Oct. 9, 2023

Chris Lorson on fast track for spinal muscular atrophy drug

Curators’ Distinguished Professor Chris Lorson is forging a new path at the University of Missouri for drug development and clinical trials using a $4.3 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Blueprint for Neuroscience Research grant.

Sept. 21, 2023

$12 Million Grant Will Boost Workforce Development at MU’s Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research

NIH-funded grant will provide additional trainings and support to existing University of Missouri employees, as well as recruit new employees.

July 25, 2023

Longhorned Ticks Discovered in Boone County for First Time, MU Researchers Find

Researchers at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine have recently discovered invasive longhorned ticks in Boone County, Missouri, for the first time.

June 22, 2023

CVM Innovations in 2022

MU College of Veterinary Medicine researchers made discoveries and generated innovations in myriad areas in 2022 thanks in part to a unique combination of resources and disciplines at Missouri’s largest public research university.

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.