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23 - Graduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: PBT - Guts, Bt, Microbes, and Immune Response

Monday, November 16, 2015: 8:25 AM-12:00 PM
211 B (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Margaret Allen
Ana Vélez


8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM
Feeding RNAi in the Twospotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae
JuneSun Yoon, University of Kentucky ; Subba Reddy Palli, University of Kentucky
8:42 AM
Withdrawn
8:54 AM
Pathogen-specific immune responses from symbionts in a subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)
Brittany Peterson, Purdue University ; Michael E. Scharf, Purdue University
9:06 AM
The Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) peritrophic matrix: A promising target for termite pest management
Andres Sandoval-Mojica, Purdue University ; Michael E. Scharf, Purdue University
9:18 AM
A recombinant bacterium expressing double-stranded RNA specific to integrin β1 subunit enhances Bt toxicity against a polyphagous insect pest, Spodoptera exigua
Eunseong Kim, Andong National University ; Yonggyun Kim, Andong National University ; Youngjin Park, Andong National University
9:30 AM
Resistance to Cry3Bb1 in the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera): RNA-seq & differential expression
Leslie Rault, University of Nebraska ; Haichuan Wang, University of Nebraska ; Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University ; Blair Siegfried, University of Florida ; Nicholas Miller, University of Nebraska
9:42 AM
Break
10:06 AM
Feeding and mating initiate juvenile hormone regulation of reproduction in bed bugs
Hemant Gujar, University of Kentucky ; Subba Reddy Palli, University of Kentucky
10:18 AM
Environment dominates host factors in shaping mosquito gut microbiota
Kerri L. Coon, University of Georgia ; Mark R. Brown, University of Georgia ; Michael R. Strand, University of Georgia
10:30 AM
Anopheles midgut FREP1 mediates Plasmodium invasion
Genwei Zhang, University of Oklahoma ; Guodong Niu, University of Oklahoma ; Caio Franca, University of Oklahoma ; Yuemei Dong, Johns Hopkins University ; Xiaohong Wang, University of Oklahoma ; Noah Butler, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center ; George Dimopoulos, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health ; Jun Li, University of Oklahoma
10:42 AM
Mechanisms of transcytosis across the Spodoptera frugiperda midgut
Mariah Kemmerer, Iowa State University ; Bryony Bonning, Iowa State University
10:54 AM
Functional bioassays suggest phage-infected Hamiltonella defensa confer resistance to parasitism in the pea aphid by directly killing wasp embryos
Jayce W. Brandt, University of Georgia ; Kerry M. Oliver, University of Georgia ; Michael R. Strand, University of Georgia
11:06 AM
Immune response of the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, in response to microbial challenge
Alex Arp, University of Florida ; Kirsten S. Pelz-Stelinski, University of Florida
11:18 AM
Xenobiotic transcription factors initiate the cytochrome P450-mediated insecticide resistance in Tribolium castaneum
Megha Kalsi, University of Kentucky ; Subba Reddy Palli, University of Kentucky
11:30 AM
Developmental effects on immunity: Hormonal and proteinase control in Manduca sexta, the tobacco hornworm
Kendra Greenlee, North Dakota State University ; Kimberly Booth, North Dakota State University