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The Queen of Cocci

Posted by Eliza Romero on December 14, 2022

Bridget Barker examining a dog

Disease ecologist Bridget Barker investigates Valley Fever, a potentially deadly disease spreading across the Southwest

To her colleagues, she’s become known as “the Queen of Cocci” because she’s cultivated her specialty studying the pathogens Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii (cocci for short), which cause the disease Coccidioidomycosis, better known as Valley Fever. Associate Professor Bridget… Read more

Filed Under: The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Researcher tackles regional disease

Posted by Eliza Romero on

Bridget Barker inspecting test tube

Teacher and scholar Bridget Barker explores the environmental sources of fungal pathogens to prevent exposure and infection.

Associate Professor Bridget Barker of NAU’s Pathogen and Microbiome Institute first became fascinated with plants, starting her journey studying botany. “I was really interested in plant pathology, and I’ve always… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Wildlife disease ecologist launches project to help DoD monitor quality of bird habitats on military installations

Posted by Eliza Romero on December 13, 2022

Man and woman standing in field

Metabarcoding and bioinformatics expertise key to technology transfer

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) owns military installations on nearly 27 million acres all over the country—roughly equivalent in size to the State of Virginia—and oversees these lands through a network of natural resource managers. According to the DoD, the program… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Finding the answers hidden in our antibodies

Posted by Eliza Romero on November 28, 2022

Jason Ladner at podium giving speech

A new serological test in which an NAU professor played a pivotal role in developing can not only help humanity prepare for and respond to the next pandemic, but it also can be pivotal in the search for viral triggers of diseases like diabetes and celiac disease. 

Jason Ladner, an assistant professor… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Investigating the world’s deadliest diseases

Posted by Eliza Romero on September 28, 2022

Dave Wagner in PMI lab

His twin passions for research and the outdoors—plus a sprinkling of serendipity—led Professor Dave Wagner to a career as a leading disease ecologist.

Professor Dave Wagner’s research focuses on some of the deadliest diseases known to the human race—including plague, melioidosis, and tularemia (rabbit fever). Many of the diseases he… Read more

Filed Under: The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Researchers from NAU, Washington tackling an elusive Valley Fever vaccine

Posted by Heather Tate on September 22, 2022

Stock lab photo Researchers from Northern Arizona University and the University of Washington School of Medicine in collaboration with the Washington National Primate Research Center received a $1.5 million grant, with the possibility of receiving $7.5 million over 5 years, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health,… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

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