Entomological Society of America On-Demand 10-Minute Poster Session Available Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Environmental impact on the insulin signaling pathway during overwintering: Part One early season diapausers Solitary bees like the alfalfa leafcutting bee (ALCB), Megachile rotundata, are agriculturally relevant pollinators of crops in the United States and Canada. However, ALCB populations are not sustainable…

Entomological Society of America On-Demand 10-Minute Poster Session Available Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Telomere dynamics during development and overwintering in solitary bees Adult insects have relatively short lifespans and show declines in performance with age, but the mechanisms that underlie these age-associated declines are not well understood. One mechanism that may be important are telomeres….

‘Never stop learning and always be curious.’ Claire Campion is a first year student in the Dillon Lab working toward her master’s degree at the University of Wyoming. She has been part of the ICE Network throughout her undergraduate studies at North Dakota State University. At NDSU, she studied effects of agrochemicals on reproductive physiology…

Franz Scherping is a PhD student at North Dakota State University.  With expertise in wildlife research, data management and analysis, Franz brings experience in both environmental monitoring and wildlife handling.  His current research involves the use of genomic databases to analyze genomic datasets with the interest of studying genotypes and the regulation of genes and…