Research News, Events & Conferences

Throughout the year, Penn Vet hosts seminars, conferences, symposiums, and speaker series, which serve as forums for academics to share the latest research approaches breakthroughs in a wide array of subjects.

Penn Vet Seminar Programs
Animal Biology Seminar Series (ABSS)
The Mari Lowe Center for Comparative Onocology Seminar Series
Parasitology Seminar Series
Pathobiology Department Seminar Series

Penn Vet Research in the News

Human stem cells give monkey hearts a boost after heart attacks, study says

CNN — Monday, Jul 2, 2018
Dr. John Gearhart commented on a study for CNN in which human stem cells gave monkey hearts a boost after heart attacks.
11 Things Doctors Need You to Know About Childhood Alzheimer’s

Reader’s Digest — Friday, Jul 13, 2018
Dr. Charles Vite was quoted in a Reader’s Digest article about Niemann-Pick disease type C and Sanfilippo syndrome.
Novel people movement management technology helps reduce swine disease transmission

Feedstuffs — Thursday, Jun 7, 2018
Dr. Thomas Parsons comments on the importance of managing the movement of people on-farm for a successful biosecurity program.
Promoting cross-campus collaborations in health research

Penn Today — Monday, Jun 11, 2018
Penn Today highlights the productive partnership between Dr. Nicola Mason and Dr. Yvonne Paterson of Penn Medicine
Ophthotech Enters into Gene Therapy Agreements with UF and UPenn

Ophthotech — Thursday, Jun 7, 2018
Ophthotech has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the UF and the UPenn to develop and commercialize a gene therapy product to treat rhodopsin-mediated autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.