Dept News & Updates! 12/21/2017

OUTREACH & TRAVEL

Frank Mitloehner was presenter at

the National Academies FFAR animal ag

sustainability meeting in Washington DC,

and also online presenter at the PDPW

Dairy Conference in Madison, WI.

Amy McLean spoke at the Animal

for Asia Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal

on “Mule behavior: a reflection of human

handling techniques”. While there, Amy

visited the veterinary team of Animal

Nepal.

The Fall 2017 Commencement

ceremony was held on Saturday,

December 16th. Congratulations

graduates!

NEWS & EVENTS

Alison Van Eenennaam has been

elected as Fellow of the American

Association for the Advancement of

Science and Chair-Elect of the Section on

Agriculture, Food & Renewable

Resources. Congratulations Alison!

Deanne Meyer has been appointed

Master Advisor of the Agriculture and

Environmental Education major.

Congratulations Deanne!

RESEARCH

Joel Van Eenennaam and Serge

Doroshov co-author “Effect of dietary fat

on adipocyte size in farmed age-2 white

sturgeon” in Journal of Applied

Ichthyology.

Marcela Vilarino and Pablo J. Ross

co-author “CRISPR/Cas9 microinjection

in oocytes disables pancreas

development in sheep” in Scientific

Reports.

Find past “Department News and Updates” at: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/ens/news/index.html

- Ed DePeters with graduates at the Fall 2017 Commencement - - Amy McLean in Nepal -

- Pictures courtesy of Ed DePeters -