Vanessa shares a commentary in mSphere on 2 papers that have inspired her:

https://msphere.asm.org/content/6/2/e00248-21 

Thank you to Ruth Ley, Mahesh Desai, Eric Martens, Jeffrey Gordon and their teams for beautiful science!

The papers:

Congratulations to Kilmer Soares for being recognized as a finalist the OSU International Scholar Research Exposition.

Check out the 4 minute video below to learn about Kilmer’s study on the effects of tetracycline on the bee gut microbiome!

What a year it’s been! We celebrated a year with Kilmer as he heads back to Brazil. It’s been a crazy, challenging year, but we’ve learned so much about bees and their gut microbes. Thank you and all the best Kilmer!

Vanessa presented on the eSCOUT project (Environmental Surveillance for COVID-19 in Ohio: Understanding Transmission) at the 2021 Midwest Veterinary Conference (February).

You can view the presentation here (46 minutes).

Great job to the whole team and special shout-outs to David and Ryan for leading this work!

Alterations in gut microbiota linked to provenance, sex, and chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

David Minich, Christopher Madden, Morgan V. Evans, Gregory A. Ballash, Daniel J. Barr, Keith P. Poulsen, Patricia M. Dennis, Vanessa L. Hale

Evaluating Extraction Methods to Study Canine Urine Microbiota

Ryan Mrofchak, Christopher Madden, Morgan V. Evans, Vanessa L. Hale

Happy New Year from the Hale Lab!

Happy Holidays from the Hale Lab!

Congratulations to Kilmer Soares and Dylan Ricke for this award to pursue a project on zinc exposure and the honeybee gut microbiome.

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Excellent presentations!

Ryan Mrofchak (2nd place presentation award!): Evaluating Extraction Methods to Study the Urine Microbiome

Kilmer Soares: Effects of tetracycline hydrochloride on the microbiota of Africanized honey bees