10/23/2020 New paper from our Lab! Click here to read more about "Genomic Analysis of IgG Antibody Response to Common Pathogens in Commercial Sows in Health-Challenged Herds"
10/06/2020 Read the article in National Hog Farm about our research: Improving litter size traits using antibody response to PRRSV
09/11/2020 New paper from our Lab! Click here to read more about "Genetic analysis of antibody response to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome vaccination as an indicator trait for reproductive performance in commercial sows"
07/23/2020 New paper from our Lab! Click here to read more about "Beef cattle that respond differently to fescue toxicosis have distinct gastrointestinal tract microbiota"
06/02/2020 Read the article in National Hog Farm about our research: Sow vaginal microbiota heritable; can predict reproductive performance
05/29/2020 Congratulations to Mr. Felipe Hickmann for defending his MSc!
05/15/2020 Congratulations to Ms. Leticia Sanglard! Ms. Sanglard received two prestigious awards: Duane and Shirley Acker International Fellowship (Department of Animal Science) and the Print and Grace Powers Hudson Scholarship (CALS). Great job!
04/13/2020 Congratulations to Dr. Nick Serão! Dr. Serão was the recipient of 2020 Early Achievement in Research Award from CALS at ISU! Read more here.
03/12/2020 New paper from our Lab! Click here to read more about "Genetic and genomic characterization of vulva size traits in Yorkshire and Landrace gilts"
12/05/2019 Congratulations to Ms. Anita Corredor for defending her MSc!
12/01/2019 Welcome to Dr. José (Joseph) Braccini Neto. Dr. Braccini Neto is a Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He will spend one year in the lab doing research on host genetics response to PRRS and association of microbiota on sow longevity!
11/25/2019 New paper from our Lab! Click here to read more about "Investigating the relationship between vaginal microbiota and host genetics and their impact on immune response and farrowing traits in commercial gilts"
11/20/2019 New paper from our Lab! Click here to read more about "Quantile Regression Applied to Genome-Enabled Prediction of Traits Related to Flowering Time in the Common Bean"
11/04/2019 Welcome to Ms. Megan Neveau. Ms. Neveau is a NSF Fellow pursuing a PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at ISU. Ms. Neveau will be rotation in the Serão Lab until the end 2019. She will be working on genetic analysis of antibody response to vaccination and infection to PRRS in growing pigs! Click here to read more about her!
10/16/2019 Congratulations to Ms. Cassie Scanlan for defending her MSc! Ms. Scanlan joined Smithfield Premium Genetics as a Technical Support Specialist!
10/14/2019 Welcome to Mr. Ithalo de Sousa. Mr. de Sousa is a PhD student in Statistics from the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil and will spend one year in the lab doing research on Machine Learning and Statistical Modeling of Group Data!