Exploring research on vertical transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD), featuring Dr. Candace Mathiason (Colorado State University) and Dr. Mark Ruder (Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study).

Emma Marshall, advised by Kandi Mathiason, won first place in the poster presentation category with “Immune cell involvement in early prion trafficking after peripheral exposure.”

A new study demonstrating for the first time that chronic wasting disease (CWD) can be transmitted in utero from adult does to their fawns (vertical transmission) may require rethinking susceptibility and risk in deer populations, some wildlife experts say.

Lauren Bennett, mentored by Dr. Kandi Mathiason, wins third place in the Foundational Undergraduate Poster category for “Evaluating the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease in free-range White-tailed deer in Arkansas.”

Lauren Bennett, a Biomedical Sciences undergraduate concentrating in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases was honored with a poster presentation award at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) in Pittsburg, PA.

Candace Mathiason, a pathobiologist at Colorado State University, and her colleagues have found that as little as 100 nanograms of saliva can seed a chronic wasting disease infection. Her studies suggest that deer can also pass prions in utero from doe to growing fawn.

Candace Mathiason and experts discuss how chronic wasting disease impacts cervid populations as well as new info on prion-related infectious agents.

For her national and international impact on interdisciplinary scholarship, Dr. Candace Mathiason received the 2023 CSU Interdisciplinary Scholarship Individual Award.

Candace Mathiason introduces the Living Healthy Podcast to the weird ways of prions and how they can be used as models for Alzheimer’s disease in humans.