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If you're currently in MIP, please stop reading this article and give yourself a pat on the back. The total amount of 5-3 Awards (aka actual research grant dollars) received by MIP researchers in FY '05 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005) was a whopping $38,667,284.00!!!! This represents an ~1.9 fold increase over our FY '04 total of $20.3 million. The total amount of overall active 5-3 Projects (185 in total), which represents the total amount of dollars generated in overall active research projects, is currently $100,612,166.90!!!! Ah what the heck, give yourself another pat. Congratulations to all!

Definitely up to the Challenge.

The RBL Supplement has been awarded!
What do you do when $16,624,325 isn't enough? Ask for more of course! We are pleased to announce that a Federal Supplement of $4,331,000 has been awarded to assist in the completion of the RBL facility.

Dr. Andrea Bohn has accepted our open Clinical Pathology position and will join us as an Assistant Professor on January 1, 2006. Andrea did her residency, PhD and postdoctoral training at CSU. Her research interests currently lie in the areas of toxicology and cancer.

Dr. Tian Wang has accepted our open Arbovirologist position created as part of the Infectious Disease Initiative and will join us as an Assistant Professor on October 1st. Tian did her PhD training in cellular immunology at UTMB at Galveston and postdoctoral studies in immune reactions to invading pathogens at Yale.

Ashley Linton received one of four student travel awards this year which provided funds for her to attend the 36th Annual International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine Conference and Workshop May 14-19 in Seward, Alaska. At the conference Ashley was awarded 1st place for Best Student Presentation in the Undergraduate, Veterinary, Graduate Student category. Great Job --and Congratulations on your acceptance into the DVM/PhD Program!

Aimee Janusz, defended her Master's thesis entitled, "Studies on the repressors of the fabAB operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa" on Thursday, May 12.
Mateusz Opyrchal, an MD/PhD student in the Wilusz Lab, defended his thesis entitled, "The 3'UTR of Sindbis virus contains multiple RNA stability elements that inhibit deadenylation in C6/36 mosquito cells " on June 15 at the New Jersey Medical School.
Jason Richardson defended his PhD dissertation entitled, "Quantitative, Time Course Analyses of Dengue-2 Virus Replication and Dissemination in Aedes aegypti" on Monday, July 11.

Renovations to Room 308 of the Pathology Facility to create ten new desk spaces for students and postdoctoral fellows was completed in early July. This project will help address the office space crunch in the facility.

MIP Publications Late June/Early July 2005

• Modiano JF, Breen M, Burnett RC, Parker HG, Inusah S, Thomas R, Avery PR, Lindblad-Toh K, Ostrander EA, Cutter GC, Avery AC. Distinct B-cell and T-cell lymphoproliferative disease prevalence among dog breeds indicates heritable risk. Cancer Res. 2005 Jul 1;65(13):5654-61.
• Kashyap RS, Dobos KM, Belisle JT, Purohit HJ, Chandak NH, Taori GM, Daginawala HF. Demonstration of components of antigen 85 complex in cerebrospinal fluid of tuberculous meningitis patients. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Jun;12(6):752-8.
• Molina-Cruz A, Gupta L, Richardson J, Bennett K, Black W 4th, Barillas-Mury C. Effect of mosquito midgut trypsin activity on dengue-2 virus infection and dissemination in Aedes aegypti. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 May;72(5):631-7.
• Huang H, Scherman MS, D'Haeze W, Vereecke D, Holsters M, Crick DC, McNeil MR. Identification and Active Expression of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Gene Encoding 5-Phospho-{alpha}-D-ribose-1-diphosphate: Decaprenyl-phosphate 5-Phosphoribosyltransferase, the First Enzyme Committed to Decaprenylphosphoryl-D-arabinose Synthesis. J Biol Chem. 2005 Jul 1;280(26):24539-43.
• Lane RS, Mun J, Eisen RJ, Eisen L. Western gray squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae): a primary reservoir host of Borrelia burgdorferi in Californian oak woodlands? J Med Entomol. 2005 May;42(3):388-96.
• Morley PS, Morris SN, Hyatt DR, Van Metre DC. Evaluation of the efficacy of disinfectant footbaths as used in veterinary hospitals. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2005 Jun 15;226(12):2053-8.
• Youn JH, Myung HJ, Liav A, Chatterjee D, Brennan PJ, Choi IH, Cho SN, Shin JS. Production and characterization of peptide mimotopes of phenolic glycolipid-I of Mycobacterium leprae. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2004 May 1;41(1):51-7.
• Gujarathi NP, Haney BJ, Park HJ, Wickramasinghe SR, Linden JC. Hairy Roots of Helianthus annuus: A Model System to Study Phytoremediation of Tetracycline and Oxytetracycline. Biotechnol Prog. 2005 May-Jun;21(3):775-80.
• Paterson A, Robinson E, Suchman E, Afanasiev B, Carlson J. Mosquito densonucleosis viruses cause dramatically different infection phenotypes in the C6/36 Aedes albopictus cell line. Virology. 2005 Jul 5;337(2):253-61.
• Troyer JL, Pecon-Slattery J, Roelke ME, Johnson W, VandeWoude S, Vazquez-Salat N, Brown M, Frank L, Woodroffe R, Winterbach C, Winterbach H, Hemson G, Bush M, Alexander KA, Revilla E, O'Brien SJ. Seroprevalence and genomic divergence of circulating strains of feline immunodeficiency virus among Felidae and Hyaenidae species. J Virol. 2005 Jul;79(13):8282-94.
• Duttagupta R, Tian B, Wilusz CJ, Khounh DT, Soteropoulos P, Ouyang M, Dougherty JP, Peltz SW. Global Analysis of Pub1p Targets Reveals a Coordinate Control of Gene Expression through Modulation of Binding and Stability. Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Jul;25(13):5499-513.
• Wilusz, J. The Fundamentals of Human Virology in Microbial Forensics, R.G. Breeze, B. Budowle and S.E. Schutzer, eds. Elsevier Press, pgs 41-53.
• Gonzalez-Juarrero M, Hattle J, Izzo A, Junqueira-Kipnis A, Shim T, Trapnell B, Cooper A, Orme I. Distruption of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor production in the lungs severely affects the ability of mice to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. J of Leukoc Biol. 2005 Jun;77(6):914-922.

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• Robert Norrdin, "Colorado Racehourse Postmortem Evaluation Project"
• Christine Olver, "Erythrocyte Age and Malaria Susceptibility: of Mice and Men"
• Sue VandeWoude, "A Primate Model to Evaluate Host MHCII Contribution to HIV Pathogenicity (Yr 2)"
• Anne Avery, "Recognition of Malaria Parasites by Toll Like Receptors"
• Joel Rovnak, "Walleye Dermal Sarcoma Virus Retroviral Cyclin Proteomics"
• Roxann Karkhoff-Schweizer, "Evaluation of Counter-selection Markers for Burkholderia bacteria"
• Alan Schenkel, "Role of PECAM in Leukocyte Population Trafficking and Homeostasis"
• Julie Inamine, "Gene Expression Profiling of Macrophages in Response to Mycobacterium paratuberculosis"
• Patricia Schultheiss, "Influence of Iron Levels on Inflammation in Liver"
• Catherine Bosio, "Role of C-type Lectins in Phagocytosis of Francisella tularaensis"
• Patrick Brennan, "New Anti-Tuberculosis Agents Among Pyridazino [4,3-b] Indoles and 2-Aryl-3-Cyano-4-Quinolones"
• Claudia Gentry-Weeks, "Iron Acquisition and Gene Regulation by Francisella tularensis"
• James DeMartini, "Does Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 of Domestic Pigs, Cattle and Sheep Serve as a Receptor for Human SARS Coronavirus Infection"
• Ian Orme, "A New Designer Vaccine for Tuberculosis"

• Dr. Kee Jun Kim, August 4 & 5
• Dr. Jeff Leid, August 8 & 9
• Dr. Micah Worley, August 11 & 12

Movin' Out

The CETT Building was vacated in early July to allow for renovations to start to convert the facility into a modern ID research laboratory and adminstration suite. Many thanks to the ERHS toxicology faculty, students and staff for their efforts. Demolition and reconstruction will include renovation of 2-3 labs, installation of CAT-6 wiring, renovation of an administration office suite, autoclave/dishwasher installations, and several improvements required by current building codes. We are hoping for an early Fall completion of this phase. Full renovations to the building will be completed in Phase II which is anticipated to commence next summer.

In an ongoing effort to use resources wisely at the University, Facilities Managment worked with Steris to install water saving kits on autoclave units across campus. Nine autoclaves in the Microbiology building were retrofitted with these kits. The kits monitor the temperature of the discharge from the autoclaves and only inject cooling water when it is needed, they do not affect the operation of the autoclave. As a result, the Microbiology building water use has been cut in half! Before the retrofits, average water use was approx 600,000 gallons/month. After the retrofit, average water use has dropped to almost 300,000 gallons/month.

July Birthdays

• Suresh Bhamidi, July 2
• Deryl Keney, July 2
• Kevin O'Halloran, July 3
• Karen Marietta, July 4
• Mary Anna Thrall, July 4
• Lisa McCann, July 5
• Libin Shi, July 6
• Erin Smith, July 6
• Candelaria Daniels, July 7
• Lars Eisen, July 9
• Janae Raetz, July 9
• Christopher Gorham, July 10
• Rungtip Chuanchuen, July 11
• Cynthia Meredith, July 12
• Charles Calisher, July 14
• Doreene Hyatt, July 15
• Glade Weiser, July 16
• Mayur Tamhane, July 19
• Brian VanderVen, July 19
• Michael McNeil, July 22
• Lisa Woolhiser, July 23
• Michelle Dennis, July 24
• Daniel Gould, July 25
• Allison Fredenburg, July 26
• Jeanette Fritzler, July 27
• Michael Salasek, July 28

MS/PhD Program

• Erik Arthun
• Kathleen Brostrom
• Steven Erb
• Marcia Hart
• Emily Kampf
• Kelsey Schmidt
• Lily Trunck

• Preston Hill
• Angela Morrison
• Becky Rivoire
• Kevin Sokoloski
• Jesse Thompson
• Amy Ullman
• Carolina Vergel

	Michio Kurosu Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry
	Lorene Martinez RA in Vissa and Jones Labs
	Kristy Pabilonia Assistant Professor, D-Lab Avian Influenza Specialist
	Mike Salasek RA in Black Lab
	Brandon Sonn RA in Izzo Lab
	Mark Zabel Assistant Professor, Prion Molecular Biology

1. "Gee - this is almost as much fun as riding my graduate students!"
2. "What the hell do you mean, 'You don't. You get down from a duck'"?
3. Barry debuts the new shuttle service between the Foothills and Main Campuses
4. $2.30 a gallon - heck this new SUV runs on peanuts!

In The News...
Apparently unwilling to divulge their true department affiliations, Drs. Suchman and Calisher were recently quoted in the news.
Suchman Quote
Calisher Quote

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