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…
On March 4th, 2015, graduate students Cami Rose, Juliana Eslava, Blake Cherney, and Kyle Gabriel, with the help of undergraduates Samaya Henry and Summer Mashayekh, visited Zoo Atlanta to conduct a survey for the fungus that causes snake fungal disease…
On February 24, 2015, Dr. Chris Cornelison and doctoral students Kyle Gabriel and Kelly Cannon of Georgia State University joined Katrina Morris and Jackie Jeffery of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for a population and white-nose syndrome (WNS) survey…
New ammunition in the battle to save North American bats from white-nose syndrome By Chris Cornelison, Georgia State University It’s been roughly eight years since white-nose syndrome (WNS) was first documented decimating bat populations in upstate New York. The disease…
The 13th annual Georgia Bio Innovation Summit was held October 16th in Atlanta, GA. Five students presented posters of their research. Kyle Gabriel, PhD studentCategory: Molecular and Biological ResearchUse of Antifungal Volatile Organic Compounds with a Novel Automated Dispersal Device…
Christopher Cornelison and Kyle Gabriel recently presented their research at the 7th annual white-nose syndrome workshop on September 8-12, 2014, in St. Louis, Missouri. The workshop, hosted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri State Parks…
Georgia Institute of Technology’s Jennifer Leavey, Ph.D. and Georgia State University’s Christopher Cornelison, Ph.D. were interviewed at Georgia Public Broadcasting about the current state of honeybees and current research underway to treat them.
Our antifungal research involving bats, honeybees, banana plants, and grain appears in the Summer 2014 issue of Georgia State University Magazine, along with a beautifully-produced video by Public Relations and Marketing Communications. Download the entire magazine as PDF (article on…
Magazine articles featuring our antifungal research have recently been published in the Volume 64, No. 1, Jan/Feb/Mar 2014 edition of Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) News and the Volume 31, No. 2, Summer 2013 edition of Bats Magazine….
Airing 6 AM, April 9, 2014 on Atlanta’s WABE 90.1, Georgia Public Radio, Bat-Killing Fungus Spreads In Georgia Black Diamond Tunnel sits just outside the city of Clayton in the northeast corner of Georgia. In the mid-1800s, the tunnel was…
