Ben Jusilla presented his poster on using zebrafish for in-vivo disease modeling at ASHG and won the Reviewers’ Choice Award

How are extreme weather events, such as Hurricane Katrina, spreading heartworms and other parasitic nematodes and what are the implications of their spread?

Drug resistance in many pathogens — viruses, bacteria, protozoa, parasitic worms and more — presents a growing and potentially catastrophic challenge to human and animal health. Resistance is manifested by a decreased ability, or complete failure, of previously-effective drugs to successfully prevent or clear infections.  Well-known human examples include methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas (MRSA); multi-drug resistant […]