Carol A . Fassbinder-Orth, PhD

Department

Biology

Position

Professor

Articles

• Journal of Apicultural Research
  Orth, A.J., E. H. Curran, E.J. Haas, A. C. Kraemer, A.M. Anderson, N. J. Mason, C. A. Fassbinder-Orth. 2021. Land use influences the composition and antimicrobial effects of propolis. Submitted to: Journal of Apicultural Research. 2021
• Integrative Organismal Biology
  Fassbinder-Orth, C.A., L. D. Igl, D. C. Hahn, K. M. Watts, T. E. Wilcoxen, and K. R. Ramos-Álvarez. 2019. Do life history traits influence patterns of maternal immune elements in New World blackbirds (Icteridae)? Integrative Organismal Biology. 1(1):oby011. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/oby011
  1 2019
• Integrative Organismal Biology
  Blob, R.W., M.A. Butler, C.G. Farmer, C.A. Fassbinder-Orth, L.P. Hernandez, I.T. Moore, U.K. Muller, R.A. Satterlie, S.H. Williams, and A.P. Summers. 2019. Integrative Organismal BiologyA Journal We Want and Need. Integrative Organismal Biology. https://doi:10.1093/iob/oby005.
  1 2019
• PLoS One
  Fassbinder-Orth, C., T. Killpack, D. Goto, E. Rainwater, V. Shearn-Bochsler. 2018. High costs of infection: Alphavirus infection reduces digestive function and bone and feather growth in nestling birds. Submitted to PLoS ONE 13(4): e0195467. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195467 
  13(4), p. e0195467 2018
• Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  Fassbinder-Orth, C., T. Wilcoxen, T. Tran, R. Boughton, J. Fair, E. Hofmeister, J. Grindstaff, and J. Owen. 2016. Immunoglobulin detection in wild birds: effectiveness of three secondary anti-avian IgY antibodies in direct ELISAs in 41 avian species. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 7:1174-1181.
  7, p. 1174-1181 2016
• Journal of Wildlife Diseases
  Hofmeister, E., R. Dusek, C. Fassbinder-Orth, B. Owen, and J.C. Franson. 2016. Susceptibility and antibody response of vesper sparrows (Pooecetes gramineus) to West Nile virus: A potential amplification host in sage-brush grassland habitat. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 52: 345-353.
  52, p. 345-353 2016
• Integrative and Comparative Biology
  Fassbinder-Orth, C. A. Methods for quantifying gene expression in ecoimmunology: from qPCR to RNA-Seq
  54, p. 396-406 2014
• Vector Borne & Zoonotic Diseases
  Fassbinder-Orth, Carol, Barak, Virginia A., Rainwater, Ellecia L., Altrichter, Ashley M. Buggy Creek Virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) Upregulates Expression of Pattern Recognition Receptors and Interferons in House Sparrows ( Passer domesticus)
  14, p. 439-446 2014
• Journal of Wildlife Management
  Meier, Samuel A., Fassbinder-Orth, Carol A., Karasov, William H. Ontogenetic changes in innate immune function in captive and wild subspecies of prairie-chickens ( Tympanuchus cupido spp.)
  77, p. 633-638 2013
• PLoS One
  Fassbinder-Orth, Carol A., Barak, Virginia A., Brown, Charles R. Immune Responses of a Native and an Invasive Bird to Buggy Creek Virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) and Its Arthropod Vector, the Swallow Bug (Oeciacus vicarius)
  8, p. e58045 2013
• Integrative and Comparative Biology
  Fassbinder-Orth, C., Barak, V., Brown, C. Avian Immune Responses to Alphavirus Infections
  52, p. E56-E56 2012
• Avian Diseases
  Fassbinder-Orth, Carol A., Hofmeister, Erik K., Weeks-Levy, Carolyn, Karasov, William H. Oral and Parenteral Immunization of Chickens (Gallus gallus) Against West Nile Virus with Recombinant Envelope Protein
  53, p. 502-509 2009

Editing and Reviews

• Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
  Fassbinder-Orth, C. The avian migrant: the biology of bird migration
  51, p. 867-867 2014
• Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
  Fassbinder-Orth, C. Penguins: natural history and conservation
  51, p. 296-296 2013

Presentations

• Fassbinder-Orth, C. Effects of Arbovirus Infections on Digestive Physiology, Growth, and Survival in Young Animals. Invited Symposium at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting, Austin, TX (January 3-7, 2020). 2020
• C. Fassbinder-Orth. Honey bees in peril: an investigation of colony collapse disorder and honey bee viral infection dynamics. Invited seminar at Kansas State University Division of Biological Sciences. (Oct. 21, 2019). 2019
• C. Fassbinder-Orth, S. Hughes, R. Sabotin, G. Push, and T. Tran. Honey bees in peril: The effects of a dicistrovirus infection on honey bee physiology, aging, and behavior. Oral presentation at the annual meeting for the American Society for Virology, Minneapolis, MN (July 20-24, 2019). 2019
• Rollman, T., T. Rowan, B. Ryan, and C. Fassbinder-Orth. Seasonal Population Dynamics of Swallow Bugs (Oeciacus vicarius) and their Endemic Alphavirus, Buggy Creek virus. Poster presentation at the annual meeting for the American Society for Virology, Minneapolis, MN (July 20-24, 2019). 2019
• Rollman, T., T. Rowan, B. Ryan, and C. Fassbinder-Orth. Buggy Creek virus Phenotype Dynamics in Swallow Bugs (Oeciacus vicarious). Poster presentation at the annual meeting for Missouri and Missouri Valley Branches of American Society of Microbiology Conference, Omaha, NE (March 15-16, 2019). 2019
• Fassbinder-Orth, C. S. Hughes, R. Sabotin, T. Tran, G. Push. Honey bees in peril: an investigation of honey bee viral infection dynamics. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Tampa, FL (January 3-7, 2019). 2019
• Hughes, S., and C. Fassbinder-Orth. Radio frequency identification as a tracking system: a study of honey bee behavior. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Tampa, FL (January 3-7, 2019) 2019
• Fassbinder-Orth, C., R. Sabotin, and T. Tran. Honey Bees in Peril: The use of cricket paralysis virus as a model honey bee virus system to study colony collapse disorder. Oral presentation at the Society for Invertebrate Pathology Meeting in Gold Coast, Australia (August 6-12, 2018). 2018
• Sabotin, R., T. Tran, and C. Fassbinder-Orth. Vitellogenin Expression in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera): How viral infections influence honey bee physiology. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA (January 3-7, 2018). 2018
• Fassbinder-Orth, C., and T. Tran. Honey Bee Viral Infections: Establishment of an Infection Model and Determination of the Effects of Varroa Mites on Viral Infection Severity. Poster presentation at the annual meeting for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, LA (January 3-7, 2017). 2017
• Fassbinder-Orth, C., T. Rowan . Exploring the dynamics of Buggy Creek virus, a unique alphavirus in an insect-avian enzootic cycle. Oral presentation at the American Society for Virology annual meeting, Blacksburg, VA, (June 18, 2016). 2016
• Klostermeyer, K, C. Hahn, and C. Fassbinder-Orth. Comparison of total immunoglobulins in the albumen of avian brood parasites and non-brood parasites. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Portland, OR. (January 3, 2016). 2016
• Fassbinder-Orth, C., J. Katz, N. Chapman, S. Tracy. Defective interfering particles in Buggy Creek virus, a unique alphavirus. Poster presentation at the American Society for Virology meeting, London, Ontario (July 11-15, 2015). 2015
• Using molecular techniques to measure immune responses and infectious disease dynamics in non-model species. C. Fassbinder-Orth. Invited Symposium at: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. 2014
• Lipid digestion and absorption are impaired during an alphavirus infection in nestling birds. D. Goto, E. Rainwater, and C. Fassbinder-Orth. Oral presentation at: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. 2014
• Effects of an arbovirus infection on nestling house sparrow digestive enzyme activity. M. Walek, B. Kawamoto, R. Shrestha, T. Tran, and C. Fassbinder-Orth. Poster presentation at: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. 2014
• Expanding our toolbox in avian ecological immunology: effectiveness of a new anti-passerine IgY detecting antibody in wild birds. T. Tran, R. Boughton, J. Fair, T. Wilcoxen, E. Hofmeister, and C. Fassbinder-Orth. Poster presentation at: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. 2014
• Effects of an arbovirus infection on avian digestive enzyme activity. B. Kawamoto, M. Walek, R. Shrestha, T. Tran, and C. Fassbinder-Orth. Poster presentation at the Nebraska Physiological Society meeting in Omaha, NE. 2013
• Alphavirus infection impairs growth and digestive function in nestling birds. D. Goto, E. Rainwater, T. Killpack, and C. Fassbinder-Orth. Invited oral presentation at the Nebraska Physiological Society meeting in Omaha, NE. 2013
• Immune responses of a native and an invasive bird to an alphavirus and its arthropod vector. C. Fassbinder-Orth, V. Barak, and C. Brown. Poster presentation at: the National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network in Ecoimmunology meeting. Berlin, Germany. 2013
• Avian Adaptive Immune Responses to Buggy Creek Virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) and its Arthropod Vector, the Swallow Bug (Oeciacus vicarius). V. Barak, C. Brown, C. Fassbinder-Orth. Oral presentation at: Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE. 2013
• Experimental inoculation of nestling houses sparrows (Passer domesticus) with Buggy Creek virus. E. Rainwater, C. Fassbinder-Orth. Oral presentation at: Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE. 2013
• Avian Adaptive Immune Responses to Buggy Creek Virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) and its Arthropod Vector, the Swallow Bug (Oeciacus vicarius). V. Barak, C. Brown, C. Fassbinder-Orth. Oral presentation at: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2013
• Experimental inoculation of nestling houses sparrows (Passer domesticus) with Buggy Creek virus. E. Rainwater, C. Fassbinder-Orth. Oral presentation at: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2013
• Alphavirus infection impairs growth and development of altricial nestling birds. M. Hiatt, Tess Killpack, W. Crouch, C. Fassbinder-Orth. Poster presentation at: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2013
• Avian Alphavirus Infections: Studying the Immune Response with Bead-Based Gene Expression Assays. C.A. Fassbinder-Orth, V. Barak, and C. Brown. Poster presented at the NSF Research Coordination Network in Ecoimmunology Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. 2012
• C. A. Fassbinder-Orth, V. Barak, and C. Brown. 2012. Avian Immune Responses to Alphavirus Infections. Oral presentation at: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC. 2012
• Ashley Altrichter and C. A. Fassbinder-Orth. 2011. Comparative avian immunogenetics: an exploration of antiviral genes in several wild bird species. Poster presented at: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. 2011

Other

• Effects of Buggy Creek Virus Infection on Avian Bone Development. C.A. Fassbinder-Orth, Mohammed Akhter, James Platz. Submitted to Creighton’s Dr. George F. Haddix President’s Faculty Research fund

• Avian Immune Responses to Ectoparasites and Alphaviruses. Submitted to Creighton College of Arts and Sciences Research Incentive Award

Awards

• Creighton Summer Faculty Research Fellowship
  Creighton Summer Faculty Research Fellowship ($4800 stipend)
  Creighton University