Grad 10-min Competition: PBT, Physiology

Moderator(s)

• AC

  Adam Chun-Nin Wong (he/him/his)

  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida
• 

  Samuel Ramsey

  Endowed Assistant Professor of Entomology
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, Colorado

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific

  Ablation of phagocytic hemocytes reduces immune responses on the heart and ameliorates the infection-induced reduction of the heart rate of mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Shabbir Ahmed (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Cole Meier – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Tania Y. Estévez-Lao – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Julián F. Hillyer – Vanderbilt University
• 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM Pacific

  An exploration of uncharacterized neuropeptides in the Colorado potato beetle using RNAi
  

  Presenting Author: Emma Terris – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Sophie Verkoulen – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Umut Toprak (he/him/his) – Ankara University

  Co-Author: Sean Dennis Schoville – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Russell L. Groves, PhD – University of Wisconsin
• 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM Pacific

  Comparative analysis of olfactory adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila suzukii
  

  Presenting Author: Hyemin Kim – Kyungpook National University

  Co-Author: YeongHo Kim – Insect molecular physiolgy

  Co-Author: Gwang Hyun Roh – Department of Plant Medicine, Gyeongsang National University

  Co-Author: Kye Chung Park – New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research

  Co-Author: Young Ho Kim – Kyungpook National University
• 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM Pacific

  Context-dependent benefits of venom in a parasitoid-host system
  

  Presenting Author: Shannon Rollins – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: Ellen Martinson (she/her/hers) – University of New Mexico
• 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Effects of salinity stress from de-icers on the osmoregulation of Chironomus riparius
  

  Presenting Author: Amber Reinsborough – York University

  Co-Author: Andrew Donini – York University
• 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific

  Identification of bioactive peptides targeting CAPA and diuretic hormone GPCRs in Drosophila suzukii using an insect cell expression system
  

  Presenting Author: Sonu Poudel – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Ryssa Parks (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Man-Yeon Choi – United States Department of Agriculture
• 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Pacific

  Manipulating vitamin B5 levels in the mosquito Anopheles stephensi to starve malaria parasites of this essential nutrient
  

  Presenting Author: Ava Magdalyn Bartlett- Miller – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Brendan Riske – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Jun Isoe – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Yared Debebe – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Sydney Pruett – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Shirley Luckhart – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Michael Riehle – University of Arizona
• 11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Pacific

  Molecular characterization of Amblyomma maculatum hematopoietic regulators in hemocyte biology
  

  Presenting Author: Musa Rabiu, DVM – University of Southern Mississppi

  Co-Author: Deepak Kumar – BEES, The University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Abdulsalaam Adegoke – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: shahid Karim – The University of Southern Mississippi
• 12:06 PM - 12:18 PM Pacific

  Understanding the significance of cuticular chitin remodeling in ticks
  

  Presenting Author: Claire Garman (they/them/theirs) – University of Nebraska Medical Center

  Co-Author: Savannah Leigh Armendariz – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Faith Kozisek – University of Nebraska Medical Center

  Co-Author: Vinai C. Thomas – University of Nebraska Medical Center

  Co-Author: Sujata S. Chaudhari – University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific

  What pedals the “mycangial cycle”? Evaluating hypotheses of mycangial function in ambrosia beetles and their fungi
  

  Presenting Author: Miranda Guinevere Barnes – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jiri Hulcr – University of Florida