Student Regular 10-min: FIT, MUVE, and PBT

Moderator(s)

• 

  Christopher Vitek

  Professor
  University of Texas
  Edinburg, Texas
• 

  Dowen Jocson

  Washington State University
  Pullman, Washington

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM - 1:42 PM Pacific

  A case of mitochondrial mismatch in Tribolium castaneum hybrids?
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan Leigh Olmstead (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Marcé Lorenzen – North Carolina State University
• 1:42 PM - 1:54 PM Pacific

  Analyzing sensory differences in hazelnuts damaged by brown marmorated stink bug
  

  Presenting Author: Christoph Alexander Anderson – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Edwin T. Harris – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Vaughn M. Walton – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Camilla Santori – Oregon State University Department of Food Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Tomasino – Oregon State University Department of Food Science and Technology
• 1:54 PM - 2:06 PM Pacific

  Comparative analysis of two mosquito-predating species in South Korea, Toxorhynchites christophi and Lutzia vorax (Diptera: Culicidae) – ecological roles, distribution, and genetic attributes
  

  Presenting Author: Junyoung Lee (he/him/his) – Korea University

  Co-Author: Sangwoo Seok – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Yeon Jae Bae – Korea University
• 2:06 PM - 2:18 PM Pacific

  Doctor of Plant Medicine: An interdisciplinary program focusing on pest control and plant health
  

  Presenting Author: Md Tafsir Nur Nabi Rashed (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Morgan Grace Pinkerton – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Amanda Hodges – University of Florida
• 2:42 PM - 2:54 PM Pacific

  Break
• 2:54 PM - 3:06 PM Pacific

  Evaluating effects of heat and deer urine on tick drag catch
  

  Presenting Author: Charlotte Caldon – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: M. Eric Benbow – Michigan State University Department of Entomology

  Co-Author: Jean Tsao – Michigan State University
• 3:06 PM - 3:18 PM Pacific

  Factors affecting toxicity of gel baits against the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana): The role of life stages and competitive food
  

  Presenting Author: Ashmita Sapkota – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Arthur Appel – Auburn University
• 3:18 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific

  Form and function: Investigating the influence of structural deformation of leafhopper brochosomes on leafhopper surface hydrophobicity
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Bello – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Bolade Abiola-Fagba – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Marianne Alleyne – University of Illinois
• 3:42 PM - 3:54 PM Pacific

  Gene expression changes in response to a juvenile hormone analog in Bombus impatiens
  

  Presenting Author: Joanna Elizabeth Saxon – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Grayson Tung – Rutgers University Department of Entomology

  Co-Author: Chloe Hawkings – Rutgers University
• 3:54 PM - 4:06 PM Pacific

  Investigating the antimicrobial properties of X-Tox proteins
  

  Presenting Author: Gillian Struble – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Haodong Yin – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Haobo Jiang – Oklahoma State University
• 4:06 PM - 4:18 PM Pacific

  Break
• 4:18 PM - 4:30 PM Pacific

  Landscape and parasitoid effects on Polistes nesting success
  

  Presenting Author: Garrett James Behrends (he/him/his) – University of Missouri
• 4:30 PM - 4:42 PM Pacific

  Life stage-specific expression of sericin genes of Actias luna (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Andrew Hong – Florida Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Skyla Sheehy – Florida Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Ana Isabel Isabel Lopez-Cacacho – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Bert Foquet – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Akito Y. Kawahara, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Florida Museum of Natural History
• 4:42 PM - 4:54 PM Pacific

  Stress tolerance limits in two Antarctic polyextremophile insects, the endemic midge Belgica antarctica and the invasive midge Eretmoptera murphyi
  

  Presenting Author: Cleverson Sousa Lima – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Monica Aquilino – University of Birmingham

  Co-Author: Scott Hayward – University of Birmingham

  Co-Author: Nicholas Teets – University of Kentucky
• 4:54 PM - 5:06 PM Pacific

  Warmer temperature delays the development of male mosquito reproductive tissues and accelerates the aging-dependent decrease in gene expression
  

  Presenting Author: Norbu Shastri – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Lindsay E. Martin (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Tania Y. Estévez-Lao – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Julián F. Hillyer – Vanderbilt University