International Symposium "Ethomics: Asking the Organism in the Genomics Era"
Date: October 3-5, 2012
Program
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Lecture Hall, Abbe Center Beutenberg, Hans-Knöll-Str. 1, 07745 Jena
13:00-13:15 | Bill S. Hansson, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Welcome Address |
13:15-14:00 | John A. Pickett, Rothamsted Research, UK Translating laboratory based 'omics into field ethomics |
14:00-14:45 | Wittko Francke, University of Hamburg, Germany The Pheromone Phenomenon |
14:45-15:15 | Coffee Break |
15:15-16:00 | Robert A. Raguso, Cornell University, USA |
16:00-16:15 | Pavan Ramdya, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Collective behavior in Drosophila melanogaster |
Best Western Hotel, Rudolstädter Straße 82, 07745 Jena
18:00-19:00 | Jerrold Meinwald, Cornell University, USA Invited Evening Lecture: Exploring the Chemistry of Biotic Interactions |
19:00 | Congress Dinner |
20:00 | Ian T. Baldwin, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena |
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Lecture Hall, Abbe Center Beutenberg, Hans-Knöll-Str. 1, 07745 Jena
09:00-09:45 | Michael Dickinson, California Institute of Technology, USA Navigation in fruit flies from take-off to landing |
09:45-10:30 | Gabrielle Nevitt, University of California, Davis, USA New directions in avian olfaction using molecular and forensic technologies |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00-11:45 | Erhard Strohm, University of Regensburg cancelled |
11:45-12:30 | Asifa Majid, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands |
12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-14:45 | Markus Knaden, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Navigation in desert ants: the use of vision and olfaction |
14:45-15:30 | Raghavendra Gadagkar, Indian Institute of Science, India The functional organization of a tropical insect society |
15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:00-16:20 | Roy Kirsch, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Deconstruction of the plant primary cell wall: an insect perspective |
16:20-16:40 | Silke Sachse, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Structure and function of olfactory circuits in Drosophila |
16:40-17:00 | Sybille Unsicker, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena New volatiles from old trees: Chemical communication of old-growth black poplar trees with herbivores and herbivore enemies |
17:00-17:20 | Axel Mithöfer, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Carnivorous plants and insects: New insights in an old topic |
17:20-17:40 | Meredith Schuman, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena There goes the neighborhood! Community effects of plant volatiles |
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Str. 1, 07745 Jena
18:00 | Dinner Buffet |
18:30-20:30 | Poster Session |
20:30 | Walk through Neuroethology Lab |
Friday, October 5, 2012
Lecture Hall, Abbe Center Beutenberg, Hans-Knöll-Str. 1, 07745 Jena
09:00-09:20 | Hassan Salem, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Actinobacteria as essential symbionts for a cosmopolitan cotton pest |
09:20-09:40 | Bernd Schneider, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Contributions of NMR spectroscopy to chemical ecology |
09:40-10:00 | Aleš Svatoš, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena How can Ethomics benefit from other -omics? |
10:00-10:20 | Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Ask the plant. Bioassays at the Lytle Ranch Preserve |
10:20-11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00-11:20 | Antje Burse, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Sequestration in leaf beetles: elucidation of a transport network |
11:20-11:40 | Franziska Beran, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Small insects, big choices: Crucifer-feeding flea beetles choose their host plants based on their chemical potential for self-defense and aggregation |
11:40-12:00 | Astrid T. Groot, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Evolutionary forces shaping sexual attraction in Lepidoptera |
12:00-12:20 | Marcus Stensmyr, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena The chemical ecology of the vinegar fly |
12:20-12:30 | Bill S. Hansson, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena Closing Remarks |
12:30-14:00 | Lunch |