March 3, 2023 marks the date of our first published report on our Dogs of Chernobyl Research Initiative, in Science Advances:
March 3, 2023 marks the date of our first published report on our Dogs of Chernobyl Research Initiative, in Science Advances:https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade2537This first paper has b...
The Dogs of Chernobyl Genome Projects Continue!
Ongoing studies in collaboration with the NIH and Qiagen are aimed at under covering genetic effects one the DNA of the dogs as well as their microbiome. Stay tuned!
Mutation and Evolution Within Individual Trees Living in Chernobyl
Mutation and Evolution Within Individual Trees Living in ChernobylThis month I am helping some young(er) colleagues in France with an exciting project to assess mutation accumulation in trees. As a...
Week Three in The Zone
Today we started the third and final week of research in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. A greater percentage of captured dogs are coming in with RF-ID's from last year so I think we are near the end...
The Work Continues!
This past week the students have been involved in all aspects of the animal clinic! Samples of blood, saliva, feces, fur, and ticks have been collected and preserved, as well as organs (ovaries and...
The Team Gets to Chernobyl and Starts Project!
The project started as scheduled with only one person missing a connection on their way in. The team assembled with the umbrella organization, Clean Futures Fund, at the clinic site next to the Che...