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![Kannan, Mathur](/sites/vetmed.umn.edu/files/2024-01/IMG_1916.jpg)
The VBS Department is saddened to announce the passing of VBS Professor Emeritus Mathur Kannan.
![Cox, Vic](/sites/vetmed.umn.edu/files/2023-11/Cox%2C%20Vic.jpg)
The VBS department is saddened to announce the death of VBS Professor Emeritus, Dr. Victor Cox.
Dawn Foster-Hartnett and Kent Reed attend an anti-bias anti-racism workshop at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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VBS faculty, staff, and trainees receive awards for excellence in the fields of research, teaching, and service.
![Two men standing in a laboratory facing the camera while another man stands in the background with a pipette](/sites/vetmed.umn.edu/files/2023-06/tick-grant-6771-800x533.jpeg)
Peter Larsen and Jonathan Oliver discuss their research using portable sequencing technology to identify tick-borne viruses in the field.
![A group of people standing in a line in front of a whiteboard](/sites/vetmed.umn.edu/files/2023-06/unnamed.jpg)
A MnDRIVE Mini Symposium was hosted in March 2023 to bring together individuals to discuss foodborne outbreaks of Salmonella.
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Dr. Chidiebere Onoh joins the laboratory of Dr. Roberta O'Connor through the Infectious Disease and One Health program (IDOH).
![3dprinteddeerbovinehead](/sites/vetmed.umn.edu/files/2023-03/3dprinteddeer_bovineheads.jpg)
Dr. Roxanne Larsen, Marc Schwabenlander, and the MNPRO team have developed 3D models of deer and bovine heads for testing and training.
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Dr. John Collister and his team investigate a cluster of nerves in the hypothalamus, which helps direct the body’s blood pressure.