Grad Competition MUVE: Biodiversity, Behavior, and Ecology

Moderator(s)

• TJ

  Tammi Johnson (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  AgriLife Research
  Texas A&M University
  Uvalde, Texas
• 

  Donald Yee (he/him/his)

  Full Professor
  University of Southern Mississippi
  Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM ET

  Culicoides midge species diversity and vector potential in New Jersey
  

  Presenting Author: Stephanie Zapata – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Dana Price – Rutgers University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM ET

  Bite-sized diversity: Culicoides species in Arkansas
  

  Presenting Author: Cassandra Steele – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Emily McDermott – University of Arkansas
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM ET

  Ento-phyto-screening for organic contaminants: The use of insect-induced plant galls as a novel tool for tracking belowground chemical contaminants
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Black – Wayne State University

  Co-Author: Connor Socrates – Wayne State University

  Co-Author: Mike L. Sergeant – Wayne State University

  Co-Author: Shirley Papuga – Wayne State University

  Co-Author: Glen Hood – Wayne State University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM ET

  Evaluating the behavior and spectral preferences of Culicoides sonorensis biting midges infected with bluetongue virus and vesicular stomatitis virus
  

  Presenting Author: Brandon L. Hall – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Edward Bird – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Brian Wolfe – USDA

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

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

  Co-Author: Dana Nayduch – USDA
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM ET

  (2nd Place) Larval clustering behavior in the house fly (Musca domestica)
  

  Presenting Author: Sydney Wilson – University of California

  Co-Author: Alec C. Gerry – University of California
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM ET

  Lesser mealworm beetle displays negative phototaxis and conditional hydrotaxis
  

  Presenting Author: Ben C. Sammarco (he/him/his) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Michael S. Crossley (he/him/his) – University of Delaware
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM ET

  (1st Place) Nutrient transfer in ant colonies: Trophic egg transfer as an alternative mechanism
  

  Presenting Author: Tzu Chia Chen – National Taiwan University

  Co-Author: Chung Chi Lin – National Changhua University of Education

  Co-Author: Shu Ping Tseng – National Taiwan University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM ET

  One step into the mosquito-fungal frontier: Elucidating the mosquito mycobiome
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel W. Perez-Ramos (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Ron Masse – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Ian Sandum – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Marti Ramos – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Eric P. Caragata – University of Florida
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM ET

  Species composition of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the western United States
  

  Presenting Author: Laura Estelle Harmon – University of California

  Co-Author: Amy Christine Murillo – University of California

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

  Co-Author: Helen Regan – University of California

  Co-Author: Alec C. Gerry – University of California