DAS Students Excel at Annual Research Expo
Four DAS students won awards at the annual College of Agricultural Sciences/Gamma Sigma Delta graduate and undergraduate research expo held in March
This event offers the opportunity to for students to share their research with a larger audience and to communicate the value of science to a general audience in terms the public and understand.
Dr. Terry Etherton, Head of the Department of Dairy and Animal Science, said, "The Expo is an outstanding example of showing the practical importance of the wide range of research being conducted within the College and the Department. I congratulate our student award winners for their outstanding achievement."
Each entry consists of a poster conveying the research projects significance in the field or to the general public and an oral presentation about the project to the judges.
Those from DAS who were recognized include:
* Karen Racicot, Ph.D student working in the field of reproductive physiology/reproductive immunology, won first place in the Biological Sciences Division for graduate students. She is a student of Troy L. Ott, Ph.D.
* Janelle A. Hartzell, an undergraduate student of Gabriella Varga, Ph.D., won third, with "Effects of Various Soybean Products on Milk Production and Components for Holstein Dairy Cows."
* Sarah J. Terrill, placed fourth, with "Effects of Prebiotic Supplement on Fecal Immunoglobulin A Levels in Neonatal Dairy Calves." She is an undergraduate student of Jud Heinrichs, Ph.D.
* Erin Nowelsky, an undergraduate student of Troy L. Ott, Ph.D., placed fifth in her division, with "Over-expression and Purification of the Interferon Stimulated Gene, MX2, in E. Coli."
