Grad 10-min Competition: SysEB, General

Moderator(s)

• MH

  Martha Hunter (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  University of Arizona
  Tucson, Arizona
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  Johnathan Hruska, PhD (he/him/his)

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  School of Natural Resources
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Lubbock, Texas

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific

  Characterizing bacteriome variation on tri-trophic interaction across Puerto Rican coffee farms
  

  Presenting Author: Ricardo Rubin Balardin (he/him/his) – University of Puerto Rico

  Co-Author: Filipa Godoy Vitorino – University of Puerto Rico

  Co-Author: Jose Carlos Verle Rodrigues (he/him/his) – United States Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Daiane Dalla Nora – University of Puerto Rico
• 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM Pacific

  Comparing the efficacy and danger in using fipronil, boric acid, and chlorantraniliprole as a small hive beetle control method in in-hive traps
  

  Presenting Author: Ian Rafael Collins – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Jack Garrison – University Of Georgia

  Co-Author: Olivia Menard, n/a – Georgia Beekeeping Association

  Co-Author: Patricia Moore – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Brett Blaauw – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Lewis Bartlett – University of Georgia
• 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM Pacific

  How does symbiont metabolism match B-vitamin dietary needs across the world’s insects?
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah Marie Smith – Drexel University
• 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM Pacific

  Infection dynamics and growth determined by host community context in a bee multi-host pathogen
  

  Presenting Author: Sonja Glasser (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts

  Co-Author: Katherine Borchardt (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  Co-Author: Lynn Adler – University of Massachusetts

  Co-Author: Benjamin Sadd – Illinois State University

  Co-Author: Emma Piedade – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Mapping a bacterium’s cryptic journey across animal hosts
  

  Presenting Author: Alphaxand Kaimba Njogu – Lehigh University

  Co-Author: Dylan Shropshire – Lehigh University

  Co-Author: Callum Shutack – Lehigh University

  Co-Author: Helene Hartman – Lehigh University
• 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific

  Morphological adaptations shape interactions between a kleptoparasitic cricket and its social insect hosts
  

  Presenting Author: Charly Taryn Hartle (they/them/theirs) – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Jon Eisenback – School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
• 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Pacific

  Pay-to-stay or parasite load: What limits myrmecophile abundance in ant nests?
  

  Presenting Author: Ethan R. Wright – University of Central Florida

  Co-Author: Christina Kwapich, PhD – University of Central Florida
• 11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Pacific

  The effect of prey size structure on density-dependent cannibalism in the dragonfly, Tramea lacerata
  

  Presenting Author: Dylan T. Powell – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Adam Siepielski – University of Arkansas
• 12:06 PM - 12:18 PM Pacific

  The genus Stomis Clairville and the convergent evolution of millipede predation in ground beetles (Carabidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Yihang Li, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Duane McKenna – University of Memphis
• 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific

  Vampires fight back: Host defense by the avian vampire fly with implications for biological control
  

  Presenting Author: Alyssa Gooding – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Maria Beatriz Perez – Charles Darwin Foundation

  Co-Author: Paolo Piedrahita – Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

  Co-Author: Charlotte Causton – Charles Darwin Foundation

  Co-Author: George Heimpel – University Of Minnesota