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ViewAttendees 6

Member Symposium

Rising Stars of Entomology Award Symposium

Sunday, October 31, 2021
8:00 AM – 11:20 AM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3

In-Person

    Organizer(s)

  • Patricia Prade

    Budd Lake, New Jersey

  • Carly Tribull

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biology
    Farmingdale State College
    Farmingdale, New York

  • Phillip Barden

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biological Sciences
    New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Newark, New Jersey

    • Moderator(s)

  • Victoria Pickens

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Department of Entomology
    Kansas State University
    Manhattan, Kansas

  • KA

    Katherine Arnold

    New Mexico State University
    Las Cruces, New Mexico

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM – 8:10 AM MT
    Introductory remarks
  • 8:10 AM – 8:45 AM MT
    Impact of seed blend and structured refuge on Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) resistance evolution parameters

    Presenting Author: Daniela Pezzini – Bayer Crop Science

    Co-Author: Dominic Reisig – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: G. David Buntin – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Alejandro Del-pozo – Virginia Tech

    Co-Author: Silvana V. Paula-Moraes – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Francis P.F. Reay-Jones – Clemson University

  • 8:45 AM – 9:20 AM MT
    Aedes albopictus blood feeding behavior: From lab to field

    Presenting Author: Kara M. Fikrig – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Elisabeth Martin – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Sharon Dang – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Kimberly St Fleur – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Sophia Qu – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Hannah Rosenthal – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Sylvie Pitcher – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Laura C. Harrington – Cornell University

  • 9:20 AM – 9:25 AM MT
    Break
  • 9:25 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying sorghum–sugarcane aphid interactions

    Presenting Author: Sajjan Grover – Bayer Crop Science

    Co-Author: Joe Louis – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • 10:00 AM – 10:35 AM MT
    The IMD and JNK immune signaling pathways regulate the aggregation of hemocytes on the heart of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

    Presenting Author: Yan Yan – Vanderbilt University

    Co-Author: Leah Sigle – Pennsylvania State University

    Co-Author: Tania Estevez-Lao – Vanderbilt University

    Co-Author: David Rinker – Vanderbilt University

    Co-Author: John Capra – Vanderbilt University

    Co-Author: Julian F. Hillyer – Vanderbilt University

  • 10:35 AM – 10:40 AM MT
    Break
  • 10:40 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Spilling their guts: Digestive symbionts of turtle ants can overcome host’s dietary challenges

    Presenting Author: Benoit Bechade – Drexel University

  • 11:15 AM – 11:20 AM MT
    Closing remarks