Grad 10-min Competition: SysEB, Behavior 2

Moderator(s)

• 

  Gary Brewer (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Entology
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, Nebraska
• AW

  Anna Wallingford

  USDA-ARS
  Beltsville, Maryland

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Acorn ants self-medicate using bacteria
  

  Presenting Author: Mathew Pekora – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Svjetlana Kruse – Rowan University

  Co-Author: Jason Melendez – Rowan University

  Co-Author: Priscila Rosario Abreu – Rowan University

  Co-Author: Jack Cummings – Rowan University

  Co-Author: Daniel Wheeler – Rowan University

  Co-Author: Wendy Perez – Rowan University
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Collective nest-site selection, excavation and emigration of a neotropical ant, Ectatomma ruidum
  

  Presenting Author: Purbayan Ghosh – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Tyler C. Murdock (he/him/his) – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Stephen Pratt – Arizona State University
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Elite and non-elite individuals in honeybees differ in how behavioral and life-history traits covary
  

  Presenting Author: Kord Dicke – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Dhruba Naug – Colorado State University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Evolution of increased variability in turning bias and correlated changes in Drosophila melanogaster
  

  Presenting Author: Shraddha Lall – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Noah Rodman – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Benjamin de Bivort – Harvard University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Exploring reproductive strategies and social dynamics: A comprehensive study of Bombus impatiens nests in early colony development
  

  Presenting Author: Blanca R. Peto (she/her/hers) – University of California
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Late ain’t great: Consequences to delayed symbiont acquisition in a leaf-footed bug
  

  Presenting Author: Liam T. Sullivan – Entomology & Insect Science GIDP

  Co-Author: Molly S. Hunter (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Suzanne E. Kelly (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  Temperature and social experience impact collective thermoregulatory behavior in the honeybee
  

  Presenting Author: Rachael Halby (she/her/hers) – Marquette University

  Co-Author: Chelsea N. Cook – Marquette University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  Social information supersedes sensory information to drive collective thermoregulatory behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Kerrigan B. Tobin – Marquette University

  Co-Author: Elsa Hahn – Marquette University

  Co-Author: Zachary Nelson – Marquette University

  Co-Author: Chelsea N. Cook – Marquette University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MST

  Sting theory: Utilizing the principles of particle physics to model honeybee fanning
  

  Presenting Author: Casey E. Lambert – Marquette University

  Co-Author: Zachary Nelson – Marquette University

  Co-Author: Kyara Vazquez – Marquette University

  Co-Author: Chelsea N. Cook – Marquette University
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM MST

  Transcription factor motif evolution with gains and losses of social behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Savanna Grace Ploessl (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Beryl Jones – University of Kentucky