03-03-08

CVM This Week is a weekly newsletter for faculty, staff, and students of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Please submit news and calendar items to Sue Kirchoff, editor, at kirch004@umn.edu before noon Friday. To view CVM This Week as a Web page and access back issues, go to      www.cvm.umn.edu/newsandevents/publications/cvmthisweek.

In this issue

• College news
• Modiano's research discovers genetic cancer link between humans and dogs
• Staff and students turn out for Support the U Day
• A friendly reminder from the Collegiate Pet Committee
• Three finalists selected for director of Institute on the Environment
• Calendar
• In the media
• Will Hueston quoted in Wall Street Journal
• Faculty and staff news
• Welcome to the College
• Student news
• Hyeun Bum Kim successfully defends master's degree
• Research news
• Clinical Investigation Center news
• Clinical trial seeks healthy dogs for dermatology study
• Needs a home
• Maddie, a spayed female Shih Tzu-schnauzer mix
• Links

College news (top)

Jaime Modiano

Modiano's research discovers genetic cancer link between humans and dogs Research conducted by Dr. Jaime Modiano has found that humans and dogs share more than friendship and companionship -- they also share the same genetic basis for certain types of cancer. Furthermore, the research suggests that because of the way the genomes have evolved, getting cancer may be inevitable for some humans and dogs. See the news release.

Staff and students rally for Support the U Day
Freshman veterinary students Andrew Bean, Anna Michael, Andrea Astudillo, Kaite Zewers, and Jessie Radtke, accompanied by Ian Rubinoff, president of the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association, and Jan Williams, government relations, joined hundreds of other students, faculty, and staff from all campuses for a rally in support of the University's capital bonding at the state capitol on February 20. The CVM team contacted Representatives Margret Anderson Kellihor, Paul Thissen, Mindy Greiling, and Ronald Shimanski and Senators Ellen Anderson, Dan Larson, and John Marty; Topics of discussion included the rising cost of tuition, the need for a veterinary student loan forgiveness program in Minnesota, and the issue of breed-specific ban legislation. Photo by Patrick O'Leary

A friendly reminder from the Collegiate Pet Committee
The Collegiate Pet Committee has noticed that the area between the Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine building and the Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center has considerable animal waste building up on the lawn. This gives a bad first impression to people visiting the College and is unpleasant for people who must move between the buildings.

People who bring their animals to work/school are reminded that they must clean up after their pets. Hospitalized animals that might be brought outside to relieve themselves must be cleaned up after as well. To facilitate this, scoopers, bags, and trash cans have been placed by the Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine door and other areas around the College. The small bags are for use in the immediate area around the College grounds, so please do not take extras for later use. If the bag holder is empty, please contact a member of the Pet Committee to get the container refilled.

Remember that the University of Minnesota in general prohibits pet dogs on campus. CVM personnel and students are privileged to bring their pets to work/school with them only after agreeing to abide by the rules and policies set forth by the Collegiate Pet Policy. You may access this policy at https://intranet.ahc.umn.edu/petpolicy/index.html . Among other things, the policy states that animals must be leashed at all times, animals are not allowed in classrooms (and a few other areas), and all doggie refuse must be cleaned up. Respecting these policies will allow us to continue to enjoy the comradeship of our dogs in the workplace.

A big thank-you from the Pet Committee to the CVM kennel crew who cleaned up the area between the Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine and the Pomeroy Center on Febrary 26! It was much appreciated!

Three finalists selected for director of Institute on the Environment
CVM faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend seminars and meetings with the three finalists for the position of director of the Institute on the Environment:

• March 3-4: Deborah L. Swackhamer, interim director, Institute on the Environment, and professor, environmental health sciences, University of Minnesota

• March 10-11: Malcolm K. Hughes, regents' professor of dendrochronology and watershed management, University of Arizona

• March 24-25: George M. Hornberger, Ernest H. Ern professor of environmental sciences, University of Virginia

Each candidate will spend two days on the Twin Cities campus and the third day on the Duluth campus. During each candidate's two days on the Twin Cities campus, the schedule will include the following events:

Day 1

• Meeting with faculty: 9:00-10:15 a.m., 780 Civil Engineering

• Meeting with faculty: 10:30-11:45 a.m., 186 Hubert H. Humphrey Center

• Lunch with graduate students: 12:15-1:15 p.m., Cargill Building

• Research seminar with reception following: 2:30-4:00 p.m., 105 Cargill Building

Day 2

• Breakfast with department heads and center directors: 7:45-9:30 a.m., D'Amico & Sons Gateway Cafe, McNamara Alumni Center

• Meeting with faculty: 9:45-11:30 a.m., 202 St. Paul Student Center

• Lunch with deans and vice presidents: noon-1:15 p.m., Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union

• Public forum with reception following, 2-3:30 p.m., 402 Walter Library

For more information about the search, including candidate biographies, search committee members, and position description, visit the   Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost Office Web site. If you have any questions or suggestions for the search process, send an e-mail to the search committee chair Professor Efi Foufoula-Georgiou at efi@umn.edu.

Calendar (top)

Monday, March 3

New Employee Orientation
8:30 a.m.-noon
458 Veterinary Medical Center

Tuesday, March 4

National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Symposium
Starts today and continues through Saturday
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
For more information, go to www.nwrawildlife.org/page.asp?ID=211

Clinical Rounds for Veterinary Students
Noon
135 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine

Seminar in Comparative and Molecular Biosciences
LongSAGE Analysis of Undifferentiated and Primordial Germ Cells in Chicken
Presented by Robyn Milkie
Advisor: Dr. O'Grady
Noon-1 p.m.
215 Veterinary Science

Wednesday, March 5

Emergency Readiness Rounds
Minnesota Disaster Response: Lessons Learned in 2007
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Snelling Office Park, Red River Room, 1645 Energy Park Dr., St. Paul
For details, go to http://cpheo.sph.umn.edu/events/rounds/

Comparative Biosciences Seminar
Comparative Thyroidology: Physiology Translates to Good Medicine
Presented by Dr. Duncan Ferguson, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hosted by Dr. Jody Lulich
3 p.m.
125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine
Refreshments available. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Contact: Jaclyn Barnes at barne063@umn.edu or 612-624-2700

Thursday, March 6

Small Animal Grand Rounds
8 a.m.
125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine

Fish Health Certificate Field Training
12:30-5:30 p.m.
For details, go to www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/fish.html

PharmacoNeuroImmunology Seminar Series
Presented by Bryan Rock, M.D.
Sponsored by the PharmacoNeuroImmunology Program
Noon-1 p.m.
1-110 McGuire Translational Research Facility, 2001 6th St SE, Minneapolis campus
Everyone is welcome to attend; lunch provided
Contact: Yorie at smart006@umn.edu

Mather Lecture Series
Mast Cell Tumors in Dogs and Cats
Presented by Dr. Brian Husbands
7:00-8:30 p.m.
215 Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center
$30 per seminar
For details and to register, go to www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/mather.html

Friday, March 7

Seminar on Teaching
Engaging Students in Large Classes: Tips for Using Discussions When It Seems There's Never Enough Time to Cover All the Material
Presented by Dr. Deb Wingert, director of educational development
Noon
213 Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center
Refreshments will be served.

Hill's College Feeding Program Orders Due
Order online through the Hill's online ordering system at https://www.summationdata.com/hpn
For more information about the Hill's College Feeding Program, contact Jaime Nett at nett0049@umn.edu or Alisha Leonard at leona156@umn.edu.

Saturday, March 8

Horse Owner Education Days
Northwest Technical College, Bemidji
For details, to to   www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/horseowner.html

VMC Career Information Day
1-3 p.m.
Veterinary Medical Center

What's ahead

Horse Owner Education Days (advanced session): March 15, Leatherdale Equine Center. For details, to to   www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/horseowner.html

Fort Dodge Animal Health Presentation--Small Ruminant Discussion, presented by Dr. Pugh: March 17, 5:30 p.m., 135 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine. Contact: Kyle Adkins, Class of 2010, Fort Dodge Student Representative, at adki0021@umn.edu

Hill's Pet Food Distribution: March 18, 7:00-7:50 a.m. and noon-12:50 p.m., Gortner Avenue dock, Large Animal Hospital

Fort Dodge Animal Health/Equine Club Presentation--West Nile Virus, presented by Dr. Pugh: March 18, noon-1 p.m., 135 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine. Contact: Kyle Adkins, Class of 2010, Fort Dodge Student Representative, at adki0021@umn.edu

Hill's Pet Food Distribution: March 19, 7:00-7:50 a.m. and noon-12:50 p.m., Gortner Avenue dock, Large Animal Hospital

Opportunities in International and Cultural Immersion: March 19, noon-12:50 p.m., 215 Ben Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Hill's Pet Food Distribution: March 20, 7:00-7:50 a.m. and 5:00-5:50 p.m., Gortner Avenue dock, Large Animal Hospital

University floating holiday: March 21

Hold Your Horses Seminars presented by Dr. Erin Malone and Dr. Nicolas Ernst: March 25, 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., Hamel Community Building, Hamel, Minn. For details, go to     http://www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/holdyourhorses.html

Points of Pride Research Days: March 25-26

Open Dialog with Frank B. Cerra, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences: March 31, noon-2 p.m., 125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Cerra will give a brief presentation and then open the floor to questions. Refreshments available.

Clinical Rounds for First, Second, and Third-Year Veterinary Students: April 1, noon, 135 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine

Opportunities in International and Cultural Immersion: April 2, noon-12:50 p.m., 215 Ben Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Mather Lecture Series-Film Interpretation Session: Watch the Experts at Work, presented by Dr. Kari Anderson and Dr. Laura Ziegler: April 3, 7:00-8:30 p.m., 215 Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center. $30. For details and to register, go to www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/mather.html

Go to the Academic Health Center's calendar of events.

Go to the University of Minnesota campus events calendar.

In the media (top)

Will Hueston quoted in Wall Street Journal
Will Hueston, director of the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about the nation's food-safety system. The article is online at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120416641582098803.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Faculty and staff news (top)

Welcome to the College
Welcome to the following new faculty and staff members who joined the College in February:

Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Klaudyna Aneta Borewicz, junior scientist

Veterinary Clinical Sciences
TaMarra D. Woodling, assistant clinical specialist

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Clinton Shiva Been, junior scientist
Brian Richard Schloeder, junior scientist

Veterinary Medical Center
Sandra J. Bruchmann, veterinary technician
Tonette G. DaBruzzi, principal office and administrative specialist
Carrie L. Zeigler Erickson, principal veterinary technician

Veterinary Population Medicine
Michael James Dapp, graduate school trainee
Hemant Prakash, graduate school trainee
Robert Edwin Porter, clinical specialist
Beth Ann Ziemba, assistant scientist

Student news (top)

Hyeun Bum Kim successfully defends master's thesis
Hyeun Bum Kim has successfully defended his M.S. research, “Porcine Circovirus Type 2: Serologic Response in Pigs and Susceptibility to Different Disinfectants.” Hyeun Bum was advised by Dr. Han Soo Joo. He is currently applying for Ph.D. positions to continue his research. Congratulations, Hyeun Bum!

Research news (top)

Clinical Investigation Center news
Clinical trial seeks healthy dogs for dermatology study
Healthy dogs are needed for a study to evaluate skin lipids ($30 compensation). Contact Dr. Lisa Reiter at reite052@umn.edu  For a complete list of clinical studies currently rolling in the Veterinary Medical Center, visit the Clinical Investigation Center Web site at http://www.cvm.umn.edu/cic/current.

Needs a home (top)

Maddie is a spayed female Shih Tzu-schnauzer mix. Microchipped and current on her vaccinations, she is on allergy injections given SQ. When she gets to her maintenance dose, she will need 1cc SQ every 20-21 days. Currently being fostered out of an organization called "All Dog Rescue," her adoption fee is $200. For more information, visit Maddie's Petfinder page at
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=9401403

Links (top)

AVMA News Bytes and other news
www.avma.org/news/info_rss.asp

CVM This Week
Back issues of CVM This Week, from June 2004 to today's issue, are at      http://www.cvm.umn.edu/newsandevents/publications/cvmthisweek/home.html.

Hill's College Feeding Program
Order online through the Hill's online ordering system at https://www.summationdata.com/hpn. For more information about the Hill's College Feeding Program, contact Jaime Nett at nett0049@umn.edu or Alisha Leonard at leona156@umn.edu.

Housing
For information about student and off-campus housing, including a housing and roommate search service, go to http://www.housing.umn.edu/.

Job openings
For information about positions available at the College, visit     www.cvm.umn.edu/About/HumanResources/Employment     /. For detailed information about current job openings, how to apply, and application materials, go to the University of Minnesota Office of Human Resources at http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/index.html.

The VMC Pulse
Issues are available online by logging in at   http://www.cvm.umn.edu/vmc/staffresources/Pulse.html.

University of Minnesota Legislative Network News
http://ga4.org/u_of_m_leg_net/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=8620389&r=

Veterinary Medical Library
For information about the Veterinary Medical Library, including new acquisitions, visit http://www.vetmed.lib.umn.edu/news.

Veterinary Practice News
Did you know that you can get a free subscription? Subscribe (or renew) online at www.vetpracticenews.com.

CVM This Week is a weekly newsletter for faculty, staff, and students of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Please submit news and calendar items to Sue Kirchoff, editor, at kirch004@umn.edu before noon Friday.

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