Rachel B. was awarded a $1500 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Research Grant to support her work on host communities and Trypanosoma cruzi infection.
Tick-Borne Diseases Are Often Overlooked
Our work with researchers from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center to document ticks imported by migratory birds was featured in the Texas Standard. Article + audio file available here.
Dr. Italo Zecca
Successful defense—congrats Dr. Italo Zecca!!!
Dr. Alyssa Meyers
Successful defense—congrats Dr. Alyssa Meyers!!!
Chagas disease at the US/Mexico Border
Alyssa’s work with government working dogs was featured in a blog post for the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at The Bush School of Government & Public Service.
Researchers Tracking Green Jays for Conservation Plan
Texas Parks & Wildlife department is leading a study of the urban ecology of Green Jays in the Rio Grande Valley and we’re excited to collaborate on parasite detection in the birds.
A local newscaster came to some of the fieldwork—here you can see how the jays act around the traps.
NBC Nightly News visits Hamer Lab
NBC Nightly News visits the Hamer Lab at the Texas A&M CVM and features a short segment on Kissing Bugs!
Sarah was interviewed by Gabe Gutierrez with an interest in whether kissing bugs are moving north. Lots of awesome footage of students with citizen-submitted bugs, cultures, and more, but not much made it into the final segment.
Some cameos of Jillian’s hands,colony bugs, Rachel’s photo, Gabe’s video of insect with transmitter, etc.
Interview with The Washington Post about Chagas disease
Interview with The Washington Post about Chagas disease
Our citizen science program documented records of kissing bugs in Delaware—later confirmed by CDC—leading to some media coverage of kissing bugs in northern states.
2019 CVM Honors & Awards Ceremony
At the annual ceremony, Dr. Bob Burghardt presented Dr. Sarah Hamer with the Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award and Dr. Jillian Wormington with the Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Associate Award.
Wild Bird Outreach Event
WHO : All are invited!
WHAT: Wild Bird Outreach Event, hosted by students and researchers affiliated with the Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center at Texas A&M University
WHERE: Southwest Park, City of College Station Parks & Recreation Department ( 300 Southwest Parkway, College Station, TX 77840 ).
WHEN: Sunday, March 10, from ~8am until ~10:30am (sunrise 7:41am). Come and go as you please. Heavy rain will result in the need to reschedule.
WHY: Come get some experience and enjoy a morning chatting about birds! Our team will be using mist-nets to capture wild birds for research and teaching
purposes. We will demonstrate techniques including: use of mist nets, safe handling of birds, bird identification, applying leg bands, taking biological samples including ticks and blood, and more. Data we collect will be submitted to the federal Bird Banding Laboratory and also contribute to our ongoing investigations of pathogens in birds. Like all work with wildlife, we cannot guarantee any capture success.
If you have questions or wish to be informed of cancellation, please write Spencer DeBrock (spencer.debrock@tamu.edu ), PhD student in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.
