Finding New Strategies to Combat Life-Threatening Glanders
Researchers will investigate how the bacterium Burkholderia mallei which causes glanders, an infectious disease in horses, regulates immune response to persist ininfected animals.
Researchers will investigate how the bacterium Burkholderia mallei which causes glanders, an infectious disease in horses, regulates immune response to persist ininfected animals.
Researchers will investigate how equine muscle cells regulate calcium movement, and examine its role in equine muscle diseases.
Researchers will evaluate the ability of a unique population of cells called interzone cells to produce new cartilage in horses with joint damage.
Researchers will investigate genetic risk factors for equine recurrent uveitis, a common eye condition and leading cause of blindness in horses.
Researchers will investigate how to improve diagnosis and treatment of equine insect bite hypersensitivity, one of the most common allergic skin diseases in horses.
Researchers will validate genetic mutations that may increase the risk of developing osteochondrosis, a developmental orthopedic disease commonly diagnosed in young horses.
The research fellow will evaluate whether stem cells and regenerative therapies can be used for treating horses with brain and spinal cord diseases.