Graduate Student Poster Display Competition, IPMIS: Session I

Monday, December 13, 2010: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Grand Exhibit Hall (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)


Phenoloxidase and the paradox of immunity in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum
Eric E. Van Fleet, Cornell University ; Angela E. Douglas, Cornell University
Body size, metabolism, and longevity in worker bumble bees (Bombus impatiens)
Nhi Duong, University of Arizona ; Tuan Cao, University of Arizona ; Jennifer M. Jandt, University of Arizona ; Anna Dornhaus, University of Arizona
Worker queens?  Effect of methoprene on behavioral plasticity in queens of the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata
Yarira Ortiz-Alvarado, Inter American University of Puerto Rico ; Bert Rivera-Marchand, Inter American University of Puerto Rico
Together we conquer!  Intraspecific aggression in the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata
Emily Díaz-Iglesias, Inter American University of Puerto Rico ; Carlos A. Ortiz-Alvarado, Inter American University of Puerto Rico ; Bert Rivera-Marchand, Inter American University of Puerto Rico
Picky eater syndrome:  The pesticide imidacloprid alters honey bee (Apis mellifera) sucrose response threshold and, potentially, colony health
Daren M Eiri, University of California, San Diego ; James C. Nieh, University of California, San Diego
Correlates of ester metabolism with age-related polyethism in Apis mellifera
Ling-Hsiu Liao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at Urbana-Champaign
Young protectors:  Interspecific nest defense in the litlle fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata
Rafael Fernández-Casas, Inter American University of Puerto Rico ; Carlos A. Ortiz-Alvardo, Inter American University of Puerto Rico ; Bert Rivera-Marchand, Inter American University of Puerto Rico
Field evaluation of sub-lethal residues in brood comb on honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony health
Natalie Kira Boyle, Washington State University ; Walter S. Sheppard, Washington State University
Lingering effects of a hard childhood: larval competition and adult immunity in Aedes mosquitoes
Jennifer A Breaux, Illinois State University ; Bruce H Noden, Polytechnic of Namibia ; Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University