Research
Our lab is mainly interested in parasitic worms (helminths) that cause pronounced diseases to humans and animals. Many of the human diseases are termed Neglected Tropical Diseases, because they infect hundreds of millions of people in tropical regions but are sadly overlooked by R&D efforts in developed countries.
People
Avery
Avery
SheHer
Undergraduate researcher
Major: Biochemistry/Molecular BiologyMinor: Spanish
Onalaska, WI
Projects
I am recruiting undergraduate researchers for the fall and spring terms, as well as Winterim and Summer REU programs.
Potential projects include:
- Establishing new innovate behavioral assays by designing and implementing a custom imaging platform (📷 Cameras! 🤖 3D printing! 🪱 Worms!)
- Engineering software to track and extract features from videos of moving animals ( 🖥️ Computers! 🐍 Python!)
- Deciphering how parasites are able to find snails (🧠 Behaviors! 🐌 Animals!)
- Surveying the intestinal parasite community of California ground squirrels (💩 Poop! 🐿️ Squirrels!)
Publications
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📄 2023
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📄 2022
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📄 2020
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📄 2019
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📄 2018 and earlier
Lab protocols
| Name | Status | Category |
|---|---|---|
Complete | SchistosomesSnailsRecipes | |
Complete | Schistosomes | |
Complete | Snails | |
Complete | Lab tasks | |
Complete | Molecular biology | |
Complete | Parasitology | |
Complete | Bioinformatics | |
Complete | BioinformaticsImaging | |
Complete | Imaging | |
Complete | Imaging | |
Complete | Imaging | |
Complete | Imaging | |
Complete | ImagingSnailsSchistosomes | |
Complete | Mosquitoes | |
In progress | SchistosomesSnails | |
In progress | Lab tasks | |
In progress | Molecular biology | |
In progress | Bioinformatics | |
In progress | Bioinformatics | |
In progress | Planaria | |
In progress | ||
Not started | SchistosomesSnailsLab tasksMolecular biologyRecipes |