{"id":107,"date":"2015-02-12T18:40:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T18:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:12:51","slug":"collaborations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/collaborations\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/Chuck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-241\" src=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/Chuck-e1435858983636-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck\" width=\"225\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/Chuck-e1435858983636-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/Chuck-e1435858983636-828x1024.jpg 828w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/Chuck-e1435858983636.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"mailto:ilovethesea@att.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Blend, PhD.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Corpus Christi, Texas<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Blend&#8217;s primary interest is in deep sea parasitology. Specifically, the taxonomy, morphology, evolution, ecology and zoogeography of helminths infecting a wide variety of deep water organisms in general, and parasitizing fish in particular.\u00a0However,\u00a0his publication history also includes a variety of\u00a0freshwater and terrestrial non-fish projects.\u00a0He currently works on many collaborative deep sea projects around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/DrCraigPhotoFromBiography-e1435861398985.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-242\" src=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/DrCraigPhotoFromBiography-e1435861398985.jpg\" alt=\"DrCraigPhotoFromBiography\" width=\"224\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/vetmed.tamu.edu\/vtpb\/directorydetail?userid=2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas M. Craig, DVM, PhD, DACVM.<\/a> <\/strong>Texas A&amp;M University<\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Craig specializes in transmission patterns and disease control\u00a0of eukaryotic and prokaryotic endoparasites in grazing animals. He has also worked on the diagnosis and treatment of arthropod-borne diseases\u00a0as well as\u00a0the evaluation of antihelminthic drugs in both laboratory and field conditions. He\u00a0is\u00a0director\u00a0of the <a href=\"http:\/\/vetmed.tamu.edu\/vtpb\/core-facilities\/histopathology-laboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinical Parasitology Laboratory<\/a>, which services the <a href=\"http:\/\/tvmdl.tamu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/vethospital.tamu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TAMU Veterinary Teaching Hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_1545.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-243\" src=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_1545-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1545\" width=\"225\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_1545-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_1545.jpg 643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"mailto:yasser.karar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yasser Farhat Mahmoud Karar, MS Student.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 South Valley University, Qena, Egypt<\/h4>\n<p>Mr. Karar is a current Master&#8217;s Student at South Valley University in their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.svu.edu.eg\/faculties\/science\/departments\/zool\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoology Department<\/a>. He is specifically interested in parasites of coral reef fishes, but is broadly trained in parasite immunology, biochemistry, genetics and taxonomy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.svu.edu.eg\/arabic\/links\/camps\/qena\/science\/departments\/zoology\/cv2\/\u064a\u0627\u0633\u0631%20\u0641\u0631\u062d\u0627\u062a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to\u00a0view his CV.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Blend, PhD.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Corpus Christi, Texas\u00a0 Dr. Blend&#8217;s primary interest is in deep sea parasitology. Specifically, the taxonomy, morphology, evolution, ecology and zoogeography of helminths infecting a wide variety of deep water organisms in general, and parasitizing fish in particular.\u00a0However,\u00a0his publication history also includes a variety of\u00a0freshwater and terrestrial non-fish projects.\u00a0He currently works on many collaborative deep sea projects around the world. &nbsp; Thomas M. Craig, DVM, PhD, DACVM. Texas A&amp;M University Dr. Craig specializes in transmission patterns and disease control\u00a0of eukaryotic and prokaryotic endoparasites in grazing animals&#8230;. <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/collaborations\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1126,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Collaborations - Laboratory of Parasitology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/parasitology\/collaborations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Collaborations - Laboratory of Parasitology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chuck Blend, PhD.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Corpus Christi, Texas\u00a0 Dr. Blend&#8217;s primary interest is in deep sea parasitology. 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