MUVE: Vector Physiology and Control 1

Moderator(s)

• 

  Brian Lovett

  Insect Pathologist
  ARS
  USDA-ARS
  Ithaca, New York
• ET

  Elizabeth Taylor (she/her/hers)

  Graduate Student
  Biological Sciences
  Northern Illinois University
  DeKalb, Illinois

Presentations:

• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT

  Differences in diel activity patterns across Aedes species
  

  Presenting Author: Nicole Wynne – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Clément Vinauger – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Shajaeza Diggs – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  Industrial minerals for vector control: A to Z
  

  Presenting Author: R. Michael Roe – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Jean M. Deguenon – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Kaiying Chen – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Grayson L. Cave – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Roger D. Lawrie – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Elise Richardson – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Steve Denning – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Wes Watson – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: David Stewart – Imerys

  Co-Author: Loganathan Ponnusamy (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT

  Macrocyclic lactones: A soil bacterium metabolite category for the management of different types of insecticide resistance
  

  Presenting Author: Haley Johnson – Valent BioSciences

  Co-Author: Banugopan Kesavaraju – Valent BioSciences, LLC

  Co-Author: Jason Clark – Valent BioSciences, LLC
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT

  Resistance surveillance in Aedes aegypti using bottle bioassays and molecular KDR screening
  

  Presenting Author: Mark Janowiecki, BCE – City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board

  Co-Author: Carrie Cottone – City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board

  Co-Author: Claudia Riegel – City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board
• 10:00 AM – 10:12 AM PT

  Break
• 10:12 AM – 10:24 AM PT

  The impacts of climate change on the overwintering activity of black-legged ticks, Ixodes scapularis
  

  Presenting Author: Laura V. Ferguson – Acadia University

  Co-Author: Amal El Nabbout – Dalhousie University

  Co-Author: Shelley A. Adamo – Dalhousie University
• 10:24 AM – 10:36 AM PT

  An update on the Personal Insect Repellent Kit (PIRK) as new barrier and spatial device for tick control
  

  Presenting Author: Maria V. Murgia – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Adriana Kleigman – AKA Imagine, LLC

  Co-Author: Laurie Widder – Widder Brothers, Inc.

  Co-Author: Catherine Hill – Purdue University
• 10:36 AM – 10:48 AM PT

  The predilection sites of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick larvae and nymphs on cattle
  

  Presenting Author: Brandon N. Lyons (he/him/his) – Texas A&M AgriLife Research

  Co-Author: Phillip Kaufman – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Donald B. Thomas – USDA-ARS
• 10:48 AM – 11:00 AM PT

  Transmission of transgenic mosquito-killing fungi during copulation
  

  Presenting Author: Brian Lovett – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Etienne Bilgo – Centre Muraz/Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé

  Co-Author: Abdoulaye Diabaté – Centre Muraz/Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé

  Co-Author: Raymond St. Leger – University of Maryland
• 11:00 AM – 11:12 AM PT

  Microplastic ingestion alters the composition of Aedes mosquito species microbiota
  

  Presenting Author: Carla-Cristina M. Edwards – Texas Tech Univeristy

  Co-Author: Corey L. Brelsfoard – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Gabriella McConnel – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Jaclyn E. Cañas-Carell – Texas Tech University
• 11:12 AM – 11:24 AM PT

  Identification of Culex pipiens species and distribution in Calgary, Alberta
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandra Coker (Pepperdine) (she/her/hers) – City of Calgary

  Co-Author: Shahaanaa Mohanraj – University of Calgary

  Co-Author: John S. Soghigian – University of Calgary