Advances in Immunology and Microbiology Seminar Series

About the event

Featuring research in the areas of:

Epidemiology | Infectious Disease | Disease Ecology | Drug Discovery | Virology |

Global Health | Vector-Borne Disease | Pathology

The Advances in Immunology & Microbiology seminar series is a weekly forum that brings together scientists from diverse fields and disciplines across the College of Veterinary Medicine to discuss research advances in the broad areas of immunology, microbiology, infectious diseases, and global health. Seminars feature student speakers from the Immunology & Infectious Disease (IID) doctoral program, IID-affiliated postdoctoral researchers and faculty, intramural speakers from across the university, and extramural speakers.

PRESENTER: Dr. Steven Edmonds, Anatomic Pathology Resident and PhD Candidate, Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology and Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (Advisor: Dr. Kate Huyvaert)

TITLE: Bighorn Sheep Paranasal Sinus Tumors

Bighorn sheep respiratory disease is a complex condition of interest to pathologists, biologists, wild sheep managers, and others. Paranasal sinus tumor is an understudied part of this respiratory disease system that may have important impacts on host and herd health. There is currently no antemortem diagnostic test to assess the sinuses during routine wild sheep captures. My research focuses on understanding this condition at the cellular, microbial, and host genetic levels to better understand the pathogeneses, how disease phenotypes may be affecting the host, and how disease may have broader ecological impacts. This presentation will focus on histopathological characterization and microbial communities present in diseased states. The information generated from this work will set the stage for many future research projects, with the fundamental goal of conserving wild sheep populations throughout North America.