Category: Collaboration Visit

Good luck, Rika!!

Rika completed her sabbatical here in White Lab and is now headed back to Rakuno Gakuen University in Japan and will be teaching students the Fall semester. The White Lab learned a lot from Rika, and Rika learned a lot from the White Lab! From the assays that she developed to the help on farm, …

Visiting Collaborators at MSU

Dr. Heather White and Dr. Mariana Paiva Rodrigues went to Michigan State University (MSU) in early April to meet with collaborators Drs. Mike VandeHaar and Zheng Zhou. Without meaning to, Mariana and Dr. White matched! Discussion flowed regarding understanding different sinks that may contribute to feed efficiency differences between cows, and recent findings were presented …

USDA-ARS Visit

Dr. White and Sophia made their way to Beltsville, MD to visit Dr. Randy Baldwin and his team (USDA-ARS-AGIL) about a collaborative project occuring between the two groups and across other research groups in the United States. Dr. White and Sophia toured the lab and farm facilities, and had some great discussion about feed efficiency …