Grad 10-min Competition: MUVE, Vector Control and Surveillance

Moderator(s)

• 

  Emily Struckhoff

  Extension Program Specialist
  Department of Entomology
  The Pennsylvania State University
  State College, Pennsylvania
• 

  Gillian Eastwood, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor
  Entomology
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  An updated catalog of Culicoides biting midges and associated microbial constituents from New Jersey
  

  Presenting Author: Stephanie Zapata – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Dana Price – Rutgers University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Assessing mosquito community composition along urban gradients: Implications for West Nile virus transmission risk
  

  Presenting Author: Yasmin Tavares (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Emily Leggat – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Heather Kopsco (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Waheed Bajwa – New York City Department of Health

  Co-Author: Maria Diuk-Wasser – Columbia University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Characterization of the primary endosymbionts in the salivary secretion of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum
  

  Presenting Author: Andres Felipe Holguin Rocha – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Paulina Maldonado – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Yoonseong Park – Kansas State University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Decoding the diet: Determining Culicoides host associations in Arkansas
  

  Presenting Author: Cassandra Steele – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Emily McDermott – University of Arkansas
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Distribution and genetic characteristics of bisexual and parthenogenetic Haemaphysalis longicornis in South Korea
  

  Presenting Author: Jiseok Kim – Kyungpook National University

  Co-Author: Seoyul Hwang – Kyungpook National University

  Co-Author: Donghun Kim – Kyungpook National University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Mosquito-flower power: Determining how nectar contents can influence mosquito vectors
  

  Presenting Author: Danica M. Shannon – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Daniel Peach – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Nalany Richardson – University of Georgia
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Mowing as a strategy to manage nymphal blacklegged ticks
  

  Presenting Author: Sandra M. Zapata-Ramirez – Western Connecticut State University

  Co-Author: Victoria L. Hornbostel (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Neeta P. Connally – Western Connecticut State University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Practices, attitudes, and knowledge on vector control among Florida deer farmers
  

  Presenting Author: Vilma M. Montenegro – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Eva A. Buckner (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Samantha M. Wisely – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Juan Campos-Krauer – University of Florida
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Saccharine ceratopogonids: Determining sugar-source associations of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Chip F. Markwardt – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Cassandra Olds – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Bethany McGregor (she/her/hers) – USDA
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MST

  Understanding Asian longhorned tick distribution in Virginia pastures
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew Sharpe (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Benjamin L. Aigner (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: John Currin – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Gillian Eastwood, Ph.D. – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Thomas P. Kuhar – Virginia Tech