Phenotypic Plasticity in Insects as Experienced Through Art, Science, and Culture

Organizer(s)

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  Alyssa Canova

  Ph.D. Student
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
• AC

  Arani Cuevas-Sanchez

  Ph.D. Student
  Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
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  Audélia Mechti

  PhD Student Researcher
  EEB: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
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  Mehreen Tahir

  PhD Student/ Graduate Research Assistant
  School of Life Sciences
  Arizona State University
  Tempe, Arizona
• RO

  Rick Overson

  Arizona State University
  Tempe, Arizona
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  Brittany Peterson

  Assistant Professor
  Biological Sciences
  Southern Illinois University
  Collinsville, Illinois

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:40 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Alyssa Canova – Texas A&M University
• 1:40 PM – 2:10 PM PT

  Developmental and physiological plasticity of Lepidopteran larvae in response to climate change
  

  Presenting Author: M. Elizabeth Moore (she/they) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Joel Kingsolver – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Katherine Malinksi – University of North Carolina
• 2:10 PM – 2:40 PM PT

  Diet modulates gregarization in the Australian plague locust
  

  Presenting Author: Arianne Cease – Arizona State University

  Co-author: Stephen Rogers – University of Lincoln

  Co-author: Tim Dodgson – The University of Sydney

  Co-author: Stephen Simpson (he/him/his) – The University of Sydney
• 2:40 PM – 3:10 PM PT

  Consequences of morph formation in the wing polyphenic sand cricket, Gryllus firmus
  

  Presenting Author: Abigail M. Hayes (she/they/theirs) – University of Connecticut

  Co-author: Kendrick Griffin – Washington State University

  Co-author: Mark Lavine – Washington State University

  Co-author: Laura Corley Lavine – Washington State University
• 3:10 PM – 3:25 PM PT

  Break
• 3:25 PM – 3:55 PM PT

  An adult perspective on density-dependent warning coloration in the desert locust
  

  Presenting Author: Gregory Sword – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Darron Cullen – University of Lincoln
• 3:55 PM – 4:25 PM PT

  The butterfly wing pattern plasticity gene cortex is an upstream regulator of the hippo cell cycle pathway
  

  Presenting Author: Richard A. Fandino – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Karin van der Burg – The University of British Columbia

  Co-author: Jeanne C. McDonald – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Robert Reed – Cornell University
• 4:25 PM – 4:55 PM PT

  Protein-lipid regulation in honeybees: A phenotypic plasticity perspective
  

  Presenting Author: Spencer Behmer – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Pierre Lau – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Pierre Lesne – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Alexandria N. Payne – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Juliana Rangel – Texas A&M University
• 4:55 PM – 5:25 PM PT

  Schistocerca (Orthoptera: Acrididae) as a model clade for studying phenotypic plasticity from a genomic perspective
  

  Presenting Author: Hojun Song – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Anna K. Childers – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Olga Dudchenko – Baylor University

  Co-author: Scott M. Geib – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Sheina Biason Sim – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Tyler J. Simmonds – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Amanda Stahlke – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Maeva A. Techer (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Stephen Richards – Baylor University

  Co-author: Erez Lieberman Aiden – Baylor University

  Co-author: Fabrizio Gabbiani – Baylor University
• 5:25 PM – 5:30 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Alyssa Canova – Texas A&M University