Michael G. Branstetter

Research Entomologist
USDA-ARS
Logan, Utah

Presentation(s):

• UCEs, LCGs and beyond: Current and emerging methods for unraveling Hymenoptera phylogeny and evolution

  Sunday, November 10, 2024
  1:35 PM – 2:15 PM MST

• Can MinION-based DNA barcoding enhance bee survey efforts? An example from Gold Butte National Monument

  Monday, November 11, 2024
  8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

• Phylogenomic systematics of the mining bee subgenus Callandrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) based on ultraconserved elements

  Monday, November 11, 2024
  9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

• Updating the global phylogeny and biogeography of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

  Monday, November 11, 2024
  9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MST

• Phylogeny and evolution of floral choices in bees of the tribe Emphorini (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

  Monday, November 11, 2024
  8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

• D3154: Phylogenomic systematics of club-horned wasps (Hymenoptera: Sapygidae), an important parasitoid of managed bees

  Monday, November 11, 2024
  9:00 AM – 5:00 PM MST

• Fast, cheap, and minimally destructive: A validated DNA-barcoding protocol for bees using MinION

  Tuesday, November 12, 2024
  10:36 AM – 10:48 AM MST

• D3561: Phylogenomics of the oil-collecting bees Tapinotaspidini based on UCEs: Revisiting past classifications and the recognition of two enigmatic lineages

  Tuesday, November 12, 2024
  9:00 AM – 5:00 PM MST

• Non-lethal bee surveys leveraging eDNA and image-based methods

  Tuesday, November 12, 2024
  4:30 PM – 4:45 PM MST

• Beenome100: Insight into the evolutionary dynamics of genome size and content of bees

  Wednesday, November 13, 2024
  9:54 AM – 10:06 AM MST