25-Year Anniversary of RNAi for Pest Management: Milestones and Prospects - Applied Outcomes

Organizer(s)

• KN

  Ken Narva, PhD

  GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.
  Triangle Park, North Carolina
• SP

  S. Reddy Palli (he/him/his)

  Department of Entomology
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky
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  Ibrahim El-Shesheny (he/him/his)

  Research Associate
  Entomology & Plant Pathology
  University of Tennessee
  Knoxville, Tennessee
• PR

  Partha Ramaseshadri (he/him/his)

  Bayer Crop Science, Missouri
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  Ana Velez (she/her/hers)

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Lincoln, Nebraska

With the Silver Year Anniversary of RNAi Discovery, the symposium highlights the history and current state of RNA interference (RNAi) as a safer alternative to conventional insecticides. This symposium will include landmark topics from basic mechanistic aspects of RNAi to commercial pesticidal RNAi in insect models and pests.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific

  The next 25 years: Realizing the impact of RNA
  

  Presenting Author: Juan Andrey Zarur – Greenlight Bio
• 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific

  Development of an RNAi trait in corn: SmartStax Pro
  

  Presenting Author: James Baum (he/him/his)
• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Pacific

  EPA's historic and current perspective of RNAi technology for insect pest control
  

  Presenting Author: Alex Blumenfeld – Environmental Protection Agency

  Co-Author: Amanda Pierce – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  Co-Author: Wiebke Striegel – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  Co-Author: Mike Mendelsohn – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific

  Engineering RNAi triggers for global impact
  

  Presenting Author: Juan Arhancet (he/him/his)

  Co-Author: Grace Arhancet – NanoSUR, LLC

  Co-Author: Vladimir Trubetskoy – NANOSUR LLC

  Co-Author: Jason Klein – NanoSUR, LLC

  Co-Author: Maedot Gehbru – NANOSUR LLC

  Co-Author: Darren Wakefield – NanoSUR, LLC
• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Pacific

  Educational challenges with the use of biopesticides: Grower expectations of product performance
  

  Presenting Author: Russell L. Groves, PhD – University of Wisconsin
• 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Pacific

  Poster session
• 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Pacific

  Application of RNAi for wood-boring tree pest management
  

  Presenting Author: Lynne K. Rieske-Kinney (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Flavia Pampolini – University of Kentucky
• 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Pacific

  Bioinformatics paradigm for in silico analysis of sequence specificity of novel sprayable dsRNA biopesticides
  

  Presenting Author: Eric R.L Gordon (he/him/his) – GreenLight Biosciences
• 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Pacific

  Biorational RNAi pesticides for management of pest insects
  

  Presenting Author: Keshava Mysore (he/him/his)
• 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Pacific

  Heritable effects of RNAi-based pest control on the Colorado potato beetle
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan Weissner (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin
• 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Pacific

  Insecticide resistance management of difficult to manage pests in Europe: The possible role of dsRNA biopesticides
  

  Presenting Author: John Vontas – Agricultural University Athens

  Co-Author: Kostantinos Mavridis – FORTH -IMBB and Agricultural University of Athens
• 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Pacific

  Seed priming for RNAi-based insect control
  

  Presenting Author: Soumitra R. Patekar
• 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Pacific

  Field trials of dsRNA for Japanese beetle management
  

  Presenting Author: S. Reddy Palli (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Ramesh Dhandapani – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Sundararajan Balasubramani – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Jeff Howell – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Jun Seok Ryoo – University of Kentucky
• 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Pacific

  Practical view on ledprona in potato pest management
  

  Presenting Author: Andrei Alyokhin – University of Maine
• 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Pacific

  RNAi as a next-gen biocontrol tool for invasive species management
  

  Presenting Author: Kumaran Nagalingam (he/him/his)

  Co-Author: Amol Ghodke – CSIRO Health and Biosecurity

  Co-Author: Biko Muita – CSIRO Health and Biosecurity

  Co-Author: John Roberts – CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
• 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM Pacific

  Harnessing RNAi to protect crops from lepidopteran insect pests
  

  Presenting Author: Julia Bally (she/her/hers)

  Co-Author: Samanta Bolzan de Campos – Queensland University of Technology

  Co-Author: Katie Youngs – GreenLight Biosciences

  Co-Author: Jason Gillian – GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.

  Co-Author: Bridey Maxwell – GreenLight Biosciences Inc

  Co-Author: Ken Narva, PhD – GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.

  Co-Author: Peter waterhouse – Queensland University of Technology
• 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Pacific

  Stacked RNAi-protein nanoparticles for durable crop protection
  

  Presenting Author: Todd M Hauser (he/him/his)

  Co-Author: Swati Mishra (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
• 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM Pacific

  Norroa^TM: A novel solution to help beekeepers manage varroa mites – status update
  

  Presenting Author: Brian Manley, Ph.D. – GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.
• 5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Pacific

  From genes to eggs and reproductive failure: Molecular and phenotypic effects of calmodulin-targeting dsRNA for Varroa destructor in honey bee hives
  

  Presenting Author: Phil Lester (he/him/his)

  Co-Author: James Baty – Victoria University of Wellington

  Co-Author: Antoine Felden – Victoria University of Wellington

  Co-Author: Rose McGruddy – University of Auckland

  Co-Author: Joana Merk – Victoria University of Wellington

  Co-Author: Zoe Smeele – Victoria University of Wellington

  Co-Author: Brian Manley, Ph.D. – GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.

  Co-Author: Ken Narva, PhD – GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.