| Lastname |
Firstname |
Topic |
Title |
Authors &
Affiliation |
| Altstein |
Miriam |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry; Future prospects
in insect neuropeptide research |
The PK/PBAN family of insect neuropeptides: Progress toward
the design of novel insect control agents. |
M. ALTSTEIN, M. Davidovitch, O. Ben-Aziz and A. Hariton
Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, ARO, Bet Dagan, 50250,
Israel. vinnie2@agri.gov.il |
| Ando |
Toshiya |
Development and differentiation |
Morphological evolution of antennal
structure in Lepidoptera |
Toshiya ANDO, Tetsuya Kojima, Haruhiko
Fujiwara, Department of Integrated Biosciences, The University of
Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
yasainthood-conf@yahoo.co.jp |
| Bacquet |
Paul |
Chemical ecology |
Pheromone variability
and evolution in the butterfly genus Bicyclus, and implication in
its diversification. |
P. Bacquet (1)*, O.
Brattstrom (2)*, P. M. Brakefield (2), C. Lofstedt (3), H.-L. Wang
(3), A. Vanderpoorten (4), C. M. Nieberding (1,2) *co-first
authors.(1) Evolutionary Ecology Group, Biodiversity Research
Centre, Universite Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium. (2) Evolutionary Biology Group, Institute of Biology,
Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.(3) Chemistry
laboratory, Department of Natural Sciences, Mid Sweden
|
| Batterham |
Philip |
|
pending |
|
| Baxter |
Simon |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny |
Genes underlying aposematic colour
patterns in Heliconius butterflies |
Simon W. BAXTER 1, Camilo Salazar 1,2,
Luana Maroja 1 and Chris D. Jiggins 1. 1 Department of Zoology,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB2 3EJ. 2 Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute. Apartado 0843-03092, Panama;, Republica
de Panama; swb29@cam.ac.uk |
| Bebas |
Piotr |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry |
Implication of the clock-gene
period in the rhythm of H+-ATPase subunits expression in vas
deferens of the cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera
littoralis. |
Joanna Kotwica, Ewa
Joachimiak, Marta A. Polanska, Piotr BEBAS. Department of Animal
Physiology, Intitute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of
Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
piotrbe@biol.uw.edu.pl |
| Bel |
Yolanda |
Gene
expression |
Expression of gut
aminopeptidases in Ostrinia nubilalis. |
Maria-Cristina CRAVA, Yolanda Bel, Siu-Fai Lee, David G.
Heckel, and Baltasar Escriche.Departament of Genetics, University of
Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Max Planck Institute for Chemical
Ecology, Jena, Germany. |
| Bergoin |
Max |
|
pending |
|
| Celorio-Mancera |
Maria de la Paz |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny;
Gene discovery and transcriptional regulation |
The midgut transcriptional response
underlying the capability of H. armigera larvae to feed on
plant organs of different hosts. |
David G. Heckel, Heiko Vogel and Maria
de la Paz CELORIO-MANCERA
Max-Planck Institute for Chemical
Ecology, Department of Entomology, Jena, Germany.
mcelorio@ice.mpg.de |
| Christeller |
John |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry |
Gastric and pancreatic lipases
in the larval midgut of Epiphyas postvittana Tortricidae
their roles in lipid digestion based on phylogenetic and gene
expression studies. |
John Tane Christeller 1 Ngaire P. Markwick 2 Jo Poulton 2.
Plant and Food Research Institute1 Plamerston North 2 Auckland New
Zealand. jchristeller@hortresearch.co.nz |
| Cusson |
Michel |
Development and differentiation; Endocrinology
physiology and biochemistry; Viruses other pathogens and pest
control; New lepidopteran sequenceprojects and sequence
depositories; Functional annotation of new genome sequences |
Cloning and characterization of a Gasp
homolog from the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana,
and its putative role in cuticle formation |
Audrey Nisole, Don Stewart, Susan
Bowman, Dayu Zhang, Daniel Doucet, and Michel CUSSON Laurentian
Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada,
1055 du PEPS, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Great Lakes Forestry
Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, 1219
Queen St. East, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
michel.cusson@nrcan.gc.ca |
| Courtiade |
Juliette |
Comparative genomics evolution and phylogeny |
The Caspase gene family.
|
Juliette COURTIADE, Yannick Pauchet, Heiko Vogel and David G.
Heckel. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.
jcourtiade@ice.mpg.de |
| Crava |
Maria Cristina |
Gene
expression |
Expression of gut
aminopeptidases in Ostrinia nubilalis. |
Maria-Cristina CRAVA, Yolanda Bel, Siu-Fai Lee, David G.
Heckel, and Baltasar Escriche.Departament of Genetics, University of
Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Max Planck Institute for Chemical
Ecology, Jena, Germany. |
| d'
Alencon |
Emmanuelle |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny |
Synteny conservation and genome rearrangements between the
silkworm Bombyx mori and the noctuid pests Helicoverpa
armigera and Spodoptera frugiperda |
Emmanuelle d'ALENCON1*, Hideki Sezutsu2*,
Fabrice Legeai3, Emmanuelle Permal4, Sylvie Bernard-Samain5, Sylvie
Gimenez1, Cyrill Gagneur1, Francois Cousserans1, Michihiko
Shimomura7, Alexandra Brun-Barale2, Timothee Flutre4, Arnaud
Couloux5, Karl Gordon6, Kasuei Mita7, Hadi Quesneville4, Philippe
Fournier1 and Rene Feyereisen2
* These authors contributed
equally
1 Biologie Integrative et Virologie des Insectes, UMR
1231 INRA - Universite; Montpellier II, Place Eugene Bataillon,
Montpellier Cedex 5, France
2 Reponse Organismes aux Stress
Environnementaux, INRA / Univ-Nice, 400 rte Chappes, BP167, 06903
Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France
3 Biologie des organismes et des
populations appliquee; la protection des plantes UMR 1099 BIO3P,
INRA, Le Rheu, France
4 Unite de Recherche en Genomique-Info,
INRA, Centre de Versailles, France
5 Genoscope, Centre National
de Sequencage, 2 rue Gaston Cremieux CP5706, 91057 Evry Cedex,
France;
6 CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601,
Australia
7 Insect Genome Lab., National Inst. of Agrobiological
Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602,
Japan.
alencon@supagro.inra.fr |
| Daimon |
Takaaki |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry;
Chemical ecologysequence depositories |
Enzymatic adaptation of mulberry
specialists to toxic sugar-mimic alkaloids in mulberry latex. |
Takaaki Daimon, Yan Meng, Takeshi Yoshinaga, Susumu Katsuma, and
Toru Shimada Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, JAPAN
daimon@ss.ab.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
| Dalikova |
Martina |
Comparative genomics evolution and phylogeny |
BAC Clones As A Tool For The
Study Of The Codling Moth Sex Chromosomes. |
M. DALIKOVA, M. Vitkova, L. G. Neven, P. Nguyen, J. Sichova,
I. Fukova, F. Marec. Biological Centre ASCR v.v.i. Institute of
Entomology Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic.
martina.dalikova@prf.jcu.cz |
| Daubnerova |
Ivana |
Endocrinology
physiology and
biochemistry |
Receptors and transcription
factors controlling secretory activity of Inka cells. |
Ivana Daubnerova1,2 Zuzana
Remperova3 and Dusan Zitnan1Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of
Sciences Dubravska cesta 9, 84506 Bratislava, Slovakia. 2 Department
of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University,
84205, Bratislava, Slovakia 3 Department of Animal Physiology and
Ethology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, 84205,
Bratislava, Slovakia. ivana.daubnerova@gmail.com |
| Deacutis |
Juliane |
Viruses other pathogens and pest
control |
Characterization
of Campoletis sonorensis ichnovirus into lepidopteran
cells. |
J. M. DEACUTIS, P. Houtz,
B. A. Webb. Entomology Dept., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
40506, USA. jdeac2@uky.edu |
| Doucet |
Daniel |
Development and differentiation; Endocrinology
physiology and biochemistry;
New lepidopteran sequenceprojects
and sequence depositories |
Development of a microarray platform
for studying ecdysone-controlled gene expression in the spruce
budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana). |
Daniel DOUCET(1), Dayu Zhang(2), Susan
Bowman(1), Tim Ladd(1) and Peter J. Krell(3);(1) Great Lakes
Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
(2) Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
(3) University of
Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| Efrose |
Rodica Catalina |
Viruses
other pathogens and pest control |
Generation and characterization
of BmNPB-based piggyback recombinant baculoviruses for efficient and
stable gene transduction in mammalian HEK293 cell line. |
R. EFROSE, L. Swevers, K. Iatrou. Institute of Biology, NCSR
Demokritos. Athens Greece.refrose@bio.demokritos.gr |
| Erlandson |
martin |
Viruses
other pathogens and pest control |
Baculoviruses associated with
Mamestra configurata (Bertha Armyworm): Role of viral
enhancing factor (VEF) in the infection process. |
MARTIN ERLANDSON, M.
Links, S. Ethier, U. Toprak, Hegedus, D.D. Theilmann,
D.A. |
| Escoubas |
Jean-Michel |
Immunity |
Spodoptera frugiperda
X-Tox Protein an Immune Related Defensin Rosary Has Lost the
Function of Ancestral Defensins. |
Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón (1),
Michel Brehelin(2), Philippe Bulet(3), Yvan Boublik (4),
Pierre-Alain Girard (2), Stephen Baghdiguian(5), Robert Zumbihl (2),
Jean-Michel ESCOUBAS (2*).(1) CNRS, IFREMER, Universite; Montpellier
2, UMR5119 Laboratoire Ecosystemes Lagunaires, CC80, F-34095
Montpellier, France. (2) INRA, Universite Montpellier 2, UMR 1133
Laboratoire Ecologie Microbienne des Insectes et Interactions
Hote-Pathogene (EMIP), CC54, F-34000 Montpellier, France. (3)
Universite; Joseph Fourier, CNRS, UMR 5525, TIMC-IMAG, Bat Le Forum
Plateforme BioPark d'Archamps, F-74160 Archamps, France. (4) CNRS,
UMR5237 Plateforme Proteines recombinantes, F-34293 Montpellier,
France. (5) Universite Montpellier 2, Institut des sciences de
Evolution UMR5554, CC63, F-34095 Montpellier, France. |
| Evertz |
Kirsten |
Chemical
ecology |
Analysis of gene expression
patterns in Lymantria spp. larvae feeding on different food
sources, a cDNA-AFLP approach. |
K.
Evertz, H. Vogel, D. G. Heckel, A. Reineke. Dept. of Phytomedicine,
Geisenheim Research Center, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany. Dept. of
Entomology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena,
Germany; kevertz@ice.mpg.de |
| Freitak |
Dalial |
Immunity; Functional annotation of new genome sequences; New
lepidopteran sequence projects and sequence depositories;
Evolutionary ecology network formation |
Dietary-dependent
trans-generational priming of immunity in an insect herbivore
Trichoplusia ni. |
Dalial Freitak 1, David G. Heckel 1, Heiko
Vogel 1, Andreas Vilcinskas 2. Max-Planck Institute for Chemical
Ecology Department of Entomology Hans-Knoell-Strasse- D-07745 Jena
Germany 2 Interdisciplinary Research Center Institute of
Phytopathology and Applied Zoology Justus-Liebig-University of
Giessen Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 D-35392 Giessen Germany
dfreitak@ice.mpg.de |
| Frezal |
Lise |
Whole
genome sequencing EST and linkage mapping projects; Comparative
genomics evolution and phylogeny; Functional annotation of new
genome sequences; Evolutionary ecology network formation |
Population genetics of a locus
under strong balancing selection. |
Lise Frezal and Mathieu Joron. CNRS UMR 7205, Museum National
d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris |
| Fujii |
Tsuguru |
Neurobiology and behaviour |
acj6 mutants of the silkworm Bombyx
mori cannot discriminate mulberry from beet leaves. |
Tsuguru Fujii, Hiroaki Abe, Akio
Ohnuma, Susumu Katsuma and Toru Shimada
Department of
Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of
Agricultual and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
113-8657, Japan. fujii@ss.ab.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
| Futahashi |
Ryo |
Development and differentiation |
Microarray-based gene expression
profiles in stage-specific larval body markings of the swallowtail
butterfly, Papilio xuthus |
Ryo. FUTAHASHI1,2, Haruhiko Fujiwara1
1Dept. of Integrated Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa,
Chiba 277-8562, Japan; 2Institute for Biological Resources and
Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and
Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
ryo-futahashi@aist.go.jp |
| Goekcen |
Firat |
Immunity |
Recent studies on
immune-related hemolymph protein Scolexin, described as a serine
proteinase homolog, in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca
sexta. |
Firat GOEKCEN, Tina
Trenczek Institute of General and Applied Zoology, Justus-Liebig
University of Giessen, Germany.
Firat.Goekcen@allzool.bio.uni-giessen.de |
| Goldsmith |
Marian |
Whole genome sequencing EST and linkage mapping
projects; New lepidopteran sequenceprojects and sequence
depositories; Functional annotation of new genome sequences;
Evolutionary ecology network formation |
Mapping Bt toxin resistance
in Bombyx mori |
Stanley Lan and Marian R.
GOLDSMITH
Biological Sciences Department, University of Rhode
Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA mki101@uri.edu |
| Goncu |
Ebru |
Development and differentiation; Endocrinology physiology and
biochemistry |
Effects of Juvenile Hormone
Analogue Fenoxycarb on Remodelling of Bombyx mori Midgut
during larval-pupal metamorphosis. |
Ebru GONCU Osman Parlak Ege University Faculty of Science
Department of Biology Bornova - Izmir
ebru.goncu@ege.edu.tr |
| Gordon |
Karl |
Whole genome sequencing EST and linkage mapping
projects |
Sequencing the genome of the major
pest, the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera: a model
for the evolution of complex ecological traits |
Karl Gordon, J. Oakeshott, P.
Batterham, S. Richards, R. Gibb, J. Miller, T. Tay, P. East, O.
Edwards, R. Good, C. Robin, D. Heckel, H. Vogel, R. Feyereisen, E.
D'Alencon, H. Sezutsu, F. Legeai, H. Quesneville, C. Gagneur, S.
Gimenez, A.-N. Volkoff, P. Fournier, A. Brun-Barale, S. Suraporn, M.
Shimomura, K. Mita, S. Scherer, C. Qu, K. Worley |
| Grimmelikhuijzen |
Cornelis |
Comparative genomics evolution and phylogeny; Endocrinology
physiology and biochemistry; Functional annotation of new genome
sequences; New lepidopteran sequenceprojects and sequence
depositories |
Genome-wide annotation and
evolution of insect neuropeptide GPCRs with a special focus on the
Lepidoptera. |
Cornelis Grimmelikhuijzen.
cgrimmelikhuijzen@bio.ku.dk |
| Grosse-Wilde |
Ewald |
Neurobiology and behaviour, New lepidopteran sequenceprojects
and sequence depositories, Functional annotation of new genome
sequences,Evolutionary ecology network formation |
Odorant receptors of the tobacco
hornworm (Manduca sexta) |
Ewald Grosse-Wilde,
Regina Stieber, Bill Hansson and Dieter Wicher. Department
Evolutionary Neuroethology, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.
grosse-wilde@ice.mpg.de |
| Guerin |
Patrick |
Neurobiology and behaviour |
Host plant products enhance the
responses of the codling moth and other fruit crop tortricids to
their sex pheromone. |
Patrick M. Guerin, D. Schmera,
D. Schmidt-Busser, M. von Arx and P. G. BecherInstitute of Biology
University of Neuchatel Rue Emile-Argand 11 2007 Neuchatel
Switzerland. patrick.guerin@unine.ch |
| Hamodrakas |
Stavros |
Receptors and ligands and structural biology |
Silkmoth chorion
proteins: a protective role for amyloid. |
Vassiliki ICONOMIDOU and
Stavros Hamodrakas. University of Athens, Faculty of Biology, Dept.
of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Athens, Greece.
veconom@biol.uoa.gr |
| Hariton |
Aliza |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry |
Bioavailability of linear and cyclic peptides derived from
the PK/PBAN family in the moth Heliothis
peltigera. |
Hariton, A1., Ben Aziz, O1. Davidovitch, M1., Nachman, R.J2.,
and Altstein, M1. 1Dept. of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Bet
Dagan, Israel. alizav@zahav.net.il 2Agricultural Research Center,
USDA, College Station, TX 77845, USA |
| Heckel |
David |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny;
Chemical ecologysequence depositories |
Genetic analysis of the sex pheromone
communication system in Ostrinia nubilalis. |
Astrid Groot, Shannon Olssen, Zsolt
Karpati, Teun Dekker, Jean-Marc Lassance, Christer Loefstedt, Bill
Hansson, and David G. HECKEL Max Planck Institute for Chemical
Ecology, Jena, Germany heckel@ice.mpg.de |
| Hegedus |
Dwayne |
|
Recent Insights into the
Structure of the Mamestra configurata Type I Peritrophic
Matrix. |
Hegedus, D.D. 1,3, M.A. Erlandson1,2, U. Toprak,1,2, C. Gillott2
and S. Karcz1 |
| Herrero |
Salvador |
Viruses
other pathogens and pest control |
Improving baculovirus by host
gene manipulation. |
Agata Jakubowska1,2, Karl, Gordon3, Juan Ferre1, Salvador
Herrero1
1Department of Genetics, Universitat de Valencia, Spain.
2 Department of Biocontrol, Institute of Plant Protection, Poznan,
Poland. 3CSIRO Entomology, Canberra,
Australia
sherrero@uv.es |
| Hill |
Ronald J. |
Functional annotation of new genome sequences; New
lepidopteran sequenceprojects and sequence depositories; Receptors
and ligands and structural biology |
Ecdysone Receptor Function and
Structure |
Graham LD1 Hannan GN1 Pawlak A1 Noyce L1 Tohidi-Esfahani D1
Pollard M1 Howell L3 Fernley R2 Lovrecz G2 Lu L2 Phan T2 Carmichael
J2 Pilling P2 Johnson WM3 Bliese M3 Turner K3 Streltsov V2 Peat T2 O
BMeara T2 Winkler D3 Lawrence MC2 and HILL RJ1 CSIRO Molecular and
Health Technologies 1 PO Box 184 North Ryde NSW 1670 2 342 Royal
Parade Parkville VIC 3052 and 3 Bayview Avenue Clayton VIC 3168
Australia. ron.hill@csiro.au |
| Hiruma |
Kiyoshi |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry; Evolutionary
ecology network formation |
Regulation of juvenile hormone
biosynthesis by 20-hydroxyecdysone and peptide hormones. |
Kiyoshi HIRUMA(1), Yu Kaneko(1), Terunori
Kinjoh(1), Hitoshi Ueda(1), Naoki Yamanaka(2), Hiroshi Kataoka(2),
and Makoto Kiuchi(3)(1)Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Hirosaki University, JAPAN (2)The University of Tokyo, JAPAN
(3)National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences JAPAN
hiruma@.cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp |
| Hoffmann |
Klaus |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry; Functional
annotation of new genome sequences |
RNA interference as a tool to
analyze effects of allatotropins and allatostatins in the fall
armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda. |
Klaus H. HOFFMANN Martina Meyering-Vos and Manuela Griebler.
Animal Ecology I University of Bayreuth 95440 Bayreuth Germany
klaus.hoffmann@uni-bayreuth.de |
| Hori |
Hiroshi |
Whole
genome sequencing EST and linkage mapping projects |
Syntheny and Chromosome
Evolution in the Lepidoptera. Interspecies Cross Mapping between
Papilio polytes and P. alphenor. |
Madoka Obara, Mari Furukawa, Teruki Murayama and Hiroshi
HORI. Division of Biological Sciences Nagoya University Nagoya
Japan. hori@bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp |
| Hormann |
Robert |
Receptors and ligands and structural biology |
Independent Modulation of
Multiple Genes Using Modified Ecdysone Receptors |
O. Chortyk, J. Friz, C. Thompson, P. Kumar, C. Tice, B. Vertin,
R. Palli, M. Kumar, A. Meyer, T. Meteyer, H. Smith, D. Cress, B. Li,
and R. HORMANN |
| Iatrou |
Kostas |
Post-genomic and functional genomics tools and applications;
Viruses other pathogens and pest control |
Baculovirus engineering for
improved protein expression in insect cell lines and mammalian cell
transduction. |
Luc Swevers, Rodica Efrose, Konstantinos Ioannidis, Kostas
IATROU. Institute of Biology, NCSR Demokritos. Athens Greece.
iatrou@bio.demokritos.gr |
| Iga |
Masatoshi |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry |
Relationship between Halloween
genes expression and ecdysteroids biosynthesis in cotton leafworm
Spodoptera littoralis. |
Masatoshi IGA and Guy Smagghe. Laboratory of Agrozoology
Department of Crop Protection Faculty of Bioscience Engineering.
Ghent University. Coupure links 653 B-9000 Ghent Belgium.
masatoshi.iga@ugent.be |
| Ikonomidou
|
Vassiliki |
Receptors and ligands and structural biology |
Silkmoth chorion
proteins: a protective role for amyloid. |
Vassiliki ICONOMIDOU and
Stavros Hamodrakas. University of Athens, Faculty of Biology, Dept.
of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Athens, Greece.
veconom@biol.uoa.gr |
| Ioannidis |
Konstantinos |
Transgenesis and paratransgenesis; Viruses other
pathogens and pest control |
Baculovirus engineering: A viral RNA
polymerase deficient virus. |
Konstantinos IOANNIDIS, Luc Swevers and Kostas Iatrou. Institute
of Biology, NCSR Demokritos, Athens, Greece.
kioan@bio.demokritos.gr |
| Ishibashi |
Jun |
Immunity |
Isolation and unique
post-translational modification of a novel antiviral protein against
nucleopolyhedrovirus in the silkworm Bombyx mori.
|
Jun ISHIBASHI 1 Aki Sagisaka 1 Tomoya Sunagawa 2 Eiji Kotani
3 Hiromitsu Tanaka 1 Hajime Mori 3 Minoru Yamakawa 1 Innate Immunity
Research Unit Nat Institute of Agrobiological Sciences Tsukuba
305-8634 Ibaraki Japan 2 Graduate School of Life and Environmental
Sciences University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8572 Japan 3
Insect Biomedical Research Center Kyoto Institute of Technology
Matsugasaki Kyoto 606-8582 Japan
bishiba@nias.affrc.go.jp |
Iwamasu |
Takuma |
|
The expression levels of the
housekeeping genes in various silkworm, Bombyx mori,
strains. |
T. Iwamatsu1, S. Murakami1, H. Kojima2, Y. Kitazawa1, H.
Fujimori1, M. Katada1, T. Yokoyama1, O. Ninagi1 |
| Jacquin-Joly |
Emmanuelle |
Whole genome sequencing EST and linkage mapping projects,
Chemical ecology, New lepidopteran sequenceprojects and sequence
depositories,Functional annotation of new genome sequences,
Evolutionary ecology network formation |
An Expressed Sequence Tag
collection from the male antennae of the Noctuid moth Spodoptera
littoralis: a ressource for olfactory and pheromone detection
research. |
Sebastien Malpel (1), Fabrice Legeai (2), Francois Cousseran
(3), Marie-Christine Francois (1), Christelle Monsempes (1), Martine
Maibeche-Coisne; (1), Patrick Wincker (4), and Emmanuelle
JACQUIN-JOLY (1)
(1)INRA, UMR 1272 INRA-UPMC PISC Physiologie de l'Insecte : Signalisation et Communication, route de Saint-Cyr, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France.2 INRA-Bio3P/IRISA, equipe Symbiose, Campus universitaire de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France.3 INRA, UMR 1231 INRA-Universite Montpellier II BIVI, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.4Genoscope, Centre National de Sequencage, 2 rue Gaston Cremieux, BP 191, F-91057 Evry Cedex, France.
jacquin@versailles.inra.fr |
| Joron |
Mathieu |
Whole
genome sequencing EST and linkage mapping projects; Comparative
genomics evolution and phylogeny; New lepidopteran sequenceprojects
and sequence depositories; Functional annotation of new genome
sequences; Evolutionary ecology network formation |
Molecular evolution of a
colour-pattern supergene in Heliconius numata. |
Mathieu Joron, Laura Ferguson, Chris Jiggins, Richard
ffrench-Constant. CNRS UMR 7205, Museum National d'Histoire
Naturelle, Paris. joron@mnhn.fr |
| Kayukawa |
Takumi |
|
Developmental and hormonal regulation of Kruppel homolog 1 in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. |
Takumi Kayukawa 1, Chieka Minakuchi 1, 2, Daisuke Muramatsu 3, Toshiki Namiki 1, Makoto Kiuchi 1, Kiyoshi Hiruma 3, Tetsuro Shinoda 1
1National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan; 2Graduate School of Bio-Agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan; 3Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan |
| Kotwica |
Joanna |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry |
Localization of PER protein
during spermatogenesis and development of the male reproductive
system of the cotton leafworm (Spodoptera
littoralis). |
Joanna KOTWICA, Marta Polanska, Justyna Kwietniowska, Piotr
Bebas.Department of Animal Physiology, Intitute of Zoology, Faculty
of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
askako@biol.uw.edu.pl |
| Kourti |
Anna |
Development and differentiation; New lepidopteran
sequenceprojects and sequence depositories |
Expression of Hsp genes in response to
diapause and thermal stress in the Sesamia nonagrioides
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) |
Anna Kourti, Theodoros Gkouvitsas and Dimitrios Kontogiannatos
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of
Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 11855, Greece, kourti@aua.gr |
| Koussis |
Konstantinos |
Receptors and ligands and structural biology |
Towards the functional characterization of mosquito smell
components in lepidopteran tissue culture cells. |
Panagiota TSITOURA, Konstantinos Koussis, Luc
Swevers, and Kostas Iatrou. Institute of Biology, NCSR Demokritos,
Athens, Greece. ptsitour@bio.demokritos.gr |
| Kravariti |
Lara |
|
pending |
|
| Krieger |
Juergen |
Neurobiology and behaviour |
Molecular elements of pheromone
reception in moths. |
Juergen Krieger, Maike Forstner, Ewald Grosse-Wilde, Thomas
Gohl, Elisabeth Bouch,Inga Gondesen and Heinz Breer. University of
Hohenheim Institute of Physiology Stuttgart Germany.
krieger@uni-hohenheim.de |
| Kumar |
Venkatesh |
|
pending |
|
| Labropoulou |
Vassiliki |
Viruses
other pathogens and pest control |
The role of Ankyrin-repeat proteins of the polydnavirus CcBV
on lepidopteran immunity signaling pathways. |
Christiana MAGKRIOTI, Vassiliki Labropoulou and Kostas
Iatrou. Institute of Biology NCSR Demokritos. Athens Greece.
chmagk@bio.demokritos.gr |
| Lecanidou |
Rena |
Control of gene expression |
The three musketeers and the control of Bombyx mori chorion gene expression |
A. Papantonis1,2, S. Tsatsarounos1 and
R. LECANIDOU1 1Department of Biology, University of Athens, 15701
Athens, Greece 2Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of
Oxford, OX1 3RE Oxford,UK rlecanid@biol.uoa.gr |
| Legeai |
Fabrice |
Whole
genome sequencing EST and linkage mapping projects; New lepidopteran
sequenceprojects and sequence depositories; Functional annotation of
new genome sequences |
LepidoDB, a new bioinformatic
platform for the annotation and cross-comparisons of lepidopteran
genomes. |
Fabrice Legeai 1, Emmanuelle d'Alencon 2 , Francois Cousserans 2, Hideki Sezutsu 3, Emmanuelle Permal 4, Karl Gordon 5 , Hadi Quesneville 4, Rene Feyereisen 3 and Philippe Fournier 2
1 INRA BiO3P, INRIA Rennes-Bretagne-Atlantique, Campus Beaulieu 35042 Rennes cedex
2 Biologie Integrative et Virologie des Insectes, UMR 1231, INRA, Universite Montpellier II, Place Eugene Bataillon, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
3 Interactions Biotiques et Sante Vegetale, UMR INRA-CNRS-Universite Nice, 400 rte Chappes, BP167, 06903 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France
4 Unite de Recherche en Genomique-Info, UR INRA, Centre de Versailles, France
5 CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
fabrice.legeai@rennes.inra.fr |
| Lehtonen |
Rainer |
|
The Glanville fritillary butterfly - genetics and genomics |
Rainer LEHTONEN1, Lars Paulin2, Patrik Koskinen2, Virpi Ahola1, Jouni Kvist2, Eva Task1, Liisa Holm2, Mikko Frilander2, Petri Auvinen2, Ilkka Hanski1
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 2Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. |
| Luo |
Shiqi |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry; New
lepidopteran sequenceprojects and sequence depositories;
Evolutionary ecology network formation |
Acetylcholinesterase genes in the
Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia;
Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). |
Shiqi LUO, Chang Shu, Rongjiang Wang,
Chongren Xu School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing
100871, P.R.China luoshiqi1986@yahoo.com.cn |
| Magkrioti |
Christiana |
Viruses
other pathogens and pest control |
The role of Ankyrin-repeat
proteins of the polydnavirus CcBV on lepidopteran immunity signaling
pathways. |
Christiana MAGKRIOTI, Vassiliki Labropoulou and Kostas
Iatrou. Institute of Biology NCSR Demokritos. Athens Greece.
chmagk@bio.demokritos.gr |
| Marcus |
Jeffrey |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny;
Development and differentiation;
New lepidopteran
sequenceprojects and sequence depositories; Functional annotation of
new genome sequences; Evolutionary ecology network formation |
Phylogenomic approaches to color
pattern evolution and development. |
Jeffrey MARCUS Department of Biological Sciences, University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada marcus@cc.umanitoba.ca
|
| Marec |
Frantisek |
Comparative genomics evolution and phylogeny |
Tracking sex chromosome
evolution in Lepidoptera. |
Frantisek MAREC Magda Vitkova Martina Dalikova Jindra Sichova
Miroslava Sykorova Petr Nguyen Ken Sahara and Walther Traut. Biology
Centre ASCR Institute of Entomology Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
marec@entu.cas.c |
| Meng |
Yan |
Neurobiology and behaviour; Endocrinology physiology and
biochemistry |
The silkworm mutant lemon
(lemon lethal) is a potential insect model for human
Sepiapterin reductase deficiency |
Yan Meng1, Susumu Katsuma1, Takaaki Daimon1, Yutaka
Banno2, Keiro Uchino3, Hideki Sezutsu3, Toshiki Tamura3, Kazuei
Mita4, and Toru Shimada1. 1Department of
Agricultural and Environmental Biology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo
113-8657, Japan; 2Institute of Genetic Resources, Kyushu University,
Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan; 3Transgenic Silkworm Research Center,
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki 305-8634,
Japan; 4Insect Sciences Department, National Institute of
Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan.
meng@ss.ab.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
| Mita |
Kazuei |
|
The genome of a lepidopteran
model insect, the silkworm Bombyx mori. |
Q. Xia1 and K. Mita2 |
| Mueller |
Anke |
Immunity |
Endocytotic capabilities
of Manduca sexta hemocytes. |
Anke MUELLER, Tina
Trenczek. Institute of General and Applied Zoology, Justus-Liebig
University of Giessen, Germany.
Anke.Mueller@allzool.bio.uni-giessen.de |
| Murakami |
Satoshi |
|
Lifespan Differences among the strains
of The Silkworm |
S. Murakami1, T. Iwamatsu1, Y. Kitazawa1, M.
Katada1, W. Hara2, H. Kojima3, K. Takahashi1, T. Yokoyama1, O.
Ninagi1. 1Laboratory of Sericultural Science, United Graduate
School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and
Technology, Futyu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan; 2Nat`l Institute of Agro
biological Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan; 3Weed Science
Center, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 321-8505, Japan.
50007951018@st.tuat.ac.jp |
| Nagaraju |
Javaregowda |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny |
Two functional Doublesex
proteins are produced in the female silkmoths, and are essential for
sexual differentiation. |
J.N. Shukla and J. NAGARAJU. Centre of
Excellence for Genetics and Genomics of Silkmoths, Laboratory of
Molecular Genetics, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics,
Nampally, Hyderabad 500001, India. jnagaraju@cdfd.org.in |
| Nakajima |
Yumiko |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny |
The feature of Cecropia-ITR-MLE
in BmTNML locus of B. mandarina distribute in Japan, China,
Korea, and Taiwan |
Y. Kawanishi1, Y. Kamauchi1, Y. Banno2, S. K. Nho3, Yu-Feng
Hsu4, K. Ueda5, M. Yago6, K. Odagiri7, H. Maekawa1, and Y. Nakajima1
1Div. Functional Genomics, Center of Molecular Biosciences,
University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, 903-0213 Japan; 2 Dept. of
Genetic Resources Technology, Graduate School of Bioresource and
Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581,
Japan; 3College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National
University, Daegu 702-701, Korea; 4Dept. of Life Science, National
Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 10610, Taiwan; 5Kitakyushu Museum
of National History and Human History, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 805-0071,
Japan; 6 Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics, Department of
Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of
Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; 7 Graduate School of Social and
Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 810-8560, Japan
yumiko28@comb.u-ryukyu.ac.jp |
| Navarro-Cerrillo |
Gloria |
Viruses other pathogens and pest control |
Two novel midgut
proteins induced in response to Bacillus thuringiensis
toxins in different Lepidoptera species. |
GLORIA
NAVARRO-CERRILLO1, Manuela Barneo-Munoz1, Juan Ferre1, Karl Gordon2
and Salvador Herrero1. 1 Department of Genetics, University of
Valencia, SPAIN. 2 CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia.
naceglo@uv.es |
| Nguyen |
Petr |
Comparative genomics evolution and phylogeny |
On The Z-chromosome Synteny In
Lepidoptera. |
Petr NGUYEN, Martina Dalikova, Magda Vitkova, Youta Naito, C
Jindra Sichova, Lisa G. Neven, Ken Sahara, Frantisek Marec. Biology
Centre ASCR Institute of Entomology CZ-370 05 Ceske Budejovice Czech
Republic. mao_626@yahoo.com |
| Ninagi |
Osamu |
|
Establishment of the
segregation models for Bt toxins and the linkage analysis of
resistant genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. |
Osamu NINAGI1), Takuya Takiguchi1), Masumi
Awaji1), Takeshi Yokoyama1), Toru Shimada2), Kimiko Yamamoto3), and
Kazuhisa Miyamoto3) |
| Palli |
Reddy Subba |
Endocrinology physiology and
biochemistry |
Differential action of juvenile
hormone analog methoprene in moths and mosquitoes. |
Subba.R.Palli, R. Parthasarathy and Hua Bai. Department of
Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546.
rpalli@uky.edu |
| Pauchet |
Yannick |
New
lepidopteran sequence projects and sequence depositories; |
Manduca midgut
transcriptomics |
Yannick Pauchet Alexie Papanicolaou Heiko Vogel David G.
Heckel Richard H. ffrench-Constant School of Biosciences University
of Exeter in Cornwall Penryn UK Max Plank Institute for Chemical
Ecology Jena Germany Y.Pauchet@exeter.ac.uk |
| Polanska |
Marta |
Neurobiology and behaviour |
Neurogenesis during
post-embryonal development of the cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera
littoralis. |
Marta A. POLANSKA, Agnieszka Calek, and Piotr Bebas.
Department of Animal Physiology, Intitute of Zoology, Faculty of
Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
martap@biol.uw.edu.pl |
| Quan |
Guoxin |
Development and differentiation; Receptors and
ligands and structural biology |
The potential roles of the Receptor for
Activated C Kinase 1 in spruce budworm, Choristoneura
fumiferana. |
Guoxing QUAN, Daniel Doucet, Tim ladd,
Peter J. Krell and Basil M. Arif1. Great Lakes Forestry Centre,
Canadian Forest Service, 1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie,
ON, Canada. gquan@nrcan.gc.ca |
| Roessingh |
Peter |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny |
Molecular genetics of host adaptation and ecological
speciation |
P. Roessingh, H. Breeuwer, B. Voetdijk
and S.B.J. Menken Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics,
University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Roessingh@uva.nl |
| Saccheri |
Ilik |
Whole
genome sequencing EST and linkage mapping projects; New lepidopteran
sequenceprojects and sequence; Evolutionary ecology network
formation |
Linkage map of the peppered
moth, Biston betularia (Geometridae), including
localization of the carbonaria morph switch and melanisation pathway
genes. |
Arjen vanct Hof, Nicola Edmonds, Frantisek
Marec & Ilik SACCHERI.School of Biological Sciences, University
of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB,
UK. saccheri@liv.ac.uk |
| Sakudoh |
Takashi |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry, Functional
annotation of new genome sequences |
Carotenoid Cocoon Coloration is
Controlled by a Combination of a CD36/SR-BI-related Transmembrane
Receptor and a Cytosolic START Lipid-binding Protein in the Silkworm
Bombyx mori |
Takashi Sakudoh1, Tetsuya Iizuka2, Junko Narukawa3, Hideki
Sezutsu2, Seigo Kuwazaki3, Yutaka Banno4, Naoko Takada1, Hirofumi
Fujimoto1, Keiko Kadono-Okuda3, Kazuei Mita3, Toshiki Tamura2,
Kimiko Yamamoto3 & Kozo Tsuchida1
1. Division of Radiological
Protection and Biology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases,
Tokyo, Japan, 2. Transgenic Silkworm Research Center, National
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan, 3. Insect
Genome, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki,
Japan, 4. Genetic Resources Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka,
Japan. sakudoh@nih.go.jp |
| Sezutsu |
Hideki |
Post-genomic and functional genomics tools and
applications |
Construction of enhancer trap
system and Bombyx Trap DataBase for the analysis of gene function in
silkworm Bombyx mori. |
H. SEZUTSU1, K. Uchino1, T. Daimon2, J. Sato2, M. Shimomura3, H.
Minami3, Y. Miyashita3, C. Sato3, I. Kobayashi1, KI. Tatematsu1, T.
Iizuka1, N. Yonemura1, T. Shimada2, K. Mita4, T.
Tamura1
1Transgenic Silkworm Research Center, National Institute
of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan; 2Graduate School of
Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo,
Japan; 3Mitsubishi Space Software Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; 4Insect
Genome Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
Tsukuba, Japan
hsezutsu@affrc.go.jp |
| Shinoda |
Tetsuro |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry, Functional
annotation of new genome sequences |
Molecular characterization of
juvenile hormone network genes in the silkmoth, Bombyx
mori. |
Tetsuro Shinoda, Takumi Kayukawa, Toru Togawa, Yasuhiro
Shimizu, Michiyo Yoshiyama, Mika Murata, Isao Kobayashi, Toshiki
Tamura, and Kazuei Mita
National Institute of Agrobiological
Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan. shinoda@affrc.go.jp |
| Sichova |
Jindra |
Comparative genomics evolution and phylogeny |
Laser microdissection of codling
moth Z chromosome for Zoo-FISH and sequence library. |
Jindra SICHOVA Magda Vitkova and Frantisek Marec Faculty of
Science University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
sichjindra@seznam.cz |
| Smagghe |
Guy |
|
Evaluation of uptake of dsRNA in cell
cultures of the insect midgut. |
Hanneke Huvenne, Masatoshi Iga and Guy Smagghe
|
| |
Herbivory by Spodoptera
littoralis is a trigger for NICTABA lectin in tobacco
leaves. |
G. Vandenborre1,4, O. Miersch2, B.
Hause3, E. J. M. Van Damme1, C. Wasternack2 and G. Smagghe4 |
| Soni |
Shailesh |
Viruses
other pathogens and pest control |
Study Bacterial infectionof
tasar silkworm larvae in Bilaspur Division |
|
| Sperling |
Felix |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny;
New lepidopteran sequenceprojects and sequence depositories;
Evolutionary ecology network formation |
Relative utility of DNA markers
for delimiting Lepidoptera species, with particular reference to
spruce budworms (Choristoneura fumiferana complex).
|
F. A.
H. Sperling, L. M. Lumley |
| Swevers |
Luc |
Receptors and ligands and structural biology |
Evaluation of the specificity
and efficiency of ecdysone agonists in Bombyx mori and
Spodoptera littoralis by in vitro reporter assays and in
vivo toxicity assays. |
Thomas Soin Hadi Mosallanejad David Mart Georgia Kotzia
Rodica Efrose Kostas Iatrou Shunsuke Ozaki Shigeki Kitsuda Toshiyuki
Harada Yoshiaki Nakagawa Guy Smagghe Luc SWEVERS. Institute of
Biology National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos Greece.
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Ghent Belgium
Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
Department of Physiology and Molecular Biodiversity Institut de
Biologia Molecular de Barcelona Barcelona Spain.
swevers@bio.demokritos.gr |
| Takuya |
Tsubota |
Endocrinology physiology and biochemistry |
Characterization and Functional
Analysis of Juvenile Hormone Esterase-Related Genes in Silkworm,
Bombyx mori. |
Takuya TSUBOTA, Masaru Shimomura, Takehiko Ogura, Atsushi
Seino, Takayo Nakakura, Kazuei Mita, Tetsuro Shinoda and Takahiro
Shiotsuki.Invertebrate Gene Functional Research Unit, National
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan.
tsubota@affrc.go.jp |
| Tatematsu |
Ken-Ichiro |
Post-genomic and functional genomics tools and
applications; Transgenesis and paratransgenesis; Functional
annotation of new genome sequences; Evolutionary ecology network
formation |
Construction of a binary gene
expression system for the production of recombinant protein in the
middle silk gland of the silkworm Bombyx mori. |
Ken-ichiro TATEMATSU, Isao Kobayashi,
Keiro Uchino, Hideki Sezutsu, Tetsuya Iizuka, Naoyuki Yonemura,
Toshiki Tamura Transgenic Silkworm Research Center, National
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
K.Tatematsu@affrc.go.jp
|
| Terenius |
Olle |
Immunity |
Superfamily-dependency of
Hemolin involvement in viral defence. |
Olle TERENIUS Holly JR Popham Michael Strand and Kent S
Shelby Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences Uppsala Sweden USDA Agricultural Research Service
Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory Columbia MO USA
Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
Aolle.terenius@ekol.slu.se |
| Traut |
Walther |
Development and differentiation |
Transcriptional activity of the
W chromosome. |
Walther TRAUT, Frantisek Marec and Ken Sahara Institut fuer
Biologie Universitaet Luebeck Germany traut@molbio.uni-luebeck.de,
Biology Centre ASCR Institute of Entomologyand Faculty of Science
University of South Bohemia Ceske BudejoviceC Czech Republic
marec@entu.cas.cz, Lab. Applied Molecular Entomology, Graduate
School of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
sahara@abs.agr.hokudai.ac.jp |
| Tsatsarounos
|
Sotiris |
Control of gene expression |
The three musketeers and the control of
Bombyx mori chorion gene expression |
A. Papantonis1,2, S. Tsatsarounos1 and
R. LECANIDOU1 1Department of Biology, University of Athens, 15701
Athens, Greece 2Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of
Oxford, OX1 3RE Oxford,UK rlecanid@biol.uoa.gr |
| Tsitoura |
Panagiota |
Receptors and ligands and structural biology |
Towards the functional
characterization of mosquito smell components in lepidopteran tissue
culture cells. |
Panagiota TSITOURA, Konstantinos Koussis, Luc
Swevers, and Kostas Iatrou. Institute of Biology, NCSR Demokritos,
Athens, Greece. ptsitour@bio.demokritos.gr |
| Vilcinskas |
Andreas |
Immunity |
The greater wax moth
Galleria mellonella as model mini-host for human pathogens.
|
Andreas VILCINSKAS 1, Boran Altincicek 1, Krishnendu
Mukherjee 1, Heiko VOGEL 2. Institute of Phytopathology and Applied
Zoology Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen Giessen Germany
Max-Planck-Institute of Chemical Ecology Jena Germany.
Andreas.Vilcinskas@agrar.uni-giessen.de |
| Vitkova |
Magda |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny |
Isolation Of Novel Repetitive
Sequences In Two Moths and a Butterfly By Means Of PCR with TRAS
Primers. |
Magda VITKOVA Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia
Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic Biology centre CAS Institute of
Entomology Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
vitkova@entu.cas.cz |
| Vogel |
Heiko |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny; New
lepidopteran sequenceprojects and sequence depositories; Functional
annotation of new genome sequences |
Comparative sequence signatures,
host plant shifts and birth-death dynamics of a coevolutionary key
innovation in a plant-insect interaction. |
Heiko VOGEL, Hanna M. Heidel-Fischer, David G. Heckel, and
Christopher W. Wheat. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology,
Beutenberg Campus, Jena, Germany. hvogel@ice.mpg.de |
| Vogt |
Richard |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny;
Development and differentiation; Neurobiology and behaviour;
Chemical ecology |
Proneural genes and the
regulation of olfactory sensilla phenotype.
|
Richard VOGT and Richard Campbell Dept.
Biological Sciences, Univ. South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
vogt@biol.sc.edu |
| Webb |
Bruce |
|
pending |
|
| Wu |
Jinmei |
Receptors and ligands and structural biology |
Silkmoth chorion: A
naturally designed protective amyloid |
|
| Yamaguchi |
Junichi |
Comparative genomics, evolution and phylogeny;
Development and differentiation; New lepidopteran sequenceprojects
and sequence depositories |
wnt1 plays a crucial role in the spot
marking formation on larval segment of Lepidoptera. |
Junichi Yamaguchi, Kimiko Yamamoto,
Junko Narukawa, Yutaka Banno, Kazuei Mita, and Haruhiko Fujiwara
Dept. of Integrated Biosciences Graduate School of Frontier
Sciences, University of Tokyo,Kashiwa,Japan
yama@ib.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
| Yamakawa |
Minoru |
Immunity; Functional annotation of new genome
sequences |
A genome-wide analysis of genes
and gene families involved in innate immunity of Bombyx
mori. |
Tanaka J. Ishibashi K. Fujita Y. Nakajima A. Sagisaka, K.
Tomimoto N. Suzuki M. Yoshiyama Y. Kaneko T. Iwasaki T. Sunagawa K.
Yamaji A. Asaoka K. Mita and M. YAMAKAWA. National Institute of
Agrobiological Sciences Tsukuba Japan and University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba Japan Ayamakawa@nias.affrc.go.jp |
| Zitnan |
Dusan |
Neurobiology and behaviour; Endocrinology physiology and
biochemistry |
Physiological consequences of
corazonin- and ETH-receptor expression in Bombyx
mori. |
Dusan Zitnan1, Ivana Daubnerova1,2, Ladislav
Roller1 and Michael E. Adams3 Institute of Zoology, SAV,C
Dubravska cesta 9, Bratislava, Slovakia dusan.zitnan@savba.sk
2Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius
University, Bratislava, Slovakia
3Depts of Entomology &
Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, 92521
USA |
