Undergraduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competiton, MUVE

Monday, December 13, 2010: 10:45 AM-11:50 AM
Windsor (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Moderators:
J. Chad Gore
Christopher Geden
10:45 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:50 AM
Identifying habitat preferences of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in a subtropical desert habitat
Jesse Rivera, University of Texas Pan American; JoAnn Gutierrez, University of Texas Pan American; Loren Rossi, University of Texas Pan American; Christopher Vitek, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
11:02 AM
Assessing the risk of exposure to dengue in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
JoAnn Gutierrez, University of Texas Pan American; Jesse Rivera, University of Texas Pan American; Loren Rossi, University of Texas Pan American; Christopher Vitek, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
11:14 AM
Quantifying the spread of a novel soft bait through colonies of the red imported fire ant
Lacey D. Campbell, Texas A&M University; Shawn M. Wilder, Texas A&M University; Micky Eubanks, Texas A&M University
11:26 AM
Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in migratory birds
William D'Angelo, The University of Southern Mississippi; Michael Sellers, University of Southern Mississippi; Frank Moore, University of Southern Mississippi; Shahid Karim, The University of Southern Mississippi
11:38 AM
Biting behavior of beneficial beetles:  Quantification of coccinellids
Samuel David Ramsey, Cornell University; John Losey, Cornell University
11:50 AM
Concluding Remarks