For an archive of previous years' accomplishments.
December 2017
Publications
- Rachel Toaff-Rosenstein co-authored Tissue Tropism in Host Transcriptional Response to Members of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex; Scientific Reports (Dec 2017)
- Vilarino, Marcela co-authored CRISPR/Cas9 microinjection in oocytes disables pancreas development in sheet; Scientific Reports (Dec 2017)
- Hughes, Jennifer co-authord Regulation of apical blebbing in porcine epididymis; Journal of Anatomy (Dec 2017)J. Anat.(2018) 232, pp515--522
November 2017
Publications
- Scott, Erica co-authored Variation in MUTHYH Expression in Arabian Horses with Cerebellar Abiotrophy; Journal Brain Resesarch
- Tresoldi, Grazyne co-authored Cow cooling on commercial drylot dairies: A description of 10 farms in California; CA Agruculture
- Davis, Brittany co-authored Antarctic emerald rockcod have the capacity to compensate for warming when uncoupled from C02-acidification; Global Climate Change
Fellowships, Awards & Grants
- Niesen, Ashley; Okatsu, Yuki; Laabs, Maia; Gauthier, Hannah; and Wukadinovich, Morgan Received scholarships from the American Registry of Profesional Animal Scientists
- Laabs, Maia received the Memorial Scholarship from the CA Chapter of ARPAS in recongintion for her research activities with goats
September 2017
Publications
- Greco, B.J., Meehan, C.L., Heinsius, J.L., Mench, J.A., Why pace? The influence of social, housing, management, life history, and demographic characteristics on locomotor stereotypy in zoo elephants, Journal of the International Society for Applied Ethology
- Vilarino, Marcela., Park, Insung., Bogliotti, Yanina co-authored CRISPR-Cas9 mediated one-step disabling of pancreatogenesis in pigs; Scientific Reports
Fellowships, Awards & Grants
- Dahl, Vanessa received a CEH grant for -The effect of horseshoe length on hoof wall strains and fetlock extension (Sept 2016-17)
August 2017
Publications
- Toaff-Rosenstein, RL., Velez, M., Tucker, CB., Use of an automated grooming brush by heifers and potential for radiofrequency identification-based measurements of this behavior, Journal of Dairy Science, 2017
- Dougherty, H., Kebreab, E., published The AusBeef model for beef production: I and The AusBeef model for beef production: II in The Journal of Agricultural Science, 2017
Fellowships, Awards & Grants
- Holland Dougherty received a Taste of America-California award.
- Carlyn Peterson received the NMPF 2017 Scholarship for her study in the use of a novel methane inhibitor to improve the environmental footprint of dairy cattle
July 2017
Publications
- Scott, E.Y., Mansour, T., Bellone, R., Brown, C.T., Mienaltowski, M.J., Penedo, M.C., Ross, P.J., Valberg, S.J., Murray, J.D., Finno, C.J., Identification of long non-coding RNA in the horse transcriptome
- Berryhill, G.E., Lemay, D.G., Trott, J.F., Aimo, L., Lock, A.L., Hovey, R.C., The transcriptome of estrogen-independent mammary growth in female mice reveals that not all mammary glands are created equally. Endocrinology doi.org/10.1210/en.2017-00395
Fellowships, Awards & Grants
- Vanessa Dahl received the Rusty and Kay Moody Post-Graduate Scholarship from the American Quarter Horse Foundation. She also received a 2017-18 grant from the Center for Equine Health
June 2017
Fellowships, Awards & Grants
- Christine Miller received the Austin Eugene Lyons Fellowship for the 2017-18 academic year
- Marcela Vilarino received the Austin Eugene Lyons Fellowship for the 2017-18 academic year
- Carlyn Peterson received the Lily May Richards Fellowship for the 2017-18 academic year
May 2017
Fellowships, Awards & Grants
- Kelly Mitchell, Kwangwook Kim and Holland Dougherty won the top three prizes of the California Animal Nutrition Conference graduate student poster and scholarship competition.
- Ashley Niesen won the overall California Animal Nutrition Conference graduate student poster and scholarship competition
April 2017
Fellowships, Awards & Grants
- Brittany Davis awarded Best Student Oral Presentation and a Special Contribution Award for Website Development for the AFS
- Carlyn Peterson received a 2016-17 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award and the Lillie May Richards Fellowship for 2017-18
- Theresa Dabruzzi received a 2016-17 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
- Jill Hagey awarded the 2017-18 Leland Roy Saxon and Georgia Wood Saxon Fellowship
March 2017
Fellowships, Awards & Grants
- Kim Miller along with Dr. Trish Berger awarded an American Jersey Cattle Association award for their "Reduced testicular estrogens in Jersey bull calves: hormonal responses to a potential stimulant of Sertoli cell proliferation" proposal
- Kaleiah Schiller, incoming student, awarded the 2017-18 McNair Graduate Fellowship
- Dahl, Vanessa was awarded the James M. Wilson Award for 2016 for the research paper titled: Effects of racetrack surface and nail placement on movement between heels of the hoof and horseshoes of racehorses. (March 2017)
February 2017
Publications
- Miller, C., Meyer, D Mass balance analyses of nutrients on California dairies to evaluate data quality for regulatory review. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.092
- Moraes, L.E., Fadel, J., Hess, M., Resequencing and annotation of the Nostoc punctiforme ATTC 29133 genome: facilitating biofuel and high-value chemical production. DOI: 10.1186/s13568-017-0338-9
Fellowships, Awards & Grants
- Ginna C. Reyes Rodriguez was awarded the 2016-17 Miguel Velez Fellowship