Jessica L. L. Peterson (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

Jessica Petersen is an associate professor of Animal Functional Genomics at the Unviersity of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has been involved with the equine Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes (FAANG) project since 2016. Her research team focuses on understanding genome regulation and in the identification of functional variation associated with performance and health traits of horses and cattle. Dr. Petersen is also involved in studies of population diversity with implications to the management of domestic breeds.

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Presentation(s):

• 239 - Impaired myoblast function and poor muscle growth in intrauterine growth-restricted fetal sheep is improved by the anti-inflammatory nutraceutical, eicosapentaenoic acid

  Tuesday, July 18, 2023
  9:15 AM – 9:30 AM MT

• 240 - Prolonged maternofetal inflammation in the pregnant ewe at mid-gestation increases subsequent fetal inflammatory tone and disrupts skeletal muscle growth and glucose metabolism near term

  Tuesday, July 18, 2023
  9:30 AM – 9:45 AM MT

• 241 - Increased inflammatory tone and impaired skeletal muscle growth in intrauterine growth-restricted neonatal lambs is improved by daily supplementation of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid Ca2+ salts

  Tuesday, July 18, 2023
  9:45 AM – 10:00 AM MT

• 245 - Fish oil and dexamethasone administration each partially improve indicators of glucose metabolism and fat homeostasis by reducing systemic inflammation in heat-stressed feedlot wethers

  Tuesday, July 18, 2023
  11:30 AM – 11:45 AM MT

• 442 - WSASAS Young Scholar Awardee Talk: Adaptive programming of poor skeletal muscle growth and metabolism associated with heat stress-induced intrauterine growth restriction

  Tuesday, July 18, 2023
  12:00 PM – 12:30 PM MT