The Tick Clique
Andrea Kirby (seated, center) and Alexandra Foley-Eby (below) are our tick wranglers-in-chief. Yahya Farooqi (left) is testing natural tick repellants, Chris Roy (right) is making transgenic ticks to see if we can make ticks that can’t transmit the Lyme disease bacteria. Naaman Omar (standing, center) is working on ticks from East Africa.
Andrea Kirby (seated, center) and Alexandra Foley-Eby (below) are our tick wranglers-in-chief. Yahya Farooqi (left) is testing natural tick repellants, Chris Roy (right) is making transgenic ticks to see if we can make ticks that can’t transmit the Lyme disease bacteria. Naaman Omar (standing, center) is working on ticks from East Africa.
Dogs and Cats and Other Animals
We have recently completed a canine seroprevalence study in New Brunswick and PEI, Canada, with the assistance of veterinarians and the public. We are also conducting a study on differentiating reinfection from persistent infection in dogs. Julia Bland (not shown here) has developed a highly sensitive ELISA test for the detection of infection in horses and in mice. Jessica Thomas-Ebbett (left) is conducting a study on persistent infection in dogs. Caitlin McGowan (right) is working on Lyme disease in cows. Samantha Pettey (below) is looking for Leptospira spp. and Borrelia bissettii in New Brunswick wildlife
We have recently completed a canine seroprevalence study in New Brunswick and PEI, Canada, with the assistance of veterinarians and the public. We are also conducting a study on differentiating reinfection from persistent infection in dogs. Julia Bland (not shown here) has developed a highly sensitive ELISA test for the detection of infection in horses and in mice. Jessica Thomas-Ebbett (left) is conducting a study on persistent infection in dogs. Caitlin McGowan (right) is working on Lyme disease in cows. Samantha Pettey (below) is looking for Leptospira spp. and Borrelia bissettii in New Brunswick wildlife
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Epigenetics
Dr. Vett Lloyd (right) has been working on epigenetics for more decades than she chooses to say. Jessica Vickery (left) is working on DNA methylation in the black-legged tick, Anne Berthold (center) is looking at epigenetic changes and energy production in human cells infected with Borrelia. Julie Lewis (image to the right) is working on the effect of other tick-vectored co-infections on epigenetics in human cells.
Dr. Vett Lloyd (right) has been working on epigenetics for more decades than she chooses to say. Jessica Vickery (left) is working on DNA methylation in the black-legged tick, Anne Berthold (center) is looking at epigenetic changes and energy production in human cells infected with Borrelia. Julie Lewis (image to the right) is working on the effect of other tick-vectored co-infections on epigenetics in human cells.
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Human studies
Emma Rogerson is looking at patient outcomes for colorectal cancer. Ally Rogerson is looking at patient outcomes in Lyme disease.
Emma Rogerson is looking at patient outcomes for colorectal cancer. Ally Rogerson is looking at patient outcomes in Lyme disease.
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