Vector/pathogen Molecular and Cellular Interactions On-Demand Presentations

Organizer(s)

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  Adela Oliva Chavez

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
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  Raul Medina

  Professor of Entomology
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas

Presentations:

• On Demand

  Cellular stress responses elicit protective immunity in ticks against transmissible pathogens
  

  Presenting Author: Dana K. Shaw – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Lindsay Sidak-Loftis – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Kristin Rosche – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Natasha Pence – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Jessica Ujczo – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Susan Noh – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: John Peters – Washington State University
• On Demand

  Characterization of tick saliva protein 5B, the serpin that increased significantly in response to Ixodes scapularis tick feeding, and secreted by Borrelia burgdorferi infected nymphs
  

  Presenting Author: Thu-Thuy Nguyen – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Albert Mulenga – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Lucas Tirloni – National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Zeljko Radulovic – Stephen F. Austin State University

  Co-Author: Tae Kim – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Emily Bencosme-Cuevas – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Moiz Ansari – Texas A&M University
• On Demand

  Deer tick secretes serpins 7A and 32A to modulate host defense pathways: Hemostasis and inflammation; facilitating Borrelia burgdorferi transmission and dissemination
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Bencosme-Cuevas – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Tae Kim – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Moiz Ansari – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Thu-Thuy Nguyen – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Albert Mulenga – Texas A&M University
• On Demand

  Progress towards understanding the interactions between Babesia and its tick vector
  

  Presenting Author: Massaro Ueti – USDA-ARS
• On Demand

  Symbiont growth and localization in Ixodes scapularis
  

  Presenting Author: Jonathan Oliver – University of Minnesota

  Co-author: Xinru Wang – University of Minnesota
• On Demand

  The roles and profiles of miRNAs during host feeding in a one-host tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, and a three-host tick, Ixodes scapularis
  

  Presenting Author: Brenda Galvan – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Charluz M. Arocho – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Stephanie Valencia – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Donald B. Thomas – USDA
• On Demand

  Clathrin, caveolin, or a big gulp? How tick borne pathogens enter tick cells
  

  Presenting Author: Susan Noh – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Hanen Baggar – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Jessica Ujczo – USDA-ARS
• On Demand

  Immunological pressures encountered within the argasid vector of tick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes
  

  Presenting Author: Job Lopez – Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital
• On Demand

  Microbiome analysis and pathogen survey in Ixodes scapularis across the Upper Midwest
  

  Presenting Author: Benedict Khoo – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Jonathan Oliver – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Nick Fountain-Jones – University of Tasmania
• On Demand

  Mitochondrion-dependent apoptosis is essential for Rickettsia parkeri infection and replication in vector cells
  

  Presenting Author: Xinru Wang – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Cody Thorpe – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Michalina Silva Thiel – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Nicole Burkhardt – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Timothy Kurtti – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Jonathan Oliver – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Lisa Price – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Benjamin Cull – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Ulrike Munderloh – University of Minnesota
• On Demand

  Original cin: Is Orientia capable of gene drive?
  

  Presenting Author: John Frederick Beckmann – Auburn University
• On Demand

  Wolbachia impacts bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus replication in Culicoides sonorensis midge cells
  

  Presenting Author: Corey L. Brelsfoard – Texas Tech University