Seminars | Department of Animal Science

SPRING 2018 Seminars open to the Cornell Community

Gray shaded rows are graduate student seminars for ANSC 6220 (4:00-5:00pm)
White rows are Department of Animal Science seminars. (times vary)
Pink Rows are Reproductive Physiology/Endocrinology Seminar Series (4:00-5:00pm)

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Date	Presenter/Topic	Lab	Room
Apr 11	Alan Ealy, PhD, Associate Professor, Research & Innovation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute "How can we produce a better in vitro-produced cow embryo?"	Selvaraj	348
Apr 12	Asha Miles "Understanding genetic predisposition to mastitis using a multi-pronged approach "	Huson	348
Apr 18	Alex Evans, PhD, Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, IRL "Causes and consequences of the numbers of follicles in the ovaries of cattle"	Fortune	348
Apr 19 11:15-12:05	Amanda L. Patterson, Michigan State University, Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Animal Science Research Seminar: Mechanisms of uterine repair in health and disease.	Johnson	348
Apr 19	Magdalena Masello	Giordano	348
Apr 20 11:15-12:05	Amanda L. Patterson, Michigan State University, Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Animal Science Lecture: How to make reproductive organs: sex determination and reproductive tract development.	Johnson	348
Apr 23 11:15-12:05	Patrick Murphy, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Animal Science Research Seminar: In vivo Reprogramming of Gametes to Stem Cells Relies on Placeholder Nucleosomes	Johnson	348
Apr 24 11:15-12:05	Patrick Murphy, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Animal Science Lecture: Animal Reproduction and Development: Lecture 8 - Spermatogenesis	Johnson	348
Apr 25	Jackson Nteeba, PhD, Postdoc Fellow, The University of Kansas Medical Center "TBA"	Selvaraj	348
Apr 26 11:15-12:05	Haijun Gao, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Animal Science Research Seminar: Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Placental Development and Programming	Johnson	348
Apr 26	Guest Speaker - Dr. Mose Mosely Retired Director of Global Development & Operations, Zoetis		348
Apr 27 11:15-12:05	Haijun Gao, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Animal Science Lecture: Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy and Placentation	Johnson	348
May 3 11:15-12:05	Yi Ren, Baylor College of Medicine, Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Animal Science Research Seminar: New insights into the role of immune and vascular cells in female fertility	Johnson	348
May 3	Faculty Talk - Joe McFadden, Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science		348
May 4 11:15-12:05	Yi Ren, Baylor College of Medicine, Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Animal Science Lecture: Reproductive Technologies	Johnson	348
May 7 11:15-12:05	Maria Gracia Gervasi, University of Massachusetts Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Animal Science - Research Seminar	Johnson	348
May 8 11:15-12:05	Maria Gracia Gervasi, University of Massachusetts Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Animal Science - Lecture	Johnson	348

Dairy Center of Excellence Spring Seminar Series 2018 (VTPMD 7081)

This twice monthly seminar series covers a broad range of dairy industry topics such as preventative medicine and herd health, dairy production management, food safety, epidemiology, worker training, industry relations and more. Seminar speakers will include Cornell faculty and invited guests. Want to propose a topic or speaker for an upcoming semester? Contact elizabeth.goldberg@cornell.edu All seminars will be held Mondays from 4-5 PM in NEW LOCATION College of Veterinary Medicine Lecture Hall I (S1-166.)

Date	Speaker	Department	Topic
Jan 29	Angel Abuelo	College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University	“Transition cow management and calf health on Australian pasture-based dairy farm”
Feb 12	Curt Gooch	Animal Science	“A novel approach to all-season ventilation for pre-weaned calf barns”
Feb 26	Athena Kirk	Classics	TBD
Mar 12	Klibs Galvao	College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida	“The use of chitosan microparticles to prevent and treat metritis in dairy cows”
Mar 26	Gerlinde Van de Walle	Baker Institute for Animal Health	“Bovine mammary stem cells and their secretome: why do we care?”
Apr 9	Joseph McFadden	Animal Science	“The dairy cow lipidome revealed: new insights into metabolism”
Apr 23	Graduate Student Presentations:
	Asha Miles (Heather Huson)	Animal Science	“A genetic and epidemiological analysis of the relationships among udder and teat conformation, mastitis, and mammary microbiota”
	Cora Best (Kimberly O’ Brien)	Nutritional Sciences	“Vitamin D metabolism in human pregnancy”
	Rachel Evanowski (Martin Wiedmann)	Food Science	“Increasing producer profitability through farm level interventions designed for optimization of spore counts in raw milk.”
May 7	Jessica McArt	Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences	“Hypocalcemia in postpartum dairy cows: good or bad?”

See: http://dairy.cornell.edu/seminars/dcoe-seminar-series2018/