Dear Arthropod Neuroscientist,

4th ANN satellite symposium - programme 2016:
Tuesday, September 13th
-12.30- later: hanging of posters, registration
13.15 Opening
• Christian Wegener, Joachim Schachtner, Thomas Roeder
13.25-15.45 presentations I
-13.25-14.10: AG Dürr, Uni Bielefeld
• Volker Dürr
Introduction: Sensory control of locomotion in stick insects: distributed load sensing and active tactile
exploration.
• Chris J. Dallmann
Distributed Load Sensing in Inter-Leg Coordination
• Gaetan Lepreux
Passive versus Active Sensing in Tactile Exploration
-14.10-14.35: AG Pfeiffer, Uni Marburg
• Keram Pfeiffer, Florian Dersch, Nicklas Kühn
Unpolarized green and UV light as sky-compass signals: electrophysiological and behavioral
experiments
-14.35-15.15: AG Rössler, Uni Würzburg
• Martin Strube-Bloss, Wolfgang Rössler
Olfactory-visual integration in mushroom body output neurons
• Ayse Yilmaz, Wolfgang Rössler, Johannes Spaethe
Color vision and visual memory formation in the ant Camponotus blandus
-15.15-15.40: AG Nowotny, Uni Frankfurt
• Manuela Nowotny, Jan Scherberich, Jennifer Hummel
Processing of auditory signals – from mechanics to neuronal endocding
-15.40-16.10: coffee break
16.10-17.45 presentations II
-16.10-16.35: AG Schachtner, Uni Marburg
• Björn Trebels, Stefan Dippel, Ernst Wimmer, Joachim Schachtner
Postmetamorphic plasticity of the mushroom bodies
16.35-17.00: AG Wellmann, Uni Köln
• Carmen R Smarandache-Wellmann
Neuronal Network for Swimmeret Movement – Locomotion in Crayfish
-17.00-17.45: AG Stevenson, Uni Leipzig
• Paul Stevenson
Introduction: new insights into the role of neuromodulators controlling the decision to fight or flee in
crickets.
• Jaqueline Rose
Individuality and serotonin in cricket aggression
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• Stefan Schöneich
Neuronal correlates for modulator controlled decision making in crickets
• Jan Rillich
Setting social status by simple stimulus regimes – a new approach to discover neural correlates of
aggression
-17:45-18.10: Basil el Jundi, Uni Lund (Sweden)
• Basil el Jundi, Marie Dacke, Emily Baird
A snapshot-based mechanism for celestial orientation
-18.10-18.45: coffee break
-18.45-19.30:
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Keynote lecture: Alexander Borst, MPI Neurobiologie Martinsried
Neural circuits for elementary motion detection
-19:30 – open end:
Poster session and social
Wednesday, September 14th
09.00-12.00: Presentations III
-09.00-9.45:
AG Harzsch, Uni Greifswald
• Steffen Harzsch
Evolution of crustacean chemosensory systems
• Andy Sombke
The neuromatrix project – tracing evolutionary transformations of the metazoan nervous system
• Jakob Krieger
Brain anatomy in the banded cleaner shrimp (Malacostraca, Stenopodidea) – comparison of
mechanosensory neuropils in Stenopus hispidus and in other malacostracan taxa.
-09.45-10.25: AG Homberg, Uni Marburg
• Frederick Zittrell, Keram Pfeiffer, Uwe Homberg
Receptive fields of polarization-sensitive neurons of the central complex in the desert locust
• Uta Pegel, Keram Pfeiffer, Uwe Homberg
Integration of polarization and chromatic cues in the sky compass of the desert locust
-10.25-10.45: coffee break
-10:45-11.30: AG Bicker, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover
• Gerd Bicker, Sarah Frömbling, Gregor Bergmann, Michael Stern
An intact insect embryo as assay for developmental neurotoxicity testing
• Hannah Wasser, Michael Stern
Functional regeneration of the locust olfactory system
• Torben Stemme, Thomas M. Iliffe, Gerd Bicker
Higher brain centers in Remipedia
-11.30-11.55: AG Bräunig, RWTH Aachen
• Hana Adamova, Anna-Christin Joel, Peter Bräunig
A special “trinity” of sensilla on distal tarsal segments in insects
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-12.00: Lunch break
13.30-16.30: Presentations IV
-13.30-13.55: AG Riemensperger/Fiala, Uni Göttingen
• Ulrike Pech, Simon Kobbenbring, Carlotta Martelli, Britta Bahl, Mirjam Vanessa Sommer,
Atefeh Pooryasin, Jonas Barth, Carmina Warth Perez Arias, Abud Farca Luna, Florian Richter,
Dennis Pauls, Christian Wegener, André Fiala, Thomas Riemensperger
SIFamide converts hunger signals into appetitive and feeding behavior in Drosophila
-13.55-14.20: AG Pauls, Uni Würzburg
• Alice Weiglein, Jeffrey Wilczek, Dennis Pauls
SIFamide modulates feeding and feeding-related behaviors in the Drosophila melanogaster larva
-14:20-15.05 AG Wolf, Uni Ulm
• Harald Wolf
Desert ant navigation: two different odometer memories
• Nikola Giese
3D-Modelling of arthropod brains with ImageJ and Blender
• Anja Dünnebeil
Comparison of the neuroendocrine system in arthropods
• Andrea Wirmer
Traumatic brain injury in insects – a cricket model
-15.05-15.25 coffee break
-15:25-15.50: AG Marco, Uni Cape Town (South Africa)
• Heather G. Marco
Comparative neuroendocrinology
-15:50-16.30: AG Predel – AG Büschges/AG Nawrot, Uni Köln
• Sander Ließem, Reinhard Predel, Ansgar Büschges, Joachim Schmidt
Neuropeptidergic modulation of adaptive locomotor behavior in Carausius morosus
• Max Diesner, Susanne Neupert
Identification and quantification of biogenic amines from individual Drosophila somata by MALDI-TOF
MS
-16:30-17.10:
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AG Wegener, Uni Würzburg
Mareike Selcho, Carola Millán, Angelina Palacios-Muñoz, Franziska Ruf, Lilian Ubillo,
Jiangtian Chen, Gregor Bergmann, Chihiro Ito, Valeria Silva, John Ewer, Christian Wegener
Neuropeptidergic coupling between central and peripheral clocks in Drosophila
• Jiangtian Chen, Wencke Reiher, Christiane Hermann-Luibl, Azza Sellami, Paola Cognigni,
Shu Kondo, Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, Jan A Veenstra, Christian Wegener
Allatostatin A signalling regulates feeding and sleep and is modulated by PDF
17.10-17.30: Prices, Announcements & Final discussion
17.30: group photograph
18:30 Opening DZG Meeting
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POSTER:
1) Marcel Bläser, Benjamin Wipfler, Reinhard Predel
Universität zu Köln
Analysis of the evolution of Polyneoptera (Insecta) by using precursor sequences of neuropeptides
2) Yasmin Klaas, Stefan Dippel, Martin Kollmann, Ernst A Wimmer, Joachim Schachtner
Universität Marburg and Universität Göttingen
Characterization of the gnathal olfactory center
3) Ronja Hensgen, Keram Pfeiffer
Universität Marburg
Morphological characterization of neurons in the central complex of the honeybee Apis mellifera
4) Franziska Ruf, Oliver Mitesser, Thomas Hovestadt, Christian Wegener
Universität Würzburg
Eclosion rhythmicity in wildtype and clock-related mutants of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster under
natural abiotic conditions
5) Frederick Zittrell, Keram Pfeiffer, Uwe Homberg
Universität Marburg
Receptive fields of polarization-sensitive neurons of the central complex in the desert locust
6) Stephan Schaffrath, Reinhard Predel, Martin Nawrot
Universität zu Köln
Classification of scorpion venoms analyzed by MALDI TOF MS
7) Sander Ließem, Reinhard Predel, Ansgar Büschges, Joachim Schmidt
Universität zu Köln
Neuropeptidergic modulation of adaptive locomotor behavior in Carausius morosus
8) Thordis Arnold, Andreas Arendt, Monika Stengl
Universität Kassel
Contralateral light input pathways to the circadian pacemaker of the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia
maderae
9) Julia Gestrich, HongYing Wei, Monika Stengl
Universität Kassel
Pigment-dispersing factor gates light-entrainment pathways to the circadian clock of the cockroach Rhyparobia
maderae
10) Julia Gestrich, Wen Shen, Maria Giese, Monika Stengl, HongYing Wei
Universität Kassel
Physiological analysis of Pigment-Dispersing Factor-immunoreactive neurons in the cockroach Rhyparobia
maderae
11) Maria Giese, Julia Gestrich, HongYing Wei, Monika Stengl
Universität Kassel
Responses to the neurotransmitter GABA in circadian pacemaker neurons of the Madeira cockroach
Rhyparobia maderae
12) Sebastian Korek, Azar Massah, Thordis Arnold, Andreas Arendt, Monika Stengl
Universität Kassel
Characterization of different layers in the medulla of the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae with focus
on connections to circadian clock circuits
13) Gerd Gäde, Petr Šimek, Heather G. Marco
University of Cape Town, South Africa
An African spittle bug: source of novel adipokinetic peptides
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14) Harald Wolf
Universität Ulm
GABA-immunoreactivity in the scorpion brain
15) Nanina Tron, Reinhard Lakes-Harlan
Universität Giessen
The phonotactic flight behaviour of the parasitoid fly Emblemasoma auditrix (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
16) Vanessa Schendel, Andy Sombke
Universität Greifswald
The ventral nerve cord and individually identifiable neurons of the centipede Lithobius forficatus
17) Philip O. M. Steinhoff, Andy Sombke, Jannis Liedtke, Steffen Harzsch, Jutta M. Schneider, Gabriele Uhl
Universität Greifswald
Neuroanatomy of the jumping spider Marpissa muscosa
18) Volker Dürr, T. Walter, S. M. Würth, F. P. Schmidt, M. Botsch
Universität Bielefeld
Marker-less motion capture of antennal movements in honeybees and bumblebees
19) Gaetan Lepreux, Stephan S. Haupt, Volker Dürr
Universität Bielefeld
Passive versus active sensing: A giant descending interneuron in a stick insect conveying information about
antennal movement
20) Maurice Zäch, Volker Dürr.
Universität Bielefeld
Active tactile exploration in a walking insect: Adaptation of the antennal beating-field according to speed and
curvature
21) Anna Vavakou, C. Neumann, Volker Dürr.
Universität Bielefeld
To climb, surmount or pass below: Tactually guided obstacle negotiation in a stick insect
22) Christine Martin, Vladimir Gross, Lars Hering, Paul A. Stevenson, Georg Mayer
Universität Kassel
Learning about arthropod evolution by looking at their closest relatives
23) Yong Li, Jakob von Frieling, Stella Nolte, Yang Li, Christine Fink, Thomas Roeder
Universität Kiel
Octopamine controls starvation resistance, life span and metabolic traits in Drosophila
24) Stella Nolte, Jakob von Frieling, Yong Li, Thomas Roeder
Universität Kiel
Biogenic amines modulate Dh44 signalling in Drosophila melanogaster
25) Petra Gawalek, Robin Schumann, Thomas Schendzielorz, Andreas Nolte, Monika Stengl
Universität Kassel
Evidence for daytime- and pheromone dose-dependent metabotropic signal transduction cascades in the
hawkmoth Manduca sexta
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