2025 CIVDR Symposium Schedule
Schedule subject to change
1:00PM - 1:30PM: Coffee & Registration
1:30PM – 1:35PM: Welcome & Opening Remarks
Director, Center for Infectious Disease and Vector Research
1:35PM - 2:05PM: Potential for Mayaro Virus to Adapt to Urban Outbreaks
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
2:05PM - 2:20PM: Mechanistic Links Between Larval Ecology and Mosquito Host-Seeking
Professor, Entomology Department
2:20PM - 2:35PM: Decoding Taste and Taste Receptors in Mosquitoes
Professor, Molecular Cell & Systems Bio Department
2:35PM - 2:50PM: Linking Natural Genetic Variation to Dengue Virus Resistance in Aedes Aegypti: A Cross-Population GWAS
Professor, Entomology Department
2:50PM - 3:10PM: Coffee Break
3:10PM - 3:30PM: Advances in Aedes Aegypti Control Using Wolbachia
Director, Google
3:10PM - 4:00PM: Engineering Genetic Biocontrol Technology for Control of Human Disease Vectors and Crop Pests
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
4:00PM - 4:30PM: Suppressing Mosquito Populations and their Ability to Find Us
4:30PM - 5:00PM: Honoring Alexander Raikhel's Outstanding Career
5:00PM - 6:00PM: Reception - Genomics Auditorium Lobby