Tapir visits VMC for MRI
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.
Veterinary Medical Center introduces Advanced Veterinary Imaging Direct
The Veterinary Medical Center has launched Advanced Veterinary Imaging Direct (AVID), a new outpatient medical imaging service. The service will provide veterinarians with the most advanced veterinary imaging technology in the nation, with consultation and interpretation provided by the VMC's team of experienced radiologists. Practitioners can call 612-624-9583 for more information. A request form is online at www.vmc.umn.edu/avid/request/request.cfm
Veterinary Medical Library news
New e-books
The Library has acquired some new e-books. Titles include:
RefWorks enhanced with attachments option
RefWorks has activated the attachments option for all University of Minnesota RefWorks accounts. The attachment feature enables users to attach files to their references in their personal database, much like attaching files to an e-mail message. The incorporation of this feature allows users to upload files to existing references stored within their RefWorks database. With this feature, RefWorks users can instantly save and retrieve all forms of data within their database, including BMP, TIF, JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF, and more.
RefWorks is now providing unlimited storage space for attachments for subscribing organizations. Although RefWorks will provide unlimited storage space at the organization level, some limitations have been set at the user account level.
Justine Lee's book now available in Veterinary Student Supply
Signed copies of Dr. Justine Lee's new book, It's a Dog's Life. . . but It's Your Carpet: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Your Four-Legged Friend, are now for sale in Veterinary Student Supply for $11.95.
Public Engagement Day is April 22
The University of Minnesota's Public Engagement Day will be held on Tuesday, April 22, at Coffman Memorial Union in Minneapolis. Public Engagement Day is a University-wide event that provides an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to share and learn about the many dimensions of public engagement across the University. Workshops, panel presentations, and group discussions provide a forum for faculty, staff, students, administrators, and community partners to come together and celebrate the University's collaborative work in meeting the land-grant mission of the University of Minnesota.
Public Engagement day will offer a wide range of activities and offerings that will explore the ways in which public engagement is being integrated into the University's research, teaching, and service activities. It will spotlight the people and partnerships that are helping to make the University of Minnesota one of the top three engaged research universities in the world and honor the individuals who have made a positive difference in the community. For registration and other information about Public Engagement Day, go to
http://www.engagement.umn.edu/public_engagement_day/ or call Michelle Kuhl at the Office for Public Engagement at 624-1562.
MeetingMaker upgrade coming April 26-27
AHC Information Systems will install a MeetingMaker upgrade over the weekend of April 26 and 27. When users start MeetingMaker on April 28, it will be a new version. Highlights of the upgrade:
This is likely the last MeetingMaker upgrade. All AHC units will move toUMCal (LINK) next.
There will be a new Web version to access from anywhere.
The new version uses the iCal format which is easier to synch with Palm Pilots, Blackberrys, iPhones, and UMCal.
Jane Goodall to present public lecture
In addition to the College's commencement address, renowned primatologist Jane Goodall will present a public lecture on May 3 from 11 a.m.-noon at Mayo Memorial Auditorium on the Minneapolis campus. Admission is free, the lecture is open to the public, and no reservations are required. To learn more about Jane Goodall and her work, go to www.janegoodall.org/
Best Practices Institute set for May 20-21
Registration is now open for the third annual Best Practices Institute on May 20-21. The institute will feature presentations by education leaders from Academic Health Center schools and colleges, as well as a national keynote speaker. The two-day program will provide opportunities for skill-building in small groups and sharing of ideas among faculty who teach in the health professions.
"Dr. Walsh makes a very compelling argument that the majority of the students who are in our classes and in our applicant pool are from the 'Media Generation' of 'more, easy, fast, and fun,' and that this has an impact on their attitudes and abilities, including their work ethic," she says. For more information about the Best Practices Institute and to register, go to http://www.bpinstitute.umn.edu/. All courses will be held in Moos Tower and Weaver Densford Hall on the Minneapolis campus.
Monday, April 7
New Employee Orientation
8:30 a.m.-noon
458 Veterinary Medical Center
Tuesday, April 8
Seminar in Comparative and Molecular Biosciences
Research Rotation Reports
Noon-1 p.m.
215 Veterinary Science
AHC Office of Clincal Research Open House
7:30-8:30 a.m.
717 Delaware St. SE, second floor, room 202
Light lunch included. Parking in Oak Street Ramp can be validated.
Learn more about OCR services, sign up to receive the monthly newsletter, and view the events calendar at www.ahc.umn.edu/ocr.
Wednesday, April 9
Comparative Biosciences Seminar
Testing for Biomarkers, Inflammatory Mediators, and More: How Can the Cytokine Reference Lab Help You?
Presented by Dr. Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, Department of Pediatrics
Hosted by Dr. Bruce Walcheck
3 p.m.
125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine
Everyone is welcome to attend. Refreshments available.
Contact: Jaclyn Barnes at barne063@umn.edu or 612-624-2700
Thursday, April 10
Small Animal Grand Rounds
8 a.m.
125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine
Agriculture and Forestry in the Natural World
Sponsored by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences
5:30-6:30 p.m. reception, 6:30-8:30 p.m. panel discussion
Twin Cities Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union, Minneapolis campus
For details and to RSVP, go to www.cfans.umn.edu/MNSesqui.
Sunday, April 13
White Coat Ceremony
Featured speakers will be Dr. Theresa Hershey, president of the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association, and Andrew Federer, representing the class of 2009. Faculty "coaters," chosen by the class, are Dr. Roberto Cortinas, Dr. Tom Fletcher, Dr. Roberto Novo, Dr. Juan Romano, and Dr. Leslie Sharkey.
1:30 p.m.
St. Paul Student Center
The ceremony is a joint effort of the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association and the College of Veterinary Medicine, with financial support provided by Hills Pet Nutrition.
CVM faculty are welcome to attend.
What's ahead
Companion Animal Spring Conference-Digital Radiology: Is Now the Right Time for Me?: April 15, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Continuing Education and Conference Center. For details and to register, go to www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/radiology.html
Tax-Free Chili Cook-Off: April 16, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 305 VMC. Prizes will be awarded in various categories by popular vote.
Opportunities in International and Cultural Immersion: April 16, noon-12:50 p.m., 215 Ben Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center. Everyone is welcome to attend.
AHC Office of Clincal Research Open House: April 22, 7:30-8:30 a.m., 717 Delaware St. SE, second floor, room 202. Continental breakfast included. Parking in Oak Street Ramp can be validated. Learn more about OCR services, sign up to receive the monthly newsletter, and view the events calendar at www.ahc.umn.edu/ocr.
Public Engagement Day: April 22, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Coffman Memorial Union., Minneapolis campus. For details, go to www.engagement.umn.edu/public_engagement_day/
Respectful Workplace Training: April 22, 9-11 a.m., 280 Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. To sign up, contact Helen Pederson at 4-8673 or h-pede1@umn.edu
Hold Your Horses Seminars: April 22, 7 p.m., Hamel Community Building, Hamel, Minn. For more information, go to www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/holdyourhorses.html
Hill's Pet Food Distribution: April 23, noon-12:50 p.m. and 4:00-4:50 p.m., Gortner Avenue dock, Large Animal Hospital
Ecosystem Health Reception: April 23, 5:30 p.m., The Raptor Center
Duke Lecture: Mercury Threats: Unraveling Reality, Linking with Policy, presented by Dr. Dave Evers: April 23, 7 p.m., Ben Pomeroy Student Alumni Learning Center. Open to the public.
Hill's Pet Food Distribution: April 24, 7:00-7:50 a.m. and noon-12:50 p.m., Gortner Avenue dock, Large Animal Hospital
Duke Lecture: The Toxicity of Mercury: Effects of Mercury on Wildlife, presented by Dr. Dave Evers: April 24, noon, 365 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle
Distinguished Women Scholars Award Presentation to Stephanie Valberg: April 24, 2:30-4:30 p.m., McNamara Alumni Center Memorial Hall. CVM faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. RSVP to Sue Allard at 612-624-7624 or allar025@umn.edu by April 18.
CVM Awards Ceremony: April 24, 6 p.m. (reception), 6:30 p.m. (awards program), North Star Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center
Hill's Pet Food Distribution: April 25, 7:00-7:50 a.m. and noon-12:50 p.m., Gortner Avenue dock, Large Animal Hospital
TEL Grant Projects Exhibit: April 25, 1-3 p.m., President's Room Annex, 333 Coffman Memorial Union, Minneapolis. The 2007-2008 TEL grant recipients or members of their development teams will present the outcomes of their projects in a public poster session. Refreshments will be available. Contact: Kurtis Scaletta, TEL Grant Program coordinator, Digital Media Center/OIT, at kurtis@umn.edu or 612-624-1323.
Minnesota Horse Expo: April 25-27, Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Includes presentations by representatives of the Equine Center and Equine Center tours on April 25 at 2:30, 4:00, and 5:30 p.m., and April 26 at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. For details, go to http://www.mnhorseexpo.org/
Senior Picnic: April 25, 5 p.m., Livestock Pavillion
Mather Lecture--Cytology, presented by Dr. Leslie Sharkey: May 1, 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
Public Lecture by Jane Goodall: May 3, 11 a.m.-noon, Mayo Memorial Auditorium, Minneapolis campus
Commencement: May 3, Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis campus. Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall will deliver the commencement address at 7 p.m. After the commencement ceremony, she will do a book signing at Northrop. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend both events, which are free and open to the public. Contacts: Joe Maple at jmaple@umn.edu or Peggy Dimatteo at dimat001@umn.edu.
AHC Office of Clincal Research Open House: May 6, noon-1 p..m., 717 Delaware St. SE, second floor, room 202. Light lunch included. Parking in Oak Street Ramp can be validated. Learn more about OCR services, sign up to receive the monthly newsletter, and view the events calendar at www.ahc.umn.edu/ocr.
May Makeover: May 3-17. Sponsored by Veterinary Medical Center Social Committee. The event will be kicked off with a gathering of interested staff, students, faculty, interns, and residents who would like to join the East (St. Paul) or West (Golden Valley) team for the Animal Humane Society Walk for Animals. If you are interested in joining one of the teams, e-mail Bridget Monson at ocon0003@umn.edu. To learn more about the Walk for Animals, go to www.animalhumanesociety.org/walk
Go to the Academic Health Center's calendar of events.
Go to the University of Minnesota campus events calendar.
Frank Cerra appoints three CVM faculty members
Dr. Frank Cerra, senior vice president for health sciences, has appointed three CVM faculty members to groups that will support the development of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant. Dr. Trevor Ames, interim dean, was appointed to a deans' advisory group, which will advise and assist in the development of the core theme and participate in defining governance and operations functions of the CTSA as a service platform to facilitate the performance of clinical research. Dr. Jeff Bender, program director, and Dr. Robert Washabau, chair of the Veterinary Clinical Sciences department, were appointed to a faculty strategic group, which will provide counsel to the core faculty work group, providing a broad, strategic perspective to the resubmission effort. In addition, they will provide advice on development of the core theme, selection of major, strategic, core strengths, and assist as needed on writing of the grant.
Welcome to the College
Welcome to the following new faculty and staff members who joined the College in March:
CVM Administration
Kelly L. Vallandingham, informational representative
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Shea Marie Anderson, senior laboratory technician
Elizabeth Frenzel Jones, research associate
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Jacob S. Witherbee, junior scientist
Veterinary Population Medicine
Ashok Kumar Chockalingam, post-doctoral associate
MacDonald Farnham, post-doctoral associate
Lisa Borgia and Rebecca LaRue receive graduate assistantships
Lisa Borgia and Rebecca LaRue have been named the recipients of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) and College of Veterinary Medicine's graduate assistantships for 2008.
A graduate student in the veterinary medicine program, Lisa's research is on the nutritional management of polysaccharide storage myopathy. She is entering her third year in the Ph.D. program and works with Dr. Stephanie Valberg in the Population Medicine Department.
Rebecca is a Ph.D. student in the comparative and molecular biosciences program. Her research explores the expression of the human APOBEC3G protein in porcine cells to reduce the risk of zoonotic transmission of porcine endogenous retrovirus. She will be entering her fourth year in the program and works with Dr. Reuben Harris in the biochemistry, molecular biology, and biophysics unit.
MAES assistantships provide funding for two years of Ph.D. studies for students whose research and training has an emphasis on animal production research projects pertaining to poultry, swine, cattle, small ruminants and horses; alternative and pasture-based livestock operations; treating and curing human diseases utilizing livestock cells; or current or emerging animal diseases affecting production or food safety.
Nominations sought for student travel award program
The Veterinary Student Liaison Committee of the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP) is seeking nominations of veterinary students for the ASLAP Veterinary Student Travel Award Program. Up to five awards of up to $1,500 may be given towards registration, travel, meals, and accomodations to attend the 2008 AALAS national meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, November 9-13, 2008. For more information, see the announcement.
NIH funded? Ready to publish?
After today, the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy will require researchers to submit any articles that arise from NIH Funding to NIH's PubMed Central, where articles will be freely and permanently accessible to all in order to advance science and improve health. But researchers need to make sure they do not sign away the necessary rights in the journal's author agreement. For more information, go to www.lib.umn.edu/scholcom/NIHaccess.phtml.
Clinical studies currently enrolling in the VMC
For a list of clinical studies currently enrolling in the Veterinary Medical Center, visit the Clinical Investigation Center Web site at http://www.cvm.umn.edu/cic/current.
Responsible animal lover wanted
A St. Paul couple is looking for a responsible animal lover to take care of their pets and house while they are on vacation. They have two dogs and two cats. In addition to the regular pet needs (food, fresh water, daily walks for the dogs and snuggles) one of the cats requires injections every other day. This cat is a bit leery of strangers and requires someone gentle and adept at working with cats. To learn more about this opportunity, contact Nan Langevin and Brad Muller at nlangevin@bwbr.com
AVMA News Bytes and other news
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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
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Veterinary Medical Library
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Veterinary Practice News
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