{"id":1379,"date":"2026-01-26T20:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:25:51","slug":"athrey-lab-at-the-pag-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/2026\/01\/26\/athrey-lab-at-the-pag-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Athrey lab at the PAG 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our lab was well represented at the 2026 Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG) in San Diego this January, with Athrey, Kolton Witherspoon, and Triumph Okuku all attending and sharing our latest research findings with the international genomics community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1115-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1381\" src=\"https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1115-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1115-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1115-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1115-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1115-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1115-500x667.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1115-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1115-1280x1707.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1115-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1380\" src=\"https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Athrey delivered a talk at the Poultry Workshop, highlighting the lab&#8217;s work at the intersection of genomics and livestock breeding. 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