Symposium 14

Friday August 24

There might be minor changes in the program.
Location: Ekonomikum 4

  Host-parasite evolution: consequences of parasite communities and host species assemblages
  Organizers: Mark Brown, University of Dublin Trinity College, Ireland
Thierry Rigaud, Université de Bourgogne, France
     
  9.45-10.15 Dieter Ebert (invited)
Interactions between hosts and multiple parasites: studies of Daphnia and its microparasites
  10.15-10.45 Troy Day (invited)
Adaptation of pathogens to novel hosts: the  evolutionary emergence of pandemic influenza
  10.45-11.05 David Hughes
Cordyceps infection of ants in a tropical rainforest: much more than meets the eye
  11.05-11.35 Coffee
  11.35-11.55 Mario Ruiz-González
Evolution and dynamics of one parasite with multiple hosts: epidemiology and population genetics of a trypanosomatid of bumble bees
  11.55-12.15 Guislaine Refrégier
Identifying multi-host species, a crucial step in detecting host shifts from co-phylogeny analyses: the case of the fungal Microbotryum violaceum species complex
  12.15-12.35 Amy Pedersen
Phylogeny and geography predict pathogen host range in wild primates and humans
  12.35-14.00 Lunch
  14.00-14.20 Mike Boots
Modelling the evolutionary implications of conflict between parasites with different transmission modes
  14.20-14.40 Simon Fellous
Interactions between parasite doses and the host food availability on the outcome of mosquito coinfection by two parasite species
  14.40-15.00 Sandra Lass
Co-infection with micro- and macroparasites: evidence of indirect interactions and a role for timing?
  15.00-15.20 Emilie Vautrin
Dynamics and evolution of multiple infections with vertically transmitted symbionts
  15.20-16.00 Coffee

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