Grad 10-min Competition: SysEB, Genetics and Genomics

Moderator(s)

• 

  Hojun Song

  Professor
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
• SS

  Stephania Sandoval Arango (she/her/hers)

  PhD Student
  Department of Entomology
  The Pennsylvania State University
  State College, Pennsylvania

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Wolbachia and Strepsiptera: Multitrophic associations in parasitic systems
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca Jean Arizapa Millena – American Museum of Natural History
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  A genomic looking glass: Developing genomic tools to study Nipaecoccus viridis Newstead (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), an invasive mealybug pest in Florida citrus
  

  Presenting Author: Tracy Liesenfelt (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Erin Powell – Florida State Collection of Arthropods

  Co-Author: Andrew J. Mongue – University of Florida
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Behind the genes of an ultraconserved element (UCE) bait set and the impacts of function on phylogenomic reconstruction
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah L. Cook (she/her/hers) – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Silas Bossert (he/him/his) – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Murray – Washington State University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Metagenomic analysis reveals Ca. Phytoplasma spp. in Empoasca fabae indicating ability to vector multiple species
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua Molligan – Université Laval

  Co-Author: Edel Perez-Lopez – Université Laval
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Mother knows best: Unraveling the transcriptome of female desert locust accessory gland after mating
  

  Presenting Author: Vivian A. Peralta Santana (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Maeva Angelique Techer, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Hojun Song – Texas A&M University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Tailored to kill: A customized UCE probe set for robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Teagan Marie Mulford – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: Grey Gustafson (he/him/his) – Northern Arizona University
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  Temperature influences the outcomes of an environmentally-acquired symbiosis
  

  Presenting Author: Patrick Thomas Stillson (he/him/his) – Emory University

  Co-Author: Alison Ravenscraft (she/her/hers) – University of Texas
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  The changing microbiome of a developing cactus bee, Diadasia opuntiae Cockerell
  

  Presenting Author: Charles T. Bradley – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Wendy Moore (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MST

  Using phylogenetic methods to track the evolution of sungal symbionts in Ptinid beetles
  

  Presenting Author: Austin Ashley Hendricks (she/her/hers) – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: Keith Philips – Western Kentucky University

  Co-Author: Tobias Engl – Max Planck Institute

  Co-Author: Vincent Martinson – University of New Mexico