Programme

Programme

ISEPEP7 takes place at at the Technology building of EULS, Kreutzwaldi 56 (see the maps at http://conference.emu.ee/conferences/isepep7/practical-issues/maps/), in room A204. Coffee breaks and catering will be served in the same building, room A202

 

Monday 31 July 2017

Arrival

16:00-20:00        Registration

18:00-20:00        Drinks and snacks

 

Tuesday, 1 August 2017

Registration open 08:00 –

09:00-09:15        Welcome and practical information

09:15-10:45        Keynote presentation: „On categories and kinds of insect cold tolerance: ‘How Many Kinds of Frozen’ revisited“ (Brent Sinclair)

10:45-11:15        Coffee break

11:15-13:00        Session 1 (session chair Vladimír Košťál)

11:15-11:35 Enriquez, Thomas. Cold acclimation favors metabolic stability in Drosophila suzukii.

11:35-11:55 Salachan, Paul Vinu. Effect of developmental and adult thermal fluctuations on heat and cold acclimation.

11:55-12:15 Henry, Youn.  Interactions between nutrient balance and gut microbiota as deciding processes for thermal stress resistance in Drosophila melanogaster.

12:15-12:35 Toxopeus, Jantina. Manipulating the transcriptome and metabolome of the spring field cricket, Gryllus veletis: insights into insect freeze tolerance.

12:35-12:55 Ditrich, Tomáš. Relationship among different metrics of insect cold tolerance.

13:00-14:00        Lunch

14:00-15:30        Session 2 (session chair Brent Sinclair)

14:00-14:20 Freda, Philip. Identifying mechanisms of cold hardiness across metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster.

14:20-14:40 Li, Natalia. Some physiological narratives about the cold resistance of Siberian insects.

14:40-15:00 Kruus, Eha. Frequency of seasons suboptimal for invertebrate overwintering

15:00-15:20 Marshall, Katie. Transcriptomic responses to freezing stress in the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides.

15:30-16:00        Coffee break

16:00-18:00        Poster session

 

Wednesday, 2 August 2017

09:30-09:45        Welcome and practical information

09:45-10:45        Keynote presentation: „Ice and glass transitions in body fluids of freeze-tolerant insects“ (Vladimír Košťál)

10:45-11:15        Coffee break

11:15-13:00        Session 3 (session chair Philipp Lehmann)

11:15-11:35          Rozsypal, Jan. Survival of internal ice formation in freeze avoiding insect, Pyrrhocoris apterus: role of inoculation by external ice.

11:35-11:55          Štětina, Tomas. Study on the nature of freeze injury: a morphological approach.

11:55-12:15       Kutcherov, Dmitry. Temperature responses of a subarctic springtail under local warming.

12:15-12:35     Mensch, Julian. Accelerating chill coma recovery time in a cold susceptible Drosophila by introgression and selection.

12:35-12:55    Des Marteaux, Lauren. Cold acclimation in a chill-susceptible field cricket: effects on structure and active transport function in ionoregulatory tissues.

13:00-14:00        Lunch

14:00-16:00        Session 4 (session chair Tatjana Krama)

14:00-14:20   Dowle, Edwina. Restless slumber: transcriptional dynamics during winter diapause drives the evolution of summer emergence phenology of Rhagoletis flies.

14:20-14:40    Lebenzon, Jacqueline. Mitophagy drives metabolic suppression during diapause in the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).

14:40-15:00  Ragland, Gregory. Integrating comparative ‘omics data to dissect the mechanisms underlying rapid evolution of phenology in the wild.

15:00-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-15:50   Lehmann, Philipp. Metabolome dynamics of diapause in the butterfly Pieris napi during maintenance, termination and post-diapause development.

15:50-16:10  Sørensen, Jesper. Thermal acclimation ability in Drosophila.

16:10-16:30   Vasheka, Olena. Phenotypic plasticity of two Asplenium species growing in different environmental conditions on the central Apennines.

17:00-19:00        City tour

 

Thursday, 3 August 2017

09:00-09:15        Welcome and practical information

09:15-10:45        Keynote presentation – „The genetic diversity of restricted wild bumblebees (Bombus) was already low a century ago before the agricultural intensification: a case study in Belgium with historical specimens (1913-1915) with recent ones (2013-2015)“ (Guy Smagghe)

10:45-11:15        Coffee break

11:15-13:00        Session 5 (session chair Guy Smagghe)

11:15-11:35   Jensen, Kim. Cold acclimation reduces predation rate and reproduction but increases starvation tolerance in the predatory mite Geolaelaps aculeifer.

11:35-11:55   Tooming, Ene. Behavioural effects of the neonicotinoid insecticide thiamethoxam on the predatory insect Platynus assimilis.

11:55-12:15  Raimets, Risto. Comparison of the effects of pesticides tau-fluvalinate and tebuconazole on honey bee and bumble bee physiology and longevity.

12:15-12:35 Karise, Reet. Respiratory measurements in biopreparation safety tests: comparison of honey bees and bumble bees.

12:35-12:55 Martinez-Guitarte, Jose-Luis. Differential response of Cytochromes P450 to ultraviolet filters in Chironomus riparius.

13:00-14:00        Lunch

14:00                 Excursion and dinner thereafter

 

Friday, 4 August 2017

09:00-09:15        Welcome and practical information

09:15-10:45        Keynote presentation: „Dual effects of serotonin activity along the brain-gut axis on organismal growth, metabolic rate and behavior“ (Indrikis Krams)

10:45-11:15        Coffee break

11:15-13:00        Session 6 (session chair Indrikis Krams)

11:15-11:35   Gudowska, Agnieszka. Hypoxic conditions limit energy use during feeding in a ground beetle, but not during self-maintenance and locomotion.

11:35-11:55    Krama, Tatjana. Linking organismal growth, coping styles, behavioral syndromes, stress reactivity, and metabolism: responses against a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in a cricket.

11:55-12:15    Nurme, Karin. Role of antennal thermo- and hygroreceptor neurons in thermoreception of carabid beetles’.

12:15-12:35     Must, Anne. Sensory basis of antennal thermoreception in click beetles Agriotes obscurus.

12:35-12:55    Shanskiy, Merrit. How do we interpret the earthworms respiration rate?

13:00-14:00        Lunch

14:00-14:30        Closing of the conference

 

During the half-day excursion, Estonian history (Põlva Peasantry Museum), beautiful nature (Taevaskoja) and cuisine are introduced.