Jesse gave a workshop on the Global Ranavirus Reporting System (GRRS) at the 2017 International Symposium on Ranaviruses in Budapest. The slides can be found here: GRRS_Training.pdf
Many thanks to Ana Trejo and the Wildlife Disease Association! The WDA provided a small grant to help fund Ana’s work populating the GRRS with published records of ranaviruses.
Jesse transitioned from Assistant Director to the new Director of the Global Ranavirus Consortium at the 2017 International Symposium on Ranaviruses. He is looking forward to his tenure at the helm. Many thanks to Matt Gray and the GRC board for all of their hard work getting this organization off to such a great start!
Jesse presented results from a recent project on non-lethal methods of detecting ranavirus at the 2017 International Symposium on Ranaviruses in Budapest, Hungary. The conference was great and the location and organizers were amazing!
Here’s a PDF of the slides: ISR_2017_NonLethalDetection (Note: the manuscript is in review)
Performance of nonlethal methods of detecting Ranavirus infections in captivity and trade
Jesse L. Brunner, Anjulie Olson*, Jeremy G. Rice*, Mitchel J. Le Sage**, Jennifer A. Cundiff, Caren S. Goldberg, and Allan P. Pessier
[* undergraduate, ** grad student]
Article for Washington State Magazine, “The Scrambled Natural World of Global Warming, a Travelogue,” featured work on ticks and climate change. (http://wsm.wsu.edu/s/index.php?id=1161)