Winter 2018

Avat Shekoofa
Feature

A Growing Passion

Her passion for science and crop physiology brought her to the United States from Iran. In West Tennessee, she works to develop crops that can survive drought and flooding.

A turtle wears a small prosthetic mask at the tip of its mouth.
News and Updates

Patching up Patches

UTCVM doctors created a 3-D printed prosthetic facial mask for Patches, a female black-breasted leaf turtle at Zoo Knoxville.