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The fourth annual CAFNR Research Symposium and Aureomycin anniversary celebration is set for September 30-October 1, 2024, at Memorial Union. The Symposium will showcase how CAFNR students, post-docs, faculty and staff are working to create a healthy world. The symposium will be held Tuesday, Oct. 1, and will feature lightning talks, a poster session, research presentations and more. The keynote speaker will be David Lytle, Deputy Chief, Forest Research & Development, USDA-Forest Service. A special event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the clinical potential of Aureomycin, the first tetracycline, a “wonder-drug” antibiotic discovered in the soil of Mizzou’s own Sanborn Field, will kick off the symposium on Monday, Sept. 30. Speakers will showcase the important connection between the health of our soil, food and world. Keynote speakers include Terry Cosby (invited), National Resources Conservation Services Chief, and Samiran Banerjee, assistant professor of microbiological sciences at North Dakota State University and member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health. Register to present a talk or a poster by Sept. 13; register to attend by Sept. 20. Event details will continue to be updated online: Aureomycin Celebration | Research Symposium. We hope you will join us to celebrate this important discovery milestone and see how CAFNR’s research continues to aid our world today. |
