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This is how we measure packed cell volume (an indication of anemia) in the field. Amazingly, my neighbour is a mechanical engineer and just recently imported a 3d printer. Check out the video file...

These last couple of months have found us many opportunities for field work and opportunistic sample collection. That said, I'm antsy to get back into the lab and catch up on sample processing and ...

Peter took me through PCR protocols today and we ran samples 10-14 out of 50. (The first 9 samples were run last year during a translocation of waterbuck and zebra. All of those samples were negat...

This week we visited our field sites Thuma Forest Reserve and Kasungu National Park. Sample collection kits were distributed to patrol leaders and we completed labs on biosafety, sample collection,...

Getting ready this week for an upcoming visit to field sites where we will be doing wildlife necropsy and sampling training with rangers and distributing sample kits. This is an example of active ...

So far we have collected over 40 blood samples from wildlife. These were animals undergoing necessary and unrelated veterinary procedures, translocations, or relocations, or animals found deceased....

I enjoyed the TrypanoGEN workshop in Liwonde last week and am excited to get to work together with these keen scientists!TrypanoGEN studies the genetic determinants of trypanosomiasis and schistos...

This little antelope species was brought in for vet care recently after a snaring injury. As part of our research we are collecting blood samples from wildlife that are under anesthesia for unrelat...

We are all ecstatic to have reached our funding target! Any additional money we now raise will go to sending positive samples to South Africa for sequencing. This can provide golden information for...