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ViewAttendees 16

Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology

Section Symposium

A Functional Genomics Approach to Insect Overwintering and Cold Tolerance

Tuesday, November 2, 2021
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 405-407

In-Person

    Organizer(s)

  • EN

    Emily Nadeau

    PhD Candidate
    Department of Entomology
    University of Kentucky
    Georgetown, Kentucky

  • Nicholas Teets

    Associate Professor
    Department of Entomology
    University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky

    • Moderator(s)

  • Fernan Perez-Galvez

    Department of Entomology
    University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky

  • EM

    Ellie McCabe

    University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky

View our on-demand presentations, then join us in-person for live presentations and discussion.

Presentations:

  • 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM MT
    Transcriptional regulation of reproductive diapause in the convergent lady beetle

    Presenting Author: Emily Nadeau – University of Kentucky

    Co-Author: Nicholas M. Teets – University of Kentucky

    Co-author: John Obrycki – University of Kentucky

  • 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM MT
    Suppressed expression of oxidoreductin-like protein, oxidor, increases follicle degeneration and decreases survival during the overwintering diapause of the mosquito Culex pipiens

    Presenting Author: Bryan P. King – Baylor University

    Co-author: Arinze Ikenga – Baylor University

    Co-author: Mazie Larsen – Baylor University

    Co-author: Cheolho Sim – Baylor University

  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM MT
    Using transcriptomics to uncover seasonal responses in male mosquitoes

    Presenting Author: Megan Elizabeth Meuti – The Ohio State University

    Co-author: Carlos Josue Esquivel Palma – The Ohio State University

    Co-author: Joseph Urso – The Ohio State University

  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Recombinase-mediated-cassette-exchange (RMCE) as a functional tool to study diapause in Aedes albopictus

    Presenting Author: Mara Heilig – Georgetown University

    Co-Author: Robert Harrell – UMBI-Insect Transformation Facility

    Co-author: Channa Aluvihare – University of Maryland

    Co-author: Marc F. Schetelig – Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

    Co-Author: Irina Häcker – Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

    Co-author: Marten Edwards – Muhlenberg College

    Co-author: Peter Armbruster – Georgetown University

  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM MT
    Transcriptomics and DNA methylation reveal complex molecular mechanisms of prepupal diapause in Megachile rotundata

    Presenting Author: Julia Bowsher – North Dakota State University

    Co-Author: Gagandeep S. Brar – North Dakota State University

    Co-Author: Preetpal Singh – North Dakota State University

    Co-author: Sarah Signor – North Dakota State University

    Co-author: George D. Yocum – USDA-ARS

    Co-author: Joseph P. Rinehart – USDA

  • 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM MT
    Repeatability of genome-wide variation for diapause termination between divergent host-associated populations of Rhagoletis pomonella

    Presenting Author: McCall Calvert – University of Pennsylvania

    Co-author: Edwina Dowle – University of Otago

    Co-author: Meredith M. Doellman – University of Chicago

    Co-author: Thomas H. Powell – Binghamton University

    Co-author: Peter Meyers – University of Notre Dame

    Co-author: Jeffrey Feder – University of Notre Dame

    Co-author: Daniel A. Hahn – University of Florida

    Co-author: Gregory Ragland – University of Colorado