MU College of Veterinary Medicine

Elijah Rojas

Dec. 12, 2022

Making time for opportunities

Double major Elijah Rojas packed his college schedule full of class and lab time. Some of the greatest lessons he learned, though, were to slow down and soak up the moment and people around him.

Portrait of Katherine Meiser in front of building.

Dec. 12, 2022

Doubling her efforts

Researcher, animal-lover and academic dynamo Katherine Meiser completes the first step of her dual-degree dream.

Dec. 5, 2022

Feline genetics help pinpoint first-ever domestication of cats, MU study finds

Cat genes reveal how invention of agriculture bonded cats with people in ancient Mesopotamia, leading to worldwide feline migration with humans.

Henry Wan looks in a microscope in his lab

Nov. 16, 2022

Xiu-Feng “Henry” Wan receives $5 million grant to study animal-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Wan ultimately hopes the work can help prevent another worldwide pandemic.

compilation of science to art pieces

Nov. 8, 2022

The art of science

Three MU researchers show their creative sides in an annual art show that displays fine art pieces generated by their research.

three student headshots

Nov. 7, 2022

Celebrating first-generation students

Nearly 22% of new MU students are first-generation college students. In honor of First-Generation College Celebration Day, meet a few Tigers who are blazing new trails.

Veterinarians examine dog in clinic

Nov. 4, 2022

‘Click’ chemistry may help treat dogs with bone cancer, MU study finds

The scientific discovery, which recently earned a Nobel Prize in chemistry, may efficiently deliver radioactive cancer treatments to tumors while reducing side effects.

An up-close model of a virus.

Nov. 3, 2022

Monkeypox mutations cause virus to spread rapidly, evade drugs and vaccines, MU study finds

Researchers show how monkeypox mutations cause virus to replicate, spread faster.

MU's Gary Johnson

Nov. 3, 2022

$1.5 million gift supports Canine Genetics Lab at MU

MU College of Veterinary Medicine receives gift from the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals.

A photo of Dr. Randall Prather standing in front of a sign for the National Swine Resource & Research Center.

Oct. 13, 2022

Years in the making

Recent successful partial heart transplant in infant linked to MU researcher Randall Prather’s decades long work with genetically modified pigs.

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