2015 North Central Branch Meeting

Sunday, May 31, 2015

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8:00 AM-4:00 PM


NCAC/SAC Department Heads Meeting

11:00 AM-7:00 PM


IT Support

Meeting Registration

11:30 AM-2:00 PM


Executive Committee Meeting, Committee Reports

1:00 PM-4:30 PM


Konza Prairie Tour I

1:30 PM-4:35 PM


Plant-aphid interactions in the “omics” era: What can we infer from different model systems?
Joe Louis

1:30 PM-4:45 PM


What are the costs and benefits for neonicotinoid seed treatments in field crops?
Erin W. Hodgson and Matt O'Neal

2:30 PM-6:00 PM


Konza Prairie Tour II

4:30 PM-5:30 PM


Moderator and Competition Judges Training

5:00 PM-8:00 PM


Linnaean Games - Preliminary Rounds

6:00 PM-8:00 PM


Poster Setup for Monday

Setup for Triplehorn Challenge - Still Art Display

8:00 PM-10:30 PM


Welcome Reception

Monday, June 1, 2015

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7:00 AM-10:00 AM


Continental Breakfast

7:00 AM-5:00 PM


Student Competition Posters Undergraduate and M.S. - MUVE, P-IE Session

Student Competition Posters Ph.D. - MUVE, P-IE Session

Student Competition Posters Undergraduate and M.S. - PBT, P-IE Session

Student Competition Posters Ph.D. - PBT, SysEB, P-IE Session

Employment Opportunities Center

7:30 AM-5:00 PM


IT Support

Meeting Registration

8:00 AM-9:15 AM


Opening Session and Business Meeting

9:15 AM-10:50 AM


Undergraduate and M.S. Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: SysEB, MUVE, P-IE Session
Sharon Dobesh

Undergraduate and M.S. Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE Session
Julie A. Peterson

Ph.D. Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE Session
Gary Brewer and Ram B. Shrestha

9:15 AM-11:25 AM


Ph.D. Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: MUVE Session
Steve Thompson

10:55 AM-12:30 PM


Ph.D. Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: P-IE, SysEB Session
Ram B. Shrestha and Gary Brewer

12:00 PM-6:00 PM


Insect Zoo / K-State Gardens Tours

1:30 PM-2:55 PM


Ph.D. Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition: PBT Session
Ana Velez

1:30 PM-5:15 PM


Urban Entomology at the Interface of Basic and Applied Sciences
Ameya D. Gondhalekar and Grzegorz Buczkowski

2:30 PM-5:00 PM


Forest Entomology
Todd D. Johnson and Joseph Wong

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


Refreshment Break

5:30 PM-8:00 PM


Linnaean Games - Final Rounds

6:00 PM-8:00 PM


Poster Setup for Tuesday

8:00 PM-9:30 PM


Firefly Field Trip
Larry Buschman

8:30 PM-11:30 PM


Student Mixer

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM


K-State Alumni Meeting

7:00 AM-10:00 AM


Continental Breakfast

7:00 AM-5:00 PM


Poster Display

Employment Opportunities Center

7:30 AM-5:00 PM


IT Support

Meeting Registration

8:00 AM-11:00 AM


How fundamental research contributes to improving biological control programs
Jim Nechols and Debbie Finke

8:00 AM-11:05 AM


The Emerging Stink Bug Problem in the North Central Region
Andrew Michel and Raman Bansal

8:00 AM-11:45 AM


Entomology Literacy: Research in the Human Dimensions of Entomology Education, Extension, and Citizen Science, Part I
Douglas Golick, Louise Lynch and Louise Lynch

12:00 PM-1:30 PM


Awards Luncheon

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


Student Coffee Hour - Data Digitization and Management using Open Source Applications

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


Entomology Literacy: Research in the Human Dimensions of Entomology Education, Extension, and Citizen Science, Part II
Douglas Golick and Louise Lynch

2:00 PM-4:15 PM


Submitted Ten-Minute Papers - Session I
Deanna Scheff

2:00 PM-4:55 PM


Little Microbes Big World: Demonstrating The Role That Insect Symbionts Play In Nature
Paul Lenhart and Jennifer White

2:00 PM-5:25 PM


Potential of RNAi Technology in Entomology
Shripat Kamble

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


Refreshment Break

4:00 PM-5:00 PM


Photo Salon

6:00 PM-10:00 PM


NC507 Monarch Conservation in the Midwest – Planning Group

8:00 PM-9:30 PM


Firefly Field Trip
Larry Buschman

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

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7:00 AM-10:00 AM


Continental Breakfast

Meeting Registration

7:00 AM-12:00 PM


IT Support

7:30 AM-8:30 AM


Final Business Meeting

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


NCERA 220 Working Group Meeting

8:30 AM-12:30 PM


Ecology and Control of disease vectors
Alice Harris and Lee Cohnstaedt

8:30 AM-12:50 PM


Corn Rootworm Management: Working Together for Change
Roxanne Fegley

9:30 AM-12:00 PM


Submitted Ten-Minute Papers - Session II
Mario Andrada

12:30 PM-2:00 PM


Executive Committee Meeting

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