Department News and Updates! May 10, 2013

NEWS AND EVENTS

  • Erin Legacki, PhD student with Trish Berger & chair of the UC Davis Student Health Insurance Plan Committee quoted in UCD May 10 Dateline: "All changes to the health insurance plan were made with students in mind. Our main goal was to find an affordable health care plan for all."
  • Erin Legacki, PhD student with Trish Berger & chair of the UC Davis Student Health Insurance Plan Committee quoted in UCD May 10 Dateline: "All changes to the health insurance plan were made with students in mind. Our main goal was to find an affordable health care plan for all."
  • May 11 Field Trip to Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center.  Lunch included.
  • Bill Neel, past ANS Feedlot manager, passed away May 5 in Coos Bay, Oregon
  • Becky Sartini, ANS PhD alum from Trish Berger’s lab, received tenure in Department of Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Sciences at University of Rhode Island
  • Caleb Sehnert elected Vice President of California Association of Meat Processors after serving 3 years on their board of directors
  • Huaijun Zhou promoted to Associate Professor Congratulations!

OUTREACH AND TRAVEL

  • Huaijun Zhou presented research at the American Association of Immunology (AAI) meeting last week & received a 2013 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant.
  • Frank Mitloehner was a speaker at the National Academy of Science Institute of Medicine workshop: “Sustainable diets: Food for healthy people and a healthy planet”
  • Sandra Weisker hosted Cosumnes Junior College Vet Tech class in Cole B for a tour & rodent handling lab.  Sandra, with Dr. Rhonda Oates-O’Brien and the IACUC teaching rabbits, also did a day long class on rabbits for another university.

RESEARCH

  • Ed DePeters coauthors “Preliminary study to assess mycotoxin concentrations in whole corn in the California feed supply” in Journal of Dairy Science
  • Bernie May, Mandi Finger, & Kat Tomalty received funding from the CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife for “Genetic Analysis For Conservation And Restoration Of Arroyo Chub”.
  • Kristy Deiner, Josh Hull, & Bernie May author  “Eight novel microsatellite loci developed from vernal pool fairy shrimp. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management”
  • Monica Vanklompenberg, Rodrigo Manjarin, Josie Trott, Hailey McMicking, Russ Hovey author “Late gestational hyper-prolactinemia accelerates mammary epithelial cell differentiation that leads to increased milk yield” in J Anim Sci