First Collaborations in Indian Chemical Ecology - September 10
September 10, 2016:
Dasheri Auditorium, NCBS Campus, Southern Labs Ground Floor
9:00 – 9:25 Welcome
Session 1: Hot Topics in European Chemical Ecology
9:30 – 10:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS ONE
Christer Löfstedt, Lund University, Lund, Sweden,
“Molecular chemical ecology and beyond: Moth pheromone
communication in the post-genomic era”
10:00 – 10:30 1. Ewald Große-Wilde, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena,
Germany
“Keys to the environment - Olfactory genes in Manduca sexta”
10:30 – 11:00 2. Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences,
INRA, Paris
“Molecular bases of insect chemical ecology: Exploring the biodiversity
of insect chemosensory receptors”
11:00 – 11:30 TEA BREAK
Session 2: Perspectives in Indian Chemical Ecology: Mulitrophic Interactions
Chairperson: Saroj Barik
11:30 – 11:50 3. Uma Shaankar, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore
“The enigmatic endophyte"
11:50 – 12:10 4. Renee Borges, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
“Why do plants flower at night and what are the consequences of
nocturnal blooming for floral scents and rewards?”
12:10 – 12:30 5. Radhika Venkatesan, NCBS, Bangalore
“Chemical ecology of plant-insect-microbe interactions”
12:30 – 12:50 6. Joyshree Chanam and Mahesh Sankaran, NCBS, Bangalore
“Effects of increased temperatures on volatile mediated plant–insect interactions in high altitude meadow ecosystems of the Eastern Himalayas”
13:00 - 14:30 LUNCH
Session 3: Chemical Ecology at High Altitudes
Chairperson: Jharna Chakravorty
14:30 – 14:50 7. Shannon Olsson, NCBS, Bangalore
“Chemical ecology across continents”
14:50 – 15:10 8. Mousumi Poddar Sarkar, University of Calcutta
“Semiochemicals of animals and plant origins from Eastern Himalaya
(EH)”
15:10 – 15:30 9. Axel Brockmann, NCBS, Bangalore
“Insect brains at high altitudes”
15:30 – 15:50 10. Himender Bharti, Punjabi University Patiala
“Role of chemical signatures in ants”
16:00 - 16:30 TEA BREAK
Round Table Discussion 1: The geological, chemical and ecological diversity of India
16:30-18:00 Chairperson:
Robert Raguso, Cornell University, Ithaca
19:30 - 21:30 WELCOME RECEPTION