SysEB: Social Insects

Moderator(s)

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  Priscila K F Santos

  Postdoctoral Scholar
  Department of Entomology
  Pennsylvania State University
  State College, Pennsylvania
• OS

  Olga Shishkov

  University of Colorado
  Boulder, Colorado

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:42 PM MT

  A simplified morphological classification system to describe cuticle sculpturing within Formicidae
  

  Presenting Author: John Paul Hellenbrand – Kennesaw State University

  Co-Author: Clint Penick – Kennesaw State University
• 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM MT

  Brain differences among the physical castes of Nasutitermes corniger (Blattodea: Termitidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Marc Seid – University of Scranton

  Co-Author: Rebeca Rosengaus – Northeastern University
• 1:54 PM – 2:06 PM MT

  Experimental dissection of acceptance of Sb supergene-carrying queens by workers in the red imported fire ant
  

  Presenting Author: Haolin Zeng – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Kenneth Ross – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Takao Sasaki – University of Georgia
• 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM MT

  Lateralization of olfactory associative learning in Camponotus floridanus
  

  Presenting Author: Jesse Lee Hunt – University of Scranton

  Co-Author: Andre J. Riveros – Universidad del Rosario

  Co-Author: Marc Seid – University of Scranton
• 2:18 PM – 2:30 PM MT

  Ontogeny of tasks in colonies of the Asian Honeybee, Apis cerana
  

  Presenting Author: Awanti M. Shastri – The George Washington University

  Co-Author: Hema Somanathan – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
• 2:30 PM – 2:42 PM MT

  Break
• 2:42 PM – 2:54 PM MT

  RNA-seq analysis of workers’ brain reveals that queen and brood affect bumble bee worker reproduction via similar genetic pathways
  

  Presenting Author: Priscila K F Santos – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jesse Starkey – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: David Galbraith – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Etya Amsalem – Pennsylvania State University
• 2:54 PM – 3:06 PM MT

  The evolution of nutritional niches and speciation in Aphaenogaster ants in the Mid-Atlantic region of North America
  

  Presenting Author: Santiago Meneses – The George Washington University
• 3:06 PM – 3:18 PM MT

  The first fossil tiger ant of the genus Neoponera (Ponerinae: Formicidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Gianpiero Fiorentino – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Phillip Barden – New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 3:18 PM – 3:30 PM MT

  The importance of soil on incipient colony development of the Formosan subterranean termite
  

  Presenting Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
• 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM MT

  X-ray CT analysis of the internal structure of honey bee (Apis mellifera) swarms
  

  Presenting Author: Olga Shishkov – University of Colorado

  Co-Author: Gary K. Nave – Northwestern University

  Co-Author: Claudia Chen – University of Colorado

  Co-Author: Claire Madonna – University of Colorado

  Co-Author: Orit Peleg – University of Colorado
• 3:42 PM – 3:54 PM MT

  Genome evolution in a conserved yet diverse symbiotic community
  

  Presenting Author: Christian S. Cabuslay – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Yi Hu – Beijing Normal University

  Co-Author: Shreyansh Pradhan – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Jawhara Karam – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Daniel Freeman – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Sonali Braganza – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Jacob A. Russell – Drexel University