Grad Competition MUVE: Vector Biology and Management

Moderator(s)

• BN

  Benjamin Nyman (he/him/his)

  Graduate Student
  Department of Entomology
  University of California
  Riverside, California
• GK

  Grace M. Kolb

  Purdue University
  West Lafayette, Indiana

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM ET

  Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes: Competition across socioeconomic gradients
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Rothman (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Paul T. Leisnham – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Shannon LaDeau – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM ET

  Antennal RNAseq reveals candidate genes associated with host preference in the Northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens
  

  Presenting Author: Theresa Menna (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Katherine Bell – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Anna Noreuil – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Megan L. Fritz – University of Maryland
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM ET

  (1st Place) Effects of a juvenile hormone analogue on the cuticular hydrocarbon profile of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Tobias L. Moyneur – University of California

  Co-Author: Dong-Hwan Choe – University of California
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM ET

  Effects of sublethal insecticide exposure on Culicoides sonorensis vector competence for bluetongue virus
  

  Presenting Author: Parker Allen Mullins – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Bethany L. McGregor – USDA

  Co-Author: Barbara S. Drolet (she/her/hers) – USDA

  Co-Author: Emily McDermott – University of Arkansas
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM ET

  Influences of larval environmental conditions on Dirofilarial immitis (Rhabditida: Onchocercidae) transmission in Aedes albopictus and Ae. triseriatus
  

  Presenting Author: Kaylin Susanne Lewandowski (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State Univeristy
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM ET

  Insecticidal and synergistic potential of three monoterpenoids against the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegytpi (Diptera: Culicidae), and the house fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Oshneil Sanuki Baker – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Edmund J. Norris – USDA

  Co-Author: Edwin R. Burgess IV, IV – University of Florida
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM ET

  (2nd Place) Microbial community variability between endemic and widespread insects: A case study in Aedes mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: James N. Radl – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Luis E. Martinez Villegas (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Sarah M. Short – The Ohio State University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM ET

  Rancid rumors or native wisdom? Evaluating the efficacy of insect repellents attributed to historic-period American Indians
  

  Presenting Author: Delaram Esmaeili (she/her/hers) – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Keyla Salas – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Hailey Luker – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Soumi Mitra – Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Claudia Galvan – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: F. Omar Holguin – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Immo Alex Hansen – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: August Costa – Rice University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM ET

  Unraveling insecticide resistance patterns in Illinois West Nile virus vectors
  

  Presenting Author: Kylee Noel (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM ET

  Using comparative transcriptomics to investigate the effects of vesicular stomatitis virus & bluetongue virus infection on sensory perception in Culicoides midges
  

  Presenting Author: Edward Bird – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Brandon L. Hall – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Kristopher Silver (he/him/his) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Barbara S. Drolet (she/her/hers) – USDA

  Co-Author: Dana Nayduch – USDA