CSU researchers make first-ever discovery of Zika virus RNA in free-ranging African bats
Detection of nucleic acid in bats in the wild indicates that they are naturally infected or exposed through the bite of infected mosquitoes.
Detection of nucleic acid in bats in the wild indicates that they are naturally infected or exposed through the bite of infected mosquitoes.
A chat with Dr. Rushika Perera, an associate professor of virology and the chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Alex Bailey, a member of the College’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and a third-year student in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program.
An update on college construction projects
VIDEO: Instead of playing catch up, these researchers are already thinking about the threat of future pandemics. Their goal? To find a pan-coronavirus vaccine. (Gregg Dean, Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Ray Goodrich)
Anna Fagre: "It’s always concerning when you find a pathogen in wildlife that can make both the animals and people sick. It becomes a risk for wildlife conservation and public health."
Bringing together talented scientists in one state-of-the-art space is the first step, in a new era of emerging and vector-borne infectious disease research at Colorado State University.
Kading said she hopes people will find her music to be peaceful and relaxing.
8:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3: Brian Foy, PhD, and Tony Schountz, PhD, Professors in the CSU Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology at Colorado State University will discuss the science behind animal-to-human transmission and how COVID-19 has played out thus far, followed by a live Q&A session.
Volunteers in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology sewed over 1,000 face masks for employees to wear at work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“What we saw is within facilities a lot of the same sequence, whereas within different facilities, they had a different sequence. It does look like, with the data we have so far, that they really are clustering within the same facility.” -Nicole Sexton, Ebel Lab postdoctoral fellow