Undergrad MUVE and PBT: Evolution and Genetics

Moderator(s)

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  Berenice Romero

  PhD Candidate
  Plant Sciences
  University of Saskatchewan
  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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  Mikaelison da Silva Lima

  MS Student
  Entomology
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, Nebraska

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT

  Characterization of a female specific reductase in cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster
  

  Presenting Author: Taylor Hori – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Zinan Wang – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Henry Chung – Michigan State University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT

  Detection and quantification of toxic heavy metals on calliphoridae larvae
  

  Presenting Author: Daniela Bermeo Grajales – Kean University

  Co-Author: Cathleen Doherty – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  Co-Author: Denise Gemmellaro – Kean University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT

  Draft genome for Aedes triseriatus, the vector of La Crosse virus
  

  Presenting Author: Sergiu Cociuba – University of Calgary

  Co-Author: Andrea Gloria-Soria – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

  Co-Author: Gen Morinaga – University of Calgary

  Co-Author: John S. Soghigian – University of Calgary
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT

  Effects of a pulsed electromagnetic field on limb regeneration in Coleomegilla maculata
  

  Presenting Author: Noelle Gamett (she/her/hers) – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Paul B. Frandsen – Brigham Young University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT

  Ow! What just bit me? Creating a reference library of DNA barcodes to identify mosquito species in British Columbia
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua M. Chen (he/him/his) – The University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Dan Peach – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Benjamin Matthews (he/him/his) – The University of British Columbia
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  The causes of variability in honey bee residual toxicity tests
  

  Presenting Author: Leah Swanson – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Andony Melathopoulos – Oregon State University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT

  Unraveling the mysteries of egg development in Stomoxys calcitrans
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren Hightower – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: KayLee Thomson – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Mary K. Mills – University of South Carolina