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DVM student Esther Lam awarded inaugural AAVMC leadership scholarship

The $20,000 scholarship is part of Lam's acceptance into the Chewy Veterinary Leaders Program.

Gallery: 2024 White Coat Ceremony

Third-year DVM students take the next step in their veterinary school journey at the annual White Coat Ceremony.

Natalia Gozak (right) is among Ukraine's wildlife rehabilitators continuing her work of helping animals as war devastates the country.

On the front lines of animal welfare

Wildlife rehabilitation guide funded by Minnesota-based Partners for Wildlife initiative translated and finding use in Ukraine

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Newly funded: Exploring new treatments for COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, ignites an immune response to infection, which results in severe lung inflammation.

Newly funded: Striving for a new COVID-19 vaccine

Social distancing can help deter some of COVID-19’s spread, but the development of a vaccine is the only surefire way to combat this devastating disease.

Newly funded: Preventing SARS-CoV-2 from replicating

The COVID-19 outbreak has crystallized the urgent need for therapeutics to better prevent transmission in human populations.

Newly funded: A closer look at SARS-CoV-2’s genome

Using both commercial reference material and potential clinical samples from the University of Minnesota Medical School, Lions Gift of Sight, and Veterinary Medical Center, a team of researchers led by Declan Schroeder, PhD, will convert a targeted next-generation sequencing approach (that was developed in-house) to sequence SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Newly funded: Accurate, accessible COVID-19 testing

The ability to detect antibodies against a SARS-CoV-2 infection presents a tremendous opportunity for the development of a COVID-19 diagnostic test.

Newly funded: Managing the body’s immune response to limit SARS-CoV-2 infection

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses its spike protein to recognize the receptor ACE2 on human lung cells, attaching the virus to the cells.

A view of a lake in Grand Portage, Minnesota

Researchers measure contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic systems

A team of researchers recently set out to measure the presence of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) — chemicals that are materializing in our environment and were previously unknown, unrecognized, or unregulated — in areas where the Grand Portage Band fishes for subsistence.

Research roundup: Could analyzing emerging strains of Salmonella help prevent future outbreaks?

A large U.S. multistate Salmonella outbreak in 2018–19 was linked to eating undercooked turkey.

Research roundup: Does goat grazing effectively remove buckthorn and other invasive species?

Goat grazing as a means for removing invasive species has become an increasingly popular practice among Midwestern landowners. But can grazing goats spread seeds of invasive species through their feces?

A coronavirus is depicted in a 3D colorful image. The virus is orange and green against a blue background.

UMN researchers advance on tackling the novel coronavirus

Researchers from the University of Minnesota, led by Professor Fang Li, PhD, in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (VBS) at the College of Veterinary Medicine, recently broke new ground in understanding how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, binds to its human receptor.