The 2019 National ESA meeting was held in St. Louis, MO from November 17th through November 20th.   Congratulations to NC State’s competition winners!

First Place – Jamora Hamilton, North Carolina State University

Effects of ingesting the insect growth regulator novaluron on German cockroach (Blattella germanica) survivorship, feeding behavior, and reproduction

Second Place PBT – Nicole Gutzmann, North Carolina State University

Building a better beetle: Improving CRISPR/Cas9 tools in coleopteran model Tribolium castaneum

Second Place – Jinlong Han, North Carolina State University

Transcriptomic response of Frankliniella occidentalis guts to tomato spotted wilt virus infection