A dog breeder has received the school's El Blanco Award for contributions to genetics research in Dalmatian dogs.

Thanks to her help, faculty geneticists have learned why Dalmatians produce excessive uric acid – and found a new way to promote breed health.

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Environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls launches a chain of events that disrupts normal connections in the brain's nerve cells.

The disruption may increase the risk of autism in certain individuals.

One of the school's newest researchers has been tracking how certain pathogens travel through watersheds and coastal ecosystems to cause disease in animals and people. She is developing new techniques to measure the impact of such organisms.