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World TB Day inspires students to join fight against tuberculosis
Danara Flores is a tuberculosis survivor and was the keynote speaker at Colorado State University’s annual celebration of World Tuberculosis Day, which promotes tuberculosis research by engaging high school students looking for a future in disease research.
CSU researchers discover new technique to test for viral infections
A team of researchers has developed technology that can detect small amounts of antibodies in a person's blood.
CSU researcher leads study that reports reduction in malaria in Burkina Faso
A team of international scientists led by Professor Brian Foy found that they were able to reduce cases of malaria in children in Burkina Faso by 20 percent, using a drug called ivermectin.
World TB Day: Microbiology labs open doors to area high school students
High school students can meet CSU researchers, clinicians, and public-health officials who work on TB in humans and natural animal hosts, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday, March 25.
5280 Magazine: Should Coloradans Be Worried About Tick-Borne Illnesses?
The deadliest tick-borne disease has Colorado roots. Powassan virus—which is fatal in 10 percent of cases and leaves half of its victims with brain damage—hasn’t been detected in a Coloradan. But scientists first isolated it from a tick found along the Cache la Poudre River in 1952, six years before the first known human case (in Ontario), says Powassan expert Dr. Gregory Ebel of Colorado State University.
Biological science grad credits MIP mentors
Sarah Lion is grateful for three people in particular: Liz Hysen, her academic counselor; and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar Erica Suchman and Marcela Henao-Tamayo, faculty members in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology. Henao-Tamayo employed Lion as a lab assistant, allowing Lion to continue working while completing her biology degree.
Outstanding microbiology grad Kirty Krieger: “The major chose me.”
Kirty Krieger says she decided to major in microbiology in the same way Harry Potter decided to become a wizard. “The major chose me,” Krieger says, after she tried on several other hats at Colorado State University.
Collegian: Fort Collins band Yail blends science, sadness, sass with first EP
“Most of the words I used in this project were science words, so a lot of the songs are about science.” -microbiology graduate student/musician Jackson Watkins
Daily Camera: CU Boulder researcher, area vet pursue gene therapy remedy with ailing dogs
Watkins has joined with veterinary chronic pain specialist Rob Landry, who owns the Colorado Center for Animal Pain Management in Westminster, to launch the IL-10 research study in dogs.