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Picking Awarded $3.8 Million Grant by NIAID

March 3, 2023

Picking Awarded $3.8 Million Grant by NIAID

Wendy Picking, PhD, a professor of veterinary pathobiology at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine and a recent Mizzou Forward hire, recently secured a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The grant will fund development of a vaccine to prevent colonization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a hospital-acquired infection that occurs after intubation or catheterization.
Expertise, Collegiality Earn Tommy Thompson Dean’s Impact Award

Dec. 20, 2022

Expertise, Collegiality Earn Tommy Thompson Dean’s Impact Award

Tommy Thompson, business manager in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Biomedical Sciences, is the recipient of a 2022 Dean’s Impact Award. CVM Dean Carolyn Henry, DVM, MS, surprised Thompson with the awards during the college’s winter breakfast Tuesday, Dec. 20.
Researcher, animal-lover and academic dynamo Katherine Meiser completes the first step of her dual-degree dream.

Dec. 12, 2022

Doubling Her Efforts

Katherine Meiser earned her undergraduate degree at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the nation’s preeminent school for the deaf. So, as she recounts her scholastic journey to the University of Missouri and graduate school, her hands tell the story via American Sign Language with graceful clarity.
SEC Emerging Scholars Program Helps Guide Career Options for Biomedical Sciences Fellow

Nov. 28, 2022

SEC Emerging Scholars Program Helps Guide Career Options for Biomedical Sciences Fellow

Rowena Woode, DVM, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Biomedical Sciences and a 2016 graduate of the CVM, recently participated in the Southeastern Conference Emerging Scholars Career Preparation Workshop in Columbia.
Monkeypox Mutations Cause Virus to Spread Rapidly, Evade Drugs and Vaccines, MU Study Finds

Nov. 4, 2022

Monkeypox Mutations Cause Virus to Spread Rapidly, Evade Drugs and Vaccines, MU Study Finds

Monkeypox has infected more than 77,000 people in more than 100 countries worldwide, and — similar to COVID-19 — mutations have enabled the virus to grow stronger and smarter, evading antiviral drugs and vaccines in its mission to infect more people.
$1.5 Million Gift Supports Canine Genetics Lab at MU

Nov. 3, 2022

$1.5 Million Gift Supports Canine Genetics Lab at MU

Today, the University of Missouri announced a $1.5 million gift from the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA). The gift will help fund a new director of the Canine Molecular Genetics Laboratory in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, which works on finding causes of genetic diseases in dogs.
Longhorned Tick Discovered in Northern Missouri for First Time, MU Researchers Find

Sep. 23, 2022

Longhorned Tick Discovered in Northern Missouri for First Time, MU Researchers Find

The Longhorned tick causes the loss of millions of dollars in agricultural revenue to cattle producers worldwide, and it is now in northern Missouri.