Lucia successfully defended her PhD proposal and was definitely accepted into the program to start her research to elucidate the wild cycles of Alphavirus in Uruguay and the role of bats in those cycles.
Lucia defended her MSc dissertation on bat viral diversity in Uruguay with some awesome results!
Our paper on viral diversity on Uruguayan bats, and the potential of Herpesvirus as ecological markers featured on Uruguay's newpaper "La Diaria".
Available (in spanish) here
Getting close to finishing one important phase: I'll be presenting my doctoral defense on Jan 4th, 2021 (1pm MST / 5pm URY)
MSU Calendar event (w/ meeting details): https://www.montana.edu/calendar/events/36553
Our latest paper on grassland fragmentation and rabies emergence featured on the weekend edition of Uruguay's newpaper "La Diaria"
Available (in spanish) here
New paper published today in EcoHealth, showing the effect of grassland fragmentation on rabies outbreaks' emergence in Uruguay
Available here
Interview for national newspaper in Uruguay (La Diaria) on the potential effects of exposure of wildlife to humans potentially infected with COVID-19. Available here
Interview for national newspaper in Uruguay (La Diaria) on the relationship of human intervention on natural systems and the emergence of wildlife pathogens. Available here
The Fulbright Comission in Uruguay highlighted our dissertation topic in light of the COVID pandemic, as a study on disease emergence determinants. Accessible here.
Our research featured as example of integration of cross-sectional and longitudinal data for ecoepidemiological studies, in this Photo Gallery article in the ESA Bulletin, by Amandine Gamble (UCLA) and others. Available here
The Ecology research paper on Next-generation Serology that this photo gallery is illustrating is accessible here
Article on national newspaper in Uruguay (El Pais) featuring an interview about the relationship of bats and their conservation with transmission of infectious diseases. Available here
Radio interview to Dr. Adriana Delfraro about our new research project on Bat's virus in Uruguay and its relationship with the Coronavirus outbreak and other Coronavirus. Available here (audio in spanish)
One of our field sites: Grutas de Salamanca (Salamanca Caves, Maldonado, Uruguay) featured in a local media show on nature and tourism in Uruguay: Contacto (Canal 11, Punta del Este). The episode includes interviews to researchers working on bats and epidemiology, archaeology and speleology.
Watch the complete episode here (audio in spanish)
The first data paper on an open-access repository of biodiversity information for Uruguay, from the Biodiversidata consortium is out in Biodiversity Data Journal
Available here
Our paper on the historical context for rabies' outbreak in Uruguay is out in Epidemiology and Infection
First paper of the PhD Dissertation!
Available here
Our work on conservation status of Uruguayan bats (in press) featured in local media in Uruguay
Available here
Our work in vampire bat rabies and fragmentation presented at the XXIX Rabies in the Americas conference in Buenos Aires
Book of abstracts available here
Two new areas for bat conservation recognized by the Latin American Network for Bat Conservation (RELCOM) in Uruguay!
Our Ecollogical Informatics' paper featured in local media in Uruguay (La Diaria newspaper). Available here
Our paper on automatic identification of bats from echolocation calls is out! in Ecological Informatics LINK
Episode about vampire bats from the documentary series "Wild Science"
(URUGUAY - 2013)