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**Welcome to the Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory!** *We are pleased to welcome our newest hires:* Sophia Abbott, B.S. Dr. Kristen Brady Dr. Cary Davies Diane Hildenberger, M.S. Dr. Kouassi Kpodo Dr. Kayla Mills
 **Julie A. Long, PhD***Research Leader and Poultry Research Physiologist* Research Expertise: Reproductive biology; poultry production; gamete function; fertility;embryonic development
 **Cary Pirone Davies, PhD***Research Biologist (Computational)* Research Expertise: Analysis of multi-omic data including genomic, transcriptomic,metagenomic, and proteomic datasets. Analytical chemistry.
 **Kristen Brady, PhD** *Research Physiologist* Background: Cellular, molecular, and bioinformatic approaches to target improving femaleegg production and fertility in chicken and turkey hens.
 **Kouassi, R. Kpodo, PhD** *Research Physiologist (Poultry)*
 **Kayla Mills, PhD***Swine Research Physiologist* Background: Swine reproductive physiology; swine production; proteomic and lipidomictools; fertility prediction using omics, statistical modeling, and bioinformatic tools.


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People Abbot, Sophia Brady, Kristen Davies, Cary Garrett, Wesley Kpodo, Kouassi Li, Charles Lillehoj, Hyun Long, Julie Mills, Kayla Miska, Kate Proszkowiec-Weglarz, Monika Ramsay, Timothy Schreier, Lori Shannon, Amy Williams, Cathy


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