Inspirational Advances in Social Insect Evolution via Integrative Omics Approach

Organizer(s)

• HL

  Hongmei Li-Byarlay

  Associate Professor
  Agricultural Research Development Program
  Central State University
  Wilberforce, Ohio
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  Sandra Rehan

  Associate Professor of Biology
  Biology
  York University
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Social insect societies exhibit such complex behaviors. Studies of sociality in diverse insect models using new omics tools are important to understand the science behind it. Our symposium will inspire entomologists through discussion, presentations, and engaging dialogues. The symposium will explore behavioral studies across taxonomic groups.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PT

  Intragenomic conflicts and their epigenetic basis in honey bees
  

  Presenting Author: Sean Bresnahan – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-author: Shaun Mahony – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Heather M. Hines – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-author: Amro Zayed – York University

  Co-author: Michael Axtell – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Christina M. Grozinger – Pennsylvania State University
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PT

  Mean dads mean kids? Epigenetic mechanism underlying paternal inheritance of aggressive behavior in honeybees
  

  Presenting Author: Hongmei Li-Byarlay – Central State University

  Co-author: Ellen Lee – Wright State University

  Co-author: Sean Bresnahan – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-author: Myra Dickey – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Christina M. Grozinger – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Juliana Rangel – Texas A&M University
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PT

  eQTL mapping of hygienic behavior in honey bees
  

  Presenting Author: Olav Rueppell – University of Alberta

  Co-author: Phoebe Snyder – University of North Carolina

  Co-author: Tal Erez – Agricultural Research Organization

  Co-author: Jennifer Hofmeyr – University of Alberta

  Co-author: Victoria Soroker – Agricultural Research Organization
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PT

  Innate immune system components reduce infection intensity and prevalence of Nosema in the honeybee Apis mellifera
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica Webb – University of California

  Co-author: Jinhui Zhou – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

  Co-author: Boris Baer – University of California
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PT

  Break
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PT

  Functional genomics of aggression in Polistes fuscatus paper wasps
  

  Presenting Author: Alexander Walton – University of Alberta
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PT

  Parasitic manipulation of the neurogenomic state and caste-related traits of social wasps
  

  Presenting Author: Floria Uy – University of Rochester

  Co-author: Rafael Carvalho da Silva – University of Rochester

  Co-author: Hannah Cook – University of Rochester

  Co-author: Christopher Jernigan – Cornell University
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PT

  Single-step origin of a socially parasitic ant
  

  Presenting Author: Waring Trible – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Samuel V. Arsenault – Harvard University

  Co-author: Vikram Chandra – Harvard University

  Co-author: Kip Lacy – Rockefeller University

  Co-author: Gina Limón – New York University School of Medicine

  Co-author: Sean McKenzie – Oxford Nanopore Technologies

  Co-author: Leonora Cisneros – Rockefeller University

  Co-Author: Daniel Kronauer – Rockefeller University
• 3:30 PM – 3:50 PM PT

  Discussion