Click here to check out a recording of the recent Microbiome Mini Symposium presented as part of the National Veterinary Summer Scholars programming.

Speakers featured during this Symposium:

Dr. Jenessa Winston, Ohio State University – Introduction to Microbiome Medicine

Dr. Craig Franklin, University of Missouri – Does my lab mouse’s microbiome matter? (26:50)

Dr. Linda Mansfield, Michigan State University – Can we engineer the gut microbiome to prevent asthma? (44:50)

Dr. Vanessa Hale, Ohio State University – Lorikeet Magic: Lorikeet enteritis and the microbiome (1:15:14) with an intro by Andrew McGlynn!

Been wondering which extraction method might work well for studying urinary tract microbiota? Urine luck! Check out Ryan Mrofchak’s article here.

Congrats to the whole team and huge thanks to the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab (Dan Barr and Dr. Keith Poulsen) and Cleveland Metroparks (Dr. Pam Dennis) for making this work possible.

Ryan Mrofchak, Kilmer Soares, and Vanessa Hale share research at World Microbiome Forum.

Way to go Ryan on your defense!! You have laid a foundation for the future of canine urine microbiome studies, and we are so proud of you!

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