2024 TWS Annual Conference
October 19-23, 2024 in Baltimore, MD
MEWG offers Student Travel Awards for
members presenting at the conference!
Symposium
Genetic Advances in Disease Management Symposium - Wednesday, October 23, 8:30 - 12 pm
Genetic data can help us understand different aspects of a disease, including transmission pathways, host resilience, and monitoring. In this session, we highlight how molecular approaches are advancing our ability to understand and manage wildlife diseases.
Presentations and Speakers
Using Mosquito Blood Meals to Enhance Wildlife Pathogen Surveillance and Management
Carson Torhorst, Hannah Atsma, Zoe White, Sebastian Bolero-Cañola, Lawrence Reeves, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Samantha Wisely
Molecular Discovery of DNA from filarial nematodes in an endangered Galapagos pinniped (Zalophus wollebaeki)
Isabella Livingston
Accuracy of Field Morphological Identification of Mice Species and Tickborne Pathogen Prevalence in Pennsylvania
Sarah Schwartz, Nicole Chinnici, Michael Rowley, Matthew Williams, Gaimi Davies, Priscilla Langlais, Grace Oram
Avian malaria parasite prevalence and diversity in raptors across the United States
Laura Kwasnoski, Vincenzo Ellis, Michael Collins
Growth Control of the Fungal Pathogen Causing White-nose Syndrome by Repeated Doses of dsRNA
Jenny Urbina, Emily Dziedzic, Tina Cheng, Winifred F. Frick, Taal Levi
Hunting vs. Culling: Using Genomics to Assess Strategies for Managing Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer Populations
Alec Christensen, Michelle Carstensen, Emily Latch, Torre Hovick, Travis Seaborn
Evidence of Regional but not Parallel Selection in Indiana Bats Affected by White-nose Syndrome
Brooke Maslo, Robert Kwait, Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn, Malin Pinsky, Maarten Vonhof, Evan Eskew
Potential Transcriptomic Evidence of Sepsis in Bats with White-nose Syndrome
Robert Kwait, Evan Eskew, Malin Pinsky, Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn, Brooke Maslo
Punch in the Gut: Finding Chronic Wasting Disease Prions and Markers of Disease Risk in Fecal Samples
Alyssa Kaganer, Krysten Schuler
Models incorporating genotypes can identify populations at risk of Chronic Wasting Disease in White-tailed Deer
Chandika Rani Ganesh Babu, Emily Latch
Comparing the genomes of wild white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) infected and uninfected with Borrelia burgdorferi
Scarlet Shifflett, Vincenzo Ellis, Jacob Bowman, Ashley Kennedy