VOLUME 39, Number 43............................................................................................................... 26 October 2007

 

 


CONDOLENCES

 

Condolences to Kay Hagen, VAD, on the passing of her grandfather.

 

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Lab Animal Care

Weekend Schedule

 

October 27-28

 

Cell phone #427-5731 (with voicemail)

Office phone #62968 (if you want to leave a message not requiring an immediate response)

 

 

 

 

 


Classroom Training Sessions

 

There will be weekly training sessions on classroom usage on Fridays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in Room 1136, LYNN.  Someone will be available to answer your questions about the use of all classroom technology in the SVM.

 

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SVM/VIS Information Desk
(Veterinary Computer Network & Medical Illustration)

Phone:  4-1153      (

E-mail:  help@vet.purdue.edu      :

Hours:  8:00-12:00 & 1:00-5:00, Mon.-Fri.

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Emergency (Server Problems Only)

Dave Chasey  -  477-6264

Jim Morrison  -  423-2054

 

 

 

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VET VITTLES

 

Vet Vittles is open from 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday.  The soup selections for the week of October 29, 2007 are:

 

Monday - Mexican Tortilla and Cream of Broccoli

Tuesday - Classic Minestrone and Tuscan Bean

Wednesday - Garlic Chicken Provencal and Black Bean and Salsa

Thursday - Tomato Soup with Fennel and Clam Chowder

Friday - Chef’s Choice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ON THE CIRCUIT

(Reports for October 20-26 and earlier)

 

TRAVELER(S)                              DESTINATION                                                               PURPOSE

 

Tracy Vemulapalli........................... Charlotte, NC................. Give presentation at the National American

                                                                                   Association of Laboratory Animal Scientists Meeting

 

Rachel Heitkamp............................. Morehead, KY....................................... Speak to the Morehead State

                                                                                                                      Veterinary Technician Program

 

Martin Coster.................................. Kona, HI........ Attend the 2007 Annual Conference of the American

                                                                                                        College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists

                                                                                                                                 (ACVO); present poster

 

Pamela Mouser, Jean Stiles............. Kona, HI.. Attend the ACVO Annual Conference; give presentation

 

Pam Kirby....................................... Waikoloa, HI.............. Attend the Veterinary Ophthalmic Technician

                                                                                                        Society Conference and Board Meeting

 

Tomo Inoue..................................... Knoxville, TN........................... Attend the American College of Zoo

                                                                                                                        Veterinarians Annual Meeting

 

Sulma Mohammed.......................... Cape Town, South Africa.......... Attend the African Organization for

                                                                                                     Research and Training in Cancer Meeting;

                                                                                                       chair the Breast Cancer Biology Session;

                                                                                                                            attend the Council Meeting

 

Samantha Stevenson....................... Indianapolis , IN......... Attend the Fourth Annual Fall Conference for

                                                                                                               Indiana State Assembly of Surgical

                                                                                                             Technologists as a Board of Director

 

Eran Raizman.................................. Tokyo, Japan........................ Attend the International Association for

                                                                                                                  Paratuberculosis 9th International

                                                                                                                     Colloquium on Paratuberculosis

 

Paul Robinson................................. Melbourne, Australia............. Attend the Australian Flow Cytometry

                                                                                             Association Annual Meeting; give presentation

                                                                                                      on “Cytomics and the integration of next

                                                                                                              generation technologies”; tutorial on

                                                                                                    “Educational Opportunities in Cytometry”

 

 

 

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SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

 

SEMINARS

 

 

VCS 620 SEMINARS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY

 

 

Friday, November 2, 2007

8:00 a.m., Room G167, LYNN

 

 

Dr. Sarah Baillie

Royal Veterinary College

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

 

SEMINARS

 

 

BMS 692 SEMINAR

 

 

Monday, October 29, 2007

4:00 p.m., Room G167, LYNN

 

 

Dr. Rafique Islam, MD

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Department of Basic Medical Sciences

Purdue University

 

 

Cell Adhesion Mediated Control of EGF Receptor in Nervous System Development”

 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY CLINICAL SCIENCES

SPECIAL SEMINAR

 

 

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

10:00 a.m., Room 1136, LYNN

 

 

James F. Naughton, DVM, MS

Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor

University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign, IL

 

 

Evaluation of Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Canine and
Equine Articular Cartilage Disease”

 

 

 

Dr. Naughton is a candidate for the Diagnostic Imaging faculty position.

 

 

 

 

SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

 

SEMINARS

 

 

CPB 697 RESEARCH SEMINAR

 

 

Thursday, November 1, 2007

3:30 p.m., Room 112, VPTH

 

 

Juergen A. Richt, DVM, PhD

Veterinary Medical Officer

Lead Scientist, Prion Diseases Laboratory

National Animal Disease Center

Ames, IA

 

 

Animal Prion Diseases in the U.S.:  BSE and Beyond

 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPARATIVE PATHOBIOLOGY

SPECIAL SEMINAR

 

 

Monday, November 5, 2007

3:30 p.m., Room G167, LYNN

 

 

Hans H. Cheng, PhD

Supervisory Research Geneticist and Lead Scientist

USDA-ARS

Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory

East Lansing, MI

 

 

An Integrative Genomics Approach to Identify Genes and Biological Pathways that

Confer Genetic Resistance to Marek’s Disease, a T-Cell Lymphoma of Chickens,

and a Biomedical Model for Oncogenicity and Vaccinal Immunity”

 

 

Dr. Cheng is a candidate for the Hayward Endowed Chair in Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, and Comparative Medicine.