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Addressing the role of wild birds in distributing influenza around the globe
A Gull Flaps it’s Wings and a Deadly Virus Explodes https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/science/avian-flu-birds.html
Grey seal pup captures 2020
It’s our 8th season of grey seal pup captures. Check out the following news stories, blogs, and updates for an overview of the types of collaborations that are ongoing. Researchers Return to Study Gray Seal Pups in New England https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/researchers-return-study-gray-seal-pups-new-england Coming face to face with grey seal pups https://bit.ly/2RHVGHP?fbclid=IwAR2O1JKiXS5td5V42B7y5NyBZnnx_JaACgJtrVg6aCWI2PWiARX6QvxBxmI Mystic […]
Runstadler lab talks seals, gulls and viruses on This Week in Virology
Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove traveled to Tufts Veterinary school to discuss the ins and outs of studying wild reservoirs for influenza.
Professor Runstadler published on The Conversation
Influenza’s wild origins in the animals around us. https://theconversation.com/influenzas-wild-origins-in-the-animals-around-us-91058
New seal sampling site discovered at Great Point, Nantucket
Grey seals are using Great Point, Nantucket as a breeding and calving site. The colony is small but promises to be a location we can sample without the use of boats.
Runstadler Lab’s research featured in the Fall 2017 Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Magazine
http://sites.tufts.edu/vetmag/fall-2017/the-flu-hunters/