Undergrad 10-min Competition: PBT, Behavior, Chemical Ecology, and Physiology

Moderator(s)

• 

  Jacqueline Maille (she/her/hers)

  Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Entomology
  Kansas State University
  Manhattan, Kansas
• 

  Laura Ingwell (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology
  Purdue University
  West Lafayette, Indiana

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Characterizing the role of a metallothionein gene in the fertility of Drosophila melanogaster
  

  Presenting Author: Yibo Gu – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Shilpi Mohanty – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Loren Campbell – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Taylor Hori – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Zhuo Chen – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Henry Chung – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Zinan Wang (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Cockroach jumping: A behavioral description and experimental analysis in Periplaneta
  

  Presenting Author: Nicolás José Galvez – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Adrian Smith – North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Influence of methoprene on a nutritionally linked gene in Bombus impatiens
  

  Presenting Author: Joanna Saxon – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Grayson Tung – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Chloe Hawkings (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Investigating variation of nonflight thermogenesis between castes of bumble bees (Bombus impatiens)
  

  Presenting Author: Alex Christopher Kurtt – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Erika J. Ibarra-Garibay – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Amy Toth – Iowa State University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Spacial dynamics of Wolbachia throughout Drosophila simulans development
  

  Presenting Author: Pablo Stilwell – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Megan W. Jones – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Spatial repellency and electrophysiological response of caproic acid against the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover
  

  Presenting Author: Eun Su Jang – Gyeongsang National University

  Co-Author: Hyeon Gu Kim – Gyeongsang National University

  Co-Author: Ji Hye Oh – Gyeongsang National University

  Co-Author: Seo Yeon Park – Gyeongsang National University

  Co-Author: Da Hyeon Yu – Gyeongsang National University

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

  Co-Author: Gwang hyun Roh – Gyeongsang National University
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  To (Nosema) immunity and bee-yond! Uncovering the molecular secrets of survivor and managed honeybee immunity in response to Nosema ceranae
  

  Presenting Author: Emilia L. M Burnham (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Boris Baer – University of California

  Co-Author: Kerry Elizabeth Mauck – University of California

  Co-Author: Naoki Yamanaka – University of California
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  Transcriptomic analysis of Apis mellifera hypopharyngeal glands in varied temperatures
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Jane Sullivan – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Grayson Tung – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Chloe Hawkings (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MST

  Warmer temperature and aging interact to shape the nitric oxide synthase humoral immune response in mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Norbu Shastri – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Lindsay E. Martin (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Julian F. Hillyer – Vanderbilt University