Title: Modeling Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in Swine: Targeting NF1 mRNA Splicing Presenter: Dominic Schomberg, Animal Sciences Ph.D. candidate (advisor: Dr. Dhanansayan Shanmuganayagan), UW-Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences Location: Animal Science Building, Lecture Hall 212 Livestream link: http://go.wisc.edu/h82h95

Title: STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF SORGHUM Presenter: Matheus R. Pupo, Dairy Science M.S. candidate (advisor: Dr. Luiz Ferraretto), UW-Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences Location: MSABD 1111 Virtually: http://128.104.155.144/ClassroomStreams/MSABD-1111.html

Title: Functional roles of vitamin D metabolites in swine articular cartilage Presenter: Amanda R. Haas, Animal Sciences M.S. candidate (advisor: Dr. Thomas Crenshaw), UW-Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences Location: Animal Science Building Room 1142 Haas Final Defense Announcement

Title: Development and Optimization of a RT-PCR for rapid Campylobacter spp. detection and quantification in poultry rinsates Presenter: Aaron Bodie, Animal Sciences Ph.D. candidate (advisor: Dr. Steven C. Ricke), UW-Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences Location: MSABD, Classroom 1111 Bodie Final Defense Announcement

Title: Hemoglobin and Myoglobin: An Investigation of the Mechanism of Autooxidation and Heme Affinity using Plasma Induced Modification of Biomolecules (PLIMB) Presenter: James Whalin, Animal Sciences Ph.D. candidate (advisor: Dr. Mark Richards), UW-Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences Location: Virtual  

Title: Effects of grazing fall-stockpiled tall fescue, meadow fescue, and orchard grass on heifer growth and greenhouse gases production Presenter: Katherine Wells, Dairy Science M.S. candidate (advisor: Dr. Michel Wattiaux), UW-Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences Location: MSABD Room 1111

Title: Fragile X Syndrome: From the role of FMRP in hippocampal dentate gyrus during postnatal development to long-lasting therapeutic effects of Nutlin-3 in a fragile X syndrome mouse model Presenter: Sahar Javadi Novashnagh, Animal Sciences Ph.D. candidate (Co-advisor: Dr. John Parrish), UW-Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences Location: Virtual

Title: Titin, a mediator of muscle hypertrophy through mechano-sensing and hypertrophic signaling Presenter: Jeffrey Gao-Hu, Animal Sciences M.S. candidate (advisor: Dr. Wei Guo), UW-Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences Location: MSABD Room 1111