Seminars 2015 - 20016

Academic Year 2015 - 2016

Fall Quarter 2015

Titus BrownTitus Brown gave a talk about “Opportunities and Challenges in Data Intensive Biology Forward-Leaning Perspective” during the noon seminar on Monday November 30, 2015. Titus Brown is a Associate Professor at Dept. of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California Davis , USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 


Leslie RocheLeslie Roche gave a talk about “Sustaining Working Rangelands - Engaging Stakeholders to Create Usable Science” during the noon seminar on Monday November 23, 2015. Leslie Roche is an UC Cooperative Extension Specialist in Rangeland Management at Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 


Jamie ShermanJamie Sherman gave a talk about "A Multidisciplinary Approach toward Advancing Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Population Health and Management in California" during the noon seminar on Monday November 16, 2015. Jamie Sherman is a PhD Graduate Student (Animal Biology Graduate Group) at School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California , USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 


Nadia SwanepoelNadia Swanepoel gave a talk about “Amino Acids and Dairy Cows: Limiting or Bioactive?” during the noon seminar on Monday November 2, 2015. Nadia Swanepoel is a PhD Graduate Student at Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa and Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 


Bob TaylorBob Taylor gave a talk about “Unscrambling Chickens’ Genetic Control of Oncogene Tumor Outcome” during the noon seminar on Monday October 12, 2015. Bob Taylor is a Division Director and Professor of Animal Nutritional Sciences at West Virginia University, USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 


Kirk KlasingKirk Klasing gave a talk about “The Nutritional Costs of Immune Responses: Tradeoffs with Growth and Reproduction in Chickens” during the noon seminar on Monday October 5, 2015. Kirk Klasing is a Professor at Department of Animal Science, University of California, USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 


Winter Quarter 2016

ClaudiaClaudia Arndt gave a talk about “Environmental Defense Fund’s Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives” during the noon seminar on Monday March 14, 2016. Dr. Arndt is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Environmental Defense Fund, San Francisco, CA USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 

 

KentKent Lloyd gave a talk about “Precision Modeling in Mice” during the noon seminar on Monday March 7, 2016. Kent Lloyd is Director of Mouse Biology Program at University of California, Davis, USA. The video is for password protected and is posted at http://SmartSite.ucdavis.edu in the section entitled "ANSCI: Noon Seminars"

 

 

 

 

 

HollandHolland Cheng gave a talk about “Scaffold design of mucosal DNA delivery by drink” during the noon seminar on Monday February 29, 2016. Dr. Holland Cheng is a Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at University of California Davis, USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 

 

James SartinJames Sartin gave a talk about “Surviving the review process: an editor’s perspective” during the noon seminar on Thursday February 25, 2016. Dr. James Sartin is Editor in Chief, Journal of Animal Science, American Society of Animal Science, Champaign, IL USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 


JenniferJennifer Chen gave a talk about “Cooling Dairy Cows Efficiently with Sprinklers: Behavioral, Physiological, and Production Responses to Water Spray” during the noon seminar on Monday February 22nd, 2016. Jennifer Chen is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 


OlavOlav Oftedal gave a talk about “Sea Otter Nutrition” during the noon seminar on Monday February 8, 2016. Olav Oftedal is an Emeritus Scientist at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 

 


OlavOlav Oftedal gave a talk about "“Fee-Based Producer Discussion Groups: An Effective and Sustainable Program for Delivering Information to Livestock Producers” during the noon seminar on Monday January 25th, 2016. Olav Oftedal is a Livestock nutritionist and forage specialist at Lane Livestock Services , Roseburg, OR , USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 


LydiaLydia Garas gave a talk about "Got (hLZ) Milk? Using Lysozyme Transgenic Goat Milk to Treat Gastrointestinal Disease” during the noon seminar on Monday January 25th, 2016. Lydia Garas is a graduate student (Animal Biology Graduate Group) at Department of Animal Science , University of California Davis, USA. [Video]

 

 

 

 


Spring Quarter 2016

MauriceApril 11, 2016

Maurice Ernest Pitesky gave a talk about “Novel Monitoring and Surveillance Methods for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and Salmonella” during the noon seminar on Monday April 11, 2016 from12:10 pm to 1:00 pm in Weir Room 2154 Meyer Hall. Pitesky is an Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist at Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California Davis. [Video]

 

 

 


BrianApril 18, 2016

Brian Greco gave a talk about “Assessing Giants: Using Epidemiology to Enhance the Welfare of Zoo Elephants” during the noon seminar on Monday April 18, 2016 from 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm, in Weir Room 2154 Meyer Hall. Greco is a graduate student in Animal Biology Graduate Group at Department of Animal science, University of California Davis. [Video]

 

 

 


Peng JiApril 25, 2016

Peng Ji gave a talk about “Energy and Protein Nutrition in the Transition Dairy Cow” during the noon seminar on Monday April 25, 2016 from 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm, in Weir Room 2154 Meyer Hall. Ji is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at Department of Animal science, University of California Davis.
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RachelMay 2, 2016

Rachel Toaff‐Rosenstein gave a talk about “The Sickness Response in Bovine Respiratory Disease‐ More than Meets the Eye” during the noon seminar on Monday May 2, 2016 from 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm, in Weir Room 2154 Meyer Hall. Toaff‐Rosenstein is a graduate student in Animal Biology Graduate Group at Department of Animal science, University of California Davis. [Video]

 

 

 


ScottMay 9, 2016

Scott Brandl gave a talk about “Assessing Predation in San Francisco Bay Estuary Fishes Using High Throughput  qPCR ” during the noon seminar on Monday May 9, 2016 from 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm, in Weir Room 2154 Meyer Hall. Brandl is a graduate student in Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group at Department of Animal science, University of California Davis.
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EllenMay 16, 2016

Ellen Skillings gave a talk about “Johne's Disease, Pneumonia Complex, Blue Tongue, Q‐fever and Caseous Lymphadenitis: The Challenges, Costs and Benefits of Managing Multiple Disease Processes and Improving the Health Status of a Commercial Ewe Flock in California” during the noon seminar on Monday May 16, 2016 from 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm, in Weir Room 2154 Meyer Hall. Skillings is a Livestock and Pasture Manager at McCormack Sheep & Grain, Rio Vista, CA.
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MarlaMay 23, 2016

Marla McPherson gave a talk about “Cytogenomic Investigations of Marek's Disease Herpesvirus in Chicken: The Role of Virus‐host Interaction in Vaccine Protection and Genotype Resistance” during the noon seminar on Monday May 23, 2016 from 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm, in Weir Room 2154 Meyer Hall. McPherson is a graduate student in Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group at Department of Animal science, University of California Davis.
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KristanMay 31, 2016

Kristan Reed gave a talk about “Modeling Nutrient Use in Dairy Cattle to Develop Low Nitrogen Dairy Systems” during the noon seminar on Monday May 31, 2016 from 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm, in Weir Room 2154 Meyer Hall. Reed is a graduate student in Animal Biology Graduate Group at Department of Animal science, University of California Davis.
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