Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Evolutionary roulette

Two E. coli strains have achieved dominance—and we should worry.
VBS Prion Team Proposes to Develop Rapid Testing Device for CWD in Deer

Follow the journey of VBS faculty members Pam Skinner and Peter Larsen through the State Legislature as they discuss solutions to Chronic Wasting Disease.
Heading back to school with Dr. Christina Clarkson

Highlights of the career of Associate Professor, Christina Clarkson, who is a CVM leader of graduate and undergraduate level anatomy teaching.

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News

Highlights from CVM's Annual Points of Pride Research Day

October 22, 2019

Honoring VBS award winners from the CVM's annual Points of Pride Research Day.

Presidential inaugural activities

October 11, 2019

VBS Assistant Professor Peter Larsen demonstrated the miniature components of his mobile lab equipment to Joan T.A. Gabel, 17th president of the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Tim Johnson Talks about Antibiotic Resistance at One Health summit

October 10, 2019

VBS Associate Professor Tim Johnson presented the keynote address at the Michigan One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Summit.

VBS Professors give presentations at Gordon Lawson Symposium in Scotland

October 9, 2019

VBS Professors, Connie Gebhart and Richard Isaacson present at Gordon Lawson Memorial Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland.

New $1+ million grant helps researchers address important avian diseases

October 1, 2019

University of Minnesota scientists are collaborating with The Pirbright Institute and the University of Oxford on a US-UK initative to look at how immunosuppression influences influenza A virus transmission and evolution in wild and domestic birds.