15 November, 2013

October 26, 2013

Revenge of the Flies! Anuran Disease Research at Normandale presented by: Brian Wolff (faculty in Biology) and Eric Wurm (Normandale student.)




Abstract:  

In the second year of amphibian research at Normandale, the research team continues to track the fungal anuran disease chytridiomycosis in order to determine the distribution and infection rate of the disease. During the course of their field work, the team finds a strange case of parasitism seemingly unrecorded in the scientific and natural history literature. Everyone knows that frogs eat flies.  But can the tables be turned? Join us for a short presentation on scientific research at Normandale, and find out who's eating who in Minnesota's ponds and forests.  


Presenters:

Eric Wurm is currently attending Normandale Community College with plans to transfer to the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology to pursue a degree and career in genetics and synthetic biology.  Eric's natural environment is the laboratory, and he is an avid keeper of tropical fish.  



Brian Wolff earned his M.S. in Environmental Biology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and his Ph.D. in Conservation Biology at the University of Minnesota. He has been teaching biology, environmental biology, and ecology courses since 1994.
 

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