10th ICIRD - Abstract Information

	Eliahu Aflalo, Ben-Gurion University, Israel.	Vitellogenesis related processes in the hepatopancreas, hemolymph and ovary following the expression of the vitellogenin gene in Cherax quadricarinatus.
	Nick Aldred University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	Investigating mussel byssus adhesion with self-assembled monolayers
	Shalom Applebaum The Hebrew University, Israel	Post-mating acquisition of allatal maturation and control of oogenesis in the Medfly, Ceratitis capitata
	Detlev Arendt EMBL, Germany	The photosensitive system in Platynereis dumerilii, and evolution of eyes and brains in Bilateria
	Elena Baraldi Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy	The reproductive cycle of Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Orbetello lagoon (Tuscany, Italy)
	Matt Bentley University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
	Benoit Bernay, University of Caen, France	Does mating induce egg-laying behaviour in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis? Identification of APGWamide in male genital products of both Sepia officinalis and Crassostrea gigas. A new ovarian regulatory peptides family identified in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis by mass spectrometry comparative screening. Mass spectrometry comparative screening as tools for the identification of new neurohormone in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis.
	Katherine Betteley University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	Effects of advanced and delayed spawning on meiotic reinitiation in Arenicola species.
	Paul Bouch University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.	Impact of pH on fertilization in Nereis virens and parthenogenic development.
	Chloe Bourmaud University of Réunion Island, Réunion - France.	Non-released medusoid in the life-cycle of Antennella curvitheca (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Halopterididae) from Reunion Island, Indian Ocean: a stage of medusa regression? The life-cycle of Eudendrium carneum Clarke, 1882 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Eudendriidae), in Reunion island, Indian Ocean.
	John Buckland-Nicks St Francis Xavier University, Canada	Programmed nuclear death in parasperm of snails Parasperm of cerithiid snails - primitive or derived?
	Gary Caldwell University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	Do algal blooms influence the evolution of invertebrate life history strategies?: Balancing food availability with toxin exposure. Are diatoms birth control agents in benthic marine ecosystems?
	Maria Carmargo-Mathias Biology Department- UNESP- Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.	Morphological, histological and ultrastructural studies of the ovary of the tick Boophilus microplus (Canestrini, 1887) (Acari:Ixodidae) Morphological characterization of the ovary and vitellogenesis dynamics in the tick Amblyomma cajennense (Acari:Ixodidae)
	Rachel Collin Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, USA	Effects of conspecific associations on size at sex change in 3 species of Calyptraeid Gastropods.
	Anita Collins USDA Bee Research Lab, USA	Impact of handling on and effective viability levels of honey bee, Apis mellifera L., semen collected for artificial insemination
	Thanya Duangchinda University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
	Enrique Dupre Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile	Description of the embryonic development of Pachycheles chubutensis (Anomura, Porcellanidae). Sperm recognition during fertilization in the shrimp Rhynchocinetes typus.
	Pamela Edwards University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.	Light response and biorhythmicity in Nereis virens juveniles
	David Epel Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University , U.S.A	The dialogue between embryo and environment: ecology, embryology and evolution
	Melike Erkan Istanbul University, Turkey	Ultrastructure of Ovary and Oogenesis in Chamelea gallina (Bivalvia, Veneridae)
	Hans Ferenz Martin-Luther University, Institute of Zoology, Germany	Mating behaviour and pheromones in gregarious locusts
	Javier García-Alonso University of Heidelberg, Germany	Putative estrogen signalling in Nereis virens gametogenesis
	Andre Garraffoni Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil.	Life histories of Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Annelida) as a basis for phylogenetic analyses
	Sylvie Gaudron University of Caen, France	Harmothoë imbricata, a novel biological model for investigating the hormonal and pheromonal transduction of environmental signals. Yolk protein in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis: structural characterisation for the identification of vitellogenic regulatory peptides
	Piero Giulianini University of Trieste, Italy	The prepro-crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormones of Norway lobster: cloning, expression and bioassay of wild and mutant recombinant peptides
	David Golding University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
	Nicole Gravier-Bonnet University of Réunion Island, Réunion - France	Reproductive strategy by budding and cloning in a halecid species (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Haleciidae)
	James Guest National University of Singapore	Reproductive seasonality and spawning synchrony in an equatorial assemblage of scleractinian corals
	Lucie Hannah University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	Factors influencing the acquisition of fertilizability in marine invertebrate oocytes
	Vicki Hendrick University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	To be added
	Joel Henry University of Caen, France	Egg-laying in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis : identification of regulatory peptides Mass spectrometry as tools for the identification of a new RFamide in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis.
	Sheelagh Henry University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	To be added
	Leif-Matthias Herborg University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	Mating behaviour and chemical communication in Eriocheir sinensis.
	Alan Hodgson Rhodes University, South Africa	Aspects of the reproductive biology of the brooding bivalve Thecalia concamerata (Carditoidea: Carditidae)
	Ulrich Hoeger Universitaet Mainz, Germany	Species specific glycosylation of yolk proteins (vitellins) in two nereidid polychaetes
	Motonori Hoshi Keio University, Japan	Alternative Reproductive Strategies; An Overview
	Sadiqul Islam Keio University, Japan.	Ca2+ elevation induced by asterosap in starfish (Asterias amurensis) sperm causing a reverse mode of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger
	Gáspár Jékely EMBL, Germany
	Reuben Kaufman University of Alberta, Canada	Voraxin: a factor from the testis of ixodid ticks that stimulates engorgement of the female
	Osamu Kawase Keio University, Japan	Asterosap-induced increase of intracellular pH is indispensable for the sustained elevation of intracellular Ca2+ induced by ARIS and following acrosome reaction in starfish spermatozoa.
	Margaret Kirby University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	To be added
	Kazuya Kobayashi Keio University, Japan	Transition between asexual and sexual reproduction in the planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis – Sexualization of exclusively asexual worms by a putative sexualizing substance in sexual worms
	Joris M Koene Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.	Sexual conflict over resource allocation in the simultaneously hermaphroditic pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis Evolution of the love dart in hermaphroditic land snails: sexual conflict drives counter-adaptations
	Elena Kupriyanova Flinders University of South Australia	Effects of temperature on sperm swimming behaviour, respiration and fertilisation success in the serpulid polychaete Galeolaria caespitosa.
	C.P. Kyriacou University of Leicester, U.K.	A timeless story of natural clock gene variation, photoperiodicity and diapause in Drosophila
	Kim Last University of Newcastle upon Tyne	See Peter Olive
	Hans Laufer University of Connecticut, and the Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab, USA.	Alkylphenols are Endocrine Disruptors in Capitellla and are present in Lobsters
	How-Jing Lee Dept. Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan	Timing Regulation in Insect Reproduction
	K. Kanchana Mala Bharathidasan University, India	Synthesis, utilization and distribution of storage protein in silkworm Bombyx mori.
	Yoshikazu Kitano Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan	Interplay between settlement-inducing compound and anti-fouling active compound on the larval settlement of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite.
	William Le Quesne University of Southampton, U.K.	Fertilisation Kinetics and Population Management of broadcast spawning Patellid limpets.
	Anna Leach University of Portsmouth, U.K.	Exposure of Nereis virens (Polychaeta: Annelida) to copper-spiked sediment and its effect on reproduction
	Ceri Lewis University of the Western Cape, South Africa.	Balancing Selection and Seasonal Reproduction in Marine Invertebrates: the Push-Pull Hypothesis.
	Christina Lye University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.	Endocrine disruption in shore crab Carcinus maenas - a biomarker for marine benthic invertebrates?
	Rivka Manor Ben-Gurion University, Israel.	Effects of androgenic gland implantation on sexual characters and the expression of the vitellogenin gene in female crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus.
	Gloria Martinez Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile	Role of calcium ion on the release of oocytes in the scallop Argopecten purpuratus.
	Midori Matsumoto Keio University, Japan	Expression of nuclear receptor gene during sexualizing process in planarian.
	Kiyotaka Matsumura Environmental Science Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan	Waterborne larval settlement-inducing substance in boiled adult extracts of the barnacle, Balanus amphitrite.
	Jorge Ricardo Medeiros Universidade dos Açores, Portugal	Reproductive cycle of Leptaxis caldeirarum an endemic Hygromiidae from Açores in extinction dangerous.
	Patrizia Messina Laboratory of Benthic Ecology, Italy	In vitro fertilization and larval development of Lumbrineris cf tetraura (Schmarda) (Polychaeta, Lumbrineridae) finalised to aquaculture.
	Leonid P. Nezlin Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Science.	Early peripheral chemosensory neurons mediate developmental retardation induced by conspecific environmental stimuli in trochophore animals
	Yasuyiki Nogata Environmental Science Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan	Larval settlement of the sponge-inhabiting barnacle Acasta fodleini to Japanese intertidal sponges in the Genus, Halichondria.
	Peter Olive University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.	The biological rhythms of Polychaetes and the evolution of tidal, lunar and circadian time
	Makoto Osada Tohoku University, Japan	Oocyte Maturation and Spawning in Bivalve Mollusks: Control by Serotonin, Prostaglandin and a newly identified Oocyte Maturation Arresting Factor.
	Shmuel Parnes Ben-Gurion University, Israel	Vitellogenin gene expression and reproduction in brackish water grown shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei.
	Kevin Peterson Dartmouth College, U.S.A.	Dating the origins of marine larvae with a molecular clock.
	Anh Tuan Pham Research Institute for Aquaculture, Vietnam	No presentation
	Eva Pires ICBAS/LNIV AlaH, Portugal	Hermaphroditism and stereological evaluation of the gonad during the breeding cycle of the freshwater mussel Anodonta cygnea L. (Bivalvia, Unionidae), from the Portuguese Mira Lagoon.
	Pisit Poltana Mahidol University, Thailand	Development of the Polychaete Perinereis nuntia brevicirrus and its prostaglandin F2 alpha content in the atokous stage.
	Jeff Ram ayne State University, U.S.A.
	Nicole Rebscher Heidelberg University, Germany	Origin of germ cells in Platynereis dumerilii (Annelida:Polychaeta).
	Armindo Rodrigues Universidade dos Açores, Portugal	Reproductive Biology of the Azorean Patella gomesii (Drouët, 1858) .
	Guiomar Rotllant Centre d'Aqüicultura. IRTA, Spain	Ovarian maturation cycle of the Norway Lobster Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Western Mediterranean. Structure and functions of the male reproductive system of the Norway Lobster Nephrops norvegicus (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA).
	Beatriz Sabater Muñoz Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France	A transcriptomic approach to study the photoinduced switch from parthenogenesis to sexual development in the pea aphid.
	Amir Sagi Ben Gurion University, Israel	Five lessons on reproduction and growth from the Redclaw crayfish model
	Frantisok Sehnal Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Rep.	Beetle-specific Bacillus thuringiensis toxin curbs reproduction in a moth
	Andrey Shukalyuk Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia	Reproductive strategy in colonial rhizocephalan crustaceans.
	Carol Anne Simon Rhodes University, South Africa	The life history responses of the Abalone pest, Terebrasabella heterouncinata, under natural and aquaculture conditions.
	Luis Felipe Skinner Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Seasonality on larval availability and settlement of Tetraclita stalactifera and Chthamalus bisinuatus on tropical and upwelled Brazillian rocky shore.
	Sonia Soreanu Ben-Gurion University, Israel	Accompanying person
	Jintamas Suwanjarat Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.	Spermatogensis of marine snail Pugilina cochlidium (Linne,1758) (Caenogastropoda: Melongenidae).
	Katherine Swiney, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska, U.S.A	Comparison of Egg Development Between Primiparous and Multiparous Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi).
	Paul Stebbing University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.	When does the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus smell sexy? ….. and does the white clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes agree?
	Toru Tanabe Tohoku University, Japan	Identification of Oocyte Maturation Arresting Factor from Central Nervous System and Serotonin Receptor cDNA in the Ovary of Scallop.
	Rebecca Taylor University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.	Acute toxicity of diatom-derived aldehydes to invertebrate larvae: Do heavy metals have a synergistic effect?
	Peter Todd Napier University, U.K.	Associations between phenotypic variation in the shore crab (Carcinus maenas) and substrate variation in habitat. Quantifying shore crab (Carcinus maenas) carapace patterns using a novel technique.
	Muhammad Tufail Kobe University, Japan	Molecular characterization of vitellogenin receptor from the cockroach, Periplaneta americana and analysis of its expression during oogenesis.
	Gordon Watson University of Portsmouth, U.K.	Methods and effects of delaying spawning in the Lugworm Arenicola marina (L.) (Annelida: Polychaeta)
	Michael Whitaker University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.	Quantitative fluorescence imaging demonstrates that inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate increases at fertilization
	Celine Zatylny University of Caen, France	The oocyte as source of egg-laying factors in the mollusc cephalopod Sepia officinalis.

Does mating induce egg-laying behaviour in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis? Identification of APGWamide in male genital products of both Sepia officinalis and Crassostrea gigas.

A new ovarian regulatory peptides family identified in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis by mass spectrometry comparative screening.

Mass spectrometry comparative screening as tools for the identification of new neurohormone in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis.


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