Claudia Gentry-Weeks, associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, will be cloning genes that code for antimicrobial peptides and isolating bacteriophages from fish farms, in collaboration with the Universidad de Murcia.
“We know the benefits of green space in reducing premature mortality,” said David Rojas-Rueda, an epidemiology professor at Colorado State University who has studied the health benefits of vegetation but was not involved in the latest paper. “This study explains how this could happen by describing how green spaces can modify how genes are expressed.”
Dr. Douglas Thamm, Professor of Oncology at Colorado State University, has won the Alan Kelly International Award category of the 2023 International Canine Health Awards, in recognition of his work improving the standard of care for canine patients suffering from cancer and applying many of his findings to benefit human patients.
VIDEO: In 2015 researchers at Colorado State University, in conjunction with the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County, released a small herd of bison onto the 2,700-acre Soapstone Prairie north of Fort Collins. The herd originally included just 10 bison, but thanks to advanced assisted reproductive technologies at CSU, the herd has grown significantly and has been kept as close to genetically pure as possible and free of brucellosis.
Hear from leading experts at CSU, the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Parks Service about how chronic wasting disease impacts cervid populations around the globe, and what we've learned about prion-related infectious agents
In the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, CURE labs immerse students in hands-on, relevant research and learning lab skills needed to pursue their own professional paths in science.
“The amount of water and energy used by a research lab is astronomical,” said Rebecca Staudenmaier, lab manager and research associate with the Dobos Lab. “If we can be sustainable, it lowers costs, it can leverage grants, and it’s just the right thing to do. The support of the University makes it easier.”
Veterinary neurologist Stephanie McGrath at Colorado State University performs MRI scans on participants in the Dog Aging Project, looking for features that may connect brain shrinkage and other physical changes to dementia in older dogs. Most exciting, she says, is that her work suggests MRI might one day be used as an early detection tool.
These studies indicate influenza D is likely what's called an emerging virus. It's jumping into people who work with animals, such as dairy farmers, but it's not likely spreading much beyond that. Study authors include Stephen Reynolds, Josh Schaeffer, and James Seidel of the High Plains Center for Agricultural Health and Safety.
NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins will deliver a public keynote and Q&A at the Translational Medicine Institute on April 12.