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Todgham lab member Brittany Davis recently completed her PhD. Her dissertation focused on research conducted all the way from Antarctica to the California coast at the Bodega Marine lab to the local Bay Delta estuaries.
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Before graduating with a Ph.D. in Animal Biology, Yanina Bogliotti studied epigenetic histone marks remodeling during early mammalian development in the laboratory of Associate Professor Pablo Ross.
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Ph.D. student Ellen Lai with Assistant Professor and Wiley Research and Hellman Fellow Matthias Hess.
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Associate Professor Pablo Ross is studying ways to grow human organs — that can later be used for transplants — inside pigs.
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Ph.D. student Ensieh Habibi presents a poster on her dissertation research at the recent Interagency Ecological Program Workshop.
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Animal Biology students at the annual Animal Science Fall Welcome Barbeque.
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Professor and Chancellor’s fellow Huaijun Zhou studies genetic resistance to bacterial and virus infection in the chicken using cutting-edge genomics technologies.
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Before graduating with a Ph.D. in Animal Biology, Seunghyung Lee worked with five varying feeding rates and growth rate of the one-year-old white sturgeon for his research, which sought to find the optimal feeding rate for sturgeon in the aquaculture industry.
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M.S. student Kathleen Furtado is shown working in the laboratory of Assistant Professor Elizabeth Maga. The overall goal of the research program in Maga Lab is to demonstrate that milk from genetically engineered dairy animals containing increased levels of protective antimicrobial proteins can be used to improve human health.
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Recent research by Associate Professor Anne Todgham shows that some Antarctic fish living in the planet’s coldest waters are able to cope with the stress of rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean. They can even tolerate slightly warmer waters. But they can’t deal with both stressors at the same time.
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Assistant Professor Kristina Horback is focused on identifying personality traits in non-human animals in order to evaluate the relationship between such traits and individual welfare.
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Students in the laboratory of Professor and Sesnon Endowed Chair, Ermias Kebreab use mathematical models and statistics to study animal production in relation to environmental sustainability.
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Professor Cassandra Tucker investigates how the behavior and physiology of cattle change in response to farming practices, such as painful procedures, management decisions, and environmental conditions. The results of her work contribute to science-based decisions about animal agriculture.
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M.S. student Monica Pechanec attended the Orthopaedic Research Society 2018 Meeting in New Orleans along with Assistant Professor Mike Mienaltowski to present on “Adding Exogenous Biglycan Improves Tendon Formation for Equine Peritenon and Tendon Proper Cells”
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Ph.D. student Erin Burns with a 6-month old filly at a private farm where she was neurologically phenotyping horses as part of her graduate work.
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Welcome to the website for the Graduate Group in Animal Biology at the University of California, Davis! UC Davis has an international reputation for excellence in animal biology. Current research within the Animal Biology Graduate Group extends from lipid modification and the interaction of the immune system and animal growth to conservation of indigenous species, cloning and reproduction and the interaction of animal behavior with genetic modification. Mentoring faculty are recognized as leading researchers in their fields. Students trained by our faculty have excelled in their chosen careers in academia, non-governmental organizations, industry and government. 

The Animal Biology Graduate Group is designed for students interested in integrated animal biology. Research typically focuses on a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary question and is strengthened by an understanding of organismal animal biology. The Animal Biology Graduate Group offers a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Animal Biology.