Purdue Diversity Certificate Grant - 2nd Cycle

Application Period: July 15, 2020 - August 15, 2020.

The goal of the Purdue Certificate Grant is to make the Purdue Certificate Program more accessible to SAVMA students. Considerations will be made for students whose schools have already used their four AVMA sponsored seats and for non-US students whose schools don’t qualify for said funding. This cycle will allow for ICDC committee members to apply. The check to register will be sent to each individual student and we ask that you send us proof of registration within 14 days of receiving the check. We also ask that you send us proof of completion of the course and photos of you at events or doing community service. All of this, and any questions you have about the grant can be sent directly to savma.icdc@gmail.com.

Submissions are due by August 15, 2020 at 11:59pm. Winners will be notified shortly thereafter.

Application and more information can be found here.

Purdue Diversity Certificate Grant 2020 - Deadline Approaching!

Sponsored by SAVMA Integrative Communication and Diversity Committee
 
The Integrative Communications and Diversity Committee (ICDC) would like to invite students to apply for the Purdue Diversity Certificate Grant.

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Cookie the Pomeranian

Entry, Creative Corner
Jennifer Forgash, Purdue

Visualization of Uroplakin Expression in a Mouse Model of Urinary Schistosomiasis

Honorable Mention, Cases and Abstracts
Amber Kerk, Purdue University 

 

Amber R. E. Kerk1, Yi-Ju Hsieh2, Michael H. Hsieh2

1Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine

2Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine

Urinary schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease with global impact, which causes chronic urinary tract infections as well as increased risk of bladder cancer and HIV infection. It is the most prevalent form of schistosomiasis in humans world-wide, and is closely related to veterinary diseases caused by other species of schistosome. Infection with the causative parasite, Schistosoma haematobium, results in damage to the bladder lining as evidenced by the hematuria which is a hallmark feature of the disease. The presence of hematuria indicates damage to the bladder lining, which normally consists of an impermeable and flexible barrier. The primary component of this barrier is a meshwork made of tetramers of uroplakin proteins which form an interlocking structure on the luminal surface of the bladder. Previous work by our lab has shown that S. haematobium infection is associated with downregulation of uroplakin expression in the whole bladder.

 

To investigate the expression of uroplakins specifically in the urothelial lining of the bladder, transgenic RFP-uroplakin 1b mice were experimentally infected via bladder wall injection with infective S. haematobium eggs. At 7, 14, and 21 days after experimental infection, mice were sacrificed and immunohistochemistry for multiple urothelial markers was performed on the bladders. Digital processing of the images allowed fluorescence signals from only the urothelium to be analyzed. The relative fluorescence intensities of each marker were quantified and compared. Although no significant difference in relative fluorescence intensity was found between infected and control vehicle-injected bladders, this may be due to a lack of sensitivity in the immunohistochemistry techniques described here. Pursuit of further methods to refine this technique for investigating uroplakin expression in the bladder lining is ongoing.

MSPCA-Angell Pathology Externship

By: Jolene Carlson

Purdue University, Class of 2011

I participated in one three week off campus block at the Mission of Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA)—Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, MA during June & July 2010.  MSPCA-Angell is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1868, making it second-oldest humane society in the United States.  Angell Animal Medical Center is a fast paced world class emergency hospital in Boston, MA.  I worked in the Pathology Department with Dr. Pam Mouser and Dr. Patty Ewing, both ACVP boarded pathologists.  During my time there, Angell clients were allowed to submit their deceased animals for a free educational necropsy performed by me with oversight from Dr. Mouser.

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