Congratulations to Mason Clark and Audelia Mechti who both won 2nd place in their respective sections as part of the 10 minute paper student competition at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America held in Phoenix, AZ from Nov 10-14, 2024!
Both gave excellent talks reporting their recent work in cotton gene editing and locust collective behavior. Official publications on both topics are in the works.
Audelia’s presentation in the Systematics, Evolution & Biodiversity (SysEB): Behavior section:
- Mechti, A.M.C., Varma, V., Walton, K.C. & Sword, G.A. (2024) To march or not to march: Quantifying patterns of collective movement across swarming and non-swarming Schistocerca species.
Mason’s presentation in the Physiology, Biochemistry & Toxicology (PBT): Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology section:
- Clark, M.C., Sword, G.A. & Behmer, S.T. (2024) Modifying phytosterol profiles in upland cotton reduces the performance of cotton aphids