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07 - Graduate Poster Competition: MUVE - Ticks and Mosquitoes

Monday, November 16, 2015: 8:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall BC (Convention Center)


Detection of Rickettsia spp. in field-collected ticks using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)
Jaclyn Martin, Oklahoma State University ; Bruce Noden, Oklahoma State University
Elucidating the molecular action of tick saliva in the induction of a-galactose in red meat allergy
Gary Crispell, University of Southern Mississippi ; Rebekah Bullard, University of Southern Mississippi ; Karthik Balamurugan, University of Southern Mississippi ; Shahid Karim, University of Southern Mississippi
Nocturnal questing behavior of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis)
Xia Lee, University of Wisconsin ; Susan Paskewitz, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Monitoring ambrosia beetles in ornamental nurseries: the influence of flood-stress and protective sprays
A Anderson, North Carolina State University ; Steven Frank, North Carolina State University
Effect of container size and food availability on adult fitness of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Allison Parker, University of Illinois ; Brian F. Allan, University of Illinois ; Ephantus J. Muturi, University of Illinois
In vivo tissue distribution of the Ehrlichia muris-like agent in Ixodes scapularis ticks
Geoffrey Lynn, University of Minnesota ; Jonathan Oliver, University of Minnesota ; Curtis Nelson, University of Minnesota ; Roderick Felsheim, University of Minnesota ; Timothy Kurtti, University of Minnesota ; Ulrike Munderloh, University of Minnesota
Assessing the impact of nutrition availability, competition and predation threat on survival and fitness of Aedes aegypti
Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran, SASTRA University ; Samyuktha Kandregula, National Centre for Biological Sciences ; Suhel Quader, National Centre for Biological Sciences ; Steven Juliano, Illinois State University
Estimating age structure of wild Anopheles populations using the captive cohort method
Stephanie Kurniawan, University of California, Davis ; Kong Cheung, University of California, Davis ; James R. Carey, University of California, Davis ; Ed Lewis, University of California, Davis ; Shirley Luckhart, University of California, Davis
A comparative study of species abundance and diversity of mosquitoes at two different sites in Lower Rio Grande Valley
Lopamudra Chakraborty, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ; Christopher Vitek, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley