Glenn – Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease

Microbial Community Assessment of Lone Star Ticks from Athens, GA

Sydney Barosko, a student from Michigan State University, worked in the lab of Dr. Travis Glenn to examine pathogen diversity in local lone star ticks. Abstract: In the world of infectious diseases, ticks play an important role as a vector in transmitting pathogens to humans, companion animals, livestock, and wildlife. Amblyomma americanum (Lone Star ticks)

Identifying Chagas Disease Reservoirs with PCR and Next-generation DNA Sequencing

20DecemberAndrea Silletti2014 ProjectsEmpirical, Glenn, Gottdenker

For this project, students Nicolas Means from Oklahoma State University and Darlisha Owens from Grambling State University, teamed up with Dr. Travis Glenn in the Department of Environmental Health Science and Dr. Nicole Gottdenker in Veterinary Medicine to use next-generation DNA sequencing to identify disease reservoirs. Nicolas J. Means1, Darlisha Owens2, Troy Kieran3, Travis C.