Mammalogy
Mammalogy: In zoology, mammalogy is the study of mammals – a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and complex nervous systems. Mammalogy has also been known as "mastology," "theriology," and "therology." There are about 4,200 different species of mammals.
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FEB 04, 2019Plants & Animals
FEB 04, 2019Best known for their innate gliding capabilities, the humble flying squirrel packs an extra flap of skin that doubles as a kite-like gliding system for gra...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2018Plants & Animals
DEC 03, 2018Spiders are well-known for their eight-legged stature and creepy web-spinning behavior, but despite everything we think we know about them, it seems we sti...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 16, 2018Plants & Animals
OCT 16, 2018Something incredible has been happening at Yellowstone National Park since the introduction of wolves there in 1995, and a new study published this week in...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 22, 2018Cannabis Sciences
JUN 22, 2018Northern spotted owls and other wildlife are being exposed to high levels of rat poison in northwest California, and illegal marijuana farms are the most l...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 23, 2018Plants & Animals
MAY 23, 2018Bats have earned the reputation as a type of naturally-existing mosquito population control in some parts of the world because they love snacking on these...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
FEB 04, 2019
Best known for their innate gliding capabilities, the humble flying squirrel packs an extra flap of skin that doubles as a kite-like gliding system for gra...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2018
Plants & Animals
DEC 03, 2018
Spiders are well-known for their eight-legged stature and creepy web-spinning behavior, but despite everything we think we know about them, it seems we sti...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 16, 2018
Plants & Animals
OCT 16, 2018
Something incredible has been happening at Yellowstone National Park since the introduction of wolves there in 1995, and a new study published this week in...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 22, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
JUN 22, 2018
Northern spotted owls and other wildlife are being exposed to high levels of rat poison in northwest California, and illegal marijuana farms are the most l...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 23, 2018
Plants & Animals
MAY 23, 2018
Bats have earned the reputation as a type of naturally-existing mosquito population control in some parts of the world because they love snacking on these...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
SEP 29, 2017
Locals living on the Solomon Islands have told stories about a massive, coconut-eating rat for ages. Animal conservationists, on the other hand, have searc...
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Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
JUL 19, 2016
Humans aren’t the only species walking the Earth that are capable of mourning the deceased. Despite the fact that many people think animals don&rsquo...
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Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
APR 21, 2016
If you don't like rats because they're icky and gross, then you should just close your web browser now, because if that's the case, then nothin...
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Anthony Bouchard
MAR 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
MAR 28, 2015
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new research.
The study, published i...
The study, published i...
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Brenda Kelley Kim
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SEP 13, 2018 01:30 PM PDTPacBio Sequencing has been recognized as the gold standard in microbial sequencing due to simultaneously providing long sequence reads (genome contiguity), high consensus accuracy (genome acc...Speaker: Jonas Korlach, PhDPresented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018Sponsored By: PacBioSEP 13, 2018 01:30 PM PDTC.E. CREDITS
SEP 13, 2018 01:30 PM PDTThe soil microbiome can produce, resist, or degrade antibiotics and even catabolize them. Resistance genes are widely distributed in the soil and may act as a reservoir for pathogen antibioti...Speaker: Terence Crofts, PhDPresented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018SEP 13, 2018 12:00 PM PDTC.E. CREDITS
SEP 13, 2018 12:00 PM PDTWhile rapid identification of pathogens, novel therapeutic interventions, and passive immunization have critical roles in disease control, none can substitute for pre-existing protective immu...Speaker: James Galen, PhDPresented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018SEP 13, 2018 12:00 PM PDTC.E. CREDITS
SEP 13, 2018 12:00 PM PDTSexually transmitted diseases remain a major global public health burden despite the availability of effective prevention strategies to diagnose and treat bacterial STDs. Concerning tre...Speaker: Joan Chow, MPH, DrPHPresented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018SEP 13, 2018 12:00 PM PDTC.E. CREDITS
SEP 13, 2018 12:00 PM PDTThe greatest need in agriculture this century is to mitigate impacts of abiotic (drought, temperature, salinity) and biotic (pathogens, pests) stresses on crop plants. Efforts over the...Speaker: Rusty Rodriguez, PhDPresented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
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SEP 13, 2018
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PacBio Sequencing has been recognized as the gold standard in microbial sequencing due to simultaneously providing long sequence reads (genome contiguity), high consensus accuracy (genome acc...
Speaker:
Jonas Korlach, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
Sponsored By: PacBio
SEP 13, 2018
01:30 PM PDT
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SEP 13, 2018
01:30 PM PDT
The soil microbiome can produce, resist, or degrade antibiotics and even catabolize them. Resistance genes are widely distributed in the soil and may act as a reservoir for pathogen antibioti...
Speaker:
Terence Crofts, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
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SEP 13, 2018
12:00 PM PDT
While rapid identification of pathogens, novel therapeutic interventions, and passive immunization have critical roles in disease control, none can substitute for pre-existing protective immu...
Speaker:
James Galen, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
12:00 PM PDT
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SEP 13, 2018
12:00 PM PDT
Sexually transmitted diseases remain a major global public health burden despite the availability of effective prevention strategies to diagnose and treat bacterial STDs. Concerning tre...
Speaker:
Joan Chow, MPH, DrPH
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
12:00 PM PDT
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SEP 13, 2018
12:00 PM PDT
The greatest need in agriculture this century is to mitigate impacts of abiotic (drought, temperature, salinity) and biotic (pathogens, pests) stresses on crop plants. Efforts over the...
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Rusty Rodriguez, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
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SEP 13, 2018
10:30 AM PDT
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) – or the non-genealogical transmission of DNA between organisms – is the dominant mode responsible for the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. Co...
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Allison Lopatkin, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
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SEP 13, 2018
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The bacterium Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii causes Stewart’s wilt disease in corn and serves as a model for other xylem-dwelling phytopathogens. P. stewartii is transmitted to plan...
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Ann Stevens, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
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SEP 13, 2018
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Viruses outnumber bacteria in soil by as much as 1000:1. However, there are few studies which examine the ways viral communities impact the soil microbiome, chemical cycles, and plants. Recen...
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Laura Zinke, PhD
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
SEP 13, 2018
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SEP 13, 2018
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This two-part webinar will focus on novel techniques for obtaining unbiased results in 16S rRNA gene sequencing of challenging microbiome samples. Part 1 will feature QIAGEN’s solutions...
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Matthew Fosbrink, PhD
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Dominic O'Neil
Presented At:Microbiology and Immunology 2018
Sponsored By: QIAGEN
