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Microbiology, Immunology,
and Pathology Education, research, and clinical diagnostics to improve animal and human health locally and globally

With a focus on understanding the pathology, improving the diagnostics, and developing more effective treatments, vaccines, and cures for internationally important infectious diseases, the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology is home to world-renowned scientists and leaders in laboratory research. Students have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience by working alongside faculty with specialties in bacteriology, mycobacterial diseases, prion biology, vector-borne infectious diseases, virology, and computational biology.

Degree Programs

Residencies and Externships

Anatomic Pathology Residency Biomedical Research Training for Veterinarians Clinical Pathology Residency Comparative Medicine Residency Microbiology Residency

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Areas of Expertise

Bacteriology Immunology Mycobacterial Diseases Prion Biology Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Virology

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Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Insitute: Team science and innovation training for faculty

CSU Associate Professor Candace Mathiason was in the 2018-19 Leadership in Innovation and Team Science cohort.

Researchers achieve breakthrough in gene-targeted approach to study chronic wasting disease

The research team detected a difference in prion strain properties in deer and elk, which is significant because these properties control the ability of whether prions can transmit a disease between species.

Morning Ag Clips: Soil threatened by instability of Amazon forests

The new study, “Amazonian deforestation and soil biodiversity,” is published in the June issue of Conservation Biology and is co-authored by CSU Distinguished Professor Diana Wall, Bruno Sobral, professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at CSU, and Artur Silva, professor at the Universidade Federal do Pará in Belém, Brazil.

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