Fellowship Benefits Ukrainian Researcher at Gluck Center

Limited funding prevented Tetiana Kuzmina, PhD, from completing her parasitology research in her native Ukraine. But after receiving the Albert and Lorraine Clay fellowship, the scientist was able to continue her research at the University of Kentucky’s (UK) Gluck Equine Research Center.

“The fellowship benefits both the Gluck Equine Research Center and the visiting scien

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Limited funding prevented Tetiana Kuzmina, PhD, from completing her parasitology research in her native Ukraine. But after receiving the Albert and Lorraine Clay fellowship, the scientist was able to continue her research at the University of Kentucky’s (UK) Gluck Equine Research Center.

“The fellowship benefits both the Gluck Equine Research Center and the visiting scientist,” said Gene Lyons, PhD, at the Gluck Center. “The fellowship brings in scientists and incorporates work and an interchange of knowledge.”

Kuzmina whose doctorate is in zoology and parasitology, spent October and November in Lyons’ laboratory at the Gluck Center. Using classical parasitological methods, she participated in Lyons’ study of horse parasites. She also studied molecular methods of analysis of worms from five different equids, including domestic horses, donkeys, wild Przewalski’s Horses, Turkmenian Kulans, and zebras, in the molecular laboratory of Daniel Howe, PhD.

“My goal was to find if there are any influences of different equids on their parasites,” Kuzmina said. “The results are not easy to obtain, because there are many complicated moments in molecular studies

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