PIBS News

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.

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.

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.

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.