Speaker |
Institute/University/Country |
Title |
30 min Oral Presentations |
Robert Granados |
The Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University, USA |
Insect in vitro Culture Systems |
Guy Smagghe |
Ghent University, Belgium |
Use of cell cultures in the study of compounds with insect midgut action |
Reddy Palli |
University of Kentucky, USA |
Molecular analysis of midgut remodeling |
John Gatehouse |
University of Durham, UK |
Exploiting interactions of plant proteins with the insect midgut to produce novel insecticides |
Gary Felton |
Pennsylvania State University, USA |
Caterpillar secretions and the induction of antinutritional plant proteins |
Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena |
Johns Hopkins university, USA |
Molecular interactions between plasmodium and its mosquito vector |
Basil Arif |
CanadianForestService, Canada |
The role of midgut enzymes in the infectivity of baculoviruses |
Sarjeet Gill |
CaliforniaUniversity, Riverside, USA |
Mosquito midgut: interaction with toxins and viruses |
Qili Feng |
South China Normal University, China |
Gene and protein expression profiles in the midgut of Spodoptera litura during molting and metammorphosis |
Karl Gordon |
Australia CSIRO, Australia |
From digestion to defence - functional genomics of the midgut of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera |
Qingyu Xia |
Southwest University, China |
Insight into the midgut of domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori: genome-wide transcriptional profiling and proteomics |
Michael Adang |
GeorgiaUniversity, USA |
The insect midgut proteome and Bacillus thuringiensis toxin interactions |
Hideyuki Kajiwara |
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan |
Proteomic analysis of silkworm and the construction of its database |
Wang Ping |
Cornell University, USA |
The peritrophic membrane -- a midgut barrier interacting with host plants and microbial pathogens |
Dawn Luthe |
Pennsylvania State University, USA |
The plant bites back: A maize cysteine protease that attacks the caterpillar midgut |
Keyan Zhu-Salzman |
Texas A&M University, USA |
Gaining insight into insect counter-defense Regulation |
Just Vlak |
Wageningen University, Netherlands |
Functional significance of invertebrate virus peroral infectivity factors: an overview |
Xiaoya Chen |
Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS, China |
Silencing insect defense genes by RNA interference from plant to midgut |
15 min Oral Presentations |
Heiko Vogel |
Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany |
Large-scale transcriptional responses of Helicoverpa armigera to chemical and plant-induced stress |
Dalial Freitak |
Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany |
The role of the midgut in the immune response of an insect herbivore (Trichoplusia ni, Lepidoptera) |
Vidya Gupta |
Scientist, Plant Molecular Biology Unit, India |
Molecular diversity in digestive proteases of Helicoverpa armigera |
Yogesh Shouche |
National Centre for Cell Science, India |
Transcriptome analysis of Plasmodium-infected and uninfected midgut tissue of adult female Anopheles stephensi |
Daniel Selvaraj |
Scott Christian College, India |
Midgut histopathology of Corcyra cephalonica Stainton (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae infected with Bacillus thuringiensis KURSTAKI (Berliner) |
Ananda Mukhopadhyay |
University of North Bengal, India |
Profiles of midgut enzymes of two defoliating pests, Buzura suppressaria and Eterusia magnifica, consuming young and mature leaves of tea respectively in Darjeeling foothills, India |
Mayukh Sarker |
University of North Bengal, India |
Estimation of general esterases and glutathione S-transferases of midgut of sucking tea pest, Helopeltis theivora under insecticide-exposed and unexposed conditions from DarjeelingTerai, India |
Morena Casartelli |
Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy |
A megalin-like receptor is involved in protein endocytosis by Bombyx mori midgut cells in culture |
Keiko Kadono-Okuda |
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan |
Molecular genetics of Bombyx densovirus resistance genes expressed in the midgut |
Zhihong Hu |
Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS, China |
Functional studies of per os infectivity factors of Helicoverpa armigera single nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus |
Chikara Hirayama |
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan |
Regioselective formation of 5-O-glucosylated flavonoids and their role in the silkworm, Bombyx mori |
Kotaro Konno |
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan |
Mulberry defense by alkaloidal glycosidase inhibitors in latex and counteradaptation of Bombyx mori by inhibitor-insensitive glycosidases in midgut and other tissues |
Ahmad Dezianian |
University Putra Malaysia |
In vivo investigation on contamination comparison of eggs and potato tubers in Phthorimea operculella granulovirus (PTM) multiplication |
Bert Breugelmans |
Katholic University Leuven, Belgium |
The first pacifastin-like peptides in Lepidoptera: cloning, tissue distribution, recombinant production and activity. |
Nujira Tatun |
Chiang Mai University, Thailand |
Hormonal control of soluble and membrane-bound trehalase activities and gene expression in larval midgut of the bamboo borer, Omphisa fuscidentalis |
Martin Erlandson |
Agriculture and Agri-FoodCanada, Canada |
Midgut proteases of larval Mamestra configurata (bertha armyworm): Gene characterization and analysis of protease adaption on artificial and plant diets. |
Dwayne Hegedus |
Agriculture and Agri-FoodCanada, Canada |
Do serpins play a role in insect midgut physiology? |
Umut Toprak |
Agriculture and Agri-FoodCanada, Canada |
Characterization of new proteins from the Mamestra configurata midgut |
Ian Orchard |
University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada |
Diuresis in the blood-gorging bug, Rhodnius prolixus (the vector of Chagas’ disease) |
Barbara(Angela) Lange |
University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada |
Distribution and function of neuropeptides in midgut endocrine cells of insects |
John Christeller |
Horticulture & Food Research Institute, New Zealand |
The nutritional regulation of larval midgut lipase gene expresssion in the tortricid, Epiphyas postvittana |
Robert Simpson |
Hort Research, New Zealand |
The ‘neutral’ aminopeptidases of the lightbrown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana, Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) |
Agata Jakubowska |
University of Valencia, Spain |
Identification and recombinant expression of a novel chitin-binding protein from the midgut of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera |
Salvador Herrero |
University of Valencia, Spain |
REPAT, a novel family of proteins from Spodoptera exigua involved in the response to Bacillus thuringiensis and baculovirus |
Haines Lee |
LiverpoolSchool of Tropical Medicine, UK |
Unravelling the mysteries of vector competence in the tsetse fly |
Que Lan |
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
Lipid uptake through the midgut in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti |
Yidong Wu |
Nanjing Agricultural University, China |
Mutated cadherin alleles associated with Cry1Ac resistance in Helicoverpa armigera |
Lizhen Chen |
Institute of Plant Protection, ChineseAcademy of Agricultural Sciences, China |
Proteomic analysis of novel Cry1Ac binding proteins in Helicoverpa armigera |
Wenyin He |
South China Normal University, China |
Identification of midgut-specific genes expressed in the Spodoptera litura midgut |
Yongping Huang |
Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS |
Resistance of silkworm to DNV virus in the gut system |
Gaulle Le Goff |
INRA, Insect Functional Genomics laboratory, France |
Effects of hormone agonists in a lepidopteran cell line Sf9 |
Shihong Jiang |
Shenzhen Polytechnic, China |
The anatomy structure comparison and the function analysis of the midgut of the different order’s insects |
Poster Presentations |
Maeva Giraudo |
INRA, Insect Functional Genomics laboratory, France |
Xenobiotics effects on Spodoptera frugiperda midgut and Sf9 cell line |
Mahaswetta Saikia |
University of Delhi, India |
Identification of midgut serine proteinases from the larvae of Antheraea assama (Westwood) reflects host 'plant choice' |
Abolfazl Asadi Dizaji |
Islamic Azad Shabestar University, Iran |
Sensitive to honey bee stings |
Luisa Fiandra |
Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy |
Permeability of lepidopteran larval midgut to the potential insecticidal peptides proctolin and TMOF |
Gaia Cermenati |
Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy |
Cell penetration and electrophysiological effects of an insect parvovirus in the midgut of Spodoptera frugiperda |
Khondkar Ehheshamul Kabir |
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan |
In vivoentomotoxic and micro-morphological effects of Serratia marcescens chitinase on the larvae of Eri silkworm, Samiaricini (Lepidoptera: Saturindae) as a Biological Pest Control Agent (BCA)(Biopesticides) with special reference to its chitinolytic activity on the chitin-rich structures in the digestivesystem |
Naoya Wasano |
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan |
A novel latex protein confers insect resistance on mulberry trees: Involvement of the chitin-binding protein in larval toxicity in the midgut of caterpillars |
Seiji Miyake |
The United GraduateSchool of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, Japan |
Molecular cloning, tissue and cellular characterization of two isoforms of aquaporin in silkworms, differently expressed in the hindgut and midgut of Bombyx mori |
Mark Teese |
CSIRO, Australia |
Putative identification of carboxylesterase isozymes from Helicoverpa armigera, the cotton bollworm |
Silvia Caccia |
Ghent University, Belgium |
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin binding and pore forming activity in brush border membrane vesicles prepared from anterior and posterior midgut of lepidopteran larvae |
Larry Gringorten |
Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Canada |
Fate of cytotoxic leaf compounds in the lepidopteran midgut - an in vitro study |
Yonggyun Kim |
Andong National University, Korea |
Synergistic pathogenesis of two entomopathogenic bacteria against the beet armyworm of Spodoptera exigua |
Qinying Wang |
College of Plant Protection, Agricultural University of Hebei, China |
Effect of an insecticidal toxin from Xenorhabdus nematophila to midgut and proteinases of Plutella xylostella larvae |
Jun Yang |
College of Plant Protection, Agricultural University of Hebei, China |
Influence of a protein toxin from Xenorhabdus nematophila on the peritrophic membrane of Helicoverpa armigera |
Chenxi Liu |
Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, China |
Determination of the binding region on 120 kDa aminopeptidase N for Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cry1Ab in Helicoverpa armigera |
Yihua Yang |
Nanjing Agricultural University, China |
Overexpression of multiple cytochrome P450 genes in a pyrethroid resistance strain of Helicoverpa armigera and functional expression of cyp9a12 & cyp9a14 |
Changyou Li |
Qingdao Agricultural University, China |
AcMNPV chitinase disrupts the peritrophic membrane and enhances insecticidal activity of Bt and NPV to Helicoverpa armigera |
Jisheng Liu |
South China Normal University, China |
Protein expression profiles in the midgut of Spodoptera litura during molting and metamorphosis or feeding on different host plants |
Daohua Zhou |
South China Normal University, China |
Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the midguts of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) at 5th to 6th molting, feeding 6th instar and prepupal stages |
Xingrong Guo |
South China Normal University, China |
Cloning and identification of sterol carrier protein cDNA from the midgut of Spodoptera litura |
Mingjiong Liao |
South China Normal University, China |
Ultrastructural changes and programmed cell death of the midgut epithelium of Spodoptera litura during molting and metammorphosis |
Chi Hao |
College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, China |
Study on mode of action of microcystin-LR on the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa amerigera (HÜBNER) |
Fangqiang Zheng |
College of Plant Protection, Agricultural University of Shandong, China |
Ultrastructure of larval midgut of Chinese chive fungus gnat Bradysia odoriphaga (Diptera: Sciaridae) |
Jianghong Li |
College of Bee Science, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University, China |
Effects of Enhancin, Calcoflour and Congo Red on the Protein Compositions of Peritrophic Membrane and Midgut Physiological Functions of Trichoplusia ni |
Guy Smagghe |
Ghent University, Belgium |
Identification and characterization of protein receptors in the midgut of the cotton leafworm as target for snowdrop lectin |
Registered Presentations