Moo-ving Dairy Cow Nutrition Forward
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 …
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 …
The 4 Bio152 students in the lab (Joseph Truskowski, Kylie Konyn, Luke McCollough, and Sophia Green) all presented their Bio152 projects at the Bio152 Symposia on May 3rd. Kylie, Luke, and Sophia were in the A session, and Joseph was in the B session. Bucky himself made an appearance at both sessions! Great job to …
On one of the hottest days of the year, Dr. White went to a small dairy farm in northern Illinois to sample cows with Erin and Sophia Green. The farm staff took a video of their adventures, and posted it to their YouTube Channel! See the video for more information:
Sophia and Heather are excited to examine a flask of immortalized hepatocytes after they were shipped on dry ice and stored at -80C for an extended period of time. Let the experiments get under way!
Even during a pandemic, research endures at UW–Madison’s Arlington Research Station! The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences highlighted some of the work going on at Arlington, including pictures of Dr. Heather White hard at work. Enjoy the farm and stay warm out there!