Dr. Kathleen Hunt from George Mason University presents Beyond Blood with the Great Whale: Deciphering the stories of individual whales via endocrine analysis of alternative sample types.
This Webinar from Arbor Assays and Clinisciences discusses various alternative sample types and how Arbor Assays' kits were able to support her research efforts.
Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
1:10 - Dr Hunt Begins - Individual Stress Affects Population
3:34 - Shifting Research to Whales
4:39 - Sample Types Other Than Blood
7:46 - Whale Fecal Sampling
16:35 - Whale Baleen
17:57 - Keratin Tissues
23:03 - What is the Timeline?
28:40 - Biological Validations
44:00 - Methods for Keratin Tissues
45:02 - Assay Use
45:52 - Patterns in Other Species
48:40 - Long-term Stability of Hormones in Keratin Tissues
50:13 - Closing Summary
51:34 - Take-Home Points
52:46 - Thank you to Partners
53:28 - Questions
