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This morning, the Lab Animal Research Club (LARC) visited us for a hands-on mouse necropsy wet lab.

Drs. Pedro Ruivo, Marietta Barro, Polly Chen, Javier Zarrate and Denise Imai-Leonard attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists in Seattle, WA.

We're excited to announce that our own Comparative and Experimental Pathologist Dr. Pedro Ruivo DVM, MSc, DACVP, will be taking the spotlight at the Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology department seminar hosted by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

The Comparative Pathology Laboratory has invited Dr. Sharon Yang from the Translational Pathology Shared Resource at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to speak at the Biomedical Research Awareness Day at UC Davis on April 18th. Dr. Yang will be summarizing in situ molecular techniques (immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization) and discussing comparative strengths and limitations, approaches to validating biomarkers, and impact on research outcomes.

ADVOCACY DAY 2024. Denise Imai-Leonard, Director of the Comparative Pathology Laboratory, went to Capitol Hill to advocate for the future of veterinary medical education with Dean Stetter of UC Davis and Dean Tegzes, Executive Associate Dean McClure and Director Diniz from Western University. The need is pressing. Access to care, food safety, animal welfare, pandemic prevention, medical innovation, environmental health and conservation, are only a few spaces in which veterinarians are critically needed.