Category: Genetics

Canadian Poultry Interview

Athrey was recently featured in Canadian Poultry magazine, discussing the recent work on broiler breeder fertility […]

Darwin Day 2025

Our lab participated in this year’s Darwin Day event at Texas A&M, held at The Gardens. […]

Travis Williams Defends Ph.D.

On August 15, Travis Williams, a dedicated and important member of our laboratory since 2017, successfully […]

Poultry Science Association Meeting in Philadelphia

This July, our lab had the opportunity to attend the annual Poultry Science Association (PSA) meeting […]

Jamie Alfieri Ph.D. Defense

On June 8, Jamie Alfieri marked the culmination of his doctoral journey at Texas A&M University’s […]

Welcoming Cara Cash to Our Lab

Welcoming Cara Cash to Our Research Team In January 2023, our lab welcomed Cara Cash as […]

Genomics workshop

The annual meeting of the poultry genomics workshop was moved to a virtual event at the […]

Travis awarded the Tom Slick Fellowship

PhD Student Travis Williams was awarded the highly competitive Tom Slick Fellowship from the College of […]

New chicken genomics paper

Our latest paper on the role of lighting in stimulating immune responses following vaccination in chicken […]

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.