Congratulations to Anastasia Towe, DVM, on winning third place in the graduate student category for her presentation at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine’s Research Day.
amphibian research
Professor Matt Gray Featured on Amphibicast Podcast
Professor Matt Gray was recently a guest on the Amphibicast podcast. Tune in to hear Dr. Gray discuss the importance of clean amphibian trade!
Frequency-dependent Transmission of Bsal in Eastern Newts
Master’s student and member of the Amphibian Disease Laboratory Adri Tompros has published a paper in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Tompros and her colleagues are conducting research on Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans,…
Matt Gray Speaks at 86th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
Professor Matt Gray recently spoke on the threat of Bsal at the virtual 86th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference.
Putative resistance and tolerance mechanisms have little impact on disease progression for an emerging salamander pathogen
Mark Wilber and colleagues from the Amphibian Disease Lab have published a new paper with the British Ecological Society on amphibian pathogen resistance and tolerance.
PLOS Pathogens: Temperature affects susceptibility of newts to skin-eating fungus
Eastern newt populations in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada are at greatest risk of infection with a new skin-eating fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), according to a study published February 18 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Matthew Gray of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, and colleagues.
Matt Gray, Deb Miller Work to Prevent Amphibian Pathogen Spread
Professors Matt Gray and Deb Miller’s work in the Amphibian Disease Lab centers on preventing the spread of an amphibian pathogen, Bsal, to the United States. Bsal is currently spreading across Europe, and many fear that international pet trade will bring pathogen here. With the Appalachian region being a hotspot for salamander diversity, the Miller-Gray Lab is focused on prevention, detection, and transmission pathways for the pathogen.
Researchers Find that Experimental Methodologies Affect Pathogenicity of Bsal Fungus
With the recent discovery of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) in Europe, numerous studies are attempting to understand its pathogenicity, and hopefully, ward off infections in other locations. However, there is no standard set of methodologies for studying the pathogen.
New Amphibian Disease Lab Publication in PLOS One
UTIA’s Amphibian Disease Lab has a new publication on Plos One: Experimental methodologies can affect pathogenicity of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans infections. The research was led former undergraduate students Rajeev Kumar and Daniel Malagon.
Podcast: Hellbenders, super-spreaders, and other salamanders face uncertain futures
Dr. Becky Hardman talks with Mike DiGirolamo of Mongabay about the threat of the amphibian pathogen Bsal and what’s being done to combat the spread.