Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in understanding interactions between zoonotic and wildlife pathogens, microbiome, and environmental stressors in Alaska (AK) seabirds, which will: 1) use shotgun metatranscriptomic and other omics analyses to evaluate the interactions among all members of seabird microbiota from multiple domains (prokaryotes, eukaryotes, viruses) with zoonotic/wildlife pathogens, and 2) conduct field-based and laboratory comparative studies addressing effects of environmental factors on seabird physiology, immune system, and health.

This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of The Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Program.

FAITH GRAVES fgraves@usgs.gov