October 5, 2020 Targeted Testing: A team of CSU scientists work to curb the spread of COVID-19

Scientists across campus are conducting coronavirus surveillance through widespread wastewater and spit testing on campus.

September 3, 2020 Targeted surveillance mitigating COVID-19 spread at Colorado State University

Dr. Mark Zabel is leading a team to develop the capability to proactively screen a much larger portion of the CSU population with rapid turnaround digital droplet-PCR (dd-PCR) of pooled saliva samples.

May 4, 2020 Beyond the basics: “Foundational science is the point of discovery”

A conversation between fellow MIP scientists Mark Zabel and Michael Young covered research funding, undergraduate student advice, prions and more.

March 26, 2020 Fort Morgan Times: Colorado State University scientists answer questions during Morgan Community College COVID-19 webinar

A panel of Colorado scientists, including Mark Zabel, answered questions about the coronavirus and how it could continue to affect the community.

November 15, 2019 One Health passport: Grad student studies prions and forges friendships in Japan

Graduate student Kaitlyn Wagner spent 5 weeks in Japan as part of an externship from the Infectious Diseases Research and Response Network.

July 23, 2019 CIDRAP: Experts call for action on chronic wasting disease

A recent publication sparks calls for funding rapid field tests to address the growing threat of chronic wasting disease in the United States.

April 24, 2019 KUNC: Bent Out Of Shape, Part 3: A Complicated Turn Of Events

The appearance of chronic wasting disease in countries with no known connections prompted Mark Zabel’s lab to investigate the possibility of multiple strains of CWD.

April 8, 2019 High Country News: The disease devastating deer herds may also threaten human health

Scientists worry that chronic wasting disease, a prion disease among deer and cervids, could develop the potential to affect humans.

January 16, 2018 CPR: Could Colorado’s Zombie Deer Disease Ever Spread To People?

Discovered within the last 50 years, the spread of chronic wasting disease in Colorado has increased surveillance of hunted wild game for CWD.