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SUMMARY:Viral ghosts and specimen hosts: pathogen detection in natural his
 tory museum collections - Maya Juman (Department of Veterinary Medicine)
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DESCRIPTION:Natural history collections are a valuable but largely untappe
 d resource for studying emerging infectious diseases across space\, time\,
  and host species. However\, the detection of viruses\, bacteria\, parasit
 es\, and fungi in museum specimens is highly contingent on collection\, pr
 eservation\, and storage practices. In this seminar\, I will discuss two c
 ase studies of retrospective viral discovery from my own research\, includ
 ing the detection of SARS-related coronaviruses and zoonotic poxviruses in
  archival bat and rodent tissues\, respectively. In doing so\, I will also
  explore the downstream implications of political and historical collectin
 g context for data retrieval from museum specimens.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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