Meeting Abstract 96-5  Sunday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 14:45  Examining the effects of temperature and viscosity on miracidial and cercarial movement of Schistosoma mansoni NGUYEN, K.H.*; ROHR, J.R.; GEMMELL, B.J.; University of South Florida; University of South Florida; University of South Florida knguyen63@mail.usf.edu http://karenanguyen.wixsite.com/khnguyen Schistosoma, a family of trematodes that causes human schistosomiasis, have aquatic miracidial and […]

Meeting Abstract 96-3  Sunday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:15  Effects of temperature on the efficacy of amphibian skin defenses RICHARDS-ZAWACKI, CL*; ROBAK, M; ROLLINS-SMITH, L; RICHARDS-ZAWACKI, Corinn; University of Pittsburgh; Tulane University; Vanderbilt University cori.zawacki@pitt.edu http://www.rzlab.pitt.edu/ A clearer understanding of how changes in the environment affect the immune defenses of animals is needed in order to predict […]

Meeting Abstract 96-1  Sunday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 13:45  Effects of Spaceflight and Simulated Microgravity on a Host-Pathogen System GILBERT, RG*; PAUL, AM; BHATTACHARYA, S; NASA Ames Research Center; NASA Ames Research Center; NASA Ames Research Center rachelrgilbert11@gmail.com https://www.nasa.gov/ames/research/space-biosciences/rachel-gilbert While it has been shown that decades of astronauts and cosmonauts suffer from immune disorders both during and […]

Meeting Abstract 96-4  Sunday, Jan. 6 14:15 – 14:30  Co-infections enhance invasive success of the salamander-killing fungus in widely distributed newts LONGO, AV*; FLEISCHER, RC; LIPS, KR; University of Florida; Smithsonian Insitution; University of Maryland ana.longo@ufl.edu http://longolab.com Invasive fungal pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and B. salamandrivorans (Bsal) are causing mortality events and population declines in amphibians around […]