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News article: Kichoon Lee Awarded USDA-NIFA Grant

Dr. Kichoon Lee, Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences, has been awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA grant award has been approved with a total budget of $650,000 for four years. The title of the project is “Role of retinol and retinol-binding protein 7 gene in regulation of avian adipogenesis". The project started on January 01, 2022.

News article: Animal Sciences and CFAH Faculty Receive Research Grant Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Gireesh Rajashekara and Dr. Renukaradhya Gourapura from the Center of Food Animal Health and Dr. Kichoon Lee and Dr. Zhongtang Yu from the Department of Animal Sciences on being awarded research grants.  

Dr. Gireesh Rajashekara and Dr. Renukaradhya Gourpura were awarded a $625,100 Food Safety grant from USDA-NIFA for their research on "Drinking water deliverable chitosan based Salmonella and Campylobacter subunit vaccine for broilers".

Media mention: American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology's Photos

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology "Image of the Week": feat. image from Dr. Kichoon Lee's lab.

Event: Seminar: Paula Chen

An Sci Seminar on Thursday, October 22  at 4:10

Seminar Format – One full-length seminar Places – Animal Science Bldg 212 & Gerlaugh 122

Seminar Speaker – Paula Chen, MS candidate Seminar Title – A novel mechanism of myostatin regulation by its alternative splicing variant during myogenesis in avian species

Major Professor – Dr. Kichoon Lee Key references: