Grad 10-min Competition: MUVE, Vectors

Moderator(s)

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  Murad Ghanim

  Volcani Center
  Agricultural Research Organization
  Rishon LeZion, HaMerkaz, Israel
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  Jennifer Henke, BCE (she/her/hers)

  Laboratory Manager
  Surveillance and Quality Control Department
  Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
  Indio, California

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific

  An old pathway in a new context: The role Salvador/Warts/Hippo pathway in Aedes aegypti reproduction
  

  Presenting Author: April Lopez – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Francisco D. Plenge – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Immo Alex Hansen, PhD – New Mexico State University
• 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM Pacific

  Assembly pheromone efficacy as a brown dog tick lure
  

  Presenting Author: Mara Short (they/them/theirs) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Wendy Moore, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
• 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM Pacific

  Carryover effects of soil on mosquito blood feeding and fecundity
  

  Presenting Author: Kellen Pautzke (she/her/hers) – Washington State University
• 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM Pacific

  Effectiveness of various dust insecticides and their impact on the locomotor responses of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Kavita Adhikari – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Scott Bundy – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: John Agnew (he/him/his) – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Alvaro Romero – Envu

  Co-Author: Akash Bajagain – North Carolina State University
• 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Environmental influences on soft tick populations and Borrelia presence in burrow habitats of South Texas
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua Michael Morris – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Christopher Vitek – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Bradley Christoffersen – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  Co-Author: Sarah Maestas, Professor – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific

  Factors influencing gonotrophic discordance and its impact on Aedes aegypti vectorial capacity for dengue virus
  

  Presenting Author: Sergio Méndez-Cardona – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Zachary McGuire – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

  Co-Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Matthew Thomas – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Barry Alto – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

  Co-Author: Panpim Thongsripong – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
• 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Pacific

  Permethrin susceptibility in Culicoides biting midges from Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Vilma M. Cooper (Montenegro) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Eva Buckner (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
• 11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Pacific

  Target and non-target effects of reservoir-targeted acaricide treatments
  

  Presenting Author: Grace Oram (she/her/hers) – San Francisco State University

  Co-Author: Maxwell Newton – San Francisco State University

  Co-Author: Andrea Swei (she/her/hers) – San Francisco State University
• 12:06 PM - 12:18 PM Pacific

  The rise of outdoor feeding in an Anopheles mosquitoes: Deciphering the shift from endophilic to exophilic feeding
  

  Presenting Author: Mark Mattine (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Giridhar Athrey – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Guillermo Garcia – MCD Global Health
• 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific

  Vector-borne diseases in South Texas: Pathogen prevalence in Amblyomma species
  

  Presenting Author: Madison Nicole Buenrostro – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Sarah Mays Maestas – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley