Tissue Collection of Bats for -Omics Analyses and Primary Cell CultureLaurel R. Yohe *1,2, Paolo Devanna *3, Kalina T.J. Davies 4, Joshua H.T. Potter 4, Stephen J. Rossiter 4, Emma C. Teeling 5, Sonja C. Vernes *3,6, Liliana M. Dávalos *2,7
1Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 2Department of Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University, 3Neurogenetics of Vocal Communication, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, 4School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, 5School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, 6Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, 7Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Environmental Research, Stony Brook University
This is a protocol for the optimal tissue preparation for genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses of bats caught in the wild. It includes protocols for bat capture and dissection, tissue preservation, and cell culturing of bat tissue.