In the Amazon Rainforest, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine researchers collaborate with an indigenous people to seek sustainable food security solutions

Dominic Travis, DVM, MS, reflects on what he has learned in the 15 years he has spent conducting research in Gombe National Park. 

Alonso Guedes, DVM, MS, PhD, is inhibiting an enzyme found in all mammals to advance pain management in veterinary—and eventually, human—medicine. 

Exploring the full landscape of veterinary medicine 

While Tim O’Brien, DVM, PhD, DACVP, and his team aren’t the first to develop lab-made brain organoids— known as “mini-brains”—they are the first to discover a high-yielding and efficient way to construct them.

Arthritis can cause significant losses for chicken and turkey producers— anywhere from 5 to 40 percent of a flock can be lost when a reovirus that causes arthritis takes hold. A University of Minnesota research team has spent the past seven years developing tools producers can use to control this nagging and sometimes devastating condition.

The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is pleased to announce Matthew Sturos, DVM, as the first recipient of the James B. Moe Award.