Grad 10-min Competition: PBT, Biocontrol and Invasive Species

Moderator(s)

• RK

  Rafia Khan (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
  Department of Entomology, AgriLife Research
  Texas A&M University
  Overton, Texas
• AJ

  Anne Johnson

  PhD Student
  Entomology
  The Pennsylvania State University
  State College, Pennsylvania

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Assessing the impact of genetic background on homing efficiency of a CRISPR/Cas9 gene drive in spotted-wing drosophila
  

  Presenting Author: Ariel Tarrand (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Amarish Yadav (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Akihiko Yamamoto – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Maxwell J. Scott (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Caught red handed: Parasitoid eggs absorb host lipids
  

  Presenting Author: Meagan Ash – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Todd Schlenke – University of Arizona
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Determining sequestration duration of ailanthone in the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula White
  

  Presenting Author: Brian F. Ruether (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Dorothea Tholl – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Kate Burgiss – Virginia Tech
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Establishing Drosophila melanogaster as a model for mechanistic study of immune priming
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Burke (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Todd Schlenke – University of Arizona
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Genome sequencing and transcriptome analysis of the Rocky Mountain wood tick
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua Tompkin (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Susan Noh – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Perot Saeleo – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Pia Olafson – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kennan Jeannet Oyen – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Anna K. Childers – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Sheina B. Sim (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Joshua Benoit – University of Cincinnati
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Low temperature tolerance of kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria
  

  Presenting Author: Mitchell Adkins – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Leigh Boardman – University of Memphis
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Polyunsaturated fatty acids stimulate immunity and eicosanoid production in Drosophila melanogaster
  

  Presenting Author: Pakeeza Azizpor (she/her/hers) – University of California
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Starving malaria parasites: Transgenic manipulation of vitamin B5 in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Brendan Riske – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Michael Riehle, Ph.D. – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Jun Isoe – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Shirley Luckhart (she/her/hers) – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Yared Debebe Desta – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Hannah L. Kaylor – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Zoe Xanthos – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Megan E. Dobson – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Sydney Pruett – University of Idaho
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Symbiotic sabotage: Do aphid endosymbionts influence chemical tolerance and sensitivity to entomopathogens?
  

  Presenting Author: Ashritha Dorai, Ph.D. – University of Melbourne

  Co-Author: Joshua Thia – University of Melbourne

  Co-Author: Ary Hoffmann – Cesar Hoffmann Labs

  Co-Author: Evatt Chirgwin – Cesar Hoffmann Labs

  Co-Author: Paul Umina – University of Melbourne

  Co-Author: Qiong Yang – University of Melbourne

  Co-Author: Xinyue Gu – University of Melbourne