CVMBS Postdoc Receives ‘Best Flash Talk’ Award At University-Wide Research Symposium
Dr. Lauren Stranahan, a College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) postdoctoral researcher (postdoc), was awarded the best flash talk during Texas A&M University’s fifth annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium on Sept. 22. During the event, held in celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, postdoctoral researchers from 28 departments across the university presented their research […]
Texas A&M Researchers Apply Free-Flight Training To Parrot Conservation
A training technique that has been practiced by parrot owners for decades is now being applied to establishing new bird flocks in the wild. While many parrot owners clip their birds’ wings to reduce their flight abilities, free-flight involves training an intact parrot to come when called, follow basic commands, recognize natural dangers, and otherwise […]
Texas A&M Canine Clinical Trial Reveals STING Agonist May Be Viable Treatment For Human Glioblastoma
Bryan-College Station, Aug. 25, 2021—A team of researchers at Texas A&M University, Northwestern University, and ImmunoGenesis have discovered a treatment for glioblastoma that has promising implications for the human version of the aggressive cancer form that grows in the brain. Published today in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, the […]
Texas A&M Professor Awarded Grant To Study Producer Needs For Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness
Dr. Molly Gonzales, an instructional assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VIBS), has received funding from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) to conduct a qualitative study of Iowa livestock producers to determine training needs on foreign animal disease […]
Texas A&M Superfund Trainee Receives National K.C. Donnelly Award
Alexandra Cordova, a Ph.D. student in the Texas A&M Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology (IFT) program, has been awarded a prestigious K.C. Donnelly Externship Award Supplement by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program (SRP). As one of 14 award recipients, Cordova received $10,000 to fund her research with Los Alamos National […]
Texas A&M Researchers Develop New Method For Improving Macaw Chick Survival
An overwhelmingly successful chick fostering experiment conducted by the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) The Macaw Society will greatly improve the number of scarlet macaw chicks that survive and fledge (fly away) from their nests each year. Dr. Gabriela Vigo-Trauco, a CVMBS postdoctoral research associate and co-director of The Macaw […]
Texas A&M Researchers Study Brain Cancer To Improve Treatments For People, Dogs
Dr. Beth Boudreau, an assistant professor of neurology, welcomes Patches’ family to the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) Small Animal Hospital (SAH). Patches, a sweet and playful dog, is visiting the SAH to be treated for a glioma, a form of cancer that grows in the brain and spinal cord. […]
CVMBS Professor Helps Develop WHO Tricycle Protocol To Monitor Antibiotic Resistance
Through an international, multi-institutional effort coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. H. Morgan Scott, a professor of veterinary pathobiology in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), helped develop the Tricycle protocol for global One Health surveillance of antimicrobial resistance. This surveillance method is based on estimating the prevalence […]
Calling All Canines: Companions Still Needed For Dog Aging Project Research, New Studies
There are almost 90 million dogs living in the United States. So when the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) and University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine launched the Dog Aging Project (DAP) in November 2019 seeking canine participants, the research team knew owners across the country would answer the […]
CVMBS Graduate Student Receives Fellowship To Study Genetic Drivers Of Breast Cancer In Norway
With a love for both computers and biology, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) graduate student Dr. Daniel Osorio has found the perfect fit to improve the study of cancer through his work in the field of computational biology. As a recipient of the 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Research Fellowship, Osorio […]
