Chemical Ecology: The Chemistry of Biotic Interaction
Organized by Thomas Eisner and Jerrold Meinwald
March 25-26, 1994
Washington, DC
Co-Chairman:
Jerrold Meinwald
Thomas Eisner
Friday, March 25
Bruce Alberts, President, NAS, Welcome
Opening Remarks: Jerrold Meinwald / Thomas Eisner, Cornell University
Session One
Moderated by Amos Smith, University of Pennsylvania
The Chemistry of Defense
May Berenbaum, University of Illinois
The Chemistry of Poisons
John W. Daly, National Institutes of Health
The Chemistry of Phyletic Dominance
Jerrold Meinwald, Cornell University
Session Two
Moderated by Ian Baldwin, State University of New York, Buffalo
The Chemistry of Social Regulation
Berthold Hölldobler, Theodor-Boveri-Institute für Biowissenschaften Wurzburg, Germany
The Chemistry of Eavesdropping, Alarm and Deceit
James Tumlinson, USDA-ARS
The Chemistry of a Virus-Parasite-Host Relationship
Max Summers, Texas A&M University
Saturday, March 26
Session Three
Moderated by Arnold Brossi, Georgetown University
The Chemistry of Gamete attraction
Wilhelm Boland, Institut für Organische Chemie Karlsruhe, Germany
The Chemistry of Sex Attraction
Wendell Roelofs, Cornell University
The Chemistry of Mate Assessment
Thomas Eisner, Cornell University
Session Four
Moderated by Gunner Bergström, Göteborg University
The Chemistry of Signal Transduction
Jon Clardy, Cornell University
The Chemistry of Underwater Signaling
Jelle Atema, Boston University Marine Program
Analysis of Chemical Signals by Nervous Systems
John Hildebrand, University of Arizona
Chemical Ecology: A View from the Pharmaceutical Industry
Lynn Caporale, Merck & Co.
Round Table Discussion and/or concluding remarks
Thomas Eisner / Jerrold Meinwald, Cornell University
Organizing Committee:
May Berenbaum
Thomas Eisner
John Hildebrand
Jerrold Meinwald
James Tumlinson
Industrial Sponsors:
American Cyanamid
Givaudan-Roure
Merck & Co.
Monsanto
Rohm and Haas
Schering-Plough Research Institute
Stering Winthrop Inc.
Syntex
Takasago International Corp.
Zeneca
