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Member Symposium

Insects as Food, Feed, and Fertilizer: Engaging and Training the Next Generation of Scientists

Sunday, November 10, 2024
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST
Location: Phoenix Convention Center, 127 B, PCC

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM MST
    Current status of the insect agriculture industry

    Presenting Author: Aaron Hobbs – North American Coalition for Insect Agriculture

  • 1:50 PM – 2:10 PM MST
    USDA-ARS MINIstock update: Current research and future outlooks

    Presenting Author: Kelsy Robinson (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  • 2:30 PM – 2:50 PM MST
    Exploring viral disease dynamics in reared crickets

    Presenting Author: Kristin Duffield (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  • 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Break
  • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM MST
    Insect frass fertilizer to boost soil health and agronomic efficiency in the circular economy

    Presenting Author: Helen Amorim (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas

  • 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM MST
    Enhancing specialty crop production with insect-derived soil amendments

    Presenting Author: Melina Agila – Purdue University

    Co-Author: Laura L. Ingwell (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

  • 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Fomenting scientific inquiry around mycotoxins in insect supported circular economies

    Presenting Author: Ryan T. Paulk – USDA-ARS

  • 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM MST
    Transcriptomic surveillance as a tool to screen for microbes in industrial insects

    Presenting Author: Hunter Walt (he/him/his) – Mississippi State University

  • 4:20 PM – 4:30 PM MST
    Break
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Lightning bug panel