Carol A . Fassbinder-Orth, PhD

Professor

Professor

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Contact

CarolFassbinder-Orth@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Biology
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HLSB - Hixson Lied Science Building - 523A

Carol A . Fassbinder-Orth, PhD

Professor

Professor

Carol Fassbinder-Orth received her BS from Iowa State University in Genetics in 2003 and her PhD in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008. Dr. Fassbinder-Orth has been a faculty member in the Biology Department at Creighton University in Omaha, NE since 2008. Her areas of teaching expertise include microbiology, disease ecology, and physiology. Her general research foci are ecoimmunology and disease ecology, with specific interests in honey bee disease dynamics.

Research Focus

Virology, Ecoimmunology, Zoonotic diseases

Department

Biology

Position

Professor

Books

  • Fassbinder-Orth Carol, Avian immune responses to feed restriction and West Nile virus 2008

Publications

  • PloS one
    Otesbelgue Alex, etal Hidden Markov model for acoustic pesticide exposure detection and hive identification in stingless bees
    20:6, p. e0325732 2025
  • PloS one
    Otesbelgue Alex, etal Hidden Markov model for acoustic pesticide exposure detection and hive identification in stingless bees Hidden Markov model for acoustic pesticide exposure detection and hive identification in stingless bees
    20:6 2025
  • Journal of insect science (Tucson, Ariz.)
    Tokach Rogan, etal Honey bee colony behavior and ontogeny are adversely affected when exposed to a pesticide-contaminated environment
    24:3 2024
  • Insects (Basel, Switzerland)
    Anderson Audrey, etal Resilin Distribution and Abundance in Apis mellifera across Biological Age Classes and Castes
    14:9, p. 764 2023
  • Insects
    Orth Amara J., etal Land Use Influences the Composition and Antimicrobial Effects of Propolis
    13:3 2022
  • Integrative Organismal Biology
    Fassbinder-Orth C. A., etal Do life history traits influence patterns of maternal immune elements in new world blackbirds (Icteridae)?
    1:1, p. 1 - 12 2019
  • Integrative Organismal Biology
    Summers A. P., etal Integrative organismal biology - A journal we want and need
    1:1, p. 1 - 3 2019
  • PloS one
    Fassbinder-Orth Carol A., etal High costs of infection
    13:4 2018
  • Methods in ecology and evolution
    Fassbinder-Orth Carol A, etal Immunoglobulin detection in wild birds: effectiveness of three secondary anti-avian IgY antibodies in direct ELISAs in 41 avian species
    7:10, p. 1174 - 1181 2016
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
    Fassbinder-Orth Carol A., etal Immunoglobulin detection in wild birds
    7:10, p. 1174 - 1181 2016
  • Journal of avian medicine and surgery
    Hofmeister E.K, etal J Wildl Dis.: Susceptibility and antibody response of vesper sparrows to West Nile virus: a potential amplification host in sagebrush-grassland habitat
    30:3, p. 305 2016
  • Journal of Wildlife Diseases
    Hofmeister Erik K., etal Susceptibility and antibody response of vesper sparrows (Pooecetes gramineus) to west nile virus
    52:2, p. 345 - 353 2016
  • Integrative and Comparative Biology
    Fassbinder-Orth Carol A., Methods for quantifying gene expression in ecoimmunology: from qPCR to RNA-Seq
    54:3, p. 396 - 406 2014
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
    Fassbinder-Orth Carol A., etal Buggy creek virus (Togaviridae
    14:6, p. 439 - 446 2014
  • Fassbinder-Orth Carol A., The avian migrant: the biology of bird migration 2014
  • Fassbinder-Orth Carol A., Penguins: natural history and conservation 2013
  • Journal of Wildlife Management
    Meier Samuel A., etal Ontogenetic changes in innate immune function in captive and wild subspecies of prairie-chickens ( Tympanuchus cupido spp.)
    77:3, p. 633 - 638 2013
  • PLoS One
    Fassbinder-Orth Carol A., etal Immune Responses of a Native and an Invasive Bird to Buggy Creek Virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) and Its Arthropod Vector, the Swallow Bug (Oeciacus vicarius)
    8:2, p. (7 pages) 2013
  • Integrative and Comparative Biology
    Fassbinder-Orth Carol A., etal Avian Immune Responses to Alphavirus Infections
    52, p. E56 - E56 2012
  • Avian Diseases
    Fassbinder-Orth Carol A., etal Oral and Parenteral Immunization of Chickens (Gallus gallus) Against West Nile Virus with Recombinant Envelope Protein
    53:4, p. 502 - 509 2009
  • Nebraska Academy of Sciences, PO Box 880410 Lincoln NE 68588-0410 United States. [np]. Apr 2009
    Hurley Charles, etal DEVELOPMENT OF PHAGOCYTOSIS ASSAYS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AVIAN WEST NILE VIRUS SUSCEPTIBILITY 2009
  • Nebraska Academy of Sciences, PO Box 880410 Lincoln NE 68588-0410 United States. [np]. Apr 2009
    Fassbinder-Orth Carol, etal AVIAN IMMUNE RESPONSES TO WEST NILE VIRUS 2009
  • Poultry Science
    Fassbinder-Orth C. A., etal Effects of feed restriction and realimentation on digestive and immune function in the leghorn chick
    85:8, p. 1449 - 1456 2006
  • Integrative and comparative biology
    Fassbinder-Orth C.A, etal ARE GUT IMMUNE AND DIGESTIVE FUNCTIONS REGULATED INDEPENDENTLY?
    45:6, p. 1130 - 2005
  • American Bee Journal
    Fassbinder-Orth Carol, etal A study of chalkbrood susceptibility in Russian and domestic honey bees
    145:8, p. 669 - 671 2005
  • Journal of Apicultural Research
    Fassbinder Carol, etal Monoterpenoids as possible control agents for Varroa destructor
    41:3-4, p. 83 - 88 2002

Grants

  • Collaborative Research: EAGER: Establishing Immortalized Cell Lines from the European Honey Bee, Apis Mellifera/Sponsor: National Science Foundation/NSF

  • A Longitudinal Study of Honey Bee Health and Decline/Sponsor: CURAS Magis Investigatio Research Award/MIRA

  • Can Declining Honey Bee Colonies be Saved? Exploring the Use of Vibroacoustics to Predict Colony Decline and the Use of Supplements to Prevent Decline/Sponsor: CURAS Summer Faculty Research Fellowship