MUVE: Vector Ecology and Surveillance 2

Moderator(s)

• 

  Andrea Swei

  Associate Professor
  Department of Biology
  San Francisco State University
  San Francisco, California
• RB

  Rebecca Butler

  PhD Student
  Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  University of Tennessee
  Knoxville, Tennessee

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:42 PM PT

  Aquatic macroinvertebrate communities and Mycobacterium ulcerans across geographic regions of the Americas
  

  Presenting Author: M. Eric Benbow – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Alexandra Bauer – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Sophie Picq – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Jennifer Pechal – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Magdalene Dogbe – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Heather Jordan – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Alex Rakestraw – University of West Alabama

  Co-Author: Michael Sandel – University of West Alabama

  Co-Author: Jean-François Guégan – Centre national de la recherche scientifique

  Co-Author: Christine Chevillon – Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement
• 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM PT

  Breeding site salinity tolerance in the Aedes aegypti mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Danica M. Shannon – The University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Dan Peach – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Benjamin Matthews (he/him/his) – The University of British Columbia
• 1:54 PM – 2:06 PM PT

  Bridging the gap: Persistence of Culicoides-borne viruses over winter in temperate regions
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher Sanders (he/him/his) – The Pirbright Institute

  Co-Author: Jessica Stokes – The Pirbright Institute

  Co-Author: Karin Darpel – Vector Borne Disease Inst for Animal Health

  Co-Author: Simon Gubbins – The Pirbright Institute
• 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM PT

  Effects of wildfire ash on oviposition-site selection and larval development in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenting Author: Geoffrey M. Attardo (he/him/his) – University of California

  Co-Author: Jennifer S. Price – University of California

  Co-Author: Nicole Rodriguez – University of California
• 2:18 PM – 2:30 PM PT

  Impact of the abundance of the Lyme disease bacterium in host tissues and transmission to feeding ticks
  

  Presenting Author: Cody Koloski – University of Saskatchewan

  Co-Author: Georgia Hurry – University of Saskatchewan

  Co-Author: Maarten Voordouw – University of Saskatchewan
• 2:30 PM – 2:42 PM PT

  Invasion and extirpation: Changes in mosquito community composition over time in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, USA
  

  Presenting Author: Scott Larson – Metropolitan Mosquito Control District
• 2:42 PM – 2:54 PM PT

  Break
• 2:54 PM – 3:06 PM PT

  Investigating barriers to gene flow between the Culex pipiens forms
  

  Presenting Author: Laura A. Jones – The Pirbright Institute

  Co-Author: Christopher Sanders (he/him/his) – The Pirbright Institute

  Co-Author: Marion England – The Pirbright Institute

  Co-Author: Mary Cameron – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

  Co-Author: Simon T. Carpenter – The Pirbright Institute
• 3:06 PM – 3:18 PM PT

  Investigating spatiotemporal population dynamics of West Nile virus mosquito vectors at a broad geographic scale
  

  Presenting Author: Lindsay P. Campbell – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Yasmin Tavares – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Amely M. Bauer – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Robert Guralnick – Florida Museum of Natural History
• 3:18 PM – 3:30 PM PT

  Landscape and host community impacts on tick-borne pathogen diversity in the far-western United States
  

  Presenting Author: Andrea Swei – San Francisco State University

  Co-Author: Grace Shaw – San Francisco State University
• 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM PT

  Microbiome of Amblyomma americanum reflects known westward expansion
  

  Presenting Author: Luis E. Martinez Villegas (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Paula Lado – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Hans Klompen – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Risa Pesapane (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Sarah M. Short – The Ohio State University