The Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, founded in 1986, is an internationally recognized research and training center within the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology. With access to exceptional facilities and resources, the center leads fundamental and translational research to understand mycobacterial diseases and pathogens, and innovate models of disease, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines. Members collaborate extensively with center peers, university colleagues, and a host of scientific partners around the world. Through teaching, training, and outreach, members have a global influence on the understanding and treatment of mycobacterial diseases.
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Microbiology students earn recognition at national biomedical research conference
Two Biomedical Sciences undergraduate students, concentrating in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, were honored with poster presentations awards at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) in Pittsburg, PA.
Linked by Mycobacterium leprae: Red Squirrels Illuminate Medieval Leprosy Transmission
An international team, including CSU Mycobacteria Research Labs assistant professor Charlotte Avanzi, utilized archaeological findings to identify red squirrels in medieval England as hosts for Mycobacterium leprae.
Newsweek: Leprosy Is Spreading in Florida
“Besides humans, M. leprae is known to infect armadillos, red squirrels in the U.K. and chimpanzees in the West African countries of Guinea Bissau and Ivory Coast,” John Stewart Spencer, an associate professor and leprosy researcher at Colorado State University, told Newsweek.
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