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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WELCOME ..................................................................... 2 PROGRAM ..................................................................... 3
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2015 ..................................... 3 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015 ..................................... 3 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 .................................... 4 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 ............................... 5 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 .................................. 6 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 ....................................... 7 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2015 .................................. 8 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2015 ..................................... 8 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 ..................................... 9 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015 .................................. 10 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015 ............................. 11 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 ................................ 12 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015 ..................................... 13
LIST OF POSTERS ...................................................... 14 RESEARCH PROJECTS ............................................... 14 LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................. 17
LIST OF FACULTY ...................................................... 19 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ............................................ 27
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WELCOME
Dear Participants, Instructors, Colleagues and Friends,
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the first KS Krishnan School for Chemical Ecology, held from February 15-27, 2015 at the National Center for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore. This school is a continuation of a SERB-sponsored School on Chemical Ecology initiated in 2014, and designed to provide advanced PhD students, postdocs and young faculty in India with a broad training in developing and addressing research questions in chemical ecology, as well as hands-on experience with various methods that can be used for such work.
We at NCBS, the University of Agriculture Sciences, and the Indian Institute of Science here in Bangalore join several distinguished instructors from across India and four continents to offer an exciting look into the world of chemical ecology. Our classes cover everything from elephants to corals, and cover topics as diverse as microbiology, pest management, chemistry, bioinformatics, neuroscience, ecology, and many others. We are also pleased to offer several practical sessions that include laboratory and field instruction, a bioprospecting excursion, and a mini-course in scientific writing and publishing.
This year is a particularly special year as we dedicate our course to the late Prof K.S. Krishnan, who was both the driving force behind this school as well as an inspiration to countless scientists around the globe. In his spirit, we hope that this course will inspire in you the curiosity about our natural world and the passion to ask questions that was Krishnan’s gift to all of us. We wish you a wonderful time, and hope this is just the beginning of your exploration into this fascinating field.
With warmest wishes,
Dr. Axel Brockmann Dr. Shannon B. Olsson
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PROGRAM Sunday, February 15, 2015
17:00-19:00 Welcome Reception
Monday, February 16, 2015
08:30-09:00 Registration
Orientation
09:00-10:00
Overview of the School Shannon Olsson, Axel Brockmann, Radhika Venkatesan
10:00-11:00
Orientation 1 - Chemical Ecology Shannon Olsson
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12:30
Orientation 2 - Plant Signals Radhika Venkatesan
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00
Orientation 3 - Animal Signals Krushnamegh Kunte
15:00-16:00
Orientation 4 - Collecting Signals Radhika Venkatesan, Shannon Olsson
16:00-16:30 Coffee
Public Lecture
16:30-18:00
Gustation and Feeding Behavior of Drosophila Teiichi Tanimura
19:15-20:30 Dinner
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Orientation
09:00-10:00
Orientation 5 - Small But Mighty - The Power of Using Microbes to Address Fundamental Questions in Chemical Ecology Christian Kost
10:00-11:00
Orientation 6 - Behavior and Flight Mechanics Sanjay Sane
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12:30
Orientation 7 - Physiology of Chemosensory Systems Joby Joseph
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00
Orientation 8 - Gustatory Systems - Nutrition Teiichi Tanimura
15:00-16:00
Orientation 9 - The Hows and Whys of Olfaction Renee Borges
16:00-16:30 Coffee
Public Lecture
16:30-18:00
Feed Me You Need Me - On the Evolution of Metabolic Cross-feeding Interactions Within Microbial Communities Christian Kost
19:15-20:30 Dinner
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Class Lectures
09:00-10:45
Mass Spectrometry P. Balaram
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:45
Biotic Stress Responses in Plants Radhika Venkatesan
12:45-14:00 Lunch
Workshop 14:00-17:30 Experimental Work
17:30-18:00 Coffee
Public Lecture
18:00-19:30
Ecdysone - Hormone, Insecticide or Bitter Molecule? Frederic Marion-Poll
19:30-20:30 Dinner
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Class Lectures
09:00-10:45
Natural Product Chemistry Ram A. Vishwakarma
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:45
Next Generation Sequencing in Chemical Ecology Ewald Große-Wilde
12:45-14:00 Lunch
Workshop 14:00-17:30 Experimental Work
17:30-18:00 Coffee
Public Lecture 18:00-19:30
Hormonal Control of Seed Germination Annie Marion-Poll
19:30-20:30 Dinner
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Friday, February 20, 2015
Class Lectures
09:00-10:45
Water Deficit Responses in Plants Annie Marion-Poll
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:45
Contact Chemoreception: Experimental Approaches and Sensory Coding Frederic Marion-Poll
12:45-14:00 Lunch
Workshop 14:00-17:30 Experimental Work
17:30-18:00 Coffee
Public Lecture 18:00-19:30
Evolution of Insect Olfaction Ewald Große-Wilde
19:30-20:30 Dinner
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
Class Lectures
09:00-10:45
Semiochemicals in Mammals Uma Ramakrishnan
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:45
The Smell of an Elephant R. Sukumar
12:45-14:00 Lunch
Workshop 14:00-17:30 Experimental Work
17:30-18:00 Coffee
Public Lecture
18:00-19:30
The Chemical Ecology of Black Poplar (Populus nigra) Sybille Unsicker
19:30-20:30 Dinner
Sunday, February 22, 2015
09:00-17:30 Perspectives for Chemical Ecology in India
(Faculty Only) Free time for participants
Public Lecture 18:00-19:30 Timing is Everything in Ecology
Ian Baldwin
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Monday, February 23, 2015
Class Lectures
09:00-10:45
Manipulation is the Gold-standard Ian Baldwin
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:45
Exploiting Chemical Ecology for Sustainable Crop Protection in Africa Zeyaur Khan
12:45-14:00 Lunch
Workshop 14:00-17:30 Poster Session & Collaborative Discussions
17:30-18:00 Coffee
Public Lecture 18:00-19:30
Chemical Ecology: An Editor’s Perspective John T. Romeo
19:30-20:30 Dinner
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Class Lectures
09:00-10:45
Biodiversity and Eco-informatics for Chemical Ecology and Bioprospecting K. N. Ganeshaiah
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:45
Marine Chemical Ecology Narsinh Thakur
12:45-14:00 Lunch
Workshop
14:00-17:30
Special afternoon workshop (Part 1): Publishing in Chemical Ecology John T. Romeo
17:30-18:00 Coffee
Public Lecture
18:00-19:30
Innovation in Applied Science: Push-Pull for Green Revolution in Africa Zeyaur Khan
19:30-20:30 Dinner
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Class Lectures
09:00-10:45
Plant Defense Response in Biotic Interactions Sybille Unsicker
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:45
Natural History and Diversity of Himalayan Ants Himender Bharti
12:45-14:00 Lunch
Workshop
14:00-17:30
Special afternoon workshop (Part 2): Publishing in Chemical Ecology John T. Romeo
17:30-18:00 Coffee
Public Lecture 18:00-19:30
Ecological Aspects of Endogenous Clocks Charlotte Foerster
19:30-20:30 Dinner
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
Class Lectures
09:00-10:45
Insect Diversity, Its Complexities and Chemical Ecology V.V. Ramamurthy
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:45
Chemical Ecology and Bioprospecting R. Uma Shaanker
12:45-14:00 Lunch
Workshop
14:00-17:30
Special excursion: Walk on Bioprospecting R. Uma Shaanker
17:30-18:00 Coffee
Public Lecture
18:00-19:30
Insect Diversity and Biotic Interactions along Elevational Climatic Gradients Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
19:30-20:30 Banquet
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Class Lectures
09:00-10:45
Olfaction and Navigation in Ants and Bees Wolfgang Roessler
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:45
Sequence Analysis of Olfactory Receptors from few Model Organisms R. Sowdhamini
12:45-14:00 Lunch
Workshop 14:00-17:30
Feedback from Participants, Valedictory and Departure
17:30 High Tea
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LIST OF POSTERS Research Projects
Poster Title
1 Effect of change in pH on lipstatin biosynthesis in Streptomyces toxytricini
Dr. Kashyap Dubey
2 Arthropod diversity and their association with an extrafloral nectary- bearing plant, Vigna unguiculata L. Walp (Fabaceae)
Priya Aradhya Ekka
3 Plant-associated Bacillus species modify plant-aphid interactions
Dr. Kiran Gadhave
4 Insights of the limited exploration of Di sulphide structural space by animal toxin
Panchada Ch.V. Govindu
5 Daily changes in biogenic amine receptor expression in honey bee worker antennae
Rikesh Kumar Jain
6 Red spider mite, Oligonychus coffeae (Nietner) induced plant volatiles from tea leaves, an invitation to its predators.
Dr. Sachin. P. James
7 α-2u globulin- a message transporter in rat communication
Dr. Kamalakkannan
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Poster Title
8 Chemical signaling in a common lepidopteran species (Graphium agamemnon) in a changing environment
Yashada Kulkari
9 Standardisation of experimental conditions for testing the role of olfaction in Tribolium castaneum for finding food resources
Vrinda Ravi Kumar
10 MAG secretions and their role in post mating behaviour of Spodoptera littura
Mamtha R
11 Heavy metal speciation of fly ash leachate and its genotoxicity assessment using Trad-MCN bioassay
Neelima Meravi
12 Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight, (Icacinaceae) a rich source of camptothecine and its derivatives, from the Coromandel Coast forests of India
Dr. Mohan Patel
13 Enantioselective gas chromatography - An imperative tool for the analysis of semiochemicals
Dr. VS Pragadheesh
14 Volatile identification of male urine of kangayam breed cattle (Bos indicus)
R. Ramachandra
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Poster Title
15 Isolation and partial purification of peptides from male accessory glands of Helicoverpa armigera inducing behavioural changes in females
Dr. Rama T.
16 Herbivore induced phenylpropanoids in Arachis hypogaea L. and their role in biocontrol approach.
Pratyusha Sambangi
17 Sex pheromone - a new prospective in management of tea mosquito bug in tea
Dr. Srikumar K.K
18 Role of neuromodulation in habituation to chemosensory inputs
Swati Trisal
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Literature Review
Poster Title
19 Caffeine in floral nectar enhances a pollinator's memory of reward.
(Wright, G. A. et al., Science 2013) Basanagowda G.
20 Evolution of insect olfactory receptors.
(Missbach C et al., Elife. 2014) Srishti Batra
21 Salicylic acid-dependent gene expression is activated by locomotion mucus of different molluscan herbivores.
(Meldau S et al., Commun Integr Biol. 2014) Dr. Joyshree Chanam
22 Herbivore-induced volatile emission in black poplar: regulation and role in attracting herbivore enemies.
(Clavijo McCormick A et al., Plant Cell Environ. 2014) Dr. Jacob TK
23 Gustatory sensing mechanism coding for multiple oviposition stimulants in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus.
(Ryuda M. et al., J Neurosci. 2013)
Dr. Mallikarjuna Jeer
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Poster Title
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(Toshima N, Tanimura T. J Exp Biol. 2012) Bhumika Sinha
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LIST OF FACULTY
Dr. Deepa Agashe NCBS, Bangalore Bacterial genome evolution and evolutionary ecology of adaptation [email protected] https://adaptationlab.wordpress.com
Dr. P. Babu C-CAMP, Bangalore Glycomics and glycoproteomics, Mass spectrometry [email protected] http://www.ccamp.res.in/scientific-staff
Prof. Dr. P. Balaram IISc, Bangalore Peptide natural products: Conus peptides and fungal peptides, Mass spectrometry [email protected] http://mbu.iisc.ernet.in/~pbgrp/index.html
Prof. Dr. Ian Baldwin MPI for Chemical Ecology, Gemany Molecular and genetic mechanism of ecological interactions [email protected] https://www.ice.mpg.de
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Dr. Himender Bharti Punjabi University, Patiala Ant systematics and ecology [email protected] http://www.antdiversityindia.com
Prof. Dr. Renee Borges IISc, Bangalore Chemical Ecology [email protected] http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/renee/
Dr. Axel Brockmann NCBS, Bangalore Honeybees and the mechanism of behavior [email protected] https://www.ncbs.res.in/axel
Prof. Dr. Charlotte Foerster University of Würzburg, Germany Circadian clock [email protected] http://www.neurogenetics.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/
Prof. Dr. K.N. Ganeshaiah UAS, Bangalore Plant Reproductive Ecology, Conservation Biology [email protected] http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N97-1214
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Dr. Ewald Große-Wilde MPI for Chemical Ecology, Germany Olfactory genes [email protected] http://www.ice.mpg.de/ext/hopa.html?pers=ewgr3836
Dr. Joby Joseph CNCS, University of Hyderabad Olfactory processing [email protected] https://sites.google.com/site/nsyslabcncs/
Prof. Dr. Zeyaur Khan ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya Push-Pull technology [email protected] http://www.icipe.org/
Dr. Christian Kost MPI for Chemical Ecology, Germany Evolution and maintenance of cooperative interactions [email protected] https://www.ice.mpg.de/ext/hopa.html?pers=chko2261
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Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte NCBS, Bangalore Speciation, adaptation and morphological diversification [email protected] https://www.ncbs.res.in/krushnamegh/home
Prof. Dr. Annie Marion-Poll INRA-AgroParisTech, France Germination physiology [email protected] http://www-ijpb.versailles.inra.fr/en/bs/equipes/physio-germ
Prof. Dr. Frédéric Marion-Poll CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France Physiology of the taste system in insects [email protected] http://www.egce.cnrs-gif.fr/?p=1356
Dr. Shannon Olsson NCBS, Bangalore Naturalist-inspired chemical ecology [email protected] http://nice.ncbs.res.in
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Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan NCBS, Bangalore The genetic heritage of South Asia: Tracking its history, conserving its future [email protected] https://www.ncbs.res.in/uramakri
Prof. Dr. V.V. Ramamurthy IARI, New Delhi Insect taxonomy and diversity [email protected] http://iari.res.in/
Prof. Dr. Mani Ramaswami Trinity College, Dublin Neural circuit function, plasticity, and maintenance [email protected] http://www.gen.tcd.ie/ramaswami
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Roessler University of Würzburg, Germany Neuroethology of social insects [email protected] http://www.zoo2.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/people/head_of_department/roessler_eng/
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Prof. Dr. John T. Romeo University of South Florida, USA Chemical Ecology, Phytochemistry Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chemical Ecology [email protected] http://biology.usf.edu/cmmb/faculty/jromeo/
Dr. Sanjay Sane NCBS, Bangalore Physics, neurobiology and ecophysiology of insect flight [email protected] https://www.ncbs.res.in/node/248
Prof. Dr. Uma Shaanker UAS, Bangalore Plant Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Genetics, Bio-prospecting [email protected]
Prof. Dr. R. Sowdhamini NCBS, Bangalore Biochemistry, Biophysics and Bioinformatics [email protected] https://www.ncbs.res.in/mini
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Prof. Dr. R. Sukumar IISc., Bangalore Elephant and forest ecology [email protected] http://rsukumar.weebly.com/prof-r-sukumar.html
Prof. Dr. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg, Germany Animal, Landscape and Tropical Ecology [email protected] http://www.zoo3.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/leute/steffan_dewenter/
Prof. Dr. Teiichi Tanimura Kyushu University, Japan Physiology and molecular biology of taste [email protected] http://www.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/cdfj/tanimura.htm
Dr. Narsinh Thakur CSIR-NIO, Goa Marine Biotechnology [email protected] http://www.nio.org/
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Dr. Sybille Unsicker MPI for Chemical Ecology, Germany Feeding ecology of herbivorous insects [email protected] https://www.ice.mpg.de/ext/hopa.html?pers=syun3039
Dr. Radhika Venkatesan NCBS, Bangalore Chemical Ecology of Plants [email protected] http://www.ncbs.res.in
Dr. Ram A. Vishwakarma CSIR – IIIM, Jammu Natural Product Chemistry [email protected] http://www.iiim.res.in/People/CV/cv_ram.html
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Sristi Batra
NCBS, Bangalore
Bhumika
BHU, Varanasi
Dr. Joyshree Chanam
NCBS, Bangalore
Dr. Kashyap Kumar Dubey
Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak
Priya Ekka
BHU, Varanasi
Dr. Kiran Gadhave
University of London
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Govindu P. Ch. V.
Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga
Dr. Basana Gowda G.
UAS, Bangalore
Dr. T. K. Jacob
Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut
Rikesh Kumar Jain
NCBS, Bangalore
Dr. Sachin James
Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode
Dr. Kamalakkannan
Bharathidasan University, Tirichirapalli
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Yashada Kulkarni
University of Mumbai, Mumbai
Vrinda Ravi Kumar
NCBS, Bangalore
Dr. Mallikarjuna
ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur
Mamtha R.
Bangalore University, Karnataka
Neelima Meravi
CGV, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Dr. Mohana Kumar Patel
IIT, Madras
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Dr. V. S. Pragadhesh
NCBS, Bangalore
Pratyusha S.
CSIR-Hyderabad
Dr. Rama T.
Govt. Science College, Bengaluru
Ramachandra. R.
Bharathidasan University, Tirichirapalli
Dr. Srikumar K. K.
UPAS, Tea Research Institute, Valparai
Swati Trisal
NCBS, Bangalore
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