Bridging Fly Generations with Communication and Collaboration

Organizer(s)

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  Corey Reese (he/him/his)

  Graduate Research Assistant
  Entomology and Nematology
  University of Florida
  Lake Alfred, Florida
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  Peter Witzgall

  Professor
  Plant Protection Biology
  Saint Louis University
  Alnarp, Skane Lan, Sweden

Using flies as a model system, exploring how communication and social behavior influence larval and adult perception is critical for manipulating and understanding behavior. Research ranging from neurogenetics to crop protection is brought together to synthesize a current understanding of how sociality and chemical communication modulate behavioral ecology.

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific

  Neuroethology of larval social clustering
  

  Presenting Author: Barry Condron – University of Virginia
• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific

  Mechanisms of salt taste detection and modulation
  

  Presenting Author: Michael D. Gordon – University of British Columbia
• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Pacific

  Behavioral and neural basis of electrosensation in the Drosophila larva
  

  Presenting Author: Matthieu Louis (he/him/his) – University of California

  Co-Author: David Tadres (he/him/his) – University of California Santa Barbara, MCDB Dept & Neuroscience Research Institute (NRI), Santa Barbara

  Co-Author: Julia Riedl (he/him/his) – Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology (BIST), 08003 Barcelona, Spain

  Co-Author: Alexander Eden – University of California Santa Barbara, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

  Co-Author: Angela Bontempo (she/her/hers) – University of California Santa Barbara, MCDB Dept & Neuroscience Research Institute (NRI), Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

  Co-Author: Jington Lin (he/him/his) – University of California Santa Barbara, MCDB Dept & Neuroscience Research Institute (NRI), Santa Barbara, CA 93106

  Co-Author: Sam Reid (he/him/his) – Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology (BIST), 08003 Barcelona

  Co-Author: Brian Roehrich (he/him/his) – University of California Santa Barbara, Chemistry Dept., Santa Barbara, CA 93106

  Co-Author: Kevin Williams (he/him/his) – University of California Santa Barbara, MCDB Dept & Neuroscience Research Institute (NRI), Santa Barbara, CA 93106

  Co-Author: Lior Sepunaru (he/him/his) – University of California Santa Barbara, Chemistry Dept., Santa Barbara, CA 93106
• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific

  Dynamical signatures of cooperative digging in Drosophila
  

  Presenting Author: Yi Lin Zhou – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Benjamin de Bivort – Harvard University
• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Pacific

  A conserved CDKL kinase contributes to olfactory neuron function in drosophila
  

  Presenting Author: Karen Menuz – University of Connecticut
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific

  Chemosensory cells expressing IR94e in the labellum of D. melanogaster impact multiple behaviors related to fitness
  

  Presenting Author: Molly Stanley – University of Vermont
• 3:30 PM - 3:40 PM Pacific

  Break
• 3:40 PM - 3:55 PM Pacific

  Investigating the mechanisms by which hunger modulates an animal's olfactory behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Dennis Mathew – University of Nevada
• 3:55 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific

  Strain-specific olfactory signaling drives divergent social behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
  

  Presenting Author: William Ja (he/him/his) – UF Scripps
• 4:10 PM - 4:25 PM Pacific

  Structural neuroplasticity of motor circuits following motor neuron subset loss
  

  Presenting Author: Aref Zarin (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University
• 4:25 PM - 4:40 PM Pacific

  The effect of social experience on gene expression, circuit function, and behaviors
  

  Presenting Author: Pelin Volkan – Duke University
• 4:40 PM - 4:55 PM Pacific

  Functional genomic study to support conventional and genetic strategies for blowfly pest management
  

  Presenting Author: Rachel Laminack – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Juan Wulff – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Maxwell J. Scott (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University
• 4:55 PM - 5:10 PM Pacific

  Developmental stage-specific chemotaxis in the invasive spotted-wing drosophila: Detection of potential competitors and habitat selection
  

  Presenting Author: Corey Reese (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nabil Killiny – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Peter Witzgall – Saint Louis University

  Co-Author: Lukasz Stelinski – University of Florida