J. Bartz

Detection and decontamination of chronic wasting disease prions during venison processing

This study demonstrates that CWD prions can contaminate processing surfaces and be transferred to CWD-negative venison, but can be inactivated using bleach and potassium peroxymonosulfate.

Ploidy modulates cell size and metabolic rate in Xenopus embryos

This study shows that ploidy affects metabolism by altering cell size and plasma membrane energetics in Xenopus embryos.