WNS Interview on WNYC
WNYC, New York’s public radio, recently interviewed Dr. Chris Cornelison about the ongoing research with white-nose syndrome. Read the article and listen to the interview, below. WNYC Article: Moldy Bananas May Hold the Secret to Saving Bats’ Lives
WNS Research In the News
A few news articles documenting our current white-nose syndrome research have appeared in the news. We are currently preparing for winter treatment trials. Subscribe by email in the side bar to stay abreast on all of our news releases. Atlanta…
GSU & TNC Collaborate on Artificial Cave Construction
In collaboration with the Tennessee Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, PhD students Kyle Gabriel and John Neville of Georgia State University traveled to Tennessee on October 14, 2015, to install a humidity regulation system in a 13,000 ft3 artificial cave….
GSU Feature: What’s Killing America’s Bats?
LaTina Emerson of Georgia State University’s Public Relations recently interviewed Dr. Chris Cornelison for a feature story about white-nose syndrome, titled “What’s Killing America’s Bats?” For the past two years, Cornelison has been working with scientists at the U.S. Forest…
Public WNS Lecture, Aug. 14
Dr. Christopher Cornelison will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming white-nose syndrome lecture series, hosted by the EcoScapes Sustainable Land Use Program at University of Georgia’s Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. The event is free and open to…
Undergraduate Student Spotlight
Summer Mashayekh Summer has been featured as Georgia State University’s Undergraduate Student Spotlight, for the month of July, 2015. Every month a new undergraduate is featured. Summer is a senior in the Biology department on a pre-veterinary track, and preparing…
WNS-Treated Bats Released into Wild
On Tuesday, May 19th, bats that were treated for white-nose syndrome (WNS) were released back into the wild. This past winter’s experimental treatment has been heralded a success by researchers and federal wildlife management agencies. This marks the first time…
WNS Interview in the Huffington Post
The Huffington Post recently published an article, “Bat Disease Epidemic Still Expanding Throughout North America” that details current white-nose syndrome impact and research. Read the full article at The Huffington Post The following is a correction to the article, in…
Massasauga Rattlesnake SFD Treatment
We’ve begun a limited treatment trial of snake fungal disease (SFD) with massasauga rattlesnakes, lead by Matt Allender at the Prairie Research Institute. In the photo below, Petri plates of induced cells of Rhodococcus rhodochrous DAP 96253 were placed in…
Cited in Conservation Biology and PLoS ONE
Our research article titled “Inhibition of Pseudogymnoascus destructans growth from conidia and mycelial extension by bacterially produced volatile organic compounds” was recently cited in two other journals. Maslo et al. wrote in the journal Conservation Biology, “A case study of…
