10-min: MUVE, Mosquito Physiology, Surveillance, and Control

Moderator(s)

• NB

  Nathaniel Byers, PhD (he/him/his)

  Molecular Biologist
  Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District
  Salt Lake City, Utah
• GG

  Gladys Gutierrez-Bugallo, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Postdoc
  Bloomberg School of Public Health
  Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, Maryland

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM - 8:12 AM Pacific

  A virus-inducible gene expression system for broad-spectrum suppression of mosquito-borne flaviviruses
  

  Presenting Author: Yu-Xian Zhou – National Taiwan University

  Co-Author: Shih-Che Weng (he/him/his) – National Taiwan University

  Co-Author: Shin-Hong Shiao – Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
• 8:24 AM - 8:36 AM Pacific

  Deltamethrin resistance profiling in Culex tarsalis : Linking bioassays, kdr mutations, and enzyme activity in Arizona populations
  

  Presenting Author: Mackenna Berg – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Donald Ward – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: James Will – Maricopa County Vector Control

  Co-Author: Silvie Huijben – Arizona State University
• 8:36 AM - 8:48 AM Pacific

  Double trouble: How insecticides and heat shape West Nile virus risk in Culex pipiens
  

  Presenting Author: Kylee Noel (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Carly Kallembach – Illinois Natural History Survey

  Co-Author: Chang-Hyun Kim – Illinois Natural History Survey

  Co-Author: Joseph Spina – Illinois Natural History Survey

  Co-Author: Chris Stone – Illinois Natural History Survey
• 9:00 AM - 9:12 AM Pacific

  Evaluating the environmental friendliness of essential oil-based insecticides
  

  Presenting Author: Jamora Hamilton-Brown, PhD (she/her/hers) – Envu

  Co-Author: Arunas Damijonaitis – Envu

  Co-Author: Kyle Denk – Bayer Environmental Science

  Co-Author: Deborah Koufas – Envu
• 9:12 AM - 9:24 AM Pacific

  Break
• 9:24 AM - 9:36 AM Pacific

  Exploring the role of the siRNA pathway in the vertical transmission of arboviruses by Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Gladys Gutierrez-Bugallo, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Shengzhang Dong – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: George Dimopoulos – Johns Hopkins University
• 9:36 AM - 9:48 AM Pacific

  Extending our impact: Leveraging extension to address vectors and vector-borne diseases
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Struckhoff, M.S. – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Erika Machtinger – Pennsylvania State University
• 10:00 AM - 10:12 AM Pacific

  Integrating SEPARATOR with CRISPR-based strategies for scalable and efficient Aedes aegypti population control
  

  Presenting Author: Shih-Che Weng (he/him/his) – National Taiwan University

  Co-Author: Ming Li – Sun Yat-Sen University

  Co-Author: Omar S. Akbari – University of California, San Diego
• 10:12 AM - 10:24 AM Pacific

  Leveraging novel micro-tracking devices to bolster public health preparedness against vector-borne disease
  

  Presenting Author: Hanna Cortes (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Norman Beatty (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jennifer K. Peterson – University of Delaware
• 10:24 AM - 10:36 AM Pacific

  Olfactory cues and mosquito physiology: Linking human scent to digestion and gene expression
  

  Presenting Author: Xinmi Zhang – Johns Hopkins University
• 10:36 AM - 10:48 AM Pacific

  Break
• 10:48 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific

  Pantazines: Small molecules with sizable potential for reducing malaria parasite development in a globally invasive mosquito
  

  Presenting Author: Yared Debebe – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Jun Isoe – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Nora Céspedes – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Kevin Ochwedo – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Megan Dobson – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Ronald E. Bentil – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Siddhant Kamble – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Brendan Riske – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Michael Riehle – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Shirley Luckhart – University of Idaho
• 11:00 AM - 11:12 AM Pacific

  Spatiotemporal associations between malaria cases and Anopheles breeding sites to inform targeted larval source management in Uganda
  

  Presenting Author: Huipeng (Verona) Liao (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Ross Boyce – University of North Carolina
• 11:12 AM - 11:24 AM Pacific

  Surveillance of Dirofilaria immitis (Rhabditida: Onchocercidae) in mosquitoes (Culicidae) using a zoo as a focus for operational detection in central Utah
  

  Presenting Author: Nathaniel Byers, PhD (he/him/his) – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

  Co-Author: Natalie Hammond – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

  Co-Author: Angelena Todaro – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District
• 11:24 AM - 11:36 AM Pacific

  The antihistamine pyrilamine negatively impacts behavior and infection outcomes in Anopheles stephensi
  

  Presenting Author: Kevin Ochwedo – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Nora Céspedes – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Xiaodi Wang – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Yared Debebe – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Ronald E. Bentil – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Ryan Wild – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Constanze Paoli – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Edwin Lewis – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Jeff Riffell – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Shirley Luckhart – University of Idaho
• 11:36 AM - 11:48 AM Pacific

  Wolbachia infected Aedes albopictus males regulate the uninfected females’ fecundity through rpz gene
  

  Presenting Author: Guanhong Wang – Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Co-Author: Ronger Zheng – Chinese Academy of Sciences