Grad 10-min Competition: SysEB, Evolution and Ecology

Moderator(s)

• 

  Joshua Benoit

  Professor
  Biological Sciences
  University of Cincinnati
  Cincinnati, Ohio
• EP

  Evan Preisser (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Biological Sciences
  University of Rhode Island
  Kingston, Rhode Island

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Adapting to deserts: Searching for genes contributing to desiccation resistance in the cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis
  

  Presenting Author: Liam Roberts – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Carson W. Allan – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Luciano M. Matzkin (he/him/his) – University of Arizona
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Current understanding of the ecology and evolution of Grylloblattidae and future research directions
  

  Presenting Author: Ellie Gamett (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Jessica L. Ware, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Exploring the genetic basis of silk production: Comparative genomics of non-model arthropod silk genes
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda Markee (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Richard Baker – American Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Paul Bryan Frandsen – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Janice Edgerly-Rooks (she/her/hers) – Santa Clara University

  Co-Author: Cheryl Hayashi – American Museum of Natural History
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Gene networks reveal alternate routes to mimetic coloration in North American bumble bees
  

  Presenting Author: Tunc Dabak – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Heather M. Hines – The Pennsylvania State University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Investigating sperm competition in two geographically isolated populations of Drosophila mojavensis
  

  Presenting Author: Xingsen Chen – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Carson W. Allan – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Luciano M. Matzkin (he/him/his) – University of Arizona
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Leveraging structural prediction to understand the genomic repertoire of olfactory genes in beetles
  

  Presenting Author: Mataya Duncan – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Emilee Walden – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Emma Turner – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Sohan Prabhudesai – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Terrence P. Sylvester – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Mathew A. Price – University of Hawaii

  Co-Author: Robert F. Mitchell (he/him/his) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Duane D. McKenna – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Rich H. Adams – University of Arkansas
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  The facultative intracellular symbiont Lariskella is neutral for lifetime fitness and spreads through cytoplasmic incompatibility in the leaf-footed bug, Leptoglossus zonatus (Hemiptera:Coreidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Edwin F. Umanzor – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Suzanne E. Kelly (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Alison Ravenscraft (she/her/hers) – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Yu Matsuura – University of the Ryukyus

  Co-Author: Molly S. Hunter (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  Turning up the heat: Symbiont-dependent insects and rising global temperatures
  

  Presenting Author: Abigail Williams (she/her/hers) – Drexel University