Congratulations graduates!

On Saturday, May 7th was held the graduation ceremony for the 2016 DVM students as well as for the graduate students enrolled in the VMED program.

Among them, the UMN swine group is happy to announce the graduation of Drs. Carmen Alonso, Nitipong Homwong, Catalina Picasso, and Jisun Sun.

Please join us in congratulating them for their academic success!

 

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Telepathology at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

IMG_0904editedThe  Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Minnesota is equipped with the latest technology to provide their clients with the highest level of service.One of the state-of-the-art pieces of equipment available is the telepathology  installation. A first camera is set up on the necropsy floor so that the client can see the lesions as they are commented and explained in real-time by our pathologists Dr. Jim Collins, Dr. Albert Rovira or Dr. Fabio Vannucci. The second camera is connected to a microscope to display histology slides
Both cameras are supported by a software which allows the presenter to draw on the image (green circles and arrow on the picture) from the video to clarify the explanations.

Access to the telepathology website

The client has access to the real-time video feed via the link shown above after being approved by the hosting pathologist.

 

UMN well represented at 2016 AASV

UMN students did a fantastic job at the 2016 American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) meeting. Four students presented their projects as a poster presentation and two gave a presentation, reaching 2nd and 3rd position of the student competition. Alyssa Anderson was one of the five students awarded with the Merck-AASV Foundation scholarship.

On the faculty side, Dr. Mike Murtaugh’s research project concerning the development of  a challenge-free model to predict vaccine efficacy, was one of the four recognized by and received support from the AASV Foundation.

Congratulations to all!

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