ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, MUVE-1

Monday, November 12, 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
301 A, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Moderators:
Bradley A. Mullens
Lee W. Cohnstaedt


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
Improving the health of nestling birds by controlling bees and hematophagous arthropods with permethrin
Caroline Efstathion, University of Florida ; Bill Kern, University of Florida ; Paul Bardunias, University of Florida
8:27 AM
The role of mosquito-derived nutrients from tree holes in supporting terrestrial predator communities
William C. Glasgow, University of Southern Mississippi ; Stephen David Flanagan, University of Southern Mississippi ; Alisa A. Abuzeineh, University of Southern Mississippi ; Donald A. Yee, University of Southern Mississippi
8:39 AM
The role of protists in the diet of larval container mosquitoes
Jeffrey Skiff, University of Southern Mississippi ; Donald A. Yee, University of Southern Mississippi
8:51 AM
A comparison between two surveillance methods for container-breeding mosquitoes in a La Crosse endemic area
Jake E. Bova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Sally Paulson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Carlyle C. Brewster, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Dana Hawley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
9:03 AM
9:15 AM
9:27 AM
Break
9:39 AM
An attractive self-marking ovitrap (ASMO) to measure dispersal and determine skip oviposition in Aedes albopictus field populations
Timothy Davis, University of Florida ; Dan Kline, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Center for Medical, Agricultural & Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) ; Phillip E. Kaufman, University of Florida ; Jerome A. Hogsette, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Andrew Tatem, University of Florida
9:51 AM
Carry-over effects of temperature on different life stages of Aedes albopictus: Linking larval environments to adult survival and fitness
Francis N. Ezeakacha, University of Southern Mississippi ; Donald A. Yee, University of Southern Mississippi
10:03 AM
The effect of La Crosse virus infection on the production of serotonin in Aedes triseriatus and Aedes albopictus
Fan Yang, Entomology ; Jianyong Li, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Carlyle C. Brewster, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Sally Paulson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
10:15 AM
Suppression of dengue virus propagation by sterol carrier protein 2 inhibitor in Aedes Aag2 cell
Qiang Fu, University of Wisconsin ; Que Lan, University of Wisconsin
10:27 AM
Plasmodium parasites manipulate mosquitoes' olfaction behavior to increase their malaria transmission potential
Justin George, Pennsylvania State University ; Thomas Baker, Pennsylvania State University
10:39 AM
Is there local transmission of avian malaria parasites in Alaska?
Jenny S. Carlson, University of California, Davis ; Anthony Cornel, University of California, Davis ; Laura Wilson, San Francisco State University ; Erika Walther, San Francisco State University ; Claire Loiseau, San Francisco State University ; Ravinder N. M. Sehgal, San Francisco State University
10:51 AM
Susceptibility of potential mosquito vectors to bovine ephemeral fever virus
Hsuan-Jen Pan, National Taiwan University ; Chi-Wei Tsai, National Taiwan University
11:03 AM
Concluding Remarks