Giulia Berzoini Costa Leite
MS student, Marcondes Lab Hometown: Juiz de Fora, Brazil Research focus: Use of rBST as an alternative strategy to overcome constraints on the mammary gland development of dairy heifers subjected to high feeding levels and early breeding practices
Tholen Blasko
MS student, Phelps Lab
Hometown: Sultan, Washington Research focus: Applying CRISPR technology to salmonid monitoring strategies
Hometown: Sultan, Washington Research focus: Applying CRISPR technology to salmonid monitoring strategies
Max Butensky
PhD student, Phelps Lab
Hometown: Los Altos, California Research focus: Maturation process in Pacific salmon
Hometown: Los Altos, California Research focus: Maturation process in Pacific salmon
Isabela Carrari
PhD student, Marcondes Lab Hometown: Curtibaba, Parana, Brazil Research focus: Use of seaweed to decrease enteric methane production by dairy cows and its effects on health, digestion, and production
Shane Carrion
PhD student, Jiang Lab
Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi Research focus: The link between APA site use and phenomics
Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi Research focus: The link between APA site use and phenomics
Yao Gao
PhD student, Du Lab
Hometown: Shenmu, China
Research focus: Maternal metabolism and embryonic myogenesis
Hometown: Shenmu, China
Research focus: Maternal metabolism and embryonic myogenesis
Sabrina Haney
PhD student, Phelps Lab
Hometown: Ogden, Utah
Research focus: Understanding the evolution of viviparity in sharks using comparative genomics
Hometown: Ogden, Utah
Research focus: Understanding the evolution of viviparity in sharks using comparative genomics
Allison Herrick
PhD student, Neibergs Lab Hometown: Bliss, New York
Research focus: Utilizing genomic selection as a risk management tool for commercial dairies
Research focus: Utilizing genomic selection as a risk management tool for commercial dairies
MD Nazmul Hossain
PhD student, Du Lab
Hometown: Magura, Bangladesh Research focus: Effect of obesity on epigenetic reprogramming of germ cells and embryonic organogenesis
Hometown: Magura, Bangladesh Research focus: Effect of obesity on epigenetic reprogramming of germ cells and embryonic organogenesis
Victoria Kelson
MS student, Neibergs Lab
Hometown: Molino, Florida
Research focus: Identify genes associated with embryonic loss in high-production Holstein dairy cows
Hometown: Molino, Florida
Research focus: Identify genes associated with embryonic loss in high-production Holstein dairy cows
Callan Lichtenwalter
PhD student, Adams Progar Lab Hometown: Conway, Arkansas Research focus: Pest bird impacts
on dairy cattle behavior and welfare. Sustainable reduction of pest birds on dairies
on dairy cattle behavior and welfare. Sustainable reduction of pest birds on dairies
Makenzie Melby
MS student, Adams Progar Lab Hometown: Pleasanton, California Research focus: Determining what characteristics of cows, such as health status, affect handler safety in human-dairy cow interactions
Jera Monaghan
MS student, Johnson Lab
Hometown: Burlington, Wisconsin Research focus: Use of seaweed in composting cattle manure and worm-powered manure management to reduce emissions
Hometown: Burlington, Wisconsin Research focus: Use of seaweed in composting cattle manure and worm-powered manure management to reduce emissions
Nafise Noroozi
PhD student, Du Lab
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Research focus: Impacts of maternal obesity on offspring development
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Research focus: Impacts of maternal obesity on offspring development
Kassie Stadler
PhD candidate, Law Lab
Hometown: Yakima, Washington Research focus: How the transcription factor RUNX3 is a driver of fate in the male germline
Hometown: Yakima, Washington Research focus: How the transcription factor RUNX3 is a driver of fate in the male germline
Emaly Suarez
MS student, Neibergs Lab
Hometown: Yakima, Washington Research focus: Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and candidate genes associated with fetal loss in dairy cattle
Hometown: Yakima, Washington Research focus: Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and candidate genes associated with fetal loss in dairy cattle
Emma Wheeler
PhD candidate, Jiang Lab
Hometown: Emporia, Kansas
Research focus: Neuroscience and genomics of chronic cannabis use in rodents
Hometown: Emporia, Kansas
Research focus: Neuroscience and genomics of chronic cannabis use in rodents