Parasitology Research and Teaching

in the laboratory of

John Janovy, Jr.

Varner Professor of Biological Sciences

University of Nebraska Lincoln

The Janovy lab is currently focusing on problems of parasite population and community structure, host specificity, life cycle evolution, and taxonomy. We work primarily with small fish and invertebrate hosts; the parasites are mainly apicomplexans, particularly septate gregarines, but we're also dealing with parasite communities of small fish. The research group typically includes undergraduates as well as graduates; most years there are 2-3 graduate students and 2-4 undergraduates doing research in my lab. Our field sites are in western Nebraska, near the Cedar Point Biological Station north of Ogallala, NE, in the Salt Valley watershed north and west of Lincoln, and in Cass County east of Lincoln.

The links below include not only research related items, but also some educational ones, including writing assignments for General Education learning outcomes (ones that have actually been used in large classes), parasitology seminar schedule, and a third-year parasitology course syllabus.

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