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Student 10-Minute Paper

Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology

Student Competition

Student

Grad Competition MUVE: Urban and Structural Pests 1

Monday, November 6, 2023
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Potomac 3-4

In-Person Student Competition

    Moderator(s)

  • Jessica Lindenmayer

    Global Field Research and Development Coordinator
    PCO and Stored Products
    Trécé Inc.
    Inola, Oklahoma

  • NT

    Nancy Troyano, BCE

    Rentokil North American Pest Control
    Allentown, Pennsylvania

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM ET
    Bait acceptance and seasonal activity of the Asian needle ant, Brachyponera (=Pachycondyla) chinensis (Emery), an emerging medically important species, in central Georgia

    Presenting Author: Karen A. Corsetti – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Daniel Suiter – University of Georgia

  • 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM ET
    Efficacy of chitin synthesis inhibitors against the western drywood termite Incisitermes minor (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae)

    Presenting Author: Nicholas Poulos – University of California

    Co-Author: Michael K. Rust – University of California

    Co-Author: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California

    Co-Author: Dong-Hwan Choe – University of California

  • 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM ET
    (1st Place) Foraging behavior of Coptotermes formosanus and its ability to intercept in-ground bait

    Presenting Author: Kaitlin Gazdick – University of Flordia

    Co-Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Nobuaki Mizumoto – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

    Co-Author: Thomas P. Chouvenc – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida

  • 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM ET
    Molecular characterization of foraging gene in the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)

    Presenting Author: Arjun Khadka – Louisiana State University

    Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University

  • 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    No evidence for behavioral immunity against a viral pathogen in the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Presenting Author: Fang-Ling Liu – Virginia Tech

    Co-Author: Liam McMillan – Virginia Tech

    Co-Author: Chin-Cheng Yang – Virginia Tech

  • 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM ET
    RNA viruses of the odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile

    Presenting Author: Charly Hartle – Virginia Tech

    Co-Author: Chih-Chi Lee – Academia Sinica

    Co-Author: Alexander J. Blumenfeld – Yale University

    Co-Author: Nicolas Gunnar Gustafson – Virginia Tech

    Co-Author: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Chin-Cheng Yang – Virginia Tech

  • 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM ET
    Orientation mechanisms underlying behavioral response of Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) to CO2 concentration

    Presenting Author: Tae-Young Lee – The Ohio State University

    Co-Author: Larry Phelan – The Ohio State University

  • 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM ET
    (2nd Place) Preliminary evidence of intermolt polyethism in Coptotermes gestroi

    Presenting Author: Hunter Shay Bergbower – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Thomas P. Chouvenc – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida