Bridging Generations of Innovative Diapause Research

Organizer(s)

• MM

  Megan Meuti, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Entomology
  The Ohio State University
  Columbus, Ohio
• 

  Frederico Hickmann, PhD (he/him/his)

  Postdoctoral research
  Entomology
  The Ohio State University
  Wooster, Ohio
• 

  Umut Toprak (he/him/his)

  Ankara University
  Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
• DH

  Daniel Hahn

  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida

Join us for an engaging symposium on insect diapause, where leading experts and early career researchers will explore the latest discoveries using 'omics to uncover diapause regulation and modeling its ecological impacts. Attendees will gain insights into emerging research directions and opportunities for collaboration and professional networking.

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Megan E. Meuti, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
• 9:05 AM - 9:23 AM Pacific

  Chromatin dynamics and dormancy: H3K27 methylation in mosquito diapause
  

  Presenting Author: Cheolho Sim, PhD (he/him/his) – Baylor University
• 9:23 AM - 9:41 AM Pacific

  Energetics of diapause
  

  Presenting Author: Chao Chen – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Daniel Hahn – University of Florida
• 9:41 AM - 9:59 AM Pacific

  Diapause and aging in solitary bees
  

  Presenting Author: Julia Bowsher – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Mehakpreet Kaur – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Joshua David Rinehart – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Courtney Grula – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Joseph Rinehart – USDA-ARS
• 9:59 AM - 10:17 AM Pacific

  Diapausing under threat: The hidden toll of pesticides on bees
  

  Presenting Author: Etya Amsalem, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
• 10:17 AM - 10:35 AM Pacific

  Food availability and temperature regulate diapause behavior and survival in the yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)
  

  Presenting Author: Sylvana Finn (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Crone – University of California

  Co-Author: Neal M. Williams – University of California
• 10:35 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific

  Break
• 10:45 AM - 11:03 AM Pacific

  Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals sex-specific molecular strategies during diapause in the Colorado potato beetle
  

  Presenting Author: Alex S. Torson (he/him/his) – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Dacotah Melicher, PhD – United States Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: George D. Yocum – USDA

  Co-Author: Joseph Rinehart – USDA-ARS
• 11:03 AM - 11:21 AM Pacific

  From evolution to application: Diapause timing and the predictability of European corn borer moth outbreaks
  

  Presenting Author: Erik Dopman (he/him/his) – Tufts University
• 11:21 AM - 11:39 AM Pacific

  Molecular regulation of embryonic diapause in corn rootworms
  

  Presenting Author: Nicholas Teets – University of Kentucky
• 11:39 AM - 11:57 AM Pacific

  Diapause variation among Nearctic and Neotropical Euschistus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) species
  

  Presenting Author: Frederico Hickmann, PhD (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Megan E. Meuti, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Andy Michel – Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Jelmer Poelestra, PhD (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Alberto Soares Correa, PhD – Universidade de São Paulo
• 11:57 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Megan E. Meuti, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University