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…
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…
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…
White-Nose Syndrome Survey at White River Cave
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…
2015 WNS Article in TheConversation
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…
2014 GABIO/RAMC Conferences
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…
2014 White-Nose Syndrome Workshop
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…
The Honeybee Project at GSU
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…
