10-min: PBT, Life History Traits and Fitness 1

Moderator(s)

• JH

  Joe Hull

  Research Molecular Biologist
  USDA-ARS
  Maricopa, Arizona
• 

  Maureen Gorman

  Research Associate Professor
  Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
  Kansas State University
  Manhattan, Kansas

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Age-resistant worker reproductive potential and effect of helpers on prolonged lifespan in an ant
  

  Presenting Author: Juergen Liebig (he/him/his) – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Kevin Haight (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Bioactive peptides inhibit feeding activity in the grey garden slug
  

  Presenting Author: Man-Yeon Choi – USDA-ARS
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Dietary iron supplementation increases the severity of Enterococcus faecalis infections in Manduca sexta larvae
  

  Presenting Author: Maureen J. Gorman – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Marilyn Reese – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Michael R. Kanost – Kansas State University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Drosophila as a pain model and the possibility of pain in insects
  

  Presenting Author: Bob Fischer (he/him/his) – Texas State University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Honey bee workers prefer food treated with deformed wing virus
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph E. McCarthy – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Elizabeth M. Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Michael Simone-Finstrom – USDA-ARS
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Investigating the role of female-specific odorant receptors in the detection of host plant odors in Manduca sexta
  

  Presenting Author: Anandrao A. Patil (he/him/his) – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Melanie Anderson – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Pramod KC – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Jeff Riffell – University of Washington
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Break
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Knockdown of spermatogenesis genes as a potential tool to control Lygus hesperus
  

  Presenting Author: Inana X. Schutze (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Roni J. Gross – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Yu-Hui Wang – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Chan C. Heu – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Daniel Langhorst – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Jeffrey A. Fabrick (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Colin S. Brent (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Joe Hull – USDA-ARS
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Linking early-life performance and lifespan in the solitary bee, Megachile rotundata
  

  Presenting Author: Andre Szejner Sigal – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Joseph P. Rinehart – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Julia Bowsher – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Kendra J. Greenlee, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – North Dakota State University
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MST

  Mosquito biting activities below human host skin
  

  Presenting Author: Joanna Katarzyna Konopka – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Danny Poinapen – Western University

  Co-Author: Christopher Potter (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
• 10:00 AM – 10:12 AM MST

  New insights into predictive biology through stored product insect genomes
  

  Presenting Author: Erin D. Scully – USDA-ARS
• 10:12 AM – 10:24 AM MST

  Parallel pheromone, metabolite, and lipid analyses reveal patterns associated with early life transitions and ovary activation in honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens
  

  Presenting Author: Alison McAfee – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Armando Alcazar Magana – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Leonard J. Foster – The University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Shelley Hoover – University of Lethbridge
• 10:36 AM – 10:48 AM MST

  Juvenile hormone in a facultatively-social bee is associated with development and reproduction, but not sociality
  

  Presenting Author: Benjamin Pyenson, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Colin S. Brent (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Sandra Rehan (she/her/hers) – York University