GlaxoSmithKline-Sponsored ASLAP Foundation Summer Fellowship in
Laboratory Animal Medicine at the University of Missouri
Guidelines
1. VENUES and ACRONYMS
1) Externship/elective block activities occur primarily in four areas:
i. The Office of Animal Resources (OAR) located at 1720 East Campus Loop animal facility management and oversight, animal care, laboratory animal medicine
ii. The Research Animal Diagnostic Laboratory (RADIL) located at 4011 Discovery
Drive - diagnostics, comparative and research pathology, animal resource centers,
genetics, reproductive biology and cryobiology, extern/elective block projects
iii. The Office of Animal Care and Quality Assurance (ACQA) – Animal Care and Use
Committee, facility inspections, federal regulation compliance
iv. Several research labs across campus – comparative medicine research
2. CONTACT INFORMATION
1) RULE NUMBER ONE (the only rule) is to drive your externship/elective block by asking
questions, asking “what’s going on today,” etc. Do not wait for someone to come to you.
There are several means of communicating with individuals in our program including
email, cell phone and direct contact. If you have an accessible email account, we will use
that; if not, we will establish an MU email account for you. The following email was used
very successfully by a former extern to get things started:
Hello everybody,
My name is _______ and I'm a ____ year veterinary student from ______ on a ___
week externship/elective block here at the University of Missouri. I have met some of you
already and am looking forward to meeting the rest of you soon. I would really appreciate
it, if you have something interesting going on that you think I might benefit from,
if you could send me an email or contact me and let me know about it. I would also like to
participate in _______ if possible. My cell phone number is ______ and my email address
is ______. I have desk space in _____ (RADIL) and the OAR postdoc office. If you know
of anyone else who was not contacted in this email, but may be doing something of
interest, please pass my information along. I'm looking forward to my stay in Columbia.
2) You will be balancing activities between the OAR, RADIL and research activities.
Activities are a moving target and many are not scheduled so the challenge is finding out
what is ongoing each day and then managing your day. You will be assigned a desk in the
RADIL and one in the OAR. It is recommended that you spend your “downtime” at desks
in both locations. Since OAR activities may arise at any time, it is recommended that, on
days when no activities are scheduled, you spend the first hour of mornings at the OAR
office desk. Moreover, to facilitate getting involved in OAR activities as soon as possible,
schedule meetings with both Drs. Dixon and Korte sometime during the first week of your
externship and consider spending the first 2-3 days of your externship at the OAR.
3) Work with Pat Parry and Rose Mayfield to get a University Pawprint which will get you
access to computers (and an email if needed). You can also get wireless access by using
the MizzouWireless-Guest access – ask Craig, Rose or Pat to obtain the WEP Key for the
months you are here from Greg Kelly.
4) Your primary contacts for OAR, RADIL, ACQA and research activities are (additional
contact information is at the end of this document):
i. OAR - Dr. Scott Korte (OAR veterinarian), Drs. Glenn Jackson, Erin OConnor
and Diana Gettys (postdocs doing their research but with some OAR activities).
ii. RADIL – Veronica Adams (postdoc on RADIL rotation), Drs. Vinoth Sittaramane,
Franklin Lopez and Marcus Crim (postdocs doing their research but with some
RADIL activities), Laurie Wisdom (necropsy lab supervisor), Drs. Shari Hamilton
and Susan Caraker (rodent pathologists; W191 Vet Med, 573-882-4472), Debbie
Sharpe (PCR lab supervisor), Jill Gruenkemeyer (histology lab supervisor), and
Janelle Lawrence (repro services and cryobiology lab supervisor)
iii. ACQA – Sara Wolff, Holly Rice and Dr. Bill Dale, (573-884-6758)
iv. OAR investigator support and med school surgeries – Sherri Neff (573-882-8495)
v. Swine Center activities – Dr. Eric Walters (573-882-1134)
vi. Research – Drs. Franklin Lopez, Marcus Crim, Vinoth Sittaramane, Glenn Jackson,
Erin O’Connor, Diana Gettys, Ryan Stoffel, Chris Manuel, Bettina Weber, Hanni
Lee, Aaron Ericsson, Lydia Cook and Mike Drake are all currently performing their
dissertation or postdoctoral projects in a number of research labs across campus.
vii. Contact these individuals on a daily/regular basis to find out about activities or with
any questions you have.
viii. Inquire about tours of facilities with OAR and RADIL contact persons.
5) Additional key contacts are
i. Pat Parry, CMP fiscal person, S107 RADIL, 573-882-6647
ii. Rose Mayfield, extern travel coordinator, S115 RADIL, 573-884-7803
3. EXTERNSHIP/ELECTIVE GOALS
Discuss your goals for this externship/elective with Dr. Franklin on day one.
4. PROJECT
1) During your externship / elective, you will perform a short benchtop research project
(depending on project availability)
i. Dr. Franklin will direct you to individuals with possible projects. Discuss these
sometime during the first 2 days of your externship/elective block, so that you can
get started as soon as possible. Again, drive your project, by asking lots of
questions! At the end of your externship/elective, you will prepare a presentation
describing your project. Include relevant background, objective or hypothesis,
rationale, methods and design, results, conclusions and possible future directions.
ii. If a project is not available, you will perform a literature review on the topic of
your choice (approved by Dr. Franklin) and prepare a short (15-30 minute)
presentation on a Comparative Medicine / Laboratory Animal Medicine topic.
Determine the topic for the literature review based on your interests or observations
during your first few days.
iii. You will also have the opportunity to explore research by meeting with postdocs in
their research labs and participate in their ongoing projects.
5. MEETINGS and ROUNDS
Several meetings occur throughout the year that are of interest to externs/elective block students.
Inquire with OAR and RADIL contacts about meetings as soon as you arrive. The following are
scheduled meetings:
1) Animal Care and Use Committee meeting – First Tuesday of every month, (contact Sara
Wolff, Holly Rice and Dr. Bill Dale for location and with questions)
2) OAR weekly postdoc meeting – Wednesdays at 12:00/12:15 in the OAR conference room
3) Pathology Rounds – Wednesdays at 8:15 in A251 Clydesdale (multiheaded scope room);
we do not have rounds on block change day
4) OAR management meeting (Dr. Lon Dixon, postdocs, facility managers) – first Thursday
of each month at 1:00/1:15 in OAR conference room; contact any OAR postdoc or Dr.
Dixon for exact schedule
5) Helicobacter research lab meeting – Mondays at 8:30 in S102 RADIL.
6) Lab Animal Diagnostics lab meeting – Fridays at 9:00 in S102 RADIL
7) Comparative Medicine Seminar – Fridays at 12:00 in S130 RADIL
8) Core Course – fall, spring and summer semesters; Methodology of Animal
Experimentation will begin January 19 (contact Dr. Franklin for more information).
9) Immunology journal club – Thursdays from 1-2 in 615 MSB (Med Sci Bldg)
10) Immunology works in progress – fall and winter semesters; every 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesday
at 4:00 in 615 MSB
11) AFIP pathology rounds – every Thursday at 9:00 in A251 Clydesdale (multiheaded scope
room) – contact Dr. Gayle Johnson for information
12) Clinical pathology rounds – every Tuesday at 8:15 in clin path lab – contact Dr.
Wiedmeyer for information
13) All of the postdocs that are in research labs have lab meetings – inquire if you’d like to
attend one, two or all.
6. ONGOING ACTIVITIES
1) Animal care – schedule AT LEAST one day to shadow the OAR postdoc
2) Surgery labs – contact Sara Wolff, Holly Rice or Dr. Dale
3) Rodent handling labs – contact Holly Rice for more information. NOTE 1 - you will be
asked to take and online course for which you will need a employee ID; if we cannot
procure and ID prior to the lab, it is ok for you to take the course after the lab has been
completed (once you have your ID); NOTE 2 - you may also be asked to participate in the
Occupational Health Program – this is not necessary as you will not have time to fully go
through the enrollment process.
NOTE for MU elective block students; if a handling lab is not scheduled during your
elective and you would still like to participate, you may do so through a future handling lab
– contact Holly for handling lab schedules (let her know that this is part of a prior elective
rotation).
4) Inspections – contact postdoc on OAR rotation(s), Sara and Holly.
5) ACUC protocol review – contact Dr. Pat Farrar
6) Surgeries – ongoing experimental surgeries will be discussed at OAR meetings or contact
postdoc on OAR rotation or Sherrie Neff.
7) Parasitology and necropsy lab with follow-up tissue sectioning and histology lab – day
one approx ½ day; days two and three – approximately 2 hours/day – contact Laurie
Wisdom to schedule.
8) Rodent phenotyping lab – contact Laurie Wisdom to schedule
9) Reproductive biology and cryobiology activities (e.g. embryo transfer, ICSI, plug checks)
– contact Janelle Lawrence
10) PCR lab – learn how to set up and run a PCR reaction – contact Dr. Livingston
11) Normal slide and disease slide set reviews. Drs Hamilton and Caraker have slide sets for
rodents, rabbits, non-human primates and amphibians. After you have reviewed, please
set up time with either to review slides and go over questions (approximately 1 hour/set).
After slide set review, unknowns will be distributed for independent review. Once
complete, again set up a time to review with Shari or Susan (1 hour)
12) Tour of genotyping lab and discussion of mouse, rat and swine resource centers – contact
Dr. Bauer
13) Swine center activity and tours – contact Dr. Walters
14) Laboratory Animal Medicine class for the second year veterinary students – ongoing in
January and February – contact Dr. Besch-Williford for details.
7. SPACE and TRAVEL
1) You will have access to computers and microscopes in the RADIL. You will also have
access to the veterinary school library and a locker in the RADIL.
2) You will be assigned a desk in the RADIL and a desk in the OAR. It is recommended that
you spend your “downtime” at desks in both locations (for example OAR in the morning
and RADIL in the afternoon) so that you are readily available for activities that may arise.
3) You will be responsible for getting around on campus. This can either be accomplished
by use of your personal vehicle or catching rides with postdocs and faculty (latter can be
tough). If you need a parking pass for the day, contact Nancy Wawrzyniak.
4) Contact Rose Mayfield for a campus map
8. JOURNAL
1) Maintain a journal of your activities (to be handed in upon your departure).
2) To aid in keeping track of activities beforehand, consider making a schedule.
9. MEET PEOPLE
1) During your stay, you will have frequent contact with the CMP trainees. Also take
advantage of our faculty that live and breathe Comparative Medicine. One means of
doing so is to create a checklist and set up a time to meet with each individual and pick
their brains about comparative medicine. Hint: if you ultimately plan to apply to our postDVM program, getting to know our faculty has its advantages. Below is a list that
includes some (NOT all) background info.
Beth Bauer, DVM, ACLAM, Assistant Professor, N133 RADIL (resource centers, rodent
colony management, research and development)
Cindy Besch-Williford, DVM, PhD, ACLAM, Associate Professor, N130 RADIL
(comparative pathology, prostate cancer, immunohistochemistry and histology)
Elizabeth Bryda, PhD, Associate Professor, N131 RADIL (genetics, genotyping,
polycystic kidney disease, deafness)
John Critser, PhD, Endowed Professor of Comparative Medicine, N132 RADIL
(cryobiology, reproductive biology, biomedical engineering, resource centers)
William Dale, PhD, Director of the Animal Care and Quality Assurance Office (ACUC,
regulations)
Lon Dixon, DVM, MS, ACLAM, Director of Animal Resources, 1720 E. Campus Loop
(lab animal medicine, animal facility management, facility design, ACUC,
pharmaceuticals and industry)
Pat Farrar, DVM, ACLAM, Veterinarian, 1720 E. Campus Loop (ACUC protocol review)
Craig Franklin, DVM, PhD, ACLAM, Associate Professor, N128 RADIL (comparative
pathology, inflammatory bowel disease, helicobacters, rodent phenotyping and
pathobiology, careers for veterinarians in research)
Scott Korte, DVM, Manager, Clinical Veterinary Services, OAR, 1720 E. Campus Loop
(laboratory animal veterinarian, genetically engineered swine)
Mike Linville, DVM, Manager, Clinical Veterinary Services, OAR, 1720 E. Campus Loop
(large animal veterinarian)
Bob Livingston, DVM, PhD, ACLAM, Associate Professor, N127 RADIL (microbial
diagnostics, PCR, recombinant antigens, murine norovirus, parvoviruses, helicobacters,
R&D)
Matt Myles, DVM, PhD, ACLAM, Research Assistant Professor, N134 RADIL
(helicobacters, inflammatory bowel disease, microarrays, serology, recombinant
antigens, R&D, former SERCA awardee)
Lela Riley, PhD, ACLAM, Professor, N129 RADIL (Director of the RADIL, molecular
biology, parvoviruses, murine norovirus, biosensors, resource centers, mutant swine,
R&D)
Earl Steffen, PhD, Assistant Professor, N126 RADIL (serology, microbiology, R&D)
Pat Stewart, DVM, ACLAM, Assistant Director of Animal Resources, 1720 E. Campus
Loop (lab animal medicine)
10. ANIMAL PERSONNEL TRAINING
All research personnel working with animals must accomplish the required institutional
training. The training module is available online and takes 20-30 minutes to complete. The
URL for this Basic Training in Animal Care and Use is:
https://research.missouri.edu/acqa_secure/animalCare/index.php. You will need a University
Pawprint to take this course (contact Pat Parry to get this arranged if you do not have one).
Contact Holly Rice (573-882-1746; riceh@missouri.edu) with questions about this training.
11. ACCESS PHOTOS OF PEOPLE
The RADIL maintains a photo collection of its employees and the CMP postdocs. To access
this page seehttps://internal-radil.missouri.edu/radil/radilphotos/photomenu.asp
12. TOURS
1) If you’d like a tour of the MU campus and Columbia, schedule with Dr. Franklin
2) If you’d like to tour the MU vet school, contact Kathy Seay in the Dean’s office
(seayk@missouri.edu or 573-884-6435). Introduce yourself as an extern / elective block
student of the Comparative Medicine Program. She will need a couple of days lead time
to schedule with student ambassadors.
13. AVMA COMPETENCY/TECHNICAL PROCEDURES ASSESSMENT (MU ELECTIVE
STUDENTS ONLY)
1) Participation of AVMA competency/technical procedures assessment is a requirement for
this elective. A student who fails to complete this requirement will have their letter grade
reduced by one letter. Students must complete and have approved 75% of the procedures
on the list for this task to be considered completed. For some blocks, activities (e.g.
IACUC meetings) may not be ongoing during the students elective. In these cases, the
student will be excused from these activities.
14. CONTACT INFORMATION
Adams, Veronica
Bauer, Beth
Besch-Williford, Cindy
Bryda, Elizabeth
Caraker, Susan
Cook, Lydia
Cowan, Bo
Crim, Marcus
Critser, John
Dale, Bill
Dixon, Lon
Drake, Mike
Ericsson, Aaron
Farrar, Pat
Franklin, Craig
Gettys, Diana
Gruenkemeyer, Jill
Hamilton, Shari
Jackson, Glenn
Korte, Scott
Lawrence, Janelle
Lee, Hanni
Linville, Mike
Livingston, Bob
Lopez, Franklin
Manuel, Chris
Mayfield, Rose
Myles, Matt
Neff, Sherrie
O’Connor, Erin
Parry, Pat
Purdy, Greg
Rice, Holly
Riley, Lela
Postdoc – OAR
Faculty – RADIL
Faculty – RADIL
Faculty – RADIL
Pathology – RADIL
DVM/PhD program
Tissue prep – RADIL
Postdoc – Research/RADIL
Faculty – RADIL
Faculty – ACQA
Faculty – OAR
Postdoc – Research
Postdoc – Research
Faculty – OAR
Faculty – RADIL
Postdoc – Research/OAR
Histology – RADIL
Pathology – RADIL
Postdoc – Research/OAR
Faculty – OAR
Repro service / Cryo - RADIL
Postdoc – Research
Faculty – OAR
Faculty – RADIL
Postdoc – Research/RADIL
Postdoc – Research
Program coordination - RADIL
Faculty – RADIL
Investigator Support – OAR
Postdoc – Research/OAR
Finances – RADIL
Cell culture / virology - RADIL
ACQA
Faculty – RADIL
adamsve@missouri.edu
bauerbe@missouri.edu
willifordc@missouri.edu
brydae@missouri.edu
carakersm@missouri.edu
lcc550@missouri.edu
cowanb@missouri.edu
crimM@missouri.edu
critserj@missouri.edu
dalew@missouri.edu
dixonl@missouri.edu
Drakem@missouri.edu
ericssona@missouri.edu
farrarp@missouri.edu
franklinc@missouri.edu
gettysd@missouri.edu
gruenkemeyerj@missouri.edu
hamiltonsr@missouri.edu
jacksongl@missouri.edu
kortes@missouri.edu
lawrenceja@missouri.edu
leehan@missouri.edu
linvilleml@missouri.edu
livingstonr@missouri.edu
lopezfr@missouri.edu
manuelc@missouri.edu
mayfieldro@missouri.edu
mylesm@missouri.edu
neffs@missouri.edu
oconnore@missouri.edu
parryp@missouri.edu
purdyG@missouri.edu
riceh@missouri.edu
rileyl@missouri.edu
Sharpe, Debbie
Sittaramane, Vinoth
Steffen, Earl
Stewart, Pat
Stoffel, Ryan
Walters, Eric
Weber Bettina
Wisdom, Laurie
Wolff, Sara
PCR – RADIL
Postdoc – RADIL
Faculty – RADIL
Faculty – OAR
Postdoc – Research
Faculty – RADIL/swine center
Postdoc – Research
Necropsy – RADIL
ACQA
sharpede@missouri.edu
vks6f8@mizzou.edu
steffene@missouri.edu
stewartpat@missouri.edu
stoffelrt@missouri.edu
walterse@missouri.edu
weberb@missouri.edu
wisdoml@missouri.edu
wolffsm@missouri.edu
To send an email to all, cut and paste the following into the to line
adamsve@missouri.edu; bauerbe@missouri.edu; willifordc@missouri.edu; brydae@missouri.edu;
carakersm@missouri.edu; lcc550@missouri.edu; cowanb@missouri.edu; critserj@missouri.edu;
dalew@missouri.edu; dixonl@missouri.edu; Drakem@missouri.edu; ericssona@missouri.edu;
franklinc@missouri.edu; gettysd@missouri.edu; gruenkemeyerj@missouri.edu; hamiltonsr@missouri.edu;
jacksongl@missouri.edu; kortes@missouri.edu; leehan@missouri.edu; linvilleml@missouri.edu;
livingstonr@missouri.edu; livingstonr@missouri.edu; manuelc@missouri.edu; mayfieldro@missouri.edu;
mylesm@missouri.edu; neffs@missouri.edu; oconnore@missouri.edu; parryp@missouri.edu; riceh@missouri.edu;
rileyl@missouri.edu; sharpede@missouri.edu; steffene@missouri.edu; stewartpat@missouri.edu;
stoffelrt@missouri.edu; weberb@missouri.edu; wisdoml@missouri.edu; wolffsm@missouri.edu;
purdyG@missouri.edu; crimM@missouri.edu; lopezfr@missouri.edu; lawrenceja@missouri.edu;
walterse@missouri.edu; adamsve@missouri.edu; farrarp@missouri.edu
Post-Doc Phone List - February 13, 2016
Name
3+ years
Bettina Weber
Weberb@missouri.edu
Chris Manuel
manuelc@missouri.edu
Mike Drake
drakem@missouri.edu
Aaron Ericsson
ericssona@missouri.edu
Hanni Lee
leehan@missouri.edu
Ryan Stoffel
stoffelrt@missouri.edu
3rd year
Diana Gettys
gettysd@missouri.edu
Erin O’Connor
oconnore@missouri.edu
Glenn A. Jackson
jacksongl@missouri.edu
Lydia Crystal Cook (Dual)
Lcc550@missouri.edu
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Franklin Lopez
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Vinoth Sittaramane
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1st year
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Veronica Adams
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