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Latin American Student Competition

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
10:45 AM - 12:25 PM PDT
Location: B113

Presentations:

  • 10:45 AM - 10:55 AM PDT
    Advancing Vector Surveillance: Predictive Mapping of Kdr Polymorphisms Using Remote Sensing Data

    Presenter: Katya M. Padilla, Student (she/her/hers) – Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

    Co-Author: Maria de Lourdes Ramirez-Ahuja, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Idalia Garza-veloz, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

    Co-Author: Margarita Martinez-Fierro, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

    Co-Author: Iram Pablo P. Rodríguez-Sánchez, n/a (he/him/his) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Gerardo Trujillo-Rodriguez (they/them/theirs) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

  • 10:55 AM - 11:05 AM PDT
    From Mosquito to Genome: Comparative Analysis of a Bacterium Isolated from Aedes aegypti

    Presenter: Angel. Ulises Garcia Carmona, III, n/a – UANL

    Co-Author: Mariana Lizbeth Lizbeth Jimenez-Martinez (they/them/theirs) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Maria de Lourdes Ramirez-Ahuja, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Gerardo Trujillo-Rodriguez (they/them/theirs) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Iram Pablo P. Rodríguez-Sánchez, n/a (he/him/his) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

  • 11:05 AM - 11:15 AM PDT
    Evaluation of microbial diets with bio stimulant potential in the larval development of Aedes aegypti.

    Presenter: Dannai Navarro – Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

    Co-Author: Maria de Lourdes Ramirez-Ahuja, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Margarita Martinez-Fierro, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

    Co-Author: Idalia Garza-veloz, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

    Co-Author: Gerardo Trujillo-Rodriguez (they/them/theirs) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Luisa Yolanda Solís Soto, n/a – Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

    Co-Author: Minerva Bautista Villarreal, n/a – Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

    Co-Author: Iram Pablo P. Rodríguez-Sánchez, n/a (he/him/his) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

  • 11:15 AM - 11:25 AM PDT
    Feeding the Enemy: How Larval Diet Shapes Aedes aegypti Metabolism

    Presenter: Mariana Lizbeth Lizbeth Jimenez-Martinez (they/them/theirs) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Yamili Jazmín Contreras-Perera (she/her/hers) – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

    Co-Author: Abdiel Martín-Park, n/a (he/him/his) – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

    Co-Author: Iram Pablo P. Rodríguez-Sánchez, n/a (he/him/his) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Pablo Manrique-Saide, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

  • 11:25 AM - 11:35 AM PDT
     Knowledge, Risk Perception of Dengue Disease, and Female Aedes aegypti Density in two Communities of Ponce, Puerto Rico  

    Presenter: Jania P. García-Zeno, DrPH (she/her/hers) – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

    Co-Author: Luisa M. Morales-Torres, DrPH, DrPH – Ponce Health Sciences University

    Co-Author: Axel J. Ramos-Lucca, PhD – Ponce Health Sciences University

    Co-Author: Grayson C. Brown, PhD – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

  • 11:35 AM - 11:45 AM PDT
    La Solución Verde: El Potencial del Cáñamo como Biopesticida para el Control de Vectores

    Presenter: Erick J. Martinez – The Ohio State University

    Co-Author: Peter M. Piermarini, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University

  • 11:45 AM - 11:55 AM PDT
    Bacterial inhibition of Plasmodium vivax development in the Neotropical vector Anopheles darlingi

    Presenter: Stefani Piedrahita – Grupo Microbiología Molecular, Escuela de Microbiología, Universidad de Antioquia

    Co-Author: Najara A.C. Santos, n/a – Plataforma de Produção e Infecção de Vetores de Malária (PIVEM), Fiocruz Rondônia, Brazil

    Co-Author: Jéssica E.A. Kassupá, n/a – Plataforma de Produção e Infecção de Vetores de Malária (PIVEM), Fiocruz Rondônia, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia Legal – BIONORTE, Porto Velho-RO, Brazil

    Co-Author: Alessandra S. Bastos, n/a – Plataforma de Produção e Infecção de Vetores de Malária (PIVEM), Fiocruz Rondônia, Brazil

    Co-Author: Ana Eliza M. Costa, n/a – Plataforma de Produção e Infecção de Vetores de Malária (PIVEM), Fiocruz Rondônia, Brazil

    Co-Author: Maisa S. Araujo, n/a – Plataforma de Produção e Infecção de Vetores de Malária (PIVEM), Fiocruz Rondônia, Brazil

    Co-Author: Margarita M. Correa, MSc. PhD (she/her/hers) – Uiversidad de Antioquia. Grupo Microbiología Molecular, Escuela de Microbiología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

  • 11:55 AM - 12:05 PM PDT
    Transgenerational stability and density of Wolbachia wAlbB strain in Aedes aegypti and its genetic variation

    Presenter: Mitzi Miraldelly Pérez Almeida (she/her/hers) – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

    Co-Author: Carlos Uc Cetina, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

    Co-Author: Cindy Quintal Poot, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

    Co-Author: Silvia Pérez Carrillo, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

    Co-Author: Henry Puerta Guardo, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

    Co-Author: Yamili Jazmín Contreras-Perera (she/her/hers) – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

    Co-Author: Abdiel Martín-Park, n/a (he/him/his) – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

    Co-Author: Pablo Manrique-Saide, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

  • 12:05 PM - 12:15 PM PDT
    What the Mosquito Doesn’t Want You to Know: Gene Expression Under Broflanilide Exposure

    Presenter: Cindy Cuéllar (she/her/hers) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Maria de Lourdes Ramirez-Ahuja, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Idalia Garza-veloz, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

    Co-Author: Margarita Martinez-Fierro, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

    Co-Author: Gerardo Trujillo-Rodriguez (they/them/theirs) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Iram Pablo P. Rodríguez-Sánchez, n/a (he/him/his) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Karla Aurelia Benavides Rodríguez, n/a – UANL

  • 12:15 PM - 12:25 PM PDT
    Modulation of microRNA in Aedes aegypti in response to insecticides

    Presenter: Karla Benavides-Rodriguez (she/her/hers) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Maria de Lourdes Ramirez-Ahuja, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Margarita Martinez-Fierro, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

    Co-Author: Idalia Garza-veloz, n/a – Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

    Co-Author: Iram Pablo P. Rodríguez-Sánchez, n/a (he/him/his) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Co-Author: Gerardo Trujillo-Rodriguez (they/them/theirs) – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León