September 5 Sunday

16:00 REGISTRATION

COFFEE

18:30 BUFFET

20:00 Chair: Galun

1 Schneider Dietrich (Seewiesen) Cycads - Palmferns - and their Insects (Herbivores and Pollinators)

September 6 Monday

9:00 - 10:30 Chair: Vogt

2 Vosshall Leslie B., Amrein Hubert, Morozov Pavel S., Rzhetzky Andrey and Axel Richard (New York) The molecular biology of olfaction in Drosophila melanogaster.

3 De Bruyne Marien, Warr Coral, Clyne Peter, Kim Junhyong, Freeman Marc, Lessing Derek, Foster Kara, Carlson John (New Haven CT) Odor coding in Drosophila melanogaster.

10:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:00 Chair: Hemberger

4 Maida Rosario, Pröbstl Therese, Lange Ute and Ziegelberger Gunde (Seewiesen, Jena) Pheromone-binding proteins in isolated olfactory sensilla of the male silkmoth Antheraea polyphemus.

5 Vogt Richard (Columbia, SC) Ecdysteroid influences on neurogenesis and the expression of neurogenic genes during early antennal development in Manduca sexta.

6 Kennedy Linda M., Foster Kara D., Spielman Andrew I. (Worcester, MA, New York, NY) Rapid kinetics of receptor cell firing and second messenger formation in response to sucrose.

12:30 LUNCH

15:00 - 15:30 POSTER VISITS

15:30 - 16:30 POSTER TALKS (#40 - 54) Chair: Steinbrecht

16:30 COFFEE BREAK

17:00 - 18:00 Chair: Städler

7 Røstelien Tonette, Stranden Marit, Borg-Karlson Anna-Karin and Mustaparta Hanna (Trondheim, Stockholm) Receptor neuron responses to naturally produced host plant odours in three moth species Heliothis virescens, Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta..

8 Pophof Blanka (Seewiesen) Modulation of the sensitivity of moth pheromone receptor neurons by octopamine.

9 Grosmaitre Xavier , Marion-Poll Frédéric , Renou Michel (Versailles) Octopamine modulate sex pheromone receptors in a moth? An electrophysiological study.

18:30 DINNER

September 7 Tuesday

9:00 - 10:30 Chair: Kennedy

10 Thurm Ulrich (Münster) Contact-chemoreception at a naked cilium: stinging cells of Hydrozoa.

11 Mikus Stefan & Kaib Manfred (Bayreuth) Evidence for a water and sodium receptor site in the same taste receptor cell in the termite Schedorhinotermes lamanianus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).

12 Städler Erich, de Jong Ruurd, Baur Robert (Wädenswil) Contact-chemoreceptor neuron as a detector for the isolation of a novel oviposition stimulant.

10:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:00 Chair: Angioy

13 Ozaki, Mamiko (Kyoto) Effects of Olfactory Experience on Taste and Feeding.

14 Kleineidam Christoph, Romani Roberto & Isidoro Nunzio (Wuerzburg) Ultrastructure of the sensillum ampullaceum and sensitization of the associated CO₂ receptor cell after long-term stimulation in the leaf cutting ant Atta sexdens.

15 Koch Uwe T. (Kaiserslautern) Interaction of Odor Stimuli in EAG Signals.

12:30 LUNCH

14:00 BOAT DEPARTURE

17:30 BOAT ARRIVAL

18:30 DINNER

20:00 Chair: Hansson

16 Hölldobler Bert (Würzburg) Multimodal Signals in Ant Societies.

September 8 Wednesday

9:00 - 10:30 Chair: Strausfeld

17 Sachse Silke, Galizia C. Giovanni, Rappert Angelika & Menzel Randolf (Berlin) The conserved representation of different chemical structures in the honeybee antennal lobe: steps towards the spatial olfactory code.

18 Van Naters van der Goes Wynand M., Inouchi Jun (Seewiesen) The GABA-blocker picrotoxin affects spatial patterns of neural activity in the antennal lobes of Periplaneta americana on stimulation with odours.

19 Anton Sylvia and Gadenne Christophe (Lund, Bordeaux) Hormonally-regulated sensitivity of olfactory antennal lobe neurons in a moth brain.

20 Ignell Rickard and Anton Sylvia (Lund) Effect of juvenile hormone on aggregation behaviour and central nervous processing of aggregation pheromones in the desert locust.

10:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:00 Chair: Christensen

21 Kalinová Blanka and Hansson Bill S. (Praha, Lund) Physiological responses and central nervous projections of antennal olfactory receptor neurons in the sphinx moth, Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae).

22 Berg BG, Almaas TJ, Mustaparta H. (Trondheim) The macroglomerular complex in two related species of moths: specified subdivision according to input information.

23 Galizia C.G., Sachse S., Brandt R., Berg B. and Mustaparta H. (Berlin, Trondheim) Mapping responses in the antennal lobe of the moth Heliothis virescens using calcium imaging.

12:30 LUNCH

15:00 - 15:30 POSTER VISITS

15:30 - 16:30 POSTER TALKS (#55 - 68) Chair: Hildebrand

16:30 COFFEE BREAK

17:00 - 18:00 Chair: Boeckh

24 Christensen Thomas A. (Tucson) Contextual influences on the central processing of chemical signals by ensembles of olfactory Interneurons in the moth antennal lobe.

25 Baker Thomas C. (Ames, Iowa) Neuroethology of olfaction in heliothine moths.

26 Hansson Bill S. & Hong Lei (Lund) Protocerebral processing of olfactory input in the male turnip moth, Agrotis segetum.

18:30 DINNER

20:00 Chair: Boeckh

27 Strausfeld Nicholas J. (Tucson) Distributed olfactory information processing in the insect nervous system.

September 9 Thursday

9:00 - 10:30 Chair: Mustaparta

28 Rössler Wolfgang, Tolbert Leslie P., Hildebrand John G. (Tucson) Establishment of an odotopic organization of olfactory glomeruli in the developing antennal lobe of Manduca sexta.

29 Meijerink Jocelijn and van Loon Joop J. A. (Wageningen) Electrophysiological responses of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae to sweat-borne components.

30 Van den Broek Ingrid V.F. and Den Otter Cornelis J. (Groningen) Properties of the olfactory systems of Anopheles mosquitoes with different host preferences.

10:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:00 Chair: Guerin

31 Bosch Oliver Jörg, Geier Martin and Boeckh Jürgen (Regensburg) Identified volatiles emitted from human skin attract female Aedes aegypti.

32 Steib B. M., Geier M. and Boeckh J. (Regensburg) What makes us attractive to yellow fever mosquitoes - The effect of lactic acid on host selection of Aedes aegypti.

33 Geier M., Bosch O.J. and Boeckh J. (Regensburg) Effects of plume structure on upwind flights of mosquitoes towards host odours.

12:30 LUNCH

15:00 - 15:30 POSTER VISITS

15:30 - 16:30 Chair: Baker

34 McMahon C., Guerin P.M. (Neuchâtel) Behavioural responses of the tropical bont tick, Amblyomma variegatum, to components of its pheromone and to vertebrate odours on a servosphere.

35 Donzé Gérard and Guerin Patrick (Neuchâtel) Ticks love signals transited from the ruminant stomachs.

36 Widmer A., Vlimant M., Diehl P.A. and Guerin P.M. (Neuchâtel) Cold receptors on the body surface of the tick Amblyomma variegatum.

16:30 COFFEE BREAK

17:00 - 18:00 Chair: Kaissling

37 Visser J.H. & Piron P.G.M. (Wageningen) Sensory and behavioural responses of aphids to plant odours.

38 Kelling Frits J. and den Otter Cornelis J. (Groningen) Does ambient odour affects olfactory sensitivity of houseflies?

39 Dickens Joseph C. (Beltsville, MD) Olfactory adaptations of the Colorado potato beetle and associated insects to chemical signals emitted by host plants.

18:30 DINNER

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