aBOUT us
We are a genetics/microbiology lab studying disease ecology, microbial ecology, and immunogenetics of amphibians and reptiles We are based at Dominican University of California in San Rafael, CA. Our research explores the microbial diversity and genetics of North American amphibians, reptiles and their pathogens.
OHG Lab @ Dominican University of California
Lab News
Our salamander research was featured in the NBC Bay Area's segment "Climate in Crisis". Check out our students in action collecting and swabbing salamanders for microbiome and Bd monitoring across sites affected by the 2020 California wildfires.
New Pub!
2/23
The lab has a new publication! Dr. OHG collaborated with Dr. Jess Hua from University of Wisconsin, Madison on a review of amphibian microbiome work. The publication is now out in FEMS Microbiology Reviews.
New Grant!
7/2022
We received $25,000 from Midpeninsula Open Space District to fund our salamander wildfire work! Tune in for photos of our students sampling salamanders in the field next spring!
New Pub!
1/2022
The lab has a new publication! Our San Francisco Bay Area salamander work is featured in this month's edition of FEMS Microbiology Ecology! Check out our manuscript led by previous undergrad researcher (Rosenblum lab at UC Berkeley) and now PhD student (Becker Lab at Penn State) Shannon Buttimer!
Congrats Shannon on your first author pub!
New Pub!
10/2021
The lab has a new publication! Our turtle work is featured in this month's edition of Ichthyology and Herpetology! Check out our manuscript where our lab contributed in the discovery of Emydomyces testavorians in in Californian turtles. This work has many implications for turtle conservation biology in the state!
CONTACT US
155 Palm Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901