Grad 10-min Competition: SysEB, Systematics and Evolution

Moderator(s)

• LN

  Lacie Newton (she/they)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Department of Invertebrate Zoology
  American Museum of Natural History
  Nutley, New Jersey
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  Dowen Jocson (she/her/hers)

  Pesticide Safety Educator
  Entomology
  Washington State University
  Moscow, Idaho

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  A 1000-year flood affects the form and magnitude of natural selection on an extended phenotype
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Black – Wayne State University

  Co-Author: Mattheau Steven Comerford – Rice University

  Co-Author: Scott P. Egan – Rice University

  Co-Author: Glen R. Hood – Wayne State University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Description of two new Alaskan Boreus species (Mecoptera: Boreidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Taylor Kane – University of Alaska
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Identification of parthenogenesis inducing Wolbachia proteins in parasitoid wasps
  

  Presenting Author: Laura Fricke – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Phylogeny and evolution of floral choices in bees of the tribe Emphorini (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Nathalia Florez Gomez – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Michael G. Branstetter – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Bryan N. Danforth – Cornell University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Red stripes and splotches: UCE phylogeny of Phylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) reveals evolution of color patterns
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Elise Schroeder – University of California

  Co-Author: Christiane Weirauch – University of California
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Revealing new horizons: Unraveling palaeotropical Eucharitidae (Chalcidoidea) and a novel genus discovery
  

  Presenting Author: Alejandra Rocha – University of California

  Co-Author: John Heraty – University of California
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Selection dynamics and efficacy of insecticide resistance management in knock-down resistant Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Brook Jensen – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Alden Estep – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Silvie Huijben – Arizona State University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  The evolutionary trajectory of Metarhizium robertsii endophytic capability and entomopathogenicity
  

  Presenting Author: Huiyu Sheng (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland College Park

  Co-Author: Raymond St. Leger – University of Maryland
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  The pickled past: Tropical brown dog tick distribution over time using ancient DNA
  

  Presenting Author: Mara Short (they/them/theirs) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Wendy Moore (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Kathleen Walker (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona