| Dr. Emilie C. Baker is Assistant Professor at West Texas A&M University, with a doctorate from Texas A&M University in December 2022. She published 4 peer-reviewed manuscripts on epigenetic alteration of bovine DNA in response to stress and has a fifth manuscript in review. She was an awarded teaching assistant in Animal Breeding. As a graduate student, she was the instructor of record for a section of Animal Breeding for a semester in 2022 and handled all aspects of the course for 40 students. Her teaching goals include the training of graduate students in animal genetics and education of undergraduates as future industry participants in animal breeding and genetics. Skills in genetics and bioinformatics and her livestock background (cattle and horses) position her to be a leader in beef cattle improvement research. Her research goals include investigation of the rumen microbiome of feedlot cattle and single cell gene expression at the bovine maternal-fetal placental interface. Presentation Details: Title: Stress-induced DNA methylation changes and their implications in livestock production Session: Animal Breeding and Genetics IV: Advances in Animal Environmental Genetics Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Time: 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Location: Albuquerque Convention Center, WEST LOWER: 32 Tesuque, Zuni, Acoma |
 West Texas A&M University |
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| Dr. Thaís Correia Costa graduated in Animal Science in 2015 and received her Ph.D. in Animal Science in 2022 from the Federal University of Viçosa–Brazil. Her research is focused on the understanding of maternal nutrition manipulation on the development and composition of the skeletal muscle of the offspring. During her career, she acquired different backgrounds from other institutions in the US such as University of Tennessee (2015-2016) and Washington State University (2020-2021). Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow of the Roullier Innovation Award (CMI Timac Agro) at the Department of Animal Science at Federal University of Lavras, Brazil. Presentation Details: Title: Fetal programming and molecular characterization of the skeletal muscle development in ruminants Session: Growth and Development Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Time: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Location: Albuquerque Convention Center, WEST LOWER: 18 Cochiti, Taos |
 Federal University of Lavras, Brazil |
| S. Maggie Justice is a recent doctoral graduate from Auburn University in the area of Ruminant Nutrition and Beef Management Systems. She completed a B.S. and M.S. from Clemson University in Animal and Veterinary Sciences before pursuing and completing her Ph.D. at Auburn. During her time at Auburn, Maggie was involved in a multi-site research project evaluating extended effects of weaning and background beef calves on growth performance and health through the feedyard phase. Maggie participated and supported numerous Extension programs while at Auburn and is currently an Assistant Professor and Beef Extension Specialist with the University of Arkansas. Presentation Details: Title: Extended effects of sequential weaning and backgrounding management in southeastern U.S. beef calves on performance, health, and immunological responses through the feedyard Session: Beef Species I: Ruminant Nutrition: Growth and Efficiency Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Time: 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Location: Albuquerque Convention Center, EAST UPPER: 235 Mesilla |
 Auburn University |
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| Colby A. Redifer is a Ph.D. candidate in Ruminant Nutritional Physiology at the University of Missouri under the guidance of Dr. Allison Meyer. Originally from Blacksburg, Virginia, his fascination with pregnant ruminants began while raising and exhibiting seedstock cattle, sheep, and goats with his family. He attended Texas Tech University for his B.S. in Animal Science and completed a M.S. in Animal Science at Iowa State University. Colby’s M.S. research focused on peripartum supplementation of methionine hydroxy analog on beef cow-calf performance. While at Mizzou, his research has focused on developmental programming, specifically the impacts of late gestational nutrient restriction on prenatal and postnatal offspring nutrient utilization in beef cattle. Colby hopes to obtain an academic position where he can continue to study the effects of nutritional and environmental factors on the partitioning of nutrients between the dam and offspring during gestation and lactation. Presentation Details: Title: Effects of late gestational maternal nutrient balance on nutrient partitioning to the gravid uterus in beef cattle Session: Physiology and Endocrinology I Date: Monday, July 17, 2023 Time: 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Location: Albuquerque Convention Center, EAST UPPER: 220 Ruidoso |
 Colby A. Redifer University of Missouri
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| Godstime Taiwo is a Ph.D. student of Animal and Food Science at West Virginia University. He received his M.Sc. degrees in Animal Nutrition at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and his B.sc. degree in Animal Nutrition and Biotechnology from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. Taiwo's Ph.D. research is focused on the physiological basis of feed efficiency and how nutritional interventions impact the gastrointestinal microbiome, metabolome, and immune competence of ruminants to improve the efficiency of ruminant production systems. Godstime has published 12 research publications and 15 research abstracts as an author or co-author. Presentation Details: Title: Characterization of rumen microbiome and immune genes expression of crossbred beef steers with divergent residual feed intake phenotypes Session: Ruminant Nutrition III: Modelling, Kinetics Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Time: 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Location: Albuquerque Convention Center, WEST LOWER: 31 Santa Ana, Sandia, Picuris |
 Godstime A. Taiwo West Virginia Univesity |