Lab gathering at the end of year, Starkville, Mississippi, Dec 6
Lab gathering at George Blue🧆
Many thanks to my students ' hard work throughout the year🎄!
LegenDairy Farm Friday, Starkville, Mississippi, Nov 15
Fan lab introduced beneficial and nagetive effects of microbes in gastrointestinal tract and raw milk of dairy cows as well as in dairy products to local community
MSU Graduate 3MT Competition, Starkville, Mississippi, Nov 13-14
Himani Joshi won the 2024 MSU Graduate 3MT Grand Champion (Menthol-Induced Vagal Nerve Stimulation as Heat Stress Relief for Cattle, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xw8_CK3Loc)🎉
MSU Fall Graduate Research Symposium, Starkville, Mississippi, Oct 5
Himani Joshi gave an oral presentation about in vitro assessment of the neuroactive potential of the rumen microbiome
Himani Joshi presented her poster about the effects of menthol on relieving heat stress in dairy cows
Dr. Fan and her team were awarded a USDA-NIFA New Investigate Seed Grant, Jun 15
ADSA Annual Meeting, West Palm Beach, Florida, Jun 16–19
Himani Joshi presented her poster (Rumen Microbiome Signature based ML Model for Heat Stress Prediction)
Jalyn Hawkins gave an oral presentation about her calf diarrhea and microbiome research
Farewell Dinner for our undergraduate intern Shelby Carpenter, Starkville, Mississippi, Apr 22
Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Starkville, Mississippi, Apr 12
Brandon Bernard presented his poster about the gastrointestinal microbiome of small ruminants
Lindsey Reon presented her poster about identification of heat-stress associated rumen microbes using machine learning
Shelby Carpenter presented her poster about the colostrum microbiota of dairy cattle
ASAS Southern Section Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, Jan 27–30
Dr. Fan gave an oral presentation about the effect of cottonseed on rumen microbiota of goats
Jalyn Hawkins gave an oral presentation about high-resolution characterization of calf gut microbiota