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Tania Gupta from India is telling us about characterization and #genome comparison of an Indian isolate of bidensovirus infecting the silkworm Bombyx mori
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Final night at #lepmolbio18 conference. Traditional Cretan music and dance. Crowd participation is imminent...
Really neat work looking for the presence of parasitoids in lep genomes. #LepMolBio18
Jean-Michel Drezen from France is telling us about the effect of parasitic wasps and their symbiotic viruses on lepidopteran #genome
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Jean-Michel Drezen from France is telling us about the effect of parasitic wasps and their symbiotic viruses on lepidopteran #genome
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Carolina Concha (STRI, Panama) does WntA CRISPR KO in Heliconius butterflies. Shows widespread loss of wing melanization across several species. In some cases, but not all, optix expression expands, showing variable evolution of WntA-Optix interactions. #LepMolBio18
Jung Lee (Tokyo) Argues for “wild" silkworm Samia ricini as model for genetics > PacBio assembly, 450 Mbp w/ 21Mbp N50.
Hybrids with S.cynthia for genetic mapping —> Z-linked +/- diapause, localized to 500 kbp mapping over 10 genes. 1 gene is diff-exp. Also TALEN KO! #LepMolBio18
Hideki Sezutsu (Japan): overview of genome editing in B.mori. Reinforces consensus emerging at #LepMolBio18 that TALENS better than CRISPR in Bombyx. Knock-ins allow flourescent proteins, pharmaceuticals, etc. in silk. Suggests transgenic B.mori can be used as biosensor.
Gwylim Blackburn (Canada): Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) females fly. current invasive https://t.co/1rzadcdPTG GM are European & fems don’t fly, so AGM is major threat for invasion. USDA quarantine poplxns allow GWAS for fem flight. Several candidate loci found. #LepMolBio18
Kana Tsuneto talks about how the silkworm identifies its host plant without biting. Shows they use 2° metabolites for host selection. #LepMolBio18
E Jacquin-Joly (INRA, France) phylogeny analysis of olfactory receptors in Leps. 2 clades of pheromone receptors —> two origins of PRs. Express OR in “empty neuron” finds what chems activate OR. Well-developed CRISPR tools in Spodopera littoralis also assays ORs #LepMolBio18
Emmanuelle Jacquin-joly uses #genomics and functional characterisation to identify odorant receptors in Spodoptera. #LepMolBio18
Good morning from #LepMolBio18 in Kolymbari, Crete. Town and harbor in distance. Monastery and associated conference center in for ground. Truly amazing location for a conference!
#LepMolBio18 conference dinner at local taverna, overlooking the ocean at sunset. And the food is quite good too!
It's nearly the coffee pause.... We need more Pluto's diet drink to be good scientists!
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💀☕️ Once described as 'Pluto's diet drink that witches tipple out of dead men's skulls', this is the hidden history of coffee. https://t.co/RSdiLJ2Viv
.@MichaelKanost goes on to share QuantMS proteomics analysis of protein abundance following bacterial infection of Manduca sexta. Found ~150 DE proteins, some without known function. Cool use of “heavy” moths made by feeding on tabacco grown with Nitrogen15. #LepMolBio18
Mike Kanost (Kansas) starts Wed morning session at #LepMolBio18 giving an overview of Manduca hemolymph immunity protein function, identify, and diversity. Lots of proteases & co-factors, kicked off by recognition proteins.
Shuyi Tang from Japan is talking about humoral factors inducing nodule formation in Bombyx mori
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Richard ffrench-Constant presents work from .@simonhmartin & other “Queens club” researchers on African Queen Danaus. Mesmerizing genomic dissection of wing color polymorphism, male-killing spiroplasma, and (neo-)neo-W chromosome carrying wing-color locus. #LepMolBio18
Richard ffrench-Constant. Interested in genes under strong selection and super genes. Describes the interaction of neo-w, male killing endosymbiont and local reinforcement to describe wing pattern in the African Queen. #LepMolBio18
Mike Kanost (Kansas) starts Wed morning session at #LepMolBio18 giving an overview of Manduca hemolymph immunity protein function, identify, and diversity. Lots of proteases & co-factors, kicked off by recognition proteins.
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