Grad MUVE and P-IE: Pests, Extension, and Forensic

Moderator(s)

• AR

  Amanda Roe, BCE

  Associate Professor of Biology
  Biology
  College of Saint Mary
  Ashland, Nebraska
• 

  Oluwaseun Ajayi (he/him/his)

  PhD Candidate
  Department of Biological Sciences
  University of Cincinnati
  Cincinnati, Ohio

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT

  What’s bugging you?: A survey of entomological extension in agriculture in Alberta
  

  Presenting Author: Ilan Domnich – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Maya L. Evenden – University of Alberta
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT

  Evaluation of the effectiveness of DNA/RNA shield for the preservation of microbial DNA in field-collected insect specimens
  

  Presenting Author: Ezra Bailey – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Cristian Fernando Beza-Beza – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Brian M. Wiegmann – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Aram Mikaelyan – North Carolina State University
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT

  Generating fluorescent blow fly strains to aid in validation of postmortem interval estimates
  

  Presenting Author: Amber MacInnis (she/her/hers) – Florida International University

  Co-Author: Andre Costa-da-Silva – Florida International University

  Co-Author: Anthony Bellantuono – Florida International University

  Co-Author: Matthew DeGennaro – Florida International University

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Wells – Florida International University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT

  Making a pest useful: Can dermestid beetles help evaluate pet food protein quality?
  

  Presenting Author: Mollie M. Toth – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Charles G. Aldrich – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Thomas W. Phillips – Kansas State University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT

  Modelling black soldier fly egg mass for commercial production
  

  Presenting Author: Patricia Okpara – University of Windsor

  Co-Author: Sherah VanLaerhoven, BCE – University of Windsor
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT

  Predicting blow fly species (Diptera: Calliphoridae) habitat and resource preferences in Essex County, ON, CA
  

  Presenting Author: Madison Amber Laprise – University of Windsor

  Co-Author: Sherah VanLaerhoven, BCE – University of Windsor

  Co-Author: Alice Grgicak-Mannion – University of Windsor
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT

  Seeing what’s not there: 3D printing as a tool to improve invasive species detection and identification
  

  Presenting Author: Olivia Lang – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Ashley Leach – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Andy Michel – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Suranga Basnagala – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Luis A. Cañas – The Ohio State University