Mutants and Motherhood June 8, 2026

New university findings highlight potential implications for veterinary patients, vaccine, and veterinary practice.

Wanting to start a new journey in higher education following the COVID-19 pandemic, she found her way to Mississippi State in 2022.

One big move, two young children and more than a decade of schooling and research later, Dr.

Saida Zinnurine of the Mississippi State College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences has officially earned her PhD – and what a journey it’s been.

Zinnurine, originally from Bangladesh, earned her DVM degree from Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in 2018 before earning her Master’s.

On one hand, Zinnurine was incredibly dedicated to her award-winning research, which focused on developing a live vaccine against debilitating Motile Aeromonad Septicemia caused by virulent Aeromonas hydrophila in catfish.

She was so dedicated, in fact, that she spent an entire year constructing a mutant for her studies.

“We work very hard,” Zinnurine explained.

“We have to be here because we do not have any fixed clock-in, clock-out hour.

Based on the bacteria – when they are growing or the experimental timeline – sometimes I came here at seven in the morning, and I had to work, because of the experiment, late at night.” On the other hand, Zinnurine was building a life for herself.

Her husband, Monzur Chowdhury, graduated with a PhD from MSU in 2024.

“We’re just two people doing research,” Zinnurine said.

The report adds to ongoing university-led research relevant to veterinary medicine, animal health, and clinical decision-making.

Source university website: Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine

https://www.vetmed.msstate.edu/news/2026/06/mutants-and-motherhood

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