Name
Rank
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E-mail Address
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Areas of Interest
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Research Description
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Albrecht, Ralph
Professor
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albrecht@ansci.wisc.edu
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Animal Biology, Immunology, and Toxicology
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- Platelet structure and function
- Receptor-ligand-cytoskeleton interactions
- Microvascular development
- Biomaterial biocompatibility
- Immunotoxicology/organophosphate
immunoactivity
- Imaging, immunolabeling, and correlative microscopy.
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Gabriela Cezar,
Assistant Professor
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gcezar@wisc.edu |
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- Stem cell-based predictive toxicology models to determine teratogenic and somatic toxicity of chemicals and drugs during early development and adulthood.
- Epigenetics as a means to understand tumorogenesis and plasticity of stem cells.
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Claus, James
R.
Associate Professor
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clausjr@ansci.wisc.edu
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Meat Science and Muscle Biology
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Improvement in meat tenderness.
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Muscle pigment chemistry as related to meat color.
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Technology for the development of low-fat processed meats.
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Textural defects in sectioned and formed poultry products.
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Cook, Mark E.
Professor
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mcook@wisc.edu
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Animal Biology, Nutrition, Immunology, and Toxicology
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Molecular cause of skeletal deformities and mechanisms involving
in bone repair.
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Effect of Conjugated linoleic acid and other nutrients on immune
responses
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Cyclooxygenase, prostaglandin and Leukotriene regulation.
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Applications of use egg yolk antibody to enhance animal growth and
improve feed efficiency.
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Mechanisms to monitor and minimize the cachetic response of the immune
system in animals and humans.
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Crenshaw,
Thomas D.
Professor
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tdcrensh@wisc.edu
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Swine and Nutrition
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- Swine Nutrition.
- Mineral nutrition and skeletal integrity.
- Diminishing
returns of nutrient additions to swine diets.
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Gianola,
Daniel
Professor
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gianola@ansci.wisc.edu
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Animal Breeding, Genetics and International Agriculture
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- Statistical problems in quantitative genetics and animal breeding;
- Bayesian
approaches for inference about parameters of linear and nonlinear models
(e.g., for growth and lactation curves), censored (e.g., productive lifespan)
and discrete (e.g., fertility and viability) distributions.
- International
animal breeding and biometry.
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Greaser, Marion
L.
Professor
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mgreaser@ansci.wisc.edu
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Meat Science and Muscle Biology
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- Understanding the structure and function of muscle.
- Basic studies on
how heart and skeletal muscle cells are assembled.
- Protein changes that
affect meat tenderness, with an emphasis on titan, the largest protein
in the body.
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Kaspar, Charles
Affiliated Prof.
Associate Professor |
cwkaspar@wisc.edu
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Beef Cattle, Toxicology, and Food Microbiology
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- Gastrointestinal microbiology.
- Host-microbe interactions, particularly zoonoses
- The molecular and physiological basis for microbial stress
tolerance.
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Kean, Ronald P.
Lecturer and Extension Poultry Specialist
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rpkean@wisc.edu
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Poultry Management and Companion Animals
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- Immunogenetics and single-gene inheritance of chickens. Hatchery and
production management.
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Kirkpatrick,
Brian W.
Professor
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bwkirkpa@wisc.edu
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Beef Cattle, Breeding, Genetics, Reproduction, and Disease
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- Analysis of genetic variation in reproduction
and disease resistance in livestock and laboratory species and refinement
of the bovine / human / mouse comparative map.
- A primary focus is identification
of genes (quantitative trait loci or QTL) contributing to variation in
bovine twinning rate. Use of markers linked with twinning rate QTL in
selection programs will greatly facilitate increasing or decreasing twinning
rate as deemed appropriate by a given cattle management system.
- Comparative
mapping efforts are targeted to genomic regions harboring QTL and regions
lacking comparative map data.
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Lehmkuhler,
Jeffery
Assistant Professor and Extension Beef Specialist
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jwl@ansci.wisc.edu
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Beef Cattle Nutrition and Enviornmental Impact
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- Beef Cattle Nutrition.
- Investigation of strategies to improve nutrient
utilization in grazing and feedlot beef cattle.
- Dairy beef nutrition and management for increased performance and profitability.
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O'Rourke, Bernadette
Youth Extension Specialist
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borourke2@ansci.wisc.edu
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Youth extension
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Parrish, John
J.
Professor
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parrish@ansci.wisc.edu
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Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology
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- Reproductive physiology.
- The biomedical basis and regulation of sperm
capacitation.
- Factors responsible for male fertility both in vivo
and in vitro; control and regulation of cytoplasmic environment in sperm,
eggs and embryos.
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Reed, Jess D.
Professor
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jdreed@wisc.edu
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Animal Biology, Nutrition, Immunology, and Toxicology
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- Research on the phytochemistry of food and livestock feeds and their
effects on animal and human health and nutrition.
- International animal
agriculture with emphasis on feed resources in developing countries.
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Richards, Mark
P.
Assistant Professor
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mprichards@ansci.wisc.edu
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Poultry, Meat Science, Muscle Biology, and Nutrition
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Lipid oxidation processes that affect quality in muscle foods.
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Mechanisms of lipid oxidation mediated by hemoglobins and myoglobins.
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Contributions of blood components to quality deterioration.
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Developing novel strategies of inhibiting lipid oxidation.
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Russell, Ronald
Senior Lecturer
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rrussell@ansci.wisc.edu
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Meat Science and Muscle Biology
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- Meat-animal growth, composition, evaluation, and processing.
- Meat quality,
livestock evaluation.
- Coach UW Intercollegiate Livestock and Meat Evaluation
Team.
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Schaefer,
Daniel M.
Professor and Department Chair
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schaeferd@ansci.wisc.edu
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Beef Cattle Management and Nutrition
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- Beef cattle nutrition and beef (meat) quality.
- Quantifying the relationship
between dietary vitamin E supplements and the color stability of fresh
and frozen beef.
- Single-calving-heifer beef
production system.
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Sindelar, Jeff
Assistant Professor
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jsindelar@wisc.edu |
Mear Science and Food Safety |
- Quality and sensory characteristics of processed meats
- Non-meat ingredient functionality in meat products
- Investigating intervention strategies to control pathogenic bacteria in meat products
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Thomas, David
L.
Professor and Extension Sheep Specialist
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dlthomas@wisc.edu
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Sheep, Animal Breeding, Genetics, and International Agriculture
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- Sheep production/management and animal genetics.
- Genetic improvement
of reproduction in sheep.
- Dairy sheep production.
- Collection and freezing
of ram semen and artificial insemination of ewes.
- International animal
agriculture.
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