Grad 10-min Competition: MUVE, Biocontrol, Pollinators, and Biodiversity

Moderator(s)

• RK

  Rajbir Kaur

  University of Bristol
  BRISTOL, UK, United Kingdom
• 

  Anjel Helms

  Assistant Professor
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Assessing the establishment and spread of natural enemies of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in North Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Kiara Ivy (she/her/hers) – ESA/CDC

  Co-Author: Anamika Sharma (she/her/hers) – Florida A&M University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), larvae reduce parasite eggs but develop poorly on horse manure
  

  Presenting Author: Destiny Nicole Mann (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Michael Crossley – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Amy Biddle – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Kasey Hobert – University of Delaware
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Control of litter beetle (Alphitobius diaperinus): Efficacy of shRNAi for targeted gene silencing and enhanced pest management
  

  Presenting Author: Kyle Oswalt – Auburn University

  Co-Author: John Frederick Beckmann – Auburn University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  How do RNAi-based Varroa treatments influence individual bee health?
  

  Presenting Author: Joana Merk – Victoria University of Wellington

  Co-Author: Maelle Anastasi – Victoria University of Wellington

  Co-Author: Rose Ann McGruddy – Victoria University of Wellington

  Co-Author: Brian Manley, Ph.D. – GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.

  Co-Author: Antoine Felden – Victoria University of Wellington

  Co-Author: Phil Lester, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Victoria University of Wellington
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Inter-annual bee community response to urbanization
  

  Presenting Author: Anthony Ayers – York University

  Co-Author: Sandra Rehan (she/her/hers) – York University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Investigating patterns of blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) community assembly in southern California’s ecological mosaic
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah Chu (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Amy C. Murillo – University of California
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Population genetics and virulence of the honey bee brood pathogen, Melissococcus plutonius, in the United States
  

  Presenting Author: Nathan Allen – University of Arizona
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Survivor bees: Quantifying environmental stress tolerance in a Southern Californian honeybee population
  

  Presenting Author: Sakshi Watts – University of California Riverside

  Co-Author: Amber Summers – University of California

  Co-Author: Boris Baer – University of California
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  The impact of buckwheat on rates of parasitism and parasitoid diversity on a cattle facility
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Taylor (she/her/hers) – Northern Illinois University

  Co-Author: Anna Grimenstein – Northern Illinois University

  Co-Author: Bethia H. King – Northern Illinois University
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MST

  The influence of deer-targeted tick control interventions on tick distribution
  

  Presenting Author: Sung-Joo Lee (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Maria Diuk-Wasser – Columbia University