Grad 10-min Competition: MUVE, Urban and Structural Pests 1

Moderator(s)

• 

  Sudip Gaire (he/him/his)

  Principal Entomologist
  Rentokil Initial
  Coppell, Texas
• 

  Xiaodan Pan

  Ph.D student
  Entomology
  Rutgers University
  New Brunswick, New Jersey

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Wolbachia, a bacterial endosymbiont, is critical for blood digestion in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Wiles (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Madhavi L. Kakumanu – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Coby Schal – North Carolina State University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Bait acceptance and seasonal activity of the Asian needle ant, Brachyponera (=Pachycondyla) chinensis Emery, an emerging medically important species in Central Georgia
  

  Presenting Author: Karen A. Corsetti – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Conor G. Fair (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Daniel Suiter – University of Georgia
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Bed bug-derived histamine: potential health implications and mitigation strategies
  

  Presenting Author: Simona Principato – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Characterizing German cockroach allergen environmental entry and stability
  

  Presenting Author: Olivia Shea Katz – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Determining the age of drywood termite fecal pellets utilizing comparative analysis of bacterial diversity
  

  Presenting Author: Nicholas Poulos – University of California

  Co-Author: Dong-Hwan Choe – University of California
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Determining the impact of sub-lethal environmental conditions in combination with different insecticides against bed bugs, Cimex lectularius
  

  Presenting Author: Bandana Shrestha (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: James R. Ottea – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Aaron R. Ashbrook – Louisiana State University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Investigation into morphology, breeding system, and population structure of Reticulitermes spp. in Southern California
  

  Presenting Author: Joanne Tzu-Chia Chen – University of California

  Co-Author: Dong-Hwan Choe – University of California

  Co-Author: Michael K. Rust – University of California

  Co-Author: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Limited efficacy of insecticide dusts through contact and entomophagy of treated prey on Arizona bark scorpions, Centruroides sculpturatus
  

  Presenting Author: John Lyman Agnew, II (he/him/his) – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Alvaro Romero – New Mexico State University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Shelter tube geometry of the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae), in response to a food source
  

  Presenting Author: Kukhyun Lim – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of California

  Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MST

  RNA virus spillover through myrmecophilous interactions
  

  Presenting Author: Charly T. Hartle (they/them/theirs) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Jia-Wei Tay – University of Hawai'i

  Co-Author: Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang – Virginia Tech