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25 - Graduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: SysEB - Citizen Science, New Methods, and Physiology

Monday, November 16, 2015: 8:25 AM-12:10 PM
211 D (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Katrina Menard
Nathan Lord


8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM
Mid-Atlantic woodland bee diversity: A citizen science survey
Grace Savoy-Burke, University of Delaware ; Sam Droege, U.S. Geological Survey ; Deborah A. Delaney, University of Delaware
8:42 AM
Using an inquiry-based, constructivist learning approach for an introductory Entomology class
Alyssa McDonough, Minnesota State University Moorhead ; James Kopco, North Dakota State University ; Deirdre Prischmann-Voldseth, North Dakota State University
8:54 AM
Using citizen science data to estimate immature survival of monarchs (Danaus plexippus) and inform conservation
Kelly Nail, University of Minnesota ; Carl Stenoien, University of Minnesota ; Karen Oberhauser, University of Minnesota
9:06 AM
Berlese vs. Winkler: sift once, extract twice
Brittany Owens, Louisiana State University ; Christopher E. Carlton, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
9:30 AM
Characterizing the function of Methoprene tolerant and its downstream genes in termites
Li Tian, University of Kentucky ; Xuguo Zhou, University of Kentucky
9:42 AM
Bacteria participate in mosquito defense against oxidative stress
Jinjin Jiang, New Mexico State University
10:06 AM
Break
10:18 AM
Phylogenetic basis for understanding genome size evolution in Drosophila
Carl Hjelmen, Texas A&M University ; J. Spencer Johnston, Texas A&M University
10:42 AM
Potential roles of evolutionary history and parental effects in butterfly responses to heavy metals
Megan Kobiela, University of Minnesota ; Emilie C. Snell-Rood, University of Minnesota
10:54 AM
Information use exhibits tradeoffs with fecundity in the butterfly Pieris rapae
Sarah Jaumann, University of Minnesota ; Emilie C. Snell-Rood, University of Minnesota
11:06 AM
If bigger is better why bother with the rest: Worker size variation in bumble bees in response to poor resource conditions
Michael Rivera, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ; Anna Dornhaus, University of Arizona
11:18 AM
First detection of European honey bee (Apis mellifera) viruses on wax comb
Megan Colwell, University of Manitoba ; Rob Currie, University of Manitoba ; Stephen Pernal, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
11:42 AM
Withdrawn
11:54 AM
Structural variation at the TEP anti-pathogen locus in African malaria mosquitoes
Eric Smith, University of California Riverside ; Bradley White, University of California