OIST-NTU Invasive Ant Symposium
![NTU Group Visit](../wp-content/uploads/2014/04/DSC0067.jpg)
We were the proud hosts of Dr. Scotty Yang’s research group and his colleagues from Taiwan National University. His research group specializes in studying the patterns of dispersal in a variety of invasive ant species. We were treated to a wide range of topics, including a few fascinating finding about Wolbachia distributions in invasive ants.
Taiwan talks
- Global invasion history and Wolbachia infection patterns of crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis I (Dr. Chin-Cheng Yang)
- Global invasion history and Wolbachia infection patterns of crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis II (Ms. Shu-Ping Tseng)
- Global invasion history and Wolbachia infection patterns of yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes (Ms. Ho Han-Chih)
- Chemical ecology and seed collecting behaviors of invasive fire ants in Taiwan (Dr. Li-Chuan Lai)
OIST talks
- Sex determination in Vollenhovia emeryi (Dr. Misato Okamoto)
- Molecular signatures of ancient mutualistic coevolution in attine ants and their fungal cultivars (Dr. Alexander Mikheyev)