Tessa and Zach present at the OSU Microbial Communities Symposium!
Tessa’s poster: Insights into SIV from Sooty Mangabey Saliva and Gut Microbes
Zach’s poster: Urobiome 101: Optimizing DNA extraction and host cell depletion to enable shotgun metagenomic studies on the urine microbiome
Great job with posters (and many thanks for also volunteering at the symposium!)
Congratulations also to Zach for winning a 2024 Center of Microbiome Science Trainee Travel Award!
Zachary Lewis wins Fulbright to study in the U.K.
Zach is awarded a highly competitive Fulbright to study at Royal Veterinary College in 2024-2025! He will be studying genomes of zoonotic bacteria.
Way to go Zach! We are thrilled for you!
Dr. Vanessa Hale… Associate Professor
Vanessa is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure (pictured here with promoted faculty from all College of Vet Med departments)! Congrats to all!
Introducing… Dr. Tessa Wilde!
On April 10, 2024, Dr. Tessa Wilde brilliantly defended her PhD and received the 2023-2024 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Department of Anthropology!
Dissertation: Monkeys and Microbes: Examining the gut and oral microbiome in SIV-infected sooty mangabeys
Dr. Wilde with her co-advisors, Dr. Scott McGraw (Anthropology) and Dr. Vanessa Hale (Veterinary Preventive Medicine).
Tessa with partner, Amy and son, Mateo
We are so proud of you Tessa!
Jordan and Zach Present at CVM Research Day!
Jordan’s poster: Fecal and urine microbiota of pet dogs vary with breed and sex
Zach poster: Urobiome 101: Optimizing DNA extraction and host cell depletion to enable shotgun metagenomic studies on the urine microbiome
Great job presenting Zach and Jordan!
Tessa receives Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service
Congrats Tessa! So proud of all of your amazing accomplishments – including founding and serving as Executive Director of the non-profit, For the Love of Primates, working as a veterinary technician, teaching, being super-mom to super-Mateo, and all while getting a PhD!
Andreas successfully defends his ILE!
Dr. Andreas Eleftheriou defended his Integrative Learning Experience as the final requirement of his Masters of Public Health. Way to go Andreas!
The topic: Identifying potential drivers of non-lead ammunition use: A survey of deer hunters in New York State
Photo: Lead poisoning in a bald eagle
Happy Valentine’s Day from the Hale Lab!
The Hale Lab was ON POINT with their lab Valentine’s Day cards…….
Tessa publishes in mSphere!
Check out this Tessa’s new publication testing field-friendly methods for preserving RNA viruses, like SIV, in primate feces. Co-authors on the work are Rajni Shukla, Christopher Madden, Yael Vodovotz, Amit Sharma, and Vanessa Hale. Way to go all!