2009 SIP Microsporidia Division Symposium and Workshop at Park City, Utah
Microsporidia Division Symposium:.
“Microsporidia of Beneficial Arthropods”,
David Oi, convener
Nosema ceranae research in Spain: a review.
Raquel Martín-Hernández - Bee Pathology Lab., Apicultural Center Marchamalo,
Aránzazu Meana - Animal Health Dep. Faculty of Veterinary (UCM),
Pilar García-Palencia - Medicine and Surgery Dep. Faculty of Veterinary (UCM),
Mariano Higes - Bee Pathology Laboratory, Apicultural Center of Marchamalo
Nosema ceranae and Nosema disease in honey bee.
Wei-Fone Huang and Leellen Solter - Illinois Natural History Survey, Univ. Illinois
Chung-Hsiung Wang – Dept. Entomology, National Taiwan University
Are microsporidia involved in bumble bee decline?
Nils Cordes and Leellen Solter - Illinois Natural History Survey, Univ. Illinois
Sydney Cameron and Jeffrey Lozier - Dept Entomology, Univ. Illinois
James Strange and Terry Griswold - USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect Res. Unit, Logan Utah.
Social parasitism in microsporidia: Kneallhazia solenopsae development in fire ant colonies.
Yuliya (Julia) Sokolova - Institute of Cytology Russian Academy of Sciences
James Fuxa - Louisiana State University AgCenter Entomology Dept.
Microsporidia in lady beetles used for biological pest control.
Taro Saito and Susan Bjornson- Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Microsporidia Division Workshop:
“Staining techniques used for microsporidia infecting invertebrates”
Dörte Goertz, convener
Localization of microsporidia in amphipod hosts using in situ hybridization.
Aurore Dubuffet , Judith Smith, and Alison Dunn - University of Leeds
Fluroescence Staining for improved detection of microsporidian spores.
Andreas Linde and Thomas Kolling – Univ. Applied Sciences, Eberswalde, Germany
Mitochondria related structures staining of Nosema spp.
Yi-chun Tsai and Chung-Hsiung Wang - National Taiwan University
Symposium - Warwick, United Kingdom - 2008
"Microsporidia of aquatic arthropods"
Regina Kleespies, convener
Microsporidian parasite of caddisflies (Trichoptera) with comment to
phylogeny and classification of Microsporidia in general. Miroslav Hylis,
Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Evolutionary interactions between microspoirdia and their hosts: Lessons
from an ancient lake. Judith E. Smith, Leeds, University, Leeds, UK, with
Qui Yang, Ravil M. Kamaltynov and Dmitry Y. Sherbakov
Microsporidia in freshwater Amphipods: an overview and an example. Remi A. Wattier, University de Bourgogne, Dijon, France, with Karolina Bacela
and Thierry Rigaud
Coevolutionary dynamics of host-parasite interactions in natural Daphnia populations. Ellen Decaestecker and K.U. Leuven, Campus Kortrijk,
Belgium
Epizootilogical studies of Amblyospora camposi (Microsporidia:
Amblyosporidae) in Culex renatoi (Diptera: Culicidae) and Paracyclops
fimbriatus fimbriatus (Copepoda:Cyclopidae) in a bromeliad habitat. Victoria Micieli, Centro de Estudios Parasitologicos y de Vectores, La Plata,
Argentina, James J. Becnel (presenter), USDA-ARS, Gainesville, Florida, USA,
with Gerardo A. Marti, Maria C. Tranchida, and Juan J. Garcia.
Cross-Division Symposium - Warwick, United Kingdom - 2008
New insights into AFB pathogenesis. Elke Genersch, Institute for Bee Research, Neuendorf, Germany
Nosema in bumble bees: Steps towards understanding. Mark J.F. Brown, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland
Sexual transmission of deformed wing virus in honeybees. Joachim R. de Miranda, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Ingemar Fries.
Epizootilogical aspects of chalkbrood infections in the alfalfa leafcutting bee. Rosalind James, USDA-ARS, Logan, UT, USA
Co-evolution of mites and social honeybees in Asia. Denis L. Anderson, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia
Workshop - Warwick, United Kingdom - 2008
"Use of QPCR to Quantify Microsporidia Infection"
Dr. Steven Valles and Dr. Jay Evans, guest speakers
Symposium - Quebec
City, Quebec, Canada - 2007
"Microsporidia in Beneficial and Pest Insects in Greenhouse, Nursery and Pollination Systems"
Regina
Kleespies & Leellen
Solter, Conveners
A unique microsporidium infecting the black
vine weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a pest of landscape, small fruit and
nursery plants.
Denny J. Bruck, USDA-ARS, HCRL, Corvalis, OR, USA
Leellen Solter, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL,
USA
Michael Baker, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Plight of the bumblebee: pathogen spillover
from commercial to wild populations
Sheila Colla, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Nosema riddle: Puzzling fitness effects in the bumblebee Bombus
terrestris
Oliver Otti and Paul Schmid-Hempel, Institute of Integrated
Biology, Zurich, Switzerland
The convergent lady beetle and its
microsporidium: potential impacts on non-target coccinellids
Taro Saito and Susan Björnson, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax,
NS, Canada
Microsporidia of predaceous mites used for
biological pest control
Susan Björnson, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Workshop - Quebec
City, Canada - 2007
“Methods of field inoculation with microsporidia: a round-table discussion”
David
Oi, Convener
Cross-Divisional Symposium - Quebec City,
Canada - 2007
“Battling Alien Invaders: Development and use of Entomopathogens to Control Invasive Pests”
Louela
Castrillo, Convener
Development and production of the Lymantria
dispar nucleopolyhedrovirus as a microbial control agent for the gypsy moth
James Slavicek, USDA Forest Service, Delaware, OH, USA
Releasing exotic microsporidia into North
American gypsy moth populations: regulations and other issues
Leellen Solter, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL,
USA
Entomophaga maimaiga and the gypsy moth in North America:
toward predicting epizootics.
Ann Hajek, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Charlotte Nielson, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Patrick Tobin, USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, PA, USA
Potential uses ofBeauveria bassiana GHA
for management of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Leah Bauer, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI, USA
Thelohania solenopsae as a factor of fire ant populations
David Oi, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, Gainesville, FL, USA
Symposium - Wuhan,
China - 2006
"Microsporidia in silk moth"
Gernot
Hoch & Leellen Solter-Convenors
Nosema bombycis and the silkworm industry
James Becnel, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, Gainesville, FL, USA
Diversity among microsporidian parasites
causing silkworm pebrine disease
Ji-Ping Liu, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Judith Smith, Leeds University, Leeds, UK
Ling Zeng, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
From Nosema bombycis rDNA organization to
revise the Nosema isolates in Taiwan
Chih-Yuan Wang, Wei-Fone Huang, and Chung-Hsiung Wang, National
Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan |
