VetBactBlog

The new building (VHC) of the Faculty for Veterinary Medine and Animal Science at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala. VHC was inaugurated in September 2014. The photo was taken in the afternoon 2014-12-03.

On the 10^th of December at 09:00 – 11:45 a.m., the applicants for the position as Professor in Veterinary Bacteriology will give their presentations in the lecture room Audhumbla in the VHC house at the Ultuna Campus, Uppsala, according to the following agenda:

09:00 – 09:45, Karin Artursson (National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden),  ”Bakterier i mjölk som kan orsaka sjukdom både hos djur och människor” (in Swedish).
10:00 – 10:45, Joerg Jores (International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya),   “The smallest bacterium with the biggest impact on cattle in Africa” (in English).
11:00 – 11:45, Bengt Guss (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden),  ”Kvarka – en fruktad infektionssjukdom som drabbar hästar” (in Swedish).

For more information, see SLU’s kalendarium.

The lectures are public and you are all welcome!

Phase contrast micrograph of Treponema phagedenis subsp. vaccae. Image: VetBact, Märit Pringle.

Two theses from SLU (Swedish University of Agriculturan Sciences) on Treponema spp. will soon be presented and defended:

1. Frida Karlsson, Treponema spp. in porcine skin ulcers. Clinical aspects. May 15, 2014 at 09:15 a.m. in the lecture hall KC1 at Ultuna Campus. Opponent: Professor Michael Wendt, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany. Principle supervisor: Professor Claes Fellström, SLU.

2. Olov Svartström, Treponema spp. in necrotic skin ulcers in pigs. Phenotypic and genotypic features. May 16, 2014 at 09:15 a.m. in the lecture hall KC1 at Ultuna Campus. Opponent: Professor Davis Smajs, University of Brno, The Czech Republic. Principle supervisor: Professor Claes Fellström, SLU.

The VH-faculty will move into this brand new building at the Ultuna Campus in the summer of 2014. The photo was taken: 2013-09-04.

The position as pro- fessor in Veterinary Bacteriology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala is now open for applications. This position is affiliated to the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (VH-faculty), SLU, Uppsala, Sweden.

The final date for applications is May 5, 2014 and further information can be obtained from SLU.

The VH-faculty will move into this brand new house at the Ultuna Campus within one year. The foto was taken: 2013-09-04.

During the spring 2014, a position as professor in Veterinary Bacteriology will be open for applications.

This position is affiliated to the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (VH-faculty), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.

More information will appear in the VetBactBlog, as soon as the position as professor in Veterinary Bacteriology has been officially announced at SLU’s website.

Gram staining of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Note the typical “cheese doodle appearance” of these bacteria.

Veterinarian Helena Eriksson will defend her thesis entitled Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in laying hens on May 31 at 09.15 in lecture room 1 (“KC ettan”) at the Clinical Center (Klinikcentrum), Ultuna, Uppsala. The thesis is available from SLU’s database Epsilon.

Helena Eriksson is affiliated to the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Professor Claes Fellström has acted as principal supervisor.

Professor Anders Permin (DTU, Copenhagen) will act as external reviewer (opponent) and he will also give a lecture about diseases in laying hens on May 30 at 15.00 in Aniara, SVA, Ultuna, Uppsala.

E. rhusiopathiae is an important bacterium in veterinary medicine and it may cause erysipelas (rödsjuka) in pigs, sheep, turkey and humans etc. Read more about the thesis work (in Swedish) at the website of the National Veterinary Institute (SVA).

Kaggen giving a lecture on VetBact for veterinary students, 25 September 2012.
Photo: Staffan Tamm/VetBact.org

VetBact is a database containing information about 215 bacterial species of interest in veterinary medicine. On February 12, Kaggen (Karl-Erik Johansson) and Staffan Tamm will present VetBact in “Långskeppet”, SVA at 14:00 to 14:45, for the staff of SVA. The recently introduced modules VetBactBlog, VetBactQuiz and VetBactLab will be presented as well as some other new features of VetBact. VetBactLab is a module by which virtual experiments can be performed.