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Veterinary Medicine

Ryan Hospital staff veterinarians on life in emergency services and critical care
Charles Garneau-So and Catalina Montealegre perform an ultrasound on a cat

Charles Garneau-So and Catalina Montealegre perform an ultrasound on a cat during the evening shift.

(Image: Courtesy of Bellwether Magazine)

Ryan Hospital staff veterinarians on life in emergency services and critical care

Veterinarians at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine share the benefits that a teaching hospital has on animals, students, and pet owners alike.

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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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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.