ESOVE 2024

14-17 October 2024 - Corum, Montpellier, France

Bandeau - ESOVE 2024

Monday 14 October

CET (Central European Time)
08:00-09:00

Area Antigone - Level 2Conference registration - Welcome coffee


09:00-09:30

Auditorium Einstein - Level 0Welcome Introduction

Chairs: Didier FONTENILLE (IRD, Vectopole Sud, Montpellier, France) &
Claire GARROS (Cirad, Vectopole Sud, Montpellier, France)

  • Prof Jacques MERCIER (Vice-Président en charge de la Recherche, Université de Montpellier)
  • Mme Clare HART (Vice-Présidente de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, Déléguée au Rayonnement international et Coopération européenne)
  • Mme Claire GATECEL (Conseillère Régionale, Région Occitanie, Présidente de la Commission Enseignement Supérieur et Recherche)


09:30-10:05

Keynote 1

  • KN-1 - What is the interest of Plant Health for One Health?
    Cindy MORRIS (Plant Pathology Research Unit, INRAE, Montfavet, France)

10:05-11:05

Session 1

Integrative taxonomy and evolution

Chairs: Thierry LEFEVRE (CNRS, Montpellier, France) &
Alessandra DELLA TORRE (Universita Sapienza, Rome, Italy)

  • S1-1 - Pangenomic variations and differentiation between the two African malaria vector sister species Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii
    Clothilde CHENAL (MIVEGEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France)
  • S1-2 - Speciation within the Anopheles gambiae complex: high-throughput whole genome sequencing reveals evidence of a putative new cryptic taxon in ‘far-west’ Africa
    Alessandra DELLA TORRE (Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy)
  • S1-3 - Genomic diversity, evolution, and adaptation of Anopheles bwambae to the extreme thermal spring waters in Uganda
    Michael C. FONTAINE (MIVEGEC, CNRS - U Montpellier - IRD, Montpellier, France)

11:05-11:30

Area Antigone - Level 2Coffee break - Posters


11:30-13:10

Auditorium Einstein - Level 0Session 1 (continued)

Integrative taxonomy and evolution

Chairs: Thierry LEFEVRE (CNRS, Montpellier, France) &
Alessandra DELLA TORRE (Universita Sapienza, Rome, Italy)

  • S1-4 - Characterization of Aedes aegypti from three West African countries using morphological, morphometric and genetic analysis
    Eric AGBOLI (Vector control, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany)
  • S1-5 - A worldwide study of structural variants of insecticide resistance genes in Culex pipiens s.l.
    Pierrick LABBÉ (ISEM, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France)
  • S1-6 - A decade of mass spectrometry applications on phlebotomine sand flies: what we know and what we want to know more
    Vit DVORAK (Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 2, Czechia)
  • S1-7 - An integrative approach to combat cryptic speciation in a complex of biting midges
    Phillip SHULTS (ARS, USDA, Manhattan, Kansas, United States)
  • S1-8 - Integrative taxonomy of nearly 200 years old type specimens of Culicoides vexans Staeger leading to unexpected taxonomic implications
    Bruno MATHIEU (UR3073 PHAVI - Medical School, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France)

13:10-14:10

Area Antigone - Level 2Lunch & Coffee - Posters


14:10-15:50

Auditorium Einstein - Level 0Session 2

Vector ecology and biology

Chairs: Filiz GUNAY (University of Florida, Vero Beach, USA) &
Chris SANDERS (The Pirbright Institute, Woking, UK)

  • S2-1 - Temperature and humidity limits for flight activity and survival of field-collected Culicoides in the UK
    Laura JONES (The Pirbright Institute, Woking, United Kingdom)
  • S2-2 - Tick-borne encephalitis virus in the Netherlands: Exploring the interplay between ticks, viruses and rodents
    Julian BAKKER (Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands)
  • S2-3 - The cellular and molecular components of the proboscis in the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus
    Paolo GABRIELI (Dept. Biosciences, University of Milan, Milano, Italy)
  • S2-4 - The genetic bases of deltamethrin resistance in Aedes albopictus – A genomic travelling around the world
    Tiphaine BACOT (Laboratoire d'écologie alpine, Univesité Grenoble Alpes, Gières, France)
  • S2-5 - The seasonal thermal ecophysiology and egg metabolome point to different overwintering strategies in two invasive Aedes mosquito species
    Ruth MÜLLER (Unit Entomology, Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium)

15:50-16:10

Area Antigone - Level 2Coffee break - Posters


16:10-17:30

Auditorium Einstein - Level 0Session 2 (continued)

Vector ecology and biology

Chairs: Filiz GUNAY (University of Florida, Vero Beach, USA) &
Chris SANDERS (The Pirbright Institute, Woking, UK)

  • S2-6 - Unlocking Aedes albopictus Expansion: Integrating Microhabitat Climate in Species Distribution Models
    Katie Milligan SUSONG (Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States)
  • S2-7 - Resting site selection and microclimate of adult mosquitoes along a land use gradient
    Carmen VILLACAÑAS DE CASTRO (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany)
  • S2-8 - Toc-toc: who is inside? Uncovering indoor host-seeking mosquito dynamics by Citizen Science
    Eleonora LONGO (Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, San Michele all’Adige, Italy)
  • S2-9 - Diversity of the Aedes aegypti group in the Southwest Indian Ocean
    Andrea GLORIA-SORIA (Department of Entomology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, United States)

17:30-18:30

Area Antigone - Level 2Poster Session 1


18:30

Area Antigone - Level 2Welcome Cocktail