Session: 10 - Graduate Student TMP Competition: PBT (2014 ESA Annual Meeting)

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10 - Graduate Student TMP Competition: PBT

Monday, November 17, 2014: 8:20 AM-12:30 PM

A106 (Oregon Convention Center)

Moderators:

Marianne Alleyne
Shahid Karim

8:20 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:24 AM

0742

Molecular cloning and RNA interference of Cullin-1 gene in the codling moth Cydia pomonella

Stephen Ireland, University of Michigan ; Jinda Wang, Nanjing Agricultural University ; Douglas Knipple, Cornell University

8:36 AM

0743

Inducing RNA interference in the arbovirus vector, Culicoides sonorensis

Mary Mills, Kansas State University ; Dana Nayduch, USDA - ARS ; Kristin Michel, Kansas State University

8:48 AM

0744

Development of RNA interference tools for functional genomic assays and control strategies of Frankliniella occidentalis

Ismael E. Badillo-Vargas, Kansas State University ; Brandi Schneweis, Kansas State University ; Dorith Rotenberg, Kansas State University ; Anna E. Whitfield, Kansas State University

9:00 AM

0745

Withdrawn

9:12 AM

0746

The role of juvenile hormone in the growth of the condition-dependent weapons of rhinoceros beetles (Trypoxylus dichotomus)

Robert A. Zinna, Washington State University ; Hiroki Gotoh, Nagoya University ; James Hust, Washington State University ; Doug Emlen, University of Montana ; Colin S. Brent, USDA ; Laura C Lavine, Washington State University

9:24 AM

0747

Specific signal pathway inhibition reduces ecdysteroid production and follicle cell proliferation in Aedes aegypti ovaries

Melissa Mattee, University of Georgia ; Michael R. Strand, University of Georgia ; Mark R. Brown, University of Georgia

9:36 AM

0748

Conserved microRNA miR-8 targets the wingless signaling pathway to regulate reproductive processes in the female mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Keira Lucas, University of California ; Vladimir A. Kokoza, University of California ; Sourav Roy, University of California ; Jisu Ha, University of California ; Amanda L. Gervaise, University of California ; Alexander S. Raikhel, University of California

9:48 AM

0749

Ovarian follicle cells are the source of ecdysone in the ovaries of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

David A. McKinney, University of Georgia ; Michael R. Strand, University of Georgia ; Mark R. Brown, University of Georgia

10:00 AM

0750

Activating and repressive actions of the insect steroid hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone, and ecdysone receptor in the female mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Lisa K. Johnson, University of California ; Sourav Roy, University of California ; Alexander S. Raikhel, University of California

10:12 AM

Break

10:24 AM

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