In October, the Rocky Mountain ASM Branch combined with the Rocky Mountain Virology Club to host the second Rocky Mountain Microbiology Club meeting at Pinegree Park.

MIP's students did very well in the competitions:

• First Place: Preston Neff, Wilusz Lab
• Third Place: Kirsten Kulcsar, Quackenbush Lab

• First Place: Kevin Sokoloski, Wilusz Lab
• Second Place: Emily Kampf, Bosio Lab

• First Place: Dan Konet, Carlson Lab
• Third Place: Nicole Garneau, Wilusz Lab

Congratulations to the MIP Students for winning half of the available prizes!

The CVMBS Research Team led by Biomedical Sciences Professor, Richard Bowen, was awarded $2.6 million from the Centers for Disease Control to study how interactions between humans and birds may lead to more widespread transmission of avian influenza. MIP researchers participating in the research are Drs. Kristy L. Pabilonia, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, and Hana Van Campen.

Read the CSU News Release.

2007 will mark the 100^th anniversary of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. MIP is a key contributer to the scientific advances, student education, and diagnostic services of the college. Several events and celebrations will be happening during 2007, be sure to check out the schedule at the Development Website.

Diagnostic Medicical Center
Architectural Firm Chosen!

Circled area shows location of new Diagnostic Medical Center

The new center will house Diagnostic Laboratory personnel, the Clinical Pathology Laboratory, the Office of the State Veterinarian, and other programs based at the Veterinary Medical Center on the South Campus.

New diagnostic facilities are desperately needed to keep pace with the changing needs of Colorado’s and the nation’s animal agriculture and advances in diagnostic technologies. Diagnostic testing with biosecurity concerns also requires the creation of additional specialized laboratory space. This type of testing is on the increase because of new animal diseases as well as national security and concerns over bioweapons and zoonotic diseases. Additionally, diagnostic medicine is becoming more specialized, and requires more technical equipment and space to provide better diagnostics for veterinary clients.

The new facility will provide approximately 60,000 gross square feet for diagnostic laboratories and 31,000 square feet for office and support spaces.

MIP Publications Late October-early November 2006

• Achkar JM, Dong Y, Holzman RS, Belisle J, Kourbeti IS, Sherpa T, Condos R, Rom WN, Laal S. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Malate Synthase- and MPT51-Based Serodiagnostic Assay as an Adjunct to Rapid Identification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2006 Nov;13(11):1291-1293.
• Baas T, Baskin CR, Diamond DL, Garcia-Sastre A, Bielefeldt-Ohmann H, Tumpey TM, Thomas MJ, Carter VS, Teal TH, Van Hoeven N, Proll S, Jacobs JM, Caldwell ZR, Gritsenko MA, Hukkanen RR, Camp DG 2nd, Smith RD, Katze MG. Integrated molecular signature of disease: analysis of influenza virus-infected macaques through functional genomics and proteomics. J Virol. 2006 Nov;80(21):10813-28.
• Ballweber LR. Diagnostic methods for parasitic infections in livestock. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2006 Nov;22(3):695-705.
• Berges BK, Wheat WH, Palmer BE, Connick E, Akkina R. HIV-1 infection and CD4 T cell depletion in the humanized Rag2-/- common gamma chain -/- (RAG-hu) mouse model. Retrovirology. 2006 Nov 1;3(1):76
• Groathouse NA, Amin A, Marques MA, Spencer JS, Gelber R, Knudson DL, Belisle JT, Brennan PJ, Slayden RA. Use of protein microarrays to define the humoral immune response in leprosy patients and identification of disease-state-specific antigenic profiles. Infect Immun. 2006 Nov;74(11):6458-66.
• Kennedy JA. Diagnostic efficacy of a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay to screen cattle for persistent bovine viral diarrhea virus infection. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2006 Nov 1;229(9):1472-4.
• Siddiqui F, Ehrhart EJ, Charles B, Chubb L, Li CY, Zhang X, Larue SM, Avery PR, Dewhirst MW, Ullrich RL. Anti-angiogenic effects of interleukin-12 delivered by a novel hyperthermia induced gene construct. Int J Hyperthermia. 2006 Nov;22(7):587-606.
• Taylor JL, Hattle JM, Dreitz SA, Troudt JM, Izzo LS, Basaraba RJ, Orme IM, Matrisian LM, Izzo AA. Role for Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 in Granuloma Formation during Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. Infect Immun. 2006 Nov;74(11):6135-44.
• U'ren L, Kedl R, Dow S. Vaccination with liposome-DNA complexes elicits enhanced antitumor immunity. Cancer Gene Ther. 2006 Nov;13(11):1033-44.

Please join the Department in recognizing the following individuals for their dedicated service to CSU:

10 Years of Service
• Torsten Eckstein
• Vara Vissa

15 Years of Service
• Bill Black
• Susan Deines
• Nancy DuTeau
• Preston Hill
• Peter Justice
• Mark Romero
• Michael Scherman

20 Years of Service
• John Belisle
• Ian Orme
• Barb Powers
• Janice Riegel

25 Years of Service
• Barry Beaty
• Ed Hoover
• Linda Jones
• Robert Jones

30 Years of Service
• Esta Saffer

Abstracts are now being accepted for the 8th Annual CVMBS Research Day. The submission deadline is December 4, 2006 at 5:00PM. Abstracts can be submitted at the following web site: http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/researchday/submission.cfm

The Symposium will be at the Hilton in Fort Collins at 1PM, with poster and oral presentations in basic and clinical sciences by graduate students, veterinary students, veterinary residents and interns. A keynote speaker will be featured, and libations and an awards ceremony at ~6 PM will conclude the afternoon.

Check out how well MIP did at the 2006 Research Day in the Febuary Newsletter.

The facilities at foothills are really starting to take shape and the scenery has definitely changed!...





Thanks for the photos Jerry!

	Mary Ann Degroote, Faculty, Mycobacteriology
	Hend Ibrahim, Research Scientist in Wilusz Lab

Colorado Combined Campaign donation packets were recently distributed to everyone in MIP. Please take a moment to review this important program and consider contributing.

"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. " ~Erma Bombeck

This year CSU Cans Around the Oval collected 139,972 pounds of food! Thanks to everyone in MIP who contributed to this cause. Seems like there is something funny we could say here pointing out the major difference between the donations (I know John Wydallis is to thank for the "4 pounds from Pathology").

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