Researchers will investigate how equine muscle cells regulate calcium movement, and examine its role in equine muscle diseases.

Researchers will evaluate the ability of a unique population of cells called interzone cells to produce new cartilage in horses with joint damage.

Researchers will investigate genetic risk factors for equine recurrent uveitis, a common eye condition and leading cause of blindness in horses.

Researchers will investigate how to improve diagnosis and treatment of equine insect bite hypersensitivity, one of the most common allergic skin diseases in horses.

Researchers will investigate a new treatment strategy against antibiotic-resistant foal pneumonia.

Researchers will study biomechanical forces in different horse gaits as well as genetic risk factors associated with the development of osteochondrosis (OC) in Standardbred horses, a breed with high prevalence of OC lesions.

Researchers will search for candidate genes associated with equine metabolic syndrome in five horse breeds – Arabian, Morgan, quarter horse, Tennessee walking horse, and Welsh pony.

Researchers will investigate how the bacterium Burkholderia mallei which causes glanders, an infectious disease in horses, regulates immune response to persist ininfected animals.

Researchers will explore new techniques to generate stem cells that are more immunologically compatible and less likely to be rejected by the horse's immune system.

Researchers will develop a cryopreservation technique to preserve airway tissue from horses that die of natural diseases with the goal of creating a tissue bank for studying respiratory diseases in horses.