Dr. Chris Madden departs for a new adventure at the Ohio Department of Agriculture. All the best Chris! We’re all so lucky to have worked with you.

Ryan presented his Masters research on the urine and fecal microbiota of dogs with and without bladder cancer. It was his first in-person poster session and he did a FANTASTIC job and got lots of poster visitors!

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Vanessa Hale and Jenessa Winston co-hosted an In-Depth Symposia on translational medicine and the microbiome. Feature speakers (left to right): Sonsiray Alvarez Narvaez, Jan Suchodolski, Aida Vientos-Plotts, Emily Coffey, Jenessa Winston, Azam Ali Sher (who stepped in to share Linda Mansfield’s work), Vanessa Hale

And, we all managed to have a little fun exploring!

Night Bike Tour of the Monuments. Ohio at the WWII Memorial.

Remember Jordan? (High school senior and soon-to-be Buckeye!)

He just won FIRST PLACE for the Animal Sciences/Veterinary Medicine Award at the State Science Fair! He also won FIRST PLACE for the Osmon Ramsey Environmental & Natural Science Award – sponsored by the Ohio Academy of Science,  and he won FIRST PLACE for the Veterinary Medicine Award, sponsored by the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association Auxiliary.  These awards were for his research on the canine gut microbiome and how it varies by breed, age, and sex. WAY TO GO Jordan!

Andrew McGlynn and Rushil Madan presented posters at the Purdue Microbiome Symposium.

Exploring Purdue’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Left: Yijing Liu, Center: Andrew McGlynn, Right: Rushil Madan

Next year’s Microbiome Symposium will be in OHIO! (May 8-10, 2023) Stay tuned…

Top Left to Right: Andrew, Jiarong, Vanessa, Mohamed

Bottom Left to Right: Yijing, Rushil

Vanessa and collaborators at OSU are quoted in Nature regarding COVID infection in white-tailed deer.

COVID is spreading in deer. What does that mean for the pandemic?

Image: Sergio Flores/The New York Times/Redux/eyevine

Tessa Cannon, MSC, RVT, won $50K through the OSU President’s Buckeye Accelerator program for her non-profit organization, For the Love of Primates. The mission of this organization is to create and support a sanctuary for primates retired from research, used in the entertainment industry, or previously kept as “pets.” You can donate here.

Go Tessa!!

Pictured: Madee Green (left), Tessa Cannon (center), Vanessa Hale (right)

Angela presents her research investigating metabolites associated with aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in urothelial carcinoma in canines at the 2022 OSU College of Veterinary Medicine Research Day. Nice work Angela!

Andrew presents his research at the 2022 OSU College of Veterinary Medicine Research Day. Great job Andrew!

Rushil presents his work on the stability of the urine microbiome over time at the 2022 Spring Undergraduate Research Festival. Way to go Rushil!

Great work to a great team (including Columbus Zoo & Aquarium and the Denver Zoo), and extra high-fives to Drs. David Minich and Chris Madden for leading this effort.

Our article is now available here from Animal Microbiome.

And from the lorikeets, who were the inspiration behind all of this:

Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Wildlights 2021