Grad Competition PBT: Biochemistry and Chemical Ecology

Moderator(s)

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  Abdulsalam Adegoke, DVM

  Graduate Student
  School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences
  University of Southern Mississippi
  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• TP

  Thomas Phillips

  Professor
  Kansas State University
  Manhattan, Kansas

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM ET

  Aedes aegypti’s circadian clock mediates mosquitoes’ synchronization to daily variations in the host body odor
  

  Presenting Author: Lan Lou – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Emilie Applebach – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Sneha Sapkota – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Adaline Bisese – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Dana Hamad – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Zhijian Tu – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Chloe Lahondere – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Clement Vinauger – Virginia Tech
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM ET

  Binding affinities and expression of CAPA GPCR in western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis
  

  Presenting Author: Ryssa Parks (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Briana Price – USDA

  Co-Author: Man-Yeon Choi – USDA
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM ET

  Characterization of olfactory proteins and their roles towards xenobiotic adaptation in Leptinotarsa decemlineata
  

  Presenting Author: James A. Abendroth – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Fang Zhu (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Casey Cruse – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Timothy W. Moural – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Michael Wolfin – Pennsylvania State University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM ET

  Effects of sublethal concentrations of pyriproxyfen and cyantraniliprole on Bemisia tabaci life table and nutritional profile
  

  Presenting Author: Mirela Mayumi Nagaoka (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Paulo S. G Cremonez (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: David G. Riley – University of Georgia
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM ET

  (1st Place) Effects of sublethal glyphosate exposure on honey bee foraging, recruitment, and brain supply of key biogenic amines and their biosynthetic precursors
  

  Presenting Author: Laura C. McHenry (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Roger Schürch – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: McAlister Council-Troche – Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

  Co-Author: Aaron D. Gross – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Lindsay E. Johnson – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Bradley D. Ohlinger – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Margaret J. Couvillon – Virginia Tech
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM ET

  (2nd Place) Elaborated division of labor is facilitated by neuropeptide interplay in the leafcutter ant
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Gilbert – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Karl Glastad – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Matan Sorek – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Maxx Fioriti – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Tierney Gannon – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Shelley Berger – University of Pennsylvania
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM ET

  Out of the dirt: Assessing the antimicrobial properties of cicada-inspired nanostructured polymeric surfaces
  

  Presenting Author: Yutao Chen – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Marianne Alleyne – University of Illinois
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM ET

  Pesticide degradation by Caballeronia symbionts in the gut of Leptoglossus zonatus
  

  Presenting Author: Alison G. Blanton – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Alison Ravenscraft (she/her/hers) – University of Texas
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM ET

  Probing the sequestration of quassinoids by the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula White
  

  Presenting Author: Brian F. Ruether (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Dorothea Tholl – Virginia Tech