Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Title

January 12

Dr. Pat Halbur

ISU VDPAM, chair

Progress and future plans for ISU becoming the preeminent institution for educating veterinarians to serve in the food supply chain.

January 19

Dr. Jesse Goff

NADC

Immunology of the Periparturient Cow: Role of Metabolic Disease and Impact on Reproductive Disorders.

January 26

Dr. Denny Olson

ISU, Animal Science

Update on food irradiation

February 2

Dr. Yanfang Wang

Jason Hasenstein

Post-doc, Tuggle

PhD student, Lamont

Global transcriptional response of porcine mesenteric lymph nodes to Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium

Mulit-SNP genotyping for host response to Salmonella challenge

February 9

Dr. Leo Timms

ISU, Animal Science

Two decades of milk quality work

February 16

Sara Cutler

Ani Qu

PhD student, Stahl

PhD student, Stahl

Alternatives to Antibiotics for the Prevention of Post Weaning Diarrhea and Edema Disease in Pigs

Effect of dietary phosphorus and genetic background on carcass characteristics, meat quality and gene expression of porcine muscle

February 23

Jennifer Cheeseman

Michelle Bohan

PhD student, Lamont

PhD student, Beitz

Macrophage population dynamics, apoptosis, and CXCLi chemokine mRNA expression in the cecum of chicks with Salmonella enteritidis infection

Effect of nutrient composition of the diet on the variation of plasma hormone concentrations during waking hours in lean and overweight humans.

March 2

Dr. Ron Allen

University of Arizona

Satellite Cells, the Original Muscle Stem Cell

March 9

Dr. George Perry

South Dakota State Univ.

Influence of follicle size and preovulatory concentrations of estradiol on pregnancy success in cattle

March 16

SPRING BREAK

No seminar

March 23

Dr. Steve Nissen

ISU, Animal Science

Incorporation of entrepreneurship principles into the classroom as a way to teach creativity

March 30

Nicole Tinfo

Shu Zhang

PhD student, Komar

PhD student, Beitz

Potential Role for Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma in Regulating Luteal Lifespan in the Rat

Use of genomics to improve the healthfulness of beef

April 6

Dr. Jack Odle

North Carolina State Univ.

Nutritional and Biochemical Aspects of Piglet Morbidity and Mortality

April 13

James Koltes

PhD student, Reecy

Why some cattle get the short end of the stick: the genetics of American Angus dwarfism

April 20

Dr. Bernie Rollin

Colorado State Univ.

Animal Production: The Emerging Social Ethic

April 27

POSTER SESSION