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Welcoming new lab tech, Mark Mattine
In mid-December, we welcomed our newest team member, Mark Mattine, who will join as the […]
Genomics workshop
The annual meeting of the poultry genomics workshop was moved to a virtual event at […]
New grant to investigate antimicrobial resistance
Athrey lab was awarded a Vector Seed Grant to investigate the role of insect vectors […]
Athrey promoted to Associate Professor
Effective Sep 1 2021, PI Athrey was promoted to associate professor with tenure in the […]
New chicken genomics paper
Our latest paper on the role of lighting in stimulating immune responses following vaccination in […]
Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim
Congratulations to newly graduated Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, who received his PhD degree at the Spring […]
Dispatches from the pandemic
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on most human activities. But a few months since words […]
New pub: cloacal swab microbiota
Cloacal swabs, commonly used as a proxy of gut microbiota membership in birds, are really poor at capturing the membership and community structure of lower GI tract microbes in chicken.