27th (Fri) Sep. 2024
12:55. Welcome & Overview: kleptobiology [Taro Maeda]
13:00 Keynote. [Jessica Goodhart]
"Invertebrate Pirates: Mechanism and Evolution of a Stolen Defense"
14:15–14:40 Taro Maeda
"Reuse of chloroplast without horizontal gene transfer"
14:40–15:05 Yuta Kudo
"The Origin of Toxins in Amphibians: Focusing on Tetrodotoxin in Newts"
15:05-15:30 Manabu Bessho-Uehara
"Kleptoprotein bioluminescence"
15:55-16:15 Tsutomu Tsuchida
"Tackling mysteries of gall formation: A study of a weevil and its symbiotic bacterium"
16:15-16:40 Kanako Bessho-Uehara
"Host parasitic plant response to the hyperparasite for gall development"
16:50--17:15 Shinichiro Maruyama
"Another perspective in kleptobiology: Are coral symbiont algae victims of theft or suspects of wild dumping?"
17:15-17:40 Yu Uchiumi
"Evolutionary ecology of endosymbiosis and kleptoplasty from a theoretical perspective"
17:30–19:00 Poster session & Mixer (Light meals)
19:00 Closing talk [Shuji Shigenobu]