Grad 10-min Competition: PBT, Ecology and Climate Change

Moderator(s)

• 

  Kendra Greenlee, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  Biological Sciences
  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, North Dakota
• 

  Edmond Bonjour

  Associate Extension Specialist - Stored Product Entomologist
  Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  Oklahoma State University
  Stillwater, Oklahoma

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Disease dynamics of synergistic stressors in bumble bee microcolonies
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Nadine Runnion (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Frances S. Sivakoff – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: James P. Strange (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Ellen Klinger – The Ohio State University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Honey bees maintain their microbiome during overwintering storage
  

  Presenting Author: Gagandeep Brar – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Lyna Ngor (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Quinn McFrederick – University of California

  Co-Author: Alex S. Torson – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Arun Rajamohan – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Preetpal Singh – University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Joseph P. Rinehart – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Julia Bowsher – North Dakota State University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Influence of temperature changes in fall armyworm larval development
  

  Presenting Author: Danna Judith Vera – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Andy Michel – The Ohio State University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Nitrogen fixation in the stag beetle, Ceruchus Piceus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Isobel Mifsud (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Palani Akana – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Thomas Bytnerowicz – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Steven Ray Davis – American Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Duncan Menge – Columbia University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Stable isotope analysis clarifies the trophic ecology of pond insects
  

  Presenting Author: Shelby A. Medlock (she/her/hers) – Louisiana Tech University

  Co-Author: Julia E. Earl (she/her/hers) – Louisiana Tech University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  The impact of nematodes on low temperature tolerance and immune function of Odontotaenius disjunctus Illiger
  

  Presenting Author: Wesley Rhinehart – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Leigh Boardman – University of Memphis
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Warmer temperature accelerates aging in mosquitoes: Linking changes in gene expression to decreased lifespans and worse infection outcomes
  

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

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

  Co-Author: Ann Thomas Tate – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Julian F. Hillyer – Vanderbilt University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Warmer temperature and aging interactively reduce mosquito blood feeding and reproduction
  

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

  Co-Author: Julian F. Hillyer – Vanderbilt University

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

  Co-Author: Tobias McCabe – Vanderbilt University
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MST

  Within-colony variation in desiccation resistance of a tropical stingless bee
  

  Presenting Author: Kristin M. Robinson (she/her/hers) – The University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Kaitlin M. Baudier, Ph.D. – University of Southern Mississippi