A Menagerie of Arthropod Symbioses

Organizer(s)

• MH

  Molly Hunter (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  Department of Entomology
  University of Arizona
  Tucson, Arizona
• 

  Alison Ravenscraft (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Biology
  University of Texas
  Arlington, Texas
• EZ

  Einat Zchori-Fein (she/her/hers)

  Newe Ya’ar Research Center
  Agricultural Research Organization
  Newe Ya'ar, Hefa, Israel

Terrestrial arthropods have intimate, significant interactions with microbes, yet many of these complex connections have long been imperceptible to scientific observers. Our program symposium seeks to highlight the diversity and complexity of these important interactions and the multi-faceted effects of these relationships on the biology of the partners involved.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:20 AM MST

  Host or symbiont? Who determines the cytoplasmic incompatibility phenotype in a parasitoid?
  

  Presenting Author: Yuval Gottlieb (she/her/hers) – The Hebrew University

  Co-Author: Marie Pollmann – The Hebrew University

  Co-Author: Lea von Berg – University of Hohenheim

  Co-Author: Ronja Reinisch – University of Hohenheim

  Co-Author: Molly Avidan-King – The Hebrew University

  Co-Author: Johannes Steidle – University of Hohenheim
• 8:20 AM – 8:40 AM MST

  Complex patterns of symbiont infection and reproductive incompatibility in unintentionally introduced populations of the samurai wasp, Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Steve Perlman (he/him/his) – University of Victoria

  Co-Author: Lucas Silva – University of Victoria

  Co-Author: Vika Makovetski – University of Victoria

  Co-Author: Paul K. Abram – AAFC
• 8:40 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Wolbachia modulates mitosis and sex determination to induce parthenogenesis
  

  Presenting Author: Amelia Lindsey – University of Minnesota
• 9:00 AM – 9:20 AM MST

  It's getting hot in here: Temperature as a driver of symbiotic polymorphisms in an agricultural spider
  

  Presenting Author: Jen A. White (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Laura Rosenwald – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Jordyn Dawn Proctor – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Matthew R. Doremus – University of Kentucky
• 9:20 AM – 9:30 AM MST

  Break
• 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM MST

  Impacts of phase, environment, and species on the microbiota in Schistocerca locusts from the Americas
  

  Presenting Author: Brittany Peterson (she/her/hers) – Southern Illinois University
• 9:50 AM – 10:10 AM MST

  Diversity and evolutionary history of Reticulitermes hindgut symbiotic protists
  

  Presenting Author: Gillian Gile (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
• 10:10 AM – 10:30 AM MST

  Fireflies in a new light: The diverse bacterial associations of northeastern American lampyrids
  

  Presenting Author: Ben Bechade (he/him/his) – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Sarah Lower – Bucknell University

  Co-Author: Sierra Nichols – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Susan Deering – Bucknell University

  Co-Author: Natalie Dyer – Bucknell University

  Co-Author: Moira Chambers – Bucknell University

  Co-Author: Alison Ravenscraft (she/her/hers) – University of Texas
• 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM MST

  Microbial symbiosis in solitary bees: Variation in structure and assembly
  

  Presenting Author: Rachel Vannette (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Lexie Martin – University of California

  Co-Author: Shawn Christensen (he/him/his) – University of California
• 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM MST

  Break
• 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM MST

  Sodalis transmission via the venom and sperm of the parasitoid wasp Spalangia cameroni
  

  Presenting Author: Elad Chiel (he/him/his) – University of Haifa-Oranim
• 11:20 AM – 11:40 AM MST

  Caballeronia strain identity and not host-derived origin determines the fitness outcomes in coreid bugs
  

  Presenting Author: Bibek Singh Parajuli – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Zoe Zimmerman – Emory University

  Co-Author: Kayla Stoy – Emory University

  Co-Author: Nicole Gerardo – Emory University

  Co-Author: Alison Ravenscraft (she/her/hers) – University of Texas
• 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM MST

  The missing link to viral symbiogenesis: Genomic clues from a young parasitoid-virus mutualism
  

  Presenting Author: Kelsey Coffmann (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Sheina B. Sim (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Renee Corpuz – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Tyler Simmonds – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Jeremy Schrader – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Scott M. Geib (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS