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    Insects:

    Infection & Immunity

    Online conference

    24-25 September 2020

  • Keynote speakers

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    Luís Teixeira 

    IGC, Oeiras, Portugal

    Host-Microorganism Interactions

    The relative fitness of interacting organisms can be very complex to predict but it is crucial for our understating of the evolutionary process. The laboratory of Luís Teixeira tackles this problem by using Drosophila melanogaster as model system to study host-symbiont interactions. Recently, it started to uncover the genetic factors that control the density of the most common insect endosymbiont, Wolbachia pipientis.

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    Julien Royet 

    IBDM, Marseille, France

    Host Pathogen Interactions

    The most prevalent type of ecological interaction occurs between hosts and their microbiota. To understand how organisms sense and react to their microbiota is crucial for the advancement of different fields, from evolutionary biology to medicine. The laboratory of Julien Royet studies these interactions, using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system. Recently, these studies led to the discovery of a small number of neurons that modulate female oviposition upon sensing of peptidoglycans.

  • Programme

    24th September 2020 | 1.50pm - 4pm | British Summer Time (UTC +1)

    25th September 2020 | 2pm - 4.20pm | British Summer Time (UTC +1)

  • Registration

    Let us know that you want to participate by filling the following form

    If you want to present your work, please send an abstract with your name and affiliation to infectionandimmunity2020@gmail.com by September 4th 2020

  • A meeting of the Royal Entomological Society Special Interest Groups

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    The intimate relationship between endosymbionts and their hosts is often modulated by the immune system. This fact is the motivational force to organise a joint meeting from two Royal Entomological Society special interest groups: Endosymbionts and Infection & Immunity. The aim is to promote the exchange of ideas and collaborations by bringing together participants from a range of backgrounds, including evolutionary ecology, physiology, vector biology and functional genetics.

  • Registration fees

    This is a free event

    Important dates and links

    Deadline for abstract submission: 4th September 2020

     

    Abstracts for oral presentation: infectionandimmunity2020@gmail.com