:45AM | REBECCA CARBALLAR, University of California, Irvine "Effects of exogenous gypsy insulator sequences on mosquito transgene expression" |
| 11:00AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:20AM | SANDHYA CHARLU, Anupama Dahanukar Laboratory “Acid detection by the taste system in insects” |
| 11:35AM | EMERSON LACEY, Ring Carde Laboratory "“Presence of human foot odor overrides the response to carbon dioxide in host-seeking female Aedes aegypti" |
| 11:45AM | JIANWU CHEN, Sarjeet Gill Laboratory “Aedes cadherin is a receptor for the Cry11Aa toxin from Vacillus thuringiensis” |
| 12:00PM | Lunch |
| CHAIR: JOAO PEDRA | |
| 1:30PM | Invited Speaker: CECILIA TAMBORINDEGUY, Texas A&M University “Challenges of Plant Vector-Borne Diseases” |
| 2:15PM | RITU CHAUDHARY, Isgouhi Kaloshian Laboratory “GroEL from the aphid endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola is recognized by plant defenses” |
| 2:30PM | HAGOP ATAMIAN, Isgouhi Kaloshian Laboratory “Aphid secreted proteins manipulate host plant to their advantage” |
| 2:45PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:15PM | Invited Speaker: ZHIYONG XI, Michigan State University “Three-way interactions between Wolbachia, dengue virus, and mosquito host and their use in vector-borne disease control” |
| 4:00PM | Symposium Closing: Peter Atkinson, Director of Center for Disease Vector Research |