• Microbiology undergraduate students gain hands-on laboratory experience as part of their core curriculum. This student is performing the Gram stain procedure used to identify bacteria in the Medical Bacteriology Laboratory.

  • Deanna Dailey and Vet Students

    Veterinary residents make important contributions to the teaching mission of the Department. Dr. Deanna Dailey, Anatomic Pathology Resident, provides instruction to Veterinary Students in the Biology of Disease Laboratory.

  • Randall Basaraba

    Diabetics are at an increased risk of developing tuberculosis. To understand why, Drs. Randall Basaraba and Brendan Podell are starting a new project to investigate the interactions between diabetes and tuberculosis. Learn more...

  • Erin Breland

    Erin Breland, a Junior in the Microbiology degree program, patches colonies in the Schweizer Laboratory. Erin is one of many undergraduates gaining valuable research experience in MIP department laboratories.

Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology

Functional Genomics Research in MIP

Upcoming Seminars

  • Khisi Mdluli, PhD
    Feb 23, noon, 103 Path
    "Drug Development in Non-Profits"

Events and Important Dates

  • Feb 24 - CMB/MCIN/BMB/MIP Poster Symposium
  • Apr 17 - Celebrate Undergraduate Research & Creativity
  • Apr 20 - Rocky Mtn ASM Mtg
James Kennedy

College Honors Memory of Dr. James Kennedy

The College is mourning the unexpected death of Dr. James A. Kennedy, Director of the Rocky Ford Diagnostic Laboratory.
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Megan Vogt

Outstanding Graduate

Congratulations to Megan Vogt for receiving the Fall 2011 MIP Outstanding Graduating Senior Award. Each semester the MIP faculty recognize a senior for academic excellence and/or service to the department or the community.

Mycobacteria

Potential new target for tuberculosis treatments

Professor Mary Jackson and her lab have discovered an enzyme that is critical to the survival and replication of the bacterial pathogen that causes tuberculosis. Read the entire Today at Colorado State Article.

Barbara Powers

Powers awarded 2011 Pope Award

Diagnostic Laboratory Director, Dr. Barbara Powers, has received the prestigious E.P. Pope Award for her noteworthy contributions to the AAVLD, and advancement of the specialty of veterinary diagnostic medicine.