COS 240 - Parasitism And Host-Parasite Interactions 2

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM EDT

  CANCELLED - Par-tick-ular times and places: Estimating the risk of host-parasite interaction in a dynamic boreal ungulate community
  

  Presenting Author: Emily S. Chenery, n/a – University of Toronto Scarborough

  Coauthor: Thomas Jung – Department of Environment, Government of Yukon

  Coauthor: N. Jane Harms – Department of Environment, Government of Yukon

  Coauthor: Nicholas E. Mandrak – University of Toronto Scarborough

  Coauthor: Péter K. Molnár – University of Toronto
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM EDT

  The role of varying resources on Daphnia dentifera immune responses
  

  Presenting Author: Carla E. Cáceres – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Coauthor: Tara E. Stewart Merrill – Florida State University
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM EDT

  Does seasonal variation in parasite transmission stage distribution influence the timing and location of disease outbreaks?
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth S. Davenport – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Marcin Dziuba – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Kira Monell – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Siobhan Calhoun – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Meghan A. Duffy – University of Michigan
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

  Infectivity of the parasite Metschnikowia bicuspidata is decreased by time spent as a transmission spore, but exposure to phycotoxins in the water column has no effect
  

  Presenting Author: Kristel F. Sanchez – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Baili Zhong – Pomona College

  Coauthor: Jorge Agudelo – Florida International University

  Coauthor: Meghan A. Duffy – University of Michigan
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM EDT

  Temperature and resource conditions jointly influence the infection of Daphnia dentifera by the fungal parasite, Metschnikowia bicuspidata
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Suh – Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia

  Coauthor: Alexander T. Strauss – Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

  Experimental effects of early-life diet quality and gut microbiota on host resistance to parasites
  

  Presenting Author: Ashley C. Love – University of Connecticut

  Coauthor: Suzannah Tupy – University of Connecticut

  Coauthor: Victoria F. Simons – Colorado State University

  Coauthor: Sarah E. Knutie, n/a – University of Connecticut