Joanna Buchthal
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Ecological engineer & postdoc @medialab. Mother of three, fighting Lyme one mouse at a time!
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Emma Chory, Ph.D.
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So proud this multi-year effort is finally out. Led by my exceptional collaborator Joanna Buchthal, who put her blood, sweat, and literal tears into making a real impact for communities impacted by Lyme disease.
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Mice Against Ticks | Join the Fight Against Lyme Disease
Mice Against Ticks is a community-guided project working to stop Lyme disease with Lyme-immune white-footed mice. Explore our research, local partnerships, and vision for reducing tick-borne illness.
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Emma Chory, Ph.D.
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Full open access paper available here:
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
A noninvasive estrous tracking toolkit for wild mice. Standard genetic engineering methods built for lab mice do not translate to non model rodents. This helps overcome that barrier and may enable engineering in many other species.
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Non-invasive ovulation tracking enables genetic engineering in wild rodents
Buchthal et al. develop a camera-based estrous-tracking method that reliably detects ovulation in wild rodents. This non-invasive approach overcomes barriers to genetic engineering in Peromyscus leuco...
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-methods/fulltext/S2667-2375(26)00011-1
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Years in the making — Mice Against Ticks is on @60Minutes this Sunday! 🎥 Sneak peek:
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Huge cheers to our amazing team, brilliant collaborators & island communities for bringing this story to life! 💛
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Researchers are attempting something unprecedented: using genetic engineering to curb Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness spreading across the U.S. Instead of targeting deer or ticks, they hope to rele...
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