Welcoming new lab tech, Mark Mattine
In mid-December, we welcomed our newest team member, Mark Mattine, who will join as the lab […]
Genomics workshop
The annual meeting of the poultry genomics workshop was moved to a virtual event at the […]
New grant to investigate antimicrobial resistance
Athrey lab was awarded a Vector Seed Grant to investigate the role of insect vectors in […]
Athrey promoted to Associate Professor
Effective Sep 1 2021, PI Athrey was promoted to associate professor with tenure in the College […]
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 […]
Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim
Congratulations to newly graduated Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, who received his PhD degree at the Spring 2021 […]
Dispatches from the pandemic
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on most human activities. But a few months since words such […]
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.
Darwin Day 2020
Athrey helped organize the Darwin Day event in 2020, and it was a huge success and highly enjoyable event.