This graphic essay details the hardships I faced during the pandemic.It highlights the importance of comic-making to combat present-day isolation and hardship and aid recovery from trauma.During the first year of my Ph.D.I experienced a miscarriage, my step-grandfather passed away with Covid, and, Sofa Table at the start of my second semester, I wa
Antibiotics are added to semen extenders in insemination doses but their effect on Needle Threaders the vaginal microbiota of the inseminated female is unknown.The objectives of this study were to define the equine vaginal microbiota and its antimicrobial resistance, and to determine whether it changes after exposure to antibiotics in semen extende
Bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), has become a major pest of cole crops (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale) in California since its arrival in 2008.In this study we documented parasitism of B.hilaris eggs at a highly infested site in northern California by deploying sentinel B.hilaris eggs and collecting natura
The antiviral endoribonuclease, RNase L, is activated by the mammalian innate immune response to destroy host and viral RNA to ultimately reduce viral gene expression.Herein, we show that RNase L and RNase L-mediated mRNA decay are primarily localized to the cytoplasm.Consequently, RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) translocate from the cytoplasm to the n