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Q&A with Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame
Karen Verderame sits at her desk holding a tarantula.

Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame has 17 tarantulas, vinegaroons (whip-tail scorpions), true scorpions, hissing cockroaches, giant cockroaches, three bearded dragons, a snake, hermit crabs, chinchillas, two dogs, and three cats. 

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Q&A with Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame

Verderame, an outreach educator at the School of Veterinary Medicine, discusses her kinship with misunderstood animals, introducing students to veterinary medicine, the black market for insects, her favorite part of her job, and the dreaded spotted lanternfly.
The draw of internal medicine at Penn Vet
Veterinarians Daniela Luethy and Austin Castellano examine a goat.

Penn Vet’s Daniela Luethy and fourth-year student Austin Castellano perform a physical exam on a patient.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Vet’s Bellwether Magazine)

The draw of internal medicine at Penn Vet

At Penn Vet, internal medicine and specialty sections, including ultrasound and cardiology, diagnostic pathology, and radiology, work together to provide the most efficient information and the highest level of care for a patient.

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A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research
Four people in front of National AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Penn researchers affiliated with the Penn Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) attended AIDS Walk Philly in October 2024. Pictured with the National AIDS Memorial Quilt are Deratu Ahmed, a first-year epidemiology doctoral student studying pharmacogenetics related to HIV and tuberculosis in Botswana; Dominique Medaglio, a fourth-year epidemiology doctoral student studying ways to encourage smoking cessation for people with HIV in the United States; CFAR co-director Robert Gross, professor of medicine and epidemiology in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Penn Medicine; and CFAR director Ronald Collman, professor of medicine and microbiology.

(Image: Courtesy of Ronald G. Collman)

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    • A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research

    Ronald G. Collman talks about the current state of AIDS care, work with the City of Philadelphia, and how the Center is supporting collaborations across campus.
    Research on key host pathways has implications for Ebola and beyond
    Ebola virus in cell.

    When the Hippo pathway is “off,” the downstream protein YAP (red) is localized to the nucleus. VP40 (cyan), a viral matrix protein found in the Ebola virus, simultaneously drives vigorous formation and egress of virus-like particles along the cell periphery. In addition, Ebola virus nucleoprotein directs the formation of cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (yellow), also known as viral factories, in which viral RNA synthesis (transcription and replication) occurs.

    (Image: Courtesy of Ronald Harty)

    Research on key host pathways has implications for Ebola and beyond

    A collaborative team of researchers led by Penn Vet’s Ronald N. Harty and Jingjing Liang show how the Hippo signaling pathway intersects with the virus at multiple stages of the viral life cycle.
    Vet student’s semester in Malawi is part of new educational partnership
    Ashley Vanderbeck with vet students in Malawi.

    Ashley Vanderbeck (third from left) with Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources veterinary students.

    (Image: Courtesy of Ashley Vanderbeck for Penn Vet News)

    Vet student’s semester in Malawi is part of new educational partnership

    Ashley Vanderbeck spent a semester at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Malawi thanks to a novel program between Penn Vet and LUANAR to foster educational exchange and research opportunities.

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    Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures Program launches habitat initiative for Philadelphia bats
    Nick Tanner and Daniel Flinchbaugh with a finished bat box.

    Penn Facilities and Real Estate Services assistant landscape planner Daniel Flinchbaugh (left) and Penn undergraduate Nick Tanner (right) with a nearly finished bat box in the Weitzman School of Design Fabrication Lab.

    (Image: John Donges/University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine)

    Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures Program launches habitat initiative for Philadelphia bats

    With the bat population on a sharp decline since 2008, the Program collaborated with Penn Sustainability and Penn Facilities and Real Estate Services to develop bat boxes designed to mimic tree habitat and support the daily needs and overall health of bats.

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