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Larry Johnson Appointed Executive Director of Sigma Xi
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Dr. Larry Johnson, professor of veterinary integrative biosciences at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Texas A&M Chapter of Sigma Xi. Dr. Johnson began his membership with Sigma Xi while he was a faculty member at the University […]
Rakestraw Named to TVMA Board of Directors
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Dr. Peter Rakestraw, clinical professor at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, has been named to the 2010-2011 Board of Directors of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA). The Board of Directors serves as the legislative arm of TVMA. All board members are volunteer leaders chosen each […]
CVM at Houston Cat Show
On January 9th and 10th the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston Texas hosted the Houston Cat Club’s 58th Annual Charity Cat Show. Dr. John August, along with student members of the Texas A&M University Student Chapter of the American Association of Feline Practitioners, proudly participated in the event. “The Houston Cat Club Annual […]
A&M CVM Researcher Publishes in Nature Reviews Microbiology
Farm animals are more than a means of livelihood: They can serve as models for understanding how infectious diseases are transmitted in human populations. This novel idea was presented in a paper published last month in the journal Nature Reviews Microbiology. Dr. Renata Ivanek, assistant professor of epidemiology at the Texas A&M University College of […]
Scroggs Named Chief of Staff
COLLEGE STATION, TX – John Scroggs, a long-time staff member at Texas A&M University and a native of Corpus Christi has assumed the position of Chief of Staff at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Scroggs to this important position on the […]
Texas A&M’s Bazer Receives Honorary Degree
Dr. Fuller Bazer, interim head of the veterinary pathobiology department of the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Florida, the institution where he began his illustrious research and teaching career. Bazer received this honorary PhD at the fall […]
Sigma Xi Honors Phillips
On November 13, 2009, Dr. Timothy Phillips of the Texas A&M University (TAMU) College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, had the distinct honor of delivering the Walston Chubb Award Lecture at international research society Sigma Xi’s annual meeting at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel. Phillips was invited to deliver the lecture as the recipient […]
Texas A&M and Georgia Collaborate for Good
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 […]
Dr. Barbara Gastel to receive McGovern Science and Society Award
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. McGovern (1921-2007), […]
Altering the architecture of malignant cells may slow spread of cancer
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 […]
