Friday, July, 14, 2023 (overview)
Registration
President’s Symposium
Coffee Break
President’s Address
Student Lunch Vortex
Taxonomy, Systematics, & Phylogeny II
Host-Parasite Interactions I
Vector Biology
Coffee Break
ASP Student Symposium &
3rd Annual Palettes & Parasites Contest
(and Parasite Trivia!)
Auction Preview & ASP Student Auction
7:00 am–5:00 pm
8:20–10:30 am
10:30–11:00 am
11:00 am–Noon
Noon–1:00 pm
1:00–2:30 pm
1:00–2:45 pm
1:00–2:00 pm
2:30–3:00 pm
3:00–5:00 pm
6:00–9:00pm
Friday, July 14, 2023
7:00 am–5:00 pm Registration Ballroom Foyer
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8:20–10:30 am President’s Symposium Salons II & III
Presiding: Tamara J. Cook, Sam Houston State University
Theme: “Parasitology @ PUI’s”.
8:20 am Tamara J. Cook: Introduction
8:30 (27) Ramon A. Carreno. PARASITOLOGY TEACHING AND RESEARCH AT SMALL, UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS: BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES.
9:00 (28) Sarah Orlofske. LEARNING SHOULD BE INFECTIOUS: UNITING TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN PARASITE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION.
9:30 (29) Florian Reyda. GETTING AND KEEPING STUDENTS HOOKED ON FISH PARASITE RESEARCH.
10:00 (30) Nancy Smith. RESEARCH FROM DAY ONE: ENGAGING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS IN RESEARCH @ PUI’S.
10:30–11:00 am Coffee break Ballroom Foyer
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11:00 am–Noon President’s Address Salons II & III
Presiding: Joanna Cielocha, Rockhurst University
11:00 am Joanna Cielocha, Rockhurst University and Autumn Smith-Herron, Sam Houston State University: Introduction of Tamara J. Cook.
11:10 am Tamara J. Cook.
“BIG SCIENCE AT SMALL INSTITUTIONS: PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH AT PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS.”
Noon–1:00 pm Student Lunch Vortex Rooftop Bar
1:00–2:30 pm Taxonomy, Systematics, & Phylogeny II Salon II
Time (Abstract No.)
† denotes student presentation in the Best Student Presentation Competition
Presiding: John H. Brule, Auburn University
1:00 (31) † Katherine M. Hanselman, Kirsten Jensen. FLAPS, SPIKES, AND TENTACLES: DIVERSITY OF LECANICEPHALIDEAN TAPEWORMS PARASITIZING COWTAIL RAYS.
1:15 (32) † Jessica C. Paul, Janine N. Caira. INTERESTING RESULTS FROM THE “HOTEL CALIFORNIA”: ON THE SPECIES OF CAULOBOTHRIUM PARASITIZING STINGRAYS IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN.
1:30 (33) † Valerie R. Mingrone, Janine N. Caira. MORE THAN JUST A BALL WITH A SKIRT: ADVANCING BALANOBOTHRIUM AND ITS RELATIVES TO A NEW ORDER.
1:45 (34) † Netanya A. Williams, Janine N. Caira. PERSISTENCE PREVAILS: DO ANY GENERA OF CARCHARHINIFORM SHARKS NOT HOST ANTHOBOTHRIUM?
2:00 (35) Altangerel T. Dursahinhan, Scott L Gardner. ENDOPARASITE DIVERSITY OF SUBTERRANEAN RODENTS (RODENTIA: MAMMALIA) AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL HYPOTHESES OF THE GENUS AROSTRILEPIS MAS-COMA & TENORA, 1997 (HYMENOLEPIDIDAE: CYCLOPHYLLIDEA), TAPEWORMS FROM THE HOLARCTIC.
2:15 (36) † René Monzalvo, F. Agustín Jiménez, Kurt M. Neubig. MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF TRICHURIS SPP. (NEMATODA: TRICHURIDAE) FROM RODENTS AND MARSUPIALS FROM THE NEARCTIC AND NEOTROPICAL REGIONS.
1:00–2:45 pm Host-Parasite Interactions I Salon III
Time (Abstract No.)
† denotes student presentation in the Best Student Presentation Competition
Presiding: Adriana M. Perrucci, Tarleton State University
1:00 (37) † Brooke A. McPhail, Patrick C. Hanington. A LONGITUDINAL SNAIL-TREMATODE SURVEY AT RECLAIMED WETLANDS IN CENTRAL ALBERTA.
1:15 (38) Matthew Bolek. AMPHIBIAN MYIASIS IN NORTH AMERICA: AN UPDATE ON HOST USE, DISTRIBUTION AND TAXONOMY OF CALLIPHORIDS THAT INFECT AMPHIBIANS.
1:30 (39) † Ryan W. Koch, Giselle C. Ozuna, Matthew G. Bolek. A NOVEL TURTLE DISEASE? HISTOPATHOLOGY OF TURTLES INFECTED WITH ACANTHOCEPHALANS.
1:45 (40) Sarah Pangburn, Janus Borner, Susan Perkins. NICHE EXPANSION OF MALARIA PARASITES IN CARIBBEAN LIZARDS.
2:00 (41) Peter Halvarsson, Frida Martin, Ylva Hedberg Alm, Eva Tydén. STRONGYLE NEMABIOMES IN HORSES: PREVALENCE, ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE, AND FACTORS AFFECTING ABUNDANCE.
2:15 (42) † Maaz Saleem, Muhammad Zahid Shah. THE PREVALENCE OF GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITE IN BREEDS OF CATTLE, GOAT AND SHEEP IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN.
2:30 (43) † Kamila Cajiao-Mora, Stephen A. Bullard. FIRST PARASITOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BATS (MAMMALIA: CHIROPTERA) FROM THE AMAZON RIVER IN COLOMBIA.
1:00–2:00 pm Vector Biology Pavilion I
Time (Abstract No.)
† denotes student presentation in the Best Student Presentation Competition
Presiding: Jacob A. Shurba, Auburn University
1:00 (44) † Wilfred Ouma Otambo. INFLUENCE OF LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITY ON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND PARASITOLOGICAL INDICES OF MALARIA IN KISUMU, WESTERN KENYA.
1:15 (45) † Cole J. Meier, Julian F. Hillyer. THE TOXICITY OF PHOTOSENSITIVE INSECTICIDES AGAINST MOSQUITOES IS BIDIRECTIONALLY MODULATED BY THE ABUNDANCE OF LARVAL FOOD.
1:30 (46) † NOTE: This talk was moved to Ecology and Evolution II
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1:45 (47) † Ashley Aguilar, Megan Wise De Valdez. MOSQUITO ECOLOGY IN ZOOLOGICAL PARKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ZOONOSES OF MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES.
2:30–3:00 pm Coffee Break Ballroom Foyer
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3:00–5:00 pm ASP Student Symposium &
3rd Annual Palettes and Parasites Contest Salon II
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Presiding: Sarah Goodnight, Florida Atlantic University
Theme: "Endless life cycles most beautiful: a celebration of the evolutionary and ecological diversity of parasite life histories".
3:00 Sarah Goodnight: Introduction
3:10 (48) Scott Gardner. PARASITES AND THE INTERCONNECTED BIOSPHERE.
3:35 (49) F. Agustín Jiménez. PARASITES WITH AGENCY: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MONOXENOUS NEMATODES IN NEW WORLD.
4:00–5:00 pm Parasite Trivia! Salon III
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6:00–7:00 pm Auction Preview Rooftop Ballroom & Plaza Room
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7:00–9:00 pm 32nd Annual ASP Student Auction Rooftop Ballroom & Plaza Room