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CVMBS Professors Named EDGES Fellows For High-Impact Contributions
Drs. Gregory Johnson and William Murphy, both professors in the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VIBS) at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), have been named Chancellor Enhancing Development and Generating Excellence in Scholarship (EDGES) Fellows by The Texas A&M University System. Launched in 2019, EDGES Fellowships were developed with […]
Two VERO Faculty Hires Expand Texas A&M’s Veterinary Missions In Texas Panhandle
CANYON, Oct. 5, 2020 — The Veterinary Education, Research, & Outreach (VERO) program, a partnership between the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) and West Texas A&M University (WT), has hired two new faculty to bring their extensive experience in the field and in the classroom to the students, veterinarians, livestock […]
CVMBS Receives Fourth Consecutive HEED Award For Commitment To Diversity, Inclusion
From an integrated and inclusive curriculum to initiatives that make higher education accessible to students at all levels and training opportunities for faculty and staff, the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) commitment to celebrating diversity and inclusion is multifaceted. For the CVMBS’ efforts over the years, the college has been […]
VET Continues Playing Crucial Role In California Wildfire Relief
OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA, Oct. 1, 2020 – On most deployments of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET), the worst of the emergency situation has already passed and the role of the VET is to help with recovery efforts. That was the situation in California as the team arrived to Butte County, California, last weekend. Three […]
Veterinary Emergency Team, Agrilife Extension Deploy To California To Assist With Wildfire Relief
Nine members of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) and six agents from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be deploying to Butte County, California, on Saturday to help care for animals displaced by the ongoing wildfires. The VET deployed to the same area in December 2018 to provide oversight on sheltering, inventory […]
Research Provides Hope For Singing Dogs Considered To Be On Brink Of Extinction
A recent international study discovered that the New Guinea singing dog, a population thought to be extinct in the wild, shares nearly its entire genetic identity with the New Guinea highland dog, a rarely seen wild population in the island’s high-altitude, mountain regions. According to Dr. Brian Davis, a co-senior author of the study and […]
CVMBS Researcher Receives Award Supporting Novel Lyme Disease Diagnostic Test
Dr. Artem Rogovskyy, an assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), is a recipient of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s 2020 Emerging Leader Award for his interdisciplinary work in developing a rapid, highly sensitive, portable, cost-effective, and single sample-based Lyme disease (LD) diagnostic assay. LD is a tick-borne […]
Texas A&M Researcher Sheds Light On Genetic Mechanisms Of Sex Determination
An international team of researchers led by Leif Andersson, a professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), has been able to reconstruct the origins of the male sex chromosome in the Atlantic herring, determining that the male-specific region of this genetic storehouse contains only three genes: a sex-determining factor […]
Texas A&M Researchers Using Innovative Technology To Develop New Chemical Safety Testing Method
Rusyn and Chiu, professors in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VIBS), received nearly $800,000 for the study “Integrating tissue chips, rapid untargeted analytical methods and molecular modeling for toxicokinetic screening of chemicals, their metabolites and mixtures.” This three-year project aims to use biological, analytical, and modeling […]
Texas A&M Researchers Develop Uveitis Treatment From Turmeric
Researchers at Texas A&M University have produced a therapeutic derived from turmeric, a spice long-praised for its natural anti-inflammatory properties, that shows promise in decreasing ocular inflammation in dogs suffering from uveitis, an inflammation of the eye that leads to pain and reduced vision. Uveitis—a common condition in dogs, humans, and other species—can have many […]
