In the News
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Professor Brooke Maslo was recognized for her outstanding contributions to teaching. Professor Brooke Maslo is among the outstanding faculty to be recognized with University-wide Faculty Awards. Click here to read the Rutgers Newsroom article.
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Bobby Kwait (Ph.D. candidate) holding an Eastern Copperhead to swab for Snake Fungal Disease (SFD). Morgan Mark, Tyler Christensen, and Bobby Kwait were recently awarded funding from the Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians (ARAV) for their project examining the seasonal dynamics of snake fungal disease in free-ranging eastern copperheads. Click here to read the Rutgers Newsroom article.
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Professor Brooke Maslo and Kathleen Kerwin examine the wing of large brown bat for white-nose syndrome. Professor Brooke Maslo was awarded $268,081 to field-test a promising method of treating environmental reservoirs of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome in bats. Read more here.
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Morgan Mark (SEBS’22) collecting swab samples from a northern water snake to investigate the prevalence and seasonality of snake fungal disease. The NJ Chapter of The Wildlife Society awarded Morgan Mark the Russell A. Cookingham scholarship. Read more here.
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A little brown bat displaying characteristic signs of white-nose syndrome, caused by a pathogenic fungus that has devastated bats throughout much of North America. A fungal disease has wiped out bats throughout North America, but hopeful research suggests one species may be developing resistance to this pandemic. Read about it here.
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A red fox with a GPS collar, part of a Rutgers-led study, seen crossing a street in Cape May Maslo Lab graduate student Chris Crosby is tracking the movement of 20 coastal red fox, to better understand their effects on nesting shorebirds in New Jersey. Click here to read the article.
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Rutgers and Woodbridge Township are actively restoring floodplain function on Blue Acres sites in Woodbridge Township. The DEP hosted their annual Earth Day celebration at the Blue Acres sites in Woodbridge Township, where they announced their new climate resiliency plan. Read about it here.
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A red knot among a flock of migratory shorebirds foraging along the Delaware Bayshore. Photo: Brian Schumm Dr. Maslo was interviewed by Rutgers Today, featuring her collaborative research on migratory shorebirds and oyster aquaculture along the Delaware Bayshore. Read the article here.
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Professor Brooke Maslo and Kathleen Kerwin examine the wing of large brown bat for white-nose syndrome. Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn, former postdoctoral associate in the Maslo Lab was interviewed by Rutgers Today, featuring their work on white-nose syndrome. Click here to read more.
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A house demolished through the Blue Acres Program. Screen grab from nbcnews.com Dr. Maslo was interviewed for this video clip from NBC New York regarding her lab’s work with restoring Blue Acres properties in Woodbridge Township. Click here to read about it at nbcnews.com
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Kiera Malone holding an American shad in the Raritan River. Maslo Lab member Kiera Malone was awarded a $1,000 scholarship to assist with college expenses. The NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife and NJ Chapter of The Wildlife Society partnered in the selection and award of this scholarship. Congrats Kiera! Click here to read more at https://sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/
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Tree seedlings encased in protective covers at the Watson Crampton Blue Acres restoration project site in Woodbridge, NJ. Screen grab from www.PBS.org Dr. Maslo was interviewed for this video clip from PBS News Hour Weekend regarding her lab’s work with the blue acres project. Click here to read about it at pbs.org
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Replaced by a meadow: a former street in Woodbridge where houses were demolished by the DEP’s Blue Acres program. Photo credit: Brooke Maslo Dr. Maslo was interviewed by NJ Spotlight regarding her work on Blue Acres properties in Woodbridge Township. Click Click here to read about it at njspotlight.com.
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The lines of the Good Harbor Beach parking lot camouflage this Piping Plover, one of the two adults that nested on the expanse of asphalt in spring 2018. Photo: Kim Smith via Audubon.com Dr. Maslo’s describes threats that piping plovers face in New Jersey. Click here to read about it on www.audubon.org
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Tree seedlings encased in protective covers at the Watson Crampton Blue Acres restoration project site in Woodbridge, NJ. Screen grab from www.PBS.org Dr. Maslo was interviewed for this video clip from PBS News Hour Weekend regarding her lab’s work with the blue acres project. Click here to watch on www.PBS.org.
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Waves crashing onto the shore of beachfront homes. Photo from Tom Mihalek via www.Deutschlandfunk.de News of Dr. Maslo’s work with the Blue Acres project has made it all the way to Europe. You can read a translated version of a German Public Radio interview with Dr. Maslo about her wetland restoration project in Woodbridge, NJ, here.
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Piping plover with a chick on sandy beach. Credit: USFWS via www.Medium.com Dr. Maslo’s lab has been working in conjunction with NJ Conserve Wildlife to create piping plover habitat on the New Jersey shore in Barnegat Light. Click here to read about it on ww.Medium.com
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Point Please New Jersey. Credit: Shutterstock via Science Friday Dr. Maslo was interviewed on Science Friday about her work with the Blue Acres project. Click here to listen!
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The Delaware Bay on New Jersey. Photo by Grant Delin, via Scientific American. The Maslo Lab’s work on the Blue Acres is discussed in this article from Scientific American.
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