WHIRLING
DISEASE		 ENGINEERING
DISEASE
RESISTANCE		  ZEBRAFISH AND
DISEASE RESEARCH		 KOI HERPES
VIRUS (KHV) 		CERATONOVA
SHASTA		 BLACK SPOT
NANOPHYETUS
         
FROGS AND
CHYTRID FUNGUS 		  WORMS  PATHOGEN DETECTION
IN WATER SAMPLES		 KLAMATH RIVER
STUDIES

SENTINEL FISH FOR
PATHOGEN DETECTION

 WILD VS
HATCHERY
   
  BKD IHN VIRUS BETTER FISH TAGGING FACTORS AFFECTING
FISH LIFE HISTORIES		  

Current/Recent and Prospective OSU Researchers (Alphabetical)

Dr. Michael Adams, USGS– Bacterial inhibition of chytridiomycosis in leopard frogs. Funded by USGS, NPS

Brian Bangs, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife – native fish investigations. Effect of marking procedures in Oregon Chub

Dr. Jerri Bartholomew, Dept. of Microbiology, OSU – Klamath River myxozoan research, diseases of wild fish, interactions between wild and hatchery fish. Funded by NOAA, Sea Grant, BOR, Army Corp of Engineering, ODFW, NSF, NIH

Dr. Mike Blouin, Zoology – Hatchery-wild fish interactions, domestication traits

Dr. Shaun Clements, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife – native fish investigations. Effect of fluctuating temperature in Oregon Chub

Dr. Tiffany Garcia, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, OSU – Bacterial inhibition of chytridiomycosis in leopard frogs. Funded by USGS, NPS

Dr Jack F. Higginbotham, CHP-Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Director, Oregon Space Grant Consortium,Director of Space Programs, College of Science. Studies on radiation induced cataracts in zebrafish

Dr. Ling Jin College of Veterinary Medicine, OSU – Characterization of Koi Herpes virus latency and gene expression in koi; infection associated with tumors in goldfish.

Dr. Michael Kent, Dept. of Microbiology, OSU – Infectious diseases and testing models in zebrafish. Funded by NIH

Dr. Carl Schreck, Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, OSU - Evaluating potential causes of prespawn mortality in Chinook salmon. Funded by Army Corp.

Dr. Jan Spitsbergen, Dept. of Microbiology, OSU - Development of a zebrafish model for study of the pathogenesis of emerging fungal diseases and for antifungal drug discovery

Dr. Oriol Sunyer, University of Pennsylvania – Mucosal immunity in teleosts. Funded by NSF and NIH