10-min: MUVE, Mosquito Biology and Ecology

Moderator(s)

• CB

  Christopher Bibbs

  Laboratory Director
  Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District
  Salt Lake City, Utah
• 

  Donald Yee (he/him/his)

  Professor
  University of Southern Mississippi
  Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM Pacific

  Assessing the fitness of genetically engineered mosquitoes: Susceptibility to predation
  

  Presenting Author: Claire M. Egan – University of California

  Co-Author: Hester Weaving – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Danspaid P. Mabuka – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Brian Leetakubuulidde – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Ivan Mugeni – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Gregory C. Lanzaro – University of California, Davis
• 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM Pacific

  Differences in temperature mean and regime representative of socioeconomically diverse urban blocks affect Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah E. Rothman (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Shannon L. LaDeau – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

  Co-Author: Paul Leisnham – University of Maryland
• 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM Pacific

  Fantastic feasts and where to find them: Plant preference among mosquitoes of the Greater Salt Lake area
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher Stephen Bibbs – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

  Co-Author: Thomas Widmer, BSc – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

  Co-Author: Ella Branham – University of Southern Mississippi

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

  Co-Author: Ary Faraji, BCE (he/him/his) – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District
• 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific

  Land use type and locality characterize the diversity and composition of midgut microbiota of Aedes albopictus
  

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

  Co-Author: Megan Cooper – Eastern Illinois University

  Co-Author: Arif Ciloglu (he/him/his) – Erciyes University

  Co-Author: Antony Oluoch – Eastern Illinois University

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

  Co-Author: Jiayue (Gabriel) Yan (he/him/his) – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Andrew Mackay – Illinois Natural History Survey

  Co-Author: Chris Stone – Illinois Natural History Survey

  Co-Author: Thomas Canam – Eastern Illinois University
• 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific

  Modulation of mosquitoes' responses to visual threats
  

  Presenting Author: Martin Dessart, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Lily Smith – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Nicole Wynne – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran, PhD – University of California

  Co-Author: Clement Vinauger – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM Pacific

  Break
• 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM Pacific

  And stay out: Testing how competitive interactions may shape the distribution of Aedes in the Caribbean
  

  Presenting Author: Donald A. Yee (he/him/his) – University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Cassandra Urquhart – University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Anna Elizabeth Wynne – University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Kelly James – University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Ella Branham – University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Barry Alto – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
• 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM Pacific

  Reptile rumpus: Invasive lizard-mediated risk of mosquito-borne virus transmission
  

  Presenting Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Lawrence Reeves, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Miles McCollum – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Eric Suarez – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Melissa Miller – California Department of Fish and Wildlife

  Co-Author: Maria Ojeda – University of Florida
• 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Size-mediated activity and fecundity impacts of irradiation for sterile insect technique in Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Benjamin Nyman (he/him/his) – University of California

  Co-Author: Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran, PhD – University of California

  Co-Author: Solomon Birhanie – West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control
• 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific

  The mosquito microbiome responds to dietary shifts in adult female Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Perez-Ramos, PhD – University of Florida/IFAS/FMEL

  Co-Author: Alexandra Bauer – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Leena Salama – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Eric Caragata, PhD – The University of Florida
• 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Pacific

  Understanding and targeting the taste system of mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Lisa Baik (she/her/hers) – University of California