Grad SysEB: Evolution 2

Moderator(s)

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  Lilia Stemet (she/her/hers)

  Senior Graduate Assistant
  Entomology/Plant Pathology
  University of Arkansas
  Eureka Springs, Arkansas
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  Aaron Gassmann

  Professor
  Department of Entomology
  Iowa State University
  Ames, Iowa

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT

  A molecular phylogeny of the Ctenuchina
  

  Presenting Author: Sydney Winterton – University of North Dakota

  Co-Author: Rebecca B. Simmons – University of North Dakota
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT

  Cleaning out the junk drawer: A phylogeny of the Teleonemia Costa generic complex (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Alexander H. Knudson – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Rebecca B. Simmons – University of North Dakota

  Co-Author: Julia Bowsher – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Janet J. Knodel – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: David Rider – North Dakota State University
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT

  Designing ultra conserved element (UCE) probe sets for the lacewings and its allies (Insecta: Neuropterida)
  

  Presenting Author: Alice C. Assmar (she/her/hers) – McGill University

  Co-Author: Heloísa Flores – Universidade de São Paulo

  Co-Author: Jessica Gillung – McGill University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT

  DNA metabarcoding improves the specificity and practicality of machine learning classification in bulk invertebrate samples
  

  Presenting Author: Jarrett D. Blair – The University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Michael Weiser – The University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Kirsten de Beurs – The University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Michael Kaspari – The University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Cameron Siler – The University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Katie Marshall – The University of British Columbia
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT

  Does the tree of life have meristem? Phylogenomic analysis of Diaspidiotus ancylus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), a highly polyphagous plant-feeding insect
  

  Presenting Author: Mayrolin Garcia – University of Massachusetts

  Co-Author: Benjamin Normark – University of Massachusetts
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT

  Long-read sequencing is revolutionizing silk research: Comparing repetitive heavy fibroin silk genes in new moth and caddisfly genomes
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda Markee – Florida Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Amanda Markee – Florida Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Paul B. Frandsen – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Jacqueline Heckenhauer – LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics

  Co-Author: David Plotkin – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Akito Y. Kawahara – University of Florida
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT

  Molecular evolution and epigenetics of Thysanoptera derived from the Frankliniella fusca genome assembly
  

  Presenting Author: Michael A. Catto – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Paul Labadie – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Alana Lynn Jacobson – Auburn University

  Co-Author: George Kennedy – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Brendan G. Hunt – University of Georgia
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT

  PhyMMR: Phylogenetics through markov mapped reads - Revolutionizing dataset preparation for phylogenetic analyses
  

  Presenting Author: Kevin Moran – Carleton University

  Co-Author: Ashton Pooley – Flinders University

  Co-Author: Michael Valentine – Hillsborough Community College

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Skevington – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM PT

  Prevalence of an insect-associated genomic region in environmentally acquired bacterial symbionts
  

  Presenting Author: Patrick Thomas Stillson – University of Texas

  Co-Author: David Baltrus – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Alison Ravenscraft (she/her/hers) – University of Texas
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM PT

  The evolution of ant-plant specialization in the Neotropical ant genus Myrmelachista: A phylogenomic approach
  

  Presenting Author: Rodolfo S. Probst – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Michael G. Branstetter – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: John T. Longino – University of Utah