CSAS Graduate Student Travel Fellowship |
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| Sergio is a master's student at the University of Alberta. He holds a Graduate Research Assistant Fellowship and has a bachelor's degree in animal science from the University of LaSalle Colombia. Sergio also spent a year studying at the University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. After completing his degree, he gained valuable experience through internships in dairy nutrition at South Dakota State University and in beef and dairy cattle reproduction at the University of Florida. Currently, Sergio is conducting research on beef calf growth, stress resilience, vaccine response, and health during the pre-weaning phase. He is also actively supporting his lab mates on their projects, including studying the relationship between feed efficiency and weather resilience in extreme conditions (summer and winter). Additionally, Sergio is involved in a project that aims to understand how gut microbiota is related to brain responses and stress reduction in calves. |  Sergio Lasso University of Alberta |
| Samla Cunha has a bachelor's in Veterinary Medicine and an MSc in Genetics and Animal Breeding that she completed in Brazil. Currently, Samla is a Ph.D. student at the University of Guelph under the supervision of Dr. Angela Canovas. Her Ph.D. project aims to identify functional markers associated with the genetic resistance of sheep to gastrointestinal nematode parasite infection and its potential application in breeding strategies. Samla worked with molecular diagnostics of genetic diseases and genetic evaluation of conformation traits in Gir cattle. She is interested in animal breeding, quantitative genetics, and genomics. |  Samla Cunha University of Guelph |
CSAS Undergraduate Student Travel Fellowship |
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Jasmine Bourque Dalhousie University |