final program abstract book
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
DETAILED COURSE PROGRAM
| Monday, June 23, 2025 | |
| 08:00 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Introduction / Welcome by Markus Knaden |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Institute tour |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Insect chemical communication in the Anthropocene Markus Knaden (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Application of chemical ecology principles for managing vector borne diseases Merid Getahun (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya) |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Discussions on lectures |
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 |
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | Evolutionary neuroethology in hawkmoths Sonja Bisch-Knaden (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | An olfactory social language in the naked mole-rat? Mohammed A Khallaf (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany) |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | When it's too dark to see: chemical ecology of termites Robert Hanus (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Navigation by visual and chemical cues Markus Knaden (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany) |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Discussions on lectures |
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 |
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| 08:30 - 10:00 | Student presentations (Session I) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Student presentations (Session II) |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Posters (Session I) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Posters (Session II) |
Thursday, June 26, 2025 |
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| 08:30 - 10:00 | Early days of insect chemical ecology research: World-wide mission to replace toxic insecticides with behavior-modifying chemicals Tom Baker (Penn State University, USA) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Locust olfactory neurecology Bill Hansson (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany) |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Insect pollination and plant evolution Florian Schiestl (University of Zurich, Switzerland) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | You smell great - Deciphering olfactory communication in Humans Ilona Croy (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany) |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Discussions on lectures |
Friday, June 27, 2025 |
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| 08:30 - 10:00 | Insect chemical ecology in China: Bridging fundamental discoveries and practical applications Jin Zhang (Nanjing Agricultural University, China) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | The effects of infections on insect chemical communications Astrid Groot (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | From fly chemical ecology to pest management Paul Becher (SLU, Alnarp, Sweden) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Biting back: How insect herbivores resist plant chemical defenses Jonathan Gershenzon (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany) |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Discussions on lectures |
Saturday, June 28, 2025 |
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| EXCURSION | |
Sunday, June 29, 2025 |
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| FREE | |
Monday, June 30, 2025 |
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| 08:30 - 10:00 | Mass spectrometry based metabolomics in chemical ecology Georg Pohnert (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | An inordinate fondness for symbionts: mutualist-provided defense, digestion, and desiccation tolerance in beetles Martin Kaltenpoth (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany) |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | The evolution of chemical communication in deceptive flowers, beetles, and parasitic wasps Johannes Stökl (University of Bayreuth, Germany) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Eating plants for defense: chemical ecology and mechanisms of sequestration in insects Franziska Beran (Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Germany) |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Discussions on lectures |
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
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| 08:30 - 10:00 | Behaviour and chemical ecology of above-below ground multi-trophic interactions Jared Gregory Ali (Penn State University, USA) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Institute Seminar |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Basic organic chemistry for chemical ecology Sarah O’Connor (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Insect odorant receptors: functional studies and targets for pest control Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly (INRAE, France) |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Discussions on lectures |
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 |
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| 08:30 - 10:00 | Unraveling the role of predation risk and predator chemical cues in Arthropod ecology Sara Hermann (Penn State University, USA) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Let’s spice it up! Applying chemical ecology for sustainable vegetable production Nicole van Dam (Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Germany) |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Experiments |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Experiments |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Discussions on lectures |
Thursday, July 3, 2025 |
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| 08:30 - 10:00 | Environmental impacts on volatile-mediated interactions James Blande (University of Eastern Finland) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Discussion on lecture |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Experiments |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Experiments |
Friday, July 4, 2025 |
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| 08:30 - 10:00 | Chemical communication in social insects Yuko Ulrich (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Wrap up and closing remarks |
