Sarah Hamer and her team are studying kissing bugs taking an ecological approach to characterize disease transmission cycles. By Megan Palsa, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Stumbling across an unidentified large black bug in your house may make you feel panicked or even curious. Should you…
Mya Morales, Texas A&M student, tests water in the bay. By Megan Palsa, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Texas A&M Superfund Research Center scientists from across campus will conduct four environmental research projects funded by a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institute…
Texas A&M veterinarian Dr. Alice Blue-McLendon cares for Leva, an 8-week-old fawn that was saved when its mother died during birth. (Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences) By Megan Palsa, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences A young Texas fawn…
Erin Wilkens decontaminates flood victims. By Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Staff Early June 2016 brought devastating floods and tornadoes to southeast Texas. In emergency situations such as these, it is important to have safe and efficient evacuation plans prepared for our communities, including our family…
Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles By Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Staff Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles, an associate professor and the Dr. Fred A. and Vola N. Palmer Chair in Comparative Oncology in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Small Animal Clinical Sciences Department,…
Dr. Jonathan Levine. By Megan Palsa, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science Texas A&M University and University of Texas at Austin researchers have discovered that in dogs with naturally occurring spinal cord injury, a drug that blocks matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) allows the bladder to stretch…
From left: Wendy McNair (interpreter), Jessica Israel, Dr. Cristine Heaps, Amanda Rose (interpreter). By Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Staff Jessica Israel, a graduate student pursuing a non-thesis master’s in biomedical sciences at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM),…
Clarissa Root, a third-year veterinary student, at Vet Camp. By Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Staff At the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), education goes beyond just teaching students how to be veterinarians. Through the Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health…
The Veterinary & Biomedical Education Complex. By Kerrie DeMarco, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and Megan Palsa, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Established in May 2016 within Texas A&M AgriLife Research, the Center for Global Health & Innovation is establishing collaborative activities between the Texas A&M University System and…
Manuel Elkin Patarroyo. (Vanguardia.com photo) By Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications Staff Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, M.D., Ph.D, a distinguished physician-scientist recognized as the creator of the first synthetic vaccine against malaria, will give two presentations open to all students, faculty and staff April 27-28. Patarroyo, a professor of molecular…
