Grad PBT: Microbes

Moderator(s)

• 

  Kevin Vogel

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology
  University of Georgia
  Athens, Georgia
• 

  John Boyi (he/him/his)

  Graduate student
  Baylor University
  Waco, Texas

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT

  Antimicrobial properties of glands in solitary ground nesting bees may control brood cell microbial community
  

  Presenting Author: Tobias G. Mueller – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Scott McArt – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Bryan N. Danforth – Cornell University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT

  Diverse microbes promote mosquito development in nutrient-poor environments
  

  Presenting Author: Derek T. Huck – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Michael R. Strand – University of Georgia
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT

  Drivers or passengers? Characterizing the gut bacteria of locusts
  

  Presenting Author: Alexis B. Acoff – Southern Illinois University

  Co-Author: Eno-obong Udoh – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Hector Medina – The National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA)

  Co-Author: Rick Overson – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Arianne Cease – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Brittany Peterson – Southern Illinois University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT

  Effects of propolis and other plant natural products on honey bee health, detoxification and gut microbiota
  

  Presenting Author: Allyson M. Martin (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Vincent Ricigliano – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Michael Simone-Finstrom – USDA-ARS
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT

  Genome of Arsenophonus sp. and its potential contribution in the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis
  

  Presenting Author: Yu-Hui Wang – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Nicole Gutzmann-Martin – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Dina Espinoza Rivera – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Brad S. Coates – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Marcé Lorenzen – North Carolina State University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT

  Pesticide degradation capacity of the bug-Burkholderia symbiosis
  

  Presenting Author: Alison G. Blanton – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Alison Ravenscraft (she/her/hers) – University of Texas
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT

  Understanding the infection strategies within Cordyceps sensu lato against Spodoptera frugiperda using a comparative genomic and microscopy approach
  

  Presenting Author: Guillermo E. Valero David (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Zachary Konkle – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Kelsey Scott – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Jason Slot – The Ohio State University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  Using synthetic diets to examine how the gut microbiome responds to dietary carbohydrate source in the omnivorous cockroach Periplaneta americana
  

  Presenting Author: Rachel Dockman – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Elizabeth A. Ottesen – University of Georgia