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Robert L. Jones was elected Chair of Faculty Council for a two year term. Congratulations Robert!

Pretty soon there will be even more reasons to "Head for the Hills"...

We are very pleased to announce that several additional facilities will soon be available for BSL2-level infectious disease research at the Foothills Campus. (1) Plans are being finalized to renovate the CETT building and convert it into 6 labs plus administrative office space to support MIP infectious disease research endeavors. A pdf containing a rough outline of the changes can be accessed here.
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Dr. Karen Moraes from the Wilusz Laboratory won first place in the Post Doc Category with her poster entitled, "CUG-BP and 3' UTR Sequences influence PARN-Mediated Deadenylation in Mammalian Cells".

Enjoyed reading
The Da Vinci Code?
Try this...
Reading the newly revised MIP Da Partmental Code should take some of the mystery out of our operations. The code has been approved by the department faculty and has been sent to the Provost for review as per university policy.

MIP Publications
February/early March 2005

• Sieling PA, Torrelles JB, Stenger S, Chung W, Burdick AE, Rea TH, Brennan PJ, Belisle JT, Porcelli SA, Modlin RL. The Human CD1-Restricted T Cell Repertoire Is Limited to Cross-Reactive Antigens: Implications for Host Responses against Immunologically Related Pathogens. J Immunol. 2005 Mar 1;174(5):2637-44.
• Singh KK, Dong Y, Belisle JT, Harder J, Arora VK, Laal S. Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Recognized by Antibodies during Incipient, Subclinical Tuberculosis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Feb;12(2):354-8.
• Berg S, Starbuck J, Torrelles JB, Vissa VD, Crick DC, Chatterjee D, Brennan PJ. Roles of Conserved Proline and Glycosyltransferase Motifs of EmbC in Biosynthesis of Lipoarabinomannan. J Biol Chem. 2005 Feb 18;280(7):5651-63.
• Consaul SA, Wright LF, Mahapatra S, Crick DC, Pavelka MS Jr. An Unusual Mutation Results in the Replacement of Diaminopimelate with Lanthionine in the Peptidoglycan of a Mutant Strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Bacteriol. 2005 Mar;187(5):1612-20.
• Biescas E, Preziuso S, Bulgin M, Demartini JC. Ovine Lentivirus-associated Leucomyelitis in Naturally Infected North American Sheep. J Comp Pathol. 2005 Feb-Apr;132(2-3):107-16.
• Mueller RS, Veir J, Fieseler KV, Dow SW. Use of immunostimulatory liposome-nucleic acid complexes in allergen-specific immunotherapy of dogs with refractory atopic dermatitis - a pilot study. Vet Dermatol. 2005 Feb;16(1):61-8.
• Dunowska M, Morley PS, Hyatt DR. The effect of Virkon((R))S fogging on survival of Salmonella enterica and Staphylococcus aureus on surfaces in a veterinary teaching hospital. Vet Microbiol. 2005 Feb 25;105(3-4):281-9.

• Steinberg JD, Olver CS. Hematologic and biochemical abnormalities indicating iron deficiency are associated with decreased reticulolcyte hemoglobin content (CHr) and reticulocyte volume (rMCV) in dogs. Vet Clin Pathol. 2005;34(1):23-7

• Aldwell FE, Brandt L, Fitzpatrick C, Orme IM. Mice Fed Lipid-Encapsulated Mycobacterium bovis BCG Are Protected against Aerosol Challenge with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infect Immun. 2005 Mar;73(3):1903-5.

• Heng HG, Wrigley RH, Kraft SL, Powers BE. Fat is responsible for an intramural radiolucent band in the feline stomach wall. Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2005 Jan-Feb;46(1):54-6.

• Sigurdson C, Glatzel M, Aguzzi A. Comment on "Failure to detect prion protein (PrPres) by immunohistochemistry in striated muscle tissues of animals experimentally inoculated with agents of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy". Vet Pathol. 2005 Jan;42(1):107.

• Sondgeroth K, Leutenegger C, Vandewoude S. Development and validation of puma (Felis concolor) cytokine and lentivirus real-time PCR detection systems. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2005 Apr 8;104(3-4):205-13.

• Terwee JA, Yactor JK, Sondgeroth KS, Vandewoude S. Puma lentivirus is controlled in domestic cats after mucosal exposure in the absence of conventional indicators of immunity. J Virol. 2005 Mar;79(5):2797-806.

• Sachchithananthan M, Stasinopoulos SJ, Wilusz J, Medcalf RL. The relationship between the prothrombin upstream sequence element and the G20210A polymorphism: the influence of a competitive environment for mRNA 3'-end formation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2005 Feb 17;33(3):1010-20.

• Hacket, T.B., & Lehman, T.L. (2005). Practical Considerations in Emergency Drug Therapy. Vet Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice.

The Colorado Science and Engineering Fair is in need of judges who are confident enough to analyze Jr High and High School microbiology projects. Judges can be graduate students, vet students, undergraduates, faculty and post docs. The fair hosts the regional winners of science fairs from all over Colorado. The Fair is Thursday April 7 from 11:00 am to 5:45 at the Lory Student Center. Contact Erica Suchman for more information.

The Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity (CURC) Poster Event being held on April 19 from 10am to 2pm is in need of judges. Many students from CVMBS participate in this poster session, and they really appreciate the support of the college's faculty and postdoc judges. Please help by going to www.curc.colostate.edu and signing up.
Undergrads interested in participating must submit an abstract at the CURC web page www.curc.colostate.edu by 11:59 pm April 4th.

MB351 is in need of judges to evaluate the end of year student presentations. The presentations begin Weds, April 20 and the last day is Fri, May 6. There are a total of 8 sessions, Mon, Wed, and Fri from 11-11:40am in Micro Room A101. Any faculty, postdocs, or graduate students interested in participating should contact Claudia Gentry-Weeks.

Medicinal Chemist Interviews;

• Dr. Przemyslaw Czyryca, March 23 & 24
• Dr. Michio Kurosu, March 28 & 29

• Dr. Andrea Bohn, April 14 & 15
• Dr. Amy MacNeill, April 18 & 19
• Dr. Gregg Dean, April 20 & 21

We are in the process of organizing 'Hazardous Waste Clean-up Efforts' in all MIP facilities. The goal of this project is to remove any and all chemical wastes that have accumulated in our laboratories over the years and promote a safe working environment. This will be a one-time only affair in which the Department will coordinate waste pick-ups and contribute to the cost of unknown waste identification. Please note that if you fail to take advantage of this opportunity, your lab will likely bear the full cost of unknown identification/disposal in the future. The Microbiology Facility chemicals will be picked up first. Watch for upcoming notices regarding the Pathology and AIDL Facilities!

The College Research Council 2005 Call for Proposals information is now available on the following web page: http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/cvmbs/FacultyResource.htm

Proposal deadline is Friday, April 1, 2005.
(NO FOOLING!)

IMPORTANT: If you are planning on requesting funds through the CRC - Shared Research Program (SRP), please note that this requires departmental approval. Please submit these grant applications to Jeff by MARCH 22 so that they can be reviewed and determine if they are appropriate for departmental matching funds.

• **Birthday Data will be available on March 16!**

Jeanette Fritzler, Admin Asst, Microbiology Facility

Quote of the Month: "What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left." ~ Oscar Levant The CVMBS Spring Faculty Meeting is April 19th at 4:15pm at the University Park Holiday Inn. Mark your calendar for the 26th Annual CVMBS Open House, Friday & Saturday, April 1 & 2, 9:00am-4:00pm. Be sure to attend the CVMBS Scholarship and Awards Banquet on April 16 at the University Park Holiday Inn!

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