December 22, 2009
On December 28, 2009 the fightin' Texas Aggie football team will
face the University of Georgia in a fierce competition at the
annual Independence Bowl. However, off the playing field, the
universities have collaborated as one team in an effort to save
animal lives.
This past October, Dr. David Nelson, chief of emergency and
critical care services at Texas A&a... (Read More)
December 17, 2009
Dr. Barbara Gastel, professor in the Veterinary Integrative
Biosciences department at the Texas A&M University College of
Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, has been selected as
the recipient of the 2010 John P. McGovern Science and Society
Award.
Instituted by the international research society Sigma Xi, the
award is named after John P. McGove... (Read More)
December 15, 2009
COLLEGE STATION, TX - Dr. William J. Murphy,
associate professor in the Department of Veterinary Integrative
Biosciences of the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary
Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, is this year's recipient of the
JoAnn Treat Research Excellence Award.
Established by The Board of Trustees of the Texas A&M
Research Foundation, t... (Read More)
December 15, 2009
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Cancer may spread throughout the human
body when malignant cells travel in the blood stream. But it may be
possible to slow or even stop those cells from spreading by
altering their structure, according to a recent investigation led
by a Texas A&M University researcher.
The team - assembled by Gonzalo Rivera, an assistant professor
... (Read More)
November 24, 2009
COLLEGE STATION, TX - Texas A&M University
was proud to welcome Gene and Chris to campus on Tuesday, November
24th. Gene and Chris are not the typical guests that would be
welcomed to campus; they are beautiful female elephants that eat
roughly 200 pounds a day. They spent the morning happily eating hay
and bamboo at Spence Park as part of the Elephant Walk t... (Read More)
November 20, 2009
COLLEGE STATION, TX - A collaborative study in
which Dr. Jianrong Li of the Texas A&M University College of
Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) was one of the
contributing authors has made the cover of this month's issue of
the prestigious scientific journal Nature Neuroscience.
The study's main finding is the identification of a protein
ca... (Read More)