Grad 10-min Competition: PBT, Molecular Biology

Moderator(s)

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  Tolulope Agunbiade (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Texas A&M University
  Weslaco, Texas
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  Midhula Gireesh

  University of Tennessee
  Nashville, Tennessee

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM - 8:12 AM Pacific

  An integrative multi-omics approach towards understanding pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration in bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)
  

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

  Co-Author: Yi-Ming Weng – Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology Graduate University

  Co-Author: Paul Frandsen – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Christopher J. Martyniuk – Department of Physiological Sciences and Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; University of Florida Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

  Co-Author: Timothy J. Garrett – Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

  Co-Author: Akito Y. Kawahara, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Florida Museum of Natural History
• 8:12 AM - 8:24 AM Pacific

  Baking piRNAs: Characterization of piRNA expression profiles between virulent and avirulent Aphis glycines
  

  Presenting Author: Angel Haller (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Jelmer Poelstra – Ohio State University Molecular and Cellular Imaging Center

  Co-Author: Jennifer Wilson – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Andy Michel – Ohio State University
• 8:24 AM - 8:36 AM Pacific

  Battle-hardening: Combined host and symbiont defenses fortify anti-parasitoid defenses in aphids
  

  Presenting Author: Roy Attila Kucuk – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Emily Shelby – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Kerry Oliver – University of Georgia
• 8:36 AM - 8:48 AM Pacific

  Cross-trophic nutritional rescue and trait-based resilience in carnivore exposed to nutrient-deficient prey
  

  Presenting Author: Bijay Subedi – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Erin Gall, n/a – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Monica Kersch-Becker (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
• 8:48 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific

  Developing genetic tools in an endoparasitoid wasp
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew Villalta – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Amelia R. I. Lindsey – University of Minnesota
• 9:00 AM - 9:12 AM Pacific

  Investigating host responses to the removal of a mutualistic fungal symbiont
  

  Presenting Author: Austin Ashley Hendricks (she/her/hers) – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: Vincent Martinson – University of New Mexico
• 9:12 AM - 9:24 AM Pacific

  Not just a bystander: Culex tarsalis genes that fight West Nile virus
  

  Presenting Author: Hieu (Adora) Tran Nguyen Minh – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Gerard Terradas – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Mario Novelo – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Ahmed Abdelgawad – Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Jaime Manzano-Alvarez – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Abdul Wahaab – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jovana Bozic – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jason L. Rasgon – The Pennsylvania State University
• 9:24 AM - 9:36 AM Pacific

  Repurposed viruses in parasitism: Functional analysis of virus-like particle assembly in Venturia canescens
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandra Nicole Morales (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Gaelen Burke – University of Georgia
• 9:48 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific

  Single strand annealing DNA repair in the red flour beetle: A genetic method of pest control
  

  Presenting Author: Collin Valentin (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Zach Adelman – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Musa Isah – Texas A&M Department of Entomology