Grad 10-min Competition: PBT, Physiology

Moderator(s)

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  Kristopher Silver (he/him/his)

  Department of Entomology
  Kansas State University
  Manhattan, Kansas
• LR

  Leslie Rault

  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, Nebraska

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  A mechanism of chemical tolerance via AMP induction associated with the tissue damage and repair pathway in Drosophila melanogaster
  

  Presenting Author: YeongHo Kim, Ph.D. – Kyungpook National University

  Co-Author: Young Ho Kim – Kyungpook National University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Cardiac extracellular matrix components, pericardin and lonely heart, guide the aggregation of hemocytes to the heart of mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Shabbir Ahmed (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Cole J. Meier – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Jordyn S. Barr (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Tania Y. Estévez-Lao – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Julian F. Hillyer – Vanderbilt University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Development of CRISPR-Interference (CRISPR-I) for sequence-specific repression of gene expression in Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Esmé Cope – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Hitoshi Tsujimoto – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Zach N. Adelman – Texas A&M University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Investigating the roles of fatty acids and their derived lipids in male Drosophila fertility
  

  Presenting Author: Zhuo Chen – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Rajanikanth Chowdanayaka – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Henry Chung – Michigan State University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Low intensity UVB exposure as an immunostimulant in yellow mealworms (Tenebrio molitor)
  

  Presenting Author: Michael B. Smith (he/him/his) – Indiana University, Indianapolis

  Co-Author: Christine J. Picard – Indiana University

  Co-Author: Dennis Oonincx – Wageningen University and Research Centre
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Novel approaches to manage the virus complex present in sweet potato virus disease (SPVD)
  

  Presenting Author: Flinn Martin O'Hara – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Sara Navarro – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Davis – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Daniel Swale – University of Florida
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Role and effects of amino acid residues forming the back door in Apis mellifera Acetylcholinesterase 1
  

  Presenting Author: Jong Hyeok Lee – Seoul National university

  Co-Author: Kyungjae Andrew A. Yoon – Seoul National University

  Co-Author: SI Hyeock Lee – Seoul National University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  The influence of juvenile hormone on the expression of a major royal jelly protein in Apis mellifera
  

  Presenting Author: Jumana Hayat – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Chloe Hawkings (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Which came first? The variation in egg cell formation between the model fruit fly and the paper wasp
  

  Presenting Author: Laura Elizabeth Miller (she/her/hers) – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Sean O'Donnell – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Kari Lenhart – Drexel University