MUVE: Mosquito Physiology and Control

Moderator(s)

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  Michael Cavallaro

  Manager
  Pest Abatement
  Bullhead City Pest Abatement District
  Bullhead City, Arizona

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM - 1:42 PM MT

  Aedes aegypti female midgut transcriptome across 72 hours of complete digestion/gonotrophic cycle
  

  Presenting Author: Hitoshi Tsujimoto – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Zach Adelman – Texas A&M University
• 1:42 PM - 1:54 PM MT

  Bacteriophages: Tools for mosquito microbiome modulation
  

  Presenting Author: Chinmay V. Tikhe – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: George Dimopoulos, n/a – Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School Of Public Health
• 1:54 PM - 2:06 PM MT

  Conditional expression of Nix in transgenic Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Bianca B. Kojin – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Emma Jakes – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: James K. Biedler – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Zhijian Tu – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Zach Adelman – Texas A&M University
• 2:18 PM - 2:30 PM MT

  Effect of artificial light on collection of West Nile vectors and disease surveillance in northern Colorado
  

  Presenting Author: Broox Boze – Vector Disease Control International

  Co-Author: Kelsey Renfro – Vector Disease Control International

  Co-Author: Daniel Markowski – Vector Disease Control International
• 2:30 PM - 2:42 PM MT

  Essential oils as an alternative to pyrethroids as insecticide active ingredients
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Perry – Procter & Gamble

  Co-Author: Erik Hasenoehrl – Procter & Gamble

  Co-Author: Anthony Clerc – Procter & Gamble
• 2:42 PM - 2:54 PM MT

  Break
• 2:54 PM - 3:06 PM MT

  Investigating the heritability of intrapopulation variation for dengue virus competence in Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Derrick Mathias – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Xiaodi Wang – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jovana Bozic – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Tanise Stenn – University of Florida
• 3:06 PM - 3:18 PM MT

  Life history traits, dengue virus infection and dissemination, and immune gene expression of Aedes aegypti are modulated by larval and adult nutrition
  

  Presenting Author: Jiayue Yan – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Andrew Mackay – Illinois Natural History Survey

  Co-Author: Kristof Gutowski – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Chang-Hyun Kim – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Chris Stone – Illinois Natural History Survey
• 3:18 PM - 3:30 PM MT

  Modifying dam operations to reduce nuisance insects: Biological responses of a net-spinning caddisfly along the lower Colorado River
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Cavallaro – Bullhead City Pest Abatement District
• 3:30 PM - 3:42 PM MT

  Schoolhouse Rock made the process seem simple: Reactive vector-borne disease policy in the US creates opportunities for improvement
  

  Presenting Author: Jennifer R. Gordon – Bug Lessons Consulting LLC

  Co-Author: Kyndall Dye-Braumuller, BCE – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Kaci McCoy – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Melissa Nolan – University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health
• 3:42 PM - 3:54 PM MT

  Working with biocontrol agents against inner city mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Anita Schiller – Harris County Precinct 4