Current Development and Research of Insect Repellents

Organizer(s)

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  Mustapha Debboun, BCE

  Medical & Veterinary Entomologist/General Manager
  Public Health
  Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District
  Visalia, California

Moderator(s)

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  Agenor Mafra-Neto

  Chief Executive Officer
  Executive
  ISCA Technologies
  Riverside, California

This symposium will highlight the current advances in innvation and scientific research among national and international insect repellent researchers from the academia, industry, and government in theie important role in human personal protective measures against the serious public health challenge of insect bites and vector-borne diseases.

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Mustapha Debboun, BCE – Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District
• 9:05 AM – 9:22 AM PT

  Odorant receptor 3D structures reveal clues about repellent mechanisms
  

  Presenting Author: Robert Renthal – University of Texas at San Antonio

  Co-author: Liao Chen – University of Texas
• 9:39 AM – 9:56 AM PT

  How repellents work in ticks? Complex strategies by a simpler system
  

  Presenting Author: Zainulabeuddin Syed – University of Kentucky
• 9:56 AM – 10:13 AM PT

  Novel development of natural product product-based repellent
  

  Presenting Author: Junwei J. Zhu – USDA-ARS
• 10:13 AM – 10:23 AM PT

  Break
• 10:23 AM – 10:40 AM PT

  Light traps underestimate the entomological impact of the indoor spatial repellent Mosquito Shield against bites from Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Madeleine Chura – SC Johnson

  Co-author: Thomas Mascari – SC Johnson
• 10:40 AM – 10:57 AM PT

  The efficacy of novel repellents against key arthropod vectors in Southeast Asia
  

  Presenting Author: Alongkot Ponlawat – Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences

  Co-author: Ratree Takhampunya – U.S. Army

  Co-author: Piyada Charoensinphon – U.S. Army

  Co-author: Patrick McCardle – U.S. Army

  Co-Author: Erica J. Lindroth, BCE – U.S. Army
• 10:57 AM – 11:14 AM PT

  Repellents for agricultural pest management
  

  Presenting Author: Agenor Mafra-Neto – ISCA Technologies
• 11:14 AM – 11:20 AM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Mustapha Debboun, BCE – Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District