Download Program for the 2nd International Symposium of Integrative Zoology

Program for the 2nd International Symposium of Integrative Zoology
December 8-10, Beijing, China
Organized by: International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS)
Sponsored by: Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS),
Institute of Zoology (IOZ), CAS.
Plenary sessions (Meeting room: B105, mornings of 8, 9, 10 Oct.)
Session 1. Micro-Biology Chairs: Edwin Cooper and Gerd Technau (Meeting room:
D122, afternoon of 8 Dec.)
Session 2. Integrative Approach and Methodology Chairs: Rosa Maria Polymeni
and Zhigang Jiang (Meeting room: D119, afternoon of 8 Dec.)
Session 3: Protected Area Action Plan in the East Asia Region Chairs: John
MacKinnon and Yan Xie (Meeting room: B517, afternoon of 8 Dec.)
Session 4. Role of ISZS in linking zoological societies cross the world Chairs: John
Buckeridge and Zhibin Zhang (Meeting room: C101, afternoon of 8 Dec.)
Session 5: Animal Ecology Chairs: Badamdorj Bayartogtokh and Dehua Wang
(Meeting room: B517, afternoon of 9 Dec.)
Session 6. Biodiversity and Conservation Chairs: Jaye Allan and Chong Kim Wong
(Meeting room: D119, afternoon of 9 Dec.)
Session 7. Evolution and biodiversity Chairs: W.E.G. Müller and Guang Yang
(Meeting room: D122, afternoon of 9 Dec.)
Session 8. Behavior and Reproductive Chairs: Vera Voznessenskaya and Yanling
Wang (Meeting room: C101, afternoon of 9 Dec.)
Banquet: (Baifu Xiangweilou Restaurant, 18:30 8th Dec.) with Acrobatics, Chinese
Wushu, Folk song, Dancing and Sichuan opera: Face off and face on
Posters will be presented during the whole Symposium and presenters will on site to
explain during 13:00-14:00 and 18:00-18:30.
Dec. 8, 2007
Morning (Meeting room: B105)
8:30- 9:30: Opening session, Chairs: Dexing Zhang and Zhibin Zhang
Three invited speeches (10 minutes each)
Introduction to International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS) - John Buckeridge
(10 minutes)
Introduction to the journal of Integrative Zoology (IZ) - Zhibin Zhang (10 minutes)
Introduction to 20th International Congress of Zoological Sciences (ICZ) - Jean- Marc
Jallon (10 minutes)
9:30-10:10 Group photo and tea break (40 minutes)
10:10- 12:10: Plenary session (Each 40 minutes including questions)
10:10-10:50 Comparative Immunology: From ASZ to ISZS, An International View
－ Edwin Cooper (USA)
10:50-11:30 Molecular Biology of Social Interactions － Yi Rao (China)
11:30-12:10 Species richness and adaptive capacity in animal communities – John
MacKinnon (UK)
Afternoon 14:00 – 18:00, 8th
4 symposium sessions on different subjects, 8-10 presentations each session (20
minutes each, including questions)
Session 1. Organelles, Development and Environment (Meeting room: D122)
Chairs: Edwin Cooper and Gerd Technau
1.
Mitochondrial sequence data reveals the phylogeny of the Asian Helice group
(Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae) － Hongying Sun (China)
2.
Oogenesis in mice, and somatic cell cloning － Eimei Sato (Japan)
3.
Biosilica: the impact and value of sponge biology, molecular biology and
chemistry for biotechnology － Xiaohong Wang (Beijing) and W.E.G. Müller
(Germany).
4.
Segmental patterning of the drosophila central nervous system － Gerd
Technau (Germany)
5.
The role of red spherule Coelomocytes in the wound healing process of the sea
urchin Lytechinus variegatus. － Lisanne D’Andrea-Winslow (USA)
Tea break (20 minutes)
6.
Effects of cadmium on glutathione synthesis in the hepatopancreas of freshwater
crab, Sinopotamon yangtsekiense － Lan Wang (China)
7.
RAPD characterization of Pseudomonas aeuriginosa isolated from pesticides
stressed soil － Pooja Pandey (India)
8.
Toxicology of organic and inorganic contaminants on Amphibian tadpoles －
Yingmei Zhang (China)
9.
Enantio selectivity in endocrine disruption of Synthetic Pyrethroids － Meirong
Zhao (China)
Session 2. Integrative Approach and Methodology (Meeting room: D119)
Chairs: Rosa Maria Polymeni and Zhigang Jiang
1.
Genes, individuals, societies: integrated approaches to understanding insect
societies － Juergen Heinze (Germany)
2.
What did we learn from the introduction and rewilding of Père David’s deer in
China? An case study of Integrative Conservation Biology － Zhigang Jiang
(China)
3.
Integrative Physiology of plateau pikas and root voles from the Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau － Dehua Wang (China)
4.
Current situation and future trends of the zoological investigations in Mongolia
－ Badamdorj Bayartogtokh (Mongolia)
Tea break (20 minutes)
5.
Presence-absence modeling as an inexpensive and effective tool to survey
mammals in mountainous areas － Igor Khorozyan (Armenia)
6.
Transformation and democratization of zoological taxonomy in the cyber era －
Zhiqiang Zhang (New Zealand)
7.
Need of integrative approach to address the zoological issues associated with
natural resource conservation and management under the challenges of changing
climate in Bangladesh － Bidhan Das (Bangladesh)
8.
Tissue-specific cadmium and metallothionein levels in freshwater crab
sinopotamon henanense during acute exposure to waterborne cadmium － Wenli
Ma (China)
Session 3: Protected Area Action Plan in the East Asia Region (Meeting room:
B517)
Chairs: John MacKinnon and Yan Xie
1. Introduction of the draft Protected Area Action Plan in the East Asia Region
2. Open discussion
Session 4: Role of ISZS in linking zoological societies cross the world (Meeting
room: C101)
Chairs: John Buckeridge and Zhibin Zhang
1.
Presentations from representatives of national zoological societies or
organizations (10- 15 minutes each)
2.
Open discussion: Promotion of Integrative Zoology through ISZS and IZ, and
ICZ.
18:30 Banquet (Baifu Xiangweilou Restaurant)
Program:
1. Dancing: bird of paradise
2. Folk song of Tibet
3. Acrobatics by contortionist
4. Sichuan opera: Face off and face on
5. Chinese martial art (Wushu)
6. Thousand-hand Bodhisattva dance
Dec. 9, 2007
Morning 8:30-12:00 Plenary session (Meeting room: B105)
Chairs: Jean-Marc Jallon and Michael Schmitt
8:30- 9:05 Conserving Wildlife In and Around Protected Areas: Challenges in
Park-People Relationships － Jeffrey A. McNeely (IUCN, Switzerland)
9:05-9:40 Coelurosaurian phylogeny revisited: recovering phylogenetic signals from
subtle morphological variations －Xing Xu (China)
9:40- 10:15 The rationale for inculcating Ethical Awareness into the Biological
Sciences － John Buckeridge (Australia)
10:15-10:50 UV vision and reflectance in sexual selection of jumping spiders－
Daiqin Li (Singapore)
10:50-11:00 Tea break (10 minutes)
11:00-11:25 Aristotle´s system on living things: art imitates nature － Rosa Maria
Polymeni (Greece)
11:25-11:45 Art imitates nature (Aristotle, On Nature 194a.21): Plants － Sophia
Rhizopoulou (Greece)
11:45-12:20 Carl Linnaeus - systematist between Aristotle and Willi Hennig －
Michael Schmitt (Germany)
Afternoon 13:30-18:00 4 symposium sessions. Each talk 20 minutes including
questions
Session 5. Animal Ecology (Meeting room: B517)
Chairs: Badamdorj Bayartogtokh and Dehua Wang
1.
Biology and ecology of Pallas cats in Mongolia － Bariushaa Munkhtsog
(Mongolia)
2.
Evaluation of marine algal fatty acids Supplement in broodstock diets of
Macrobrachium rosenbergii － Balamurugan Paramaraj (India)
3.
Diet and time budgets of the Assamese Macaque (Macaca assamensis) in the
Nonggnag Nature Reserve, China － Qihai Zhou (China)
4.
The research on the habitat requirement of the Mongolia gazelle around Dalai
Lake － Bingwan Liu (China)
5.
Biology and ecology of Lymantria dispar L － Baigal-Amar Tuulaikhuu
(Mongolia)
Tea break (20 minutes)
6.
Rodent species diversity and abundance in modified landscapes: consequences
in agriculture and public health in Africa – the case of Tanzania － Rhodes
Makundi (Tanzania)
7.
Land management practices influence on breeding and abundance of Mastomys
natalensis － Apia W. Massawe (Tanzania)
8.
Testing the high tannin hypothesis with scatter- hoarding rodents experimental
and field evidence － Zhishu Xiao (China)
9.
Distribution pattern and food relationships among five carnivore species at
Saihanwula Nature Reserve － Weidong Bao (China)
10.
Global potential distribution modeling of the invasive species, the Long-legged
ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under climate change －
Youhua Chen (China)
Session 6. Biodiversity and Conservation (Meeting room: D119)
Chairs: Jaye Allan and Chong Kim Wong
1.
Endemic endangered species distribution scinerio － B.M. Arora (India)
2.
Diversity and conservation of fishes and amphibians of Iran － Hamid Reza
Esmaeili (Iran)
3.
Spatial and seasonal variations in chaetognath assemblages in two subtropical
marine inlets with different hydrographical characteristics － Chong Kim Wong
(Hong Kong, China)
4.
Saola and new mammalian species of Southeast Asia: biological and
conservation status － Bui Xuan Nguyen (Vietnam)
5.
Ex Situ Behavioural Conservation-An essential step in the long term strategy to
save endangered species － Carin Harrington and Liu Her (Hong Kong, China)
6.
Assessment of Guangdong Huidong sea turtle nesting habitat and
conservation in China － Wei Li (China)
Tea break (20 minutes)
7.
Population of red deer in Tarim, Sinkiang －Mahamuti Halike (China)
8.
A view on Chinese zoos － Jaye Allan (China)
9.
An essential step in the long term strategy to save endangered species － Carin
Harrington and Liu Her (Hong Kong, China)
10.
The action for the wildlife conservation and practical problems in the nomadic
area, Tibet － Migmar Wangdwei (China)
11. Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus ussuricus) Restoration Project －
Bae-Keun Lee (Republic of Korean)
Session 7. Evolution and biodiversity (Meeting room: D122)
Chairs: W.E.G. Müller and Guang Yang
1.
Early evolution of Metazoa and the significance of the Porifera － W.E.G.
Müller (Germany), Xiaohong Wang (China), Jinhe Li (China)
2.
Origin, evolution and phylogeography of Phrynocephalus vlangalii on north
Tibetan (Qinghai) Plateau － Naifa Liu (China)
3.
High similarity at three MHC loci between baiji and finless porpoise:
trans-species or convergent evolution － Guang Yang (China)
4.
Virtual experiments permit manipulations in zoology not possible palpably:
using marine snails to examine the evolution of co-operative animal behaviour
－ Mark Davies (UK)
5.
Origin and diversity of dwarf hamsters (genus Phodopus) － Feoktistova
Natalia (Russia)
Tea break (20 minutes)
6.
Ectoparasites of the Nile rat Arvicanthis niloticus (Desmarest, 1822) Lesson,
1842 (Mammalia, Muridae) in some rural and rrban regions of Sudan － Dina
Mustafa Fagir (Sudan)
7.
The specific biodiversity of jumping spiders from Mountains Gaoligongshan,
Yunnan, China － Xianjin Peng (China)
8.
Taxonomic status of three forms of hamster group Cricetulus barabensis sensu
lato by philogenetic, geographical and hybridization analysis － Alexei Surov
(Russia)
9.
10.
Phylogeny and conservation of Ranidae in China － Jianping Jiang (China)
Morphological adaptation of acoustic organs in anurans to Tibetan Plateau
uplifting － Naifa Liu (China)
Session 8. Behavior and Reproduction (Meeting room: C101)
Chairs: Vera Voznessenskaya and Yanling Wang
1.
Effects of TCDD on reproductive and immune function and antagonistic
action of vitamin E in mice － Xianqing Zhou (China)
2.
Clinical anatomy of reproductive system and breeding biology of Indian deer and
antelopes － B.M. Arora (India)
3.
Reproductive control effect of a synthetic compound (EP-1) on plateau pika
(Ochotona curzoniae) in Tibet Plateau － Yanling Wang (China)
4.
Impact of male takeover on intra-unit sexual interactions and subsequent
inter-birth interval in wild Rhinopithecus roxellana － Dapeng Zhao (China)
5.
Aggressive behavior pattern of root voles, Microtus oeconomus, under the
effect of food supply and predation － Haiyan Nie (China)
Tea break (20 minutes)
6.
The combined role of the main olfactory and vomeronasal systems in social
communication in rodents － Vera Voznessenskaya (Russia)
7.
Maternal social stress affects offspring humoral immunocompetence in root
voles under field experimental conditions － Yan Wu (China)
8.
Potential of Beiao as a novel male antifertility agent of plant origin
(Tripterygium wilfordii) in house rat, Rattus rattus － Neena Singla (India)
9.
Bull bioactivities in response towards buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) estrus-specific
synthetic compounds － Rajanarayanan Swamynathan (India)
10 Dec.
Morning: closure of Meeting (Meeting room: B105)
8:30-11:10 Report of 8 sessions (20 minutes each, including questions)
11:10-11:20 Tea break (10 minutes)
11:20-11:40 Ceremony of student prize, best poster,
Afternoon:
14:00- 17:30: ISZS committee meeting (ISZS committee members only, A501)
Visit Institute of Zoology, National Animal Exhibition Hall and surrounding
Olympic facilities
Two choices of visit (RMB 120):
1. Forbidden City
2. China Ethnic Culture Park
Poster Presentation:
1. Endemic fish of Iran with respected to description of some endanger species
－ Azad Teimory (Iran)
2. Amphibian of Iran with respected to endemic species － Mehregan
Ebrahimi (Iran)
3. Poster by Haiyan Nie (China)
4. Poster by Zhengkun Wang (China)
5. Perspectives of animals reproduction investigation － Tatyana F.Vasilenko
(Russia)
Note:
1. Lunch time is 12:30. Free choices with lunch tickets
2. Dinner time is 18:30. Free choice with diner ticket on 7th, 9th and 10th Dec.