Less of a job and more of a lifestyle: CALES alum Todd Pletcher reflects on his career training Thoroughbred racehorses Dec. 3, 2024 CALES alumnus Todd Pletcher (RTIP '89), one of the winningest trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history, has been named the 2025 CALES Alumnus of the Year. Read more Image
Coach Lloyd's Legacy takes Arizona Basketball to the racetrack Nov. 22, 2024 A weanling racehorse was recently named after Arizona men's basketball coach Tommy Lloyd, marking the second horse named in honor of an Arizona coach. Read more Image
How your morning oats could help you manage your weight July 18, 2024 New research suggests consuming foods rich in beta-glucan, a type of fiber found in oats and barley, can reduce body weight and obesity. Read more Image
A gene by any other name: Biocuration efforts help biologists speak the same language May 6, 2024 Biocurators in the School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences provide standardized names for bird genes as part of a multistate program funded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Read more Image
Sadhana Ravishankar named to the National Academy of Inventors April 11, 2024 Sadhana Ravishankar has been named a 2024 Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors for her leadership and success in food safety research, patenting, and commercialization. Read more Image
Patent issued for novel therapeutic agent targeting intestinal pathogen Dec. 22, 2023 Gayatri Vedantam and V.K. Viswanathan were awarded a patent for "Syn-LAB," a novel therapeutic agent engineered to prevent and treat Clostridioides difficile infections. Read more Image
ACBS fall 2023 outstanding seniors and grad celebration Dec. 15, 2023 The ACBS Advising Center celebrated fall 2023 graduates and honored outstanding seniors in Animal Science, Food Safety, and Veterinary Science. Read more Image
Meet assistant professor Lili Salvador Nov. 27, 2023 Salvador's research in developing models to predict how pathogens travel across the landscape by incorporating animal species specific transmission characteristics has taken her around the globe. Read more Image
2023 KEYS Research internship Nov. 27, 2023 The BIO5 Institute’s annual KEYS program is one of Arizona’s premier training programs for high school students interested in developing STEM skills. During the summer of 2023, Ravishankar and her team, mentored and worked with KEYS Research Intern, Nyreek Thompson, from Palo Verde High Magnet School. Read more Image
‘Brain and Barn’ experiences for ACBS160 students Nov. 27, 2023 ACBS160 Human and Animal Interrelationships, co-taught by Dieter and Netzin Steklis, invites students to consider how the mind, behavior, and biology of both humans and domestic animals was changed by the domestication process. Read more Image
