Faculty Candidate Research Seminar - Joshua Lyte, PhD

Joshua Lyte, PhD

Title: Reframing Poultry Stress Neurophysiology: Why the Bidirectional Axes of Host-Microbiome Interaction Matter for a One Health Approach to Production

Synopsis: Addressing the major health risk that pre-harvest stress presents for poultry necessitates an interdisciplinary One Health approach. The interface of host neurophysiology and the microbiome provides for such an approach through the elucidation of mechanisms common to bird health and disease, human food safety and antimicrobial resistance in the environment. This seminar will present a translational research program that leverages the host-microbiome interface for a One Health approach to challenges faced in poultry production.

Candidate Bio: Joshua Lyte, PhD, received his doctorate in 2016 from Iowa State University, followed by a U.S. Air Force-funded postdoctoral position at the internationally renowned Microbiome Institute at University College Cork in Ireland. He is currently a poultry scientist with the USDA-ARS Poultry Production and Product Safety Unit in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His interdisciplinary research program focuses on the interface of the avian microbiome with the host neurophysiological system, especially during periods of stress. The overall aim of his research is to identify mechanisms to augment bird health and disease resistance, improve the food safety of poultry products and reduce poultry-driven impacts on environmental antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. His work includes ducks, chickens, turkeys and quail to identify mechanistic bases of how host-microbiome interactions can be effectively applied across poultry species.

For access to the Zoom link, email Marion Welsh at welsh@purdue.edu.