8- Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: PBT

Monday, November 11, 2013: 8:24 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting Room 19 B (Austin Convention Center)
Moderators:
Troy D. Anderson
Kristina Friesen


8:24 AM
Microbial contributions to the nitrogen ecology of a xylophagous beetle
Paul Akwettey Ayayee, Pennsylvania State University
8:36 AM
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8:48 AM
Mosquito infection with various bacterial species induces periostial hemocyte aggregation and reduces heart contraction rates
Leah T. Sigle, Vanderbilt University ; Tania Y. Estevez-Lao, Vanderbilt University ; Julian F. Hillyer, Vanderbilt University
9:00 AM
Gut microbial diversity and function in mosquitoes
Kerri L. Coon, University of Georgia ; Kevin J. Vogel, University of Georgia ; Michael R. Strand, University of Georgia
9:12 AM
Rearing entomopathogenic nematodes on black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
Joseph Riddle, Michigan State University ; Matthew Grieshop, Michigan State University
9:24 AM
The importance of symbiotic, prokaryotic groups in termite digestion of lignocellulose
Brittany F. Peterson, Purdue University ; Amit Sethi, DuPont Pioneer ; Michael E. Scharf, University of Florida
9:36 AM
Break
9:48 AM
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10:00 AM
That irresistible scent:  mosquito attraction to human odor in the absence of carbon dioxide
Genevieve M. Tauxe, University of California ; Anandasankar Ray, University of California
10:12 AM
Next-generation sequencing of sensory structures of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis
Ann Louise Carr, North Carolina State University ; Brooke Bissinger, TyraTech, Inc. ; Anirudh Dhammi, North Carolina State University ; Daniel E. Sonenshine, Old Dominion University ; Michael Roe, North Carolina State University
10:24 AM
Different physiological functions of two dopamine receptors in isolated salivary glands of blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say
Donghun Kim, Kansas State University ; Ladislav Simo, Kansas State University ; Yoonseong Park, Kansas State University
10:36 AM
Dorsal vessel structure and hemolymph circulation in Anopheles gambiae larvae
Garrett P. League, Vanderbilt University ; Julian F. Hillyer, Vanderbilt University
11:00 AM
Effect of humidity on developmental parameters and field catches of Drosophila suzukii
Samantha L. Tochen, Oregon State University ; Vaughn Walton, Oregon State University