Welcome to the Society for Invertebrate Pathology, Microsporidia History

Fungus Division Symposium:
Title: “Forty Years of ARSEF: Success of an Essential Germplasm Resource”

Organizer: John Vandenberg

Cross-Divisional Symposium:
Fungus and Bacteria Divisions
Title: “Ecology of Entomopathogenic Co-Infections”

Organizers: Christina Nielsen-LeRoux and Helen Hesketh

Presentations:
“Bacterial-fungal interactions in C. elegans”
Eleftherios Mylonakis, Alpert Medical School and Brown University, USA

“Virulence evolution with mixed intra-and inter-specific fungal infections in honeybee”
Lana Vojvodic, University of Arizona, USA

“Exploiting entomopathogen co-infections for biological control: current status and future directions”
Helen Hesketh, Natural Environment Research Council, UK

“Interactions between fungi in Plutella xylostella larvae – which parameters have the greatest influence on the outcome of dual inoculations?”
Ariel Guzman Franco, Postgrado en Fitosanidad-Entomologia y Acarologia, Montecillo, Mexico

Cross-Division Workshop:
Fungus and Microbial Control Divisions
Title: “What’s the Name of My Fungus”

Organizer: Nicolai vitt Meyling