10-min: MUVE, Mosquito Biology and Ecology

Moderator(s)

• 

  Arpita Dalal (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral fellow
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, Nebraska
• 

  Joshua Benoit

  Professor
  Biological Sciences
  University of Cincinnati
  Cincinnati, Ohio

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  Temperature effects on foraging efficiency of range expanding mosquitoes: A functional response study
  

  Presenting Author: Arpita Dalal (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Prithish Halder – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Xixian Ng – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Troy Anderson – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: John P. DeLong – University of Nebraska
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  Blood feeding and transfluthrin exposure on Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Edmund Norris – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Robert L. Aldridge (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Seth Gibson – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Adam Bowman – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Jedidiah Kline – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Daniel L. Kline – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kenneth J. Linthicum, BCE – USDA-ARS
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Correlating electropenetrography waveforms with transcriptomic profiles in Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Miriam Shani Ruhinda (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Dana Mitzel – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Phillip Shults – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kristopher Silver (he/him/his) – Kansas State University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Effects of an obligate intracellular microsporidian parasite on the microbiota of Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Dom Magistrado (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Sarah M. Short – The Ohio State University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Molecular mechanisms mediating larval ecology and mosquito host-seeking behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran (he/him/his) – University of California

  Co-Author: Clement Vinauger, Ph.D. – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Adaline Bisese – Virginia Tech
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  Synchronized rhythms in human body odor and mosquito olfactory behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Clement Vinauger, Ph.D. – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Lan Lou – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran (he/him/his) – University of California

  Co-Author: Emilie Applebach – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Adaline Bisese – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Richard Rust – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Zhijian Tu – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Chloe Lahondere – Virginia Tech
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  Break
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Drought increases the prevalence of multiple blood feeding events in mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua Benoit – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Christopher James Holmes – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Souvik Chakraborty – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Oluwaseun Matthew Ajayi (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Melissa R. Uhran – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Ronja Aleksandra Frigard (she/her/hers) – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Shyh-Chi Chen – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Jason Rasgon – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Matthew DeGennaro – Florida International University

  Co-Author: Yanyu Xiao – University of Cincinnati
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Molecular basis of olfactory-driven behaviours of Culicoides imicola
  

  Presenting Author: Adi Behar – Kimron Veterinary institute

  Co-Author: Yechial Shashar – Kimron Veterinary Institute

  Co-Author: Jonathan D. Bohbot – The Hebrew University
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MST

  Biomechanical constraints and trade-offs between sugar and blood feeding in mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Chloe Lahondere – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Irving Upshur – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Shajaesza Dhakhai Diggs (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Danielle Tchamba Nijike – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Joanna M. Reinhold, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Sara Wilmsen – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Jake J. Socha – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Mark Stremler – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Clement Vinauger, Ph.D. – Virginia Tech
• 10:12 AM – 10:24 AM MST

  Establishing a male-positive genetic sexing strain in the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi
  

  Presenting Author: Fangying Chen – University of California

  Co-Author: Shih-Che Weng, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of California

  Co-Author: Omar S. Akbari – University of California
• 10:24 AM – 10:36 AM MST

  Mast cell-derived IL-10 regulates malaria parasite transmission to Anopheles stephensi with a female-biased immune response
  

  Presenting Author: Nora Cespedes – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Erinn L. Donnelly – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Hannah L. Kaylor – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Taylor A. Coles – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Judy Van de Water – University of California

  Co-Author: Shirley Luckhart (she/her/hers) – University of Idaho
• 10:36 AM – 10:48 AM MST

  Break
• 10:48 AM – 11:00 AM MST

  Histamine and serotonin treatment interact with temperature and infection status of Anopheles stephensi to alter circadian activity and potentiate Plasmodium transmission
  

  Presenting Author: Kevin Omondi Ochwedo, Ph.D. – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Nora Cespedes – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Xiaodi Wang – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Ronald Essah Bentil – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Jyotishka Datta – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Michael Robert – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Jeff Riffell – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Edwin Lewis – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Shirley Luckhart (she/her/hers) – University of Idaho
• 11:00 AM – 11:12 AM MST

  Microbial communities in Anopheles breeding habitats in malaria-endemic sites in Ghana
  

  Presenting Author: Akua Obeng Forson – University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Yaw Asare Afrane – University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Isaac Kwame Sraku – University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Ivy Hurwitz – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: Douglas J. Perkins – University of New Mexico
• 11:12 AM – 11:24 AM MST

  Behavioral and transcriptome analyses reveal the impact of sleep deprivation on mosquito biology
  

  Presenting Author: Oluwaseun Matthew Ajayi (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Lyn Wang – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Jasmine Kennedy – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Clement Vinauger, Ph.D. – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Joshua Benoit – University of Cincinnati
• 11:24 AM – 11:36 AM MST

  The CI toxin CinB is packaged into mature spermatids and its antidote accumulates in oocyte cytoplasm
  

  Presenting Author: Seun Olaitan Oladipupo – Yale University

  Co-Author: Mark Hochstrasser – Yale University
• 11:36 AM – 11:48 AM MST

  The spectral sensitivity of mosquito photoreceptors can explain behavioral preferences for colored stimuli
  

  Presenting Author: Adam J. Blake – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Gregor Belušič – University of Ljubljana

  Co-Author: Jeff Riffell – University of Washington
• 11:48 AM – 12:00 PM MST

  Predictive modeling of mosquito abundance and West Nile virus transmission dynamics: Insights from a decade of surveillance in Arizona
  

  Presenting Author: Desiree Andersen – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Leigh Combrink – University of Arizona
• 12:00 PM – 12:12 PM MST

  Anopheles population genetics on Oceanic islands and the release of genetically engineered mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Melina Campos – University of California

  Co-Author: Gregory Lanzaro – University of California