Poxviruses could yield protein pathways for coronavirus vaccine
Dr. Amy MacNeill and her team are using the vaccinia virus – used as the very first vaccine, for smallpox – to make a vaccine that would protect against coronavirus.
Dr. Amy MacNeill and her team are using the vaccinia virus – used as the very first vaccine, for smallpox – to make a vaccine that would protect against coronavirus.
Rushika Perera was named an ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator. The national award recognizes outstanding young investigators in the infectious diseases field who are within ten years of their last training experience or at the Assistant Professor level.
"Building a World," a video produced by Ashley Manweiler for Women in Science, won the Shorty Audience Award. Millions of people participate in The Shortys to recognize individuals and organizations producing great content on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitch, TikTok, Snapchat, and the rest of the social web.
“I think the very clear message — and this isn’t specific to nursing homes — there are a lot of people out there who are infected or infectious and don’t know it,” said Greg Ebel, the CSU professor whose lab ran the tests.
LISTEN: Dr. Michael Lappin with CSU’s Veterinary Hospital discusses social distancing for pets.
The first building on the Spur campus will be 114,000 square feet and will focus on animal and human health. Named “Vida,” it will include an equine center, a clinic for companion animals in conjunction with the Dumb Friends League, and will educate CSU’s veterinary students.
From her vet school days volunteering at Colorado State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, through nearly two decades of work protecting animal health, and more than a year of interim leadership, Dr. Kristy Pabilonia has been named Director of Clinical Diagnostics for the Veterinary Health System.
Celebrate! Colorado State honors the teaching, research, and service contributions of faculty and staff. Eight people from the college received awards this year.
I’ll give you a current example – the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China. Foundational science asks: Where did this virus come from? How does it relate to the other viruses we already know about? Within weeks, the scientific community sequenced the entire genome of the novel strain and determined its relatedness to other coronaviruses.
We polled a cross-section of our graduating students about their hopes and dreams, and even though the coronavirus pandemic has changed commencement plans, their futures look bright!