Chemical Communication in a Post-Genomic World
Organized by May Berenbaum and Gene Robinson
January 17-29, 2003
Irvine, CA
Day I: Genomics of Chemical Attraction
Morning Session - Genomics of Olfaction
John Winter, Conservation Scientist, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington
Genomics of olfaction in Caenorhabditis elegans
Cori Bargmann, UCSF
Genomics of olfaction in Drosophila melanogaster
John Carlson, Yale University
Genomics of olfactory receptors in rodents
Linda Buck, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Pheromone regulation of division of labor in honey bee colonies: from behavior to gene expression profiles in the brain
Gene Robinson, UIUC
Afternoon Session - Molecular Genetics, Evolution, and Biochemistry of Attractant Signaling
Molecular evolution of the insect and nematode chemoreceptor superfamilies
Hugh Robertson, UIUC
Molecular genetics of pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera
Wendell Roelofs, Cornell University
Central Processing of Chemosensory Signals: Anticipating Post-Genomic Opportunities
John Hildebrand, University of Arizona
Interactions of insects with bacterial symbionts
Nancy Moran, University of Arizona
Evening Session
Can We Survive Without Natural Products Chemistry?
Thomas Eisner, Cornell University
The role of natural products chemistry in a post-genomic world
Jerrold Meinwald, Cornell University
Day 2: Molecular genetics/genomics of chemical repulsion and defense
Morning Session: Predator/prey and pathogen/host interactions
Venomous Cone Snails, Specialists in Neuropharmacology: Reconstructing an Evolutionary History of Drug Development
Baldomero Olivera, University of Utah
How Bacteria Talk to Each Other
Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University
Streptomyces secondary metabolites: much more than weapons of mass destruction
Sir David Hopwood, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park
Transcriptional reprogramming and secondary metabolite accumulation during plant/pathogen interactions
Klaus Hahlbrock, Max Planck Institute
Afternoon Session: Plant/Insect Interactions
Allopolyploid speciation and its effects on ecological adaptations: Plant-herbivore interactions in Nicotiana native to North America
Ian Baldwin, Max Planck Institute
Signaling for Herbivore Resistance in Solaneceae Species: Systemins, Prosystemins, and the Symstemin Receptor
Clarence Ryan, Washington State University
Genomics of plant/insect interactions in Arabidopsis
Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Max Planck Institute
Cytochrome P450s in insects—an embarrassment of riches
May Berenbaum, UIUC
