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 fourth annual CAFNR Research Symposium on Monday, Sept. 30. Speakers will showcase the important connection between the health of our soil, food and world. Register today to attend! Schedule includes:

Celebrating The Discovery of Aureomycin and the Impact of Soil Health on the Environment, Livestock and Humans

8:00-8:30: Refreshments

8:30-8:45: Welcome, Shibu Jose, CAFNR Associate Dean for Research and Director of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station

8:45-9:15: Morning Keynote, Sara Parker Pauley, Former Director of the Missouri Department of Conservation, One Health-Leopold's Land Ethic Reimagined

9:15-9:45: Tim Reinbott, Director, Sanborn Field, Aureomycin: Its Discovery and Impact

9:45-10:00: Break -- coffee

10:00-10:30: Dr. Taylor Nelson, University of Missouri Health Care-Infectious Disease, The impact of Aureomycin and antibiotics on human health

10:45-11:00: Tobey Hockett, the first person cured by Aureomycin in 1949, retired lawyer

11:00-11:30: Dr. John Middleton, University of Missouri Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs & Chief of Staff, Tetracyclines in livestock medicine

11:30-12:00: Kristen Veum, USDA-ARS Soil Scientist, Probing our nation's soil health 

Lunch Break

Connecting Soils and Human Health

1:30-2:15: Afternoon Keynote, Samiran Banerjee, assistant professor, microbiological sciences, North Dakota State University & member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health, Linking Soil Health and Human Health

2:15-2:45: Kiruba Krishnaswamy, MU assistant professor of food, nutrition and exercise sciences & chemical and biomedical engineering, Connecting soil, food and human health

2:45-3:00: Break -- refreshments

3:00-3:45: Dr. Katrina Abuabara, associate professor of epidemiology and dermatology, University of California, Berkeley; associate professor/dermatologist, University of California, San Francisco; & member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health, Filling in the Gaps Linking Soil Health and Human Health

3:45-4:30: Chung-Ho Lin, MU research professor, School of Natural Resources, Next steps

• Register today!

We look forward to seeing you this fall!