Invasive Salmonoid Parasite

Collection Day

Suhaylah Ahmad Ali's research lies beyond the scope of the lab or classroom, studying the effect of the invasive salmonoid parasite through her research of freshwater zebra mussel. 


The zebra mussels samples are then screened using DNA extraction, qPCR, and Histopathology in a laboratory in East Lansing, Michigan. 


Suhaylah Ahmad Ali poses for a portrait while inspecting rock samples for invasive freshwater mussel to determine if they are a viable host and transmitter of the salmonid parasite along the shore of the Maumee River in Perrysburg, Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. 

Suhaylah Ahmad Ali collects samples of invasive freshwater mussel to determine if they are a viable host and transmitter of the salmonid parasite along the shore of the Maumee River in Perrysburg, Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. 

The freshwater mussels are an indicator that there could be a potential site of the parasite, in this photo you cans the parasite on the right hand side below the separated group of zebra mussels.

Suhaylah Ahmad Ali and Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Cahya K. Fusianto pose for a portrait following their zebra mussel collection on the shore off Lake Erie in Oak Harbor, Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.



In the Laboratory 

The zebra mussel samples are dissected and organized once back in the laboratory, ready to be homogenized to prepare them for DNA extraction. 

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