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Twelfth Annual Graduate Student Forum

Wednesday, August 26, 2009, Heep Center Room 103

Katelyn Chalaire
Katelyn Chalaire - First Place
"Serine protease inhibitors and their role in the feeding cycle of Amblyomma americanum."
Hyeog-Sun Kwon Hyeog-Sun Kwon- Second Place
"Characterization of a calcitonin receptor-like receptor (AaegGPRCAl1) and its in vivo functional analysis from
Aedes aegypti."
Aaron DickeyAaron Dickey - Third Place
"A tale of two species: Testing Host Associated Differentiation in a Quasi-endophage and a Parthenogen."

Presenters
  • Adrienne Brundage, "Attraction of two forensically important fly species, Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) and Cochliomyia
    macellaria     (Fabricius) to fresh eggs."
  • Jen Pechal, "Microbial fauna associated with the external surface of decomposing remains,"
  • Micah Flores , "Effects of Temperature and Tissue Type on the Development of the Hairy Maggot Blow Fly, Chrysomya
    rufifacies     (Macquart) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)."
  • Michelle Sanford, "Learning in Anopheles mosquitoes, associating odor with a sugar-meal."
  • Rachel Mohr, "Patterns of adult Cochliomyia macellaria and Chrysomya rufifacies attraction to carrion"
  • Michael Johanson, "Insulators and Insulator Proteins in the Mosquito Genome. "
  • Hyeogsun Kwon, "Characterization of a calcitonin receptor-like receptor (AaegGPRCAl1) and its in vivo functional analysis from Aedes aegypti."
  • Shawn Hanrahan, "Insect Genome Size: What do we know and why is it important?"
  • Katelyn Chalaire, "Serine protease inhibitors and their role in the feeding cycle of Amblyomma americanum."
  • Katrina Menard, "Looking at the tribal relationships in the Phylinae (Heteroptera:Miridae), and how molecular data plays a role in their definition."
  • Jonathan King, "Beetle Diversity and Richness at Juniper-Managed and Unmanaged Upland Evergreen Forest Sites in the Texas Hill Country."
  • Ana Dal Molin, "Evolutionary Biology in Chalcidoidea: what can the Tree of life data tell us so far? "
  • Aaron Dickey, "A tale of two species: Testing Host Associated Differentiation in a Quasi-endophage and a Parthenogen."
  • Xiangfeng Jing, "Effect of Different Ratio of "Good" and "Bad" Sterols on the Performance of Heliothis virescens."
  • Ruth Henderson, "The Importance of Destructive Feeding in the Development of the Endoparasitoid, Toxoneuron nigriceps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)."
  • Apurba Barman, "Host Mediated Genetic Differentiation in Cotton Fleahopper."
  • Emilie Hartfield, "Molecular and Pheromone Studies of Acrobasis nuxvorella."
  • Alexander Badamchi-Zadeh, "Time for a promotion? Augmentation of status in Polistes dominulus paper wasp hosts by the strepsipteran endoparasite Xenos vesparum. "