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1994 Graduate Student Research Paper Certificates of Excellence
1994 Graduate Student Research Paper Certificates of Excellence
Melissa A. Brundage, Department of Poultry Science, N o r t h Carolina State University, Raleigh, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "4,15-Diacetoxyscirpenol Reduces Nitric Oxide Production in Sephadex-Elicited and Transformed Macrophages and May Ind u c e Cell D e a t h via Apoptosis," presented in the Immunology section. The paper was co-authored by M. A. Qureshi, J. N. Petitte, and P. B. Hamilton. Brundage hails from Seneca County, Ohio. She received her B.S. in Poultry Science with a minor in Microbiology from The Ohio State University, where her research interests included a market survey for Salmonella under the direction of J. F. Stephens and a study of Pseudomonas endotoxin under the direction of D. Galloway. Brundage is presently an M.S. candidate at North Carolina State University under the direction of M. A. Qureshi. Her
research interests now focus on the chicken macrophage and various toxic effects induced by trichothecene mycotoxins. David J. Caldwell, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled, "Evaluation of Persistency and Distribution of Salmonella Serotype Isolation from Poultry Farms Using Drag-Swab Sampling," presented in the EnvironmentManagement Section. The paper was co-authored by D. E. Corrier, J. R. DeLoach, and B. M. Hargis. Caldwell was born in Austin, Texas in 1967. He received a B.S. in Poultry Science from Texas A&M in 1991 and is currently finishing his M.S. in Veterinary Microbiology under the direction of B. M. Hargis. Caldwell's main areas of research include the environmental contamination of poultry by Salmonella and the investigation into possible mechanisms and preventative measures capable of reducing such contamination. His is a member of the Poultry Science Association, The American Association of Veterinary Immunologists, the Society for Leukocyte Biology, and the Texas Chapter of the FAYS Society. Sergio Fernandez, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Bioavailability of the Digestible Lysine and Valine in Cottonseed and Soybean Meals for Chicks," presented in the Nutrition section. The paper was co-authored by C. M. Parsons. Fernandez was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1959. He received a B.S. degree in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences and a M.S. degree in Non-
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The Graduate Student Research Paper Certificates of Excellence were awarded to 12 graduate students in recognition of high-quality research papers presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting. As Certificate of Excellence awardees, they are eligible to submit papers for the Poultry Science Association Graduate Student Research Manuscript Award for 1995. The manuscript or reprint of the published paper should be submitted in five copies to the Chairperson of the Graduate Student Research Manuscript Award Committee, G. C. Ballam, Purina Mills Inc., P.O. Box 66812, St. Louis, MO 63166. Those graduate students who won a Certificate of Excellence in the oral sections and reported on research regarding turkeys were given the Nicholas Graduate Student Paper award for Turkey Research. This award provides $500 per recipient.
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Akram-ul-Haq, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Neonatal Immune Response of Chicks Hatched from Broiler Breeders Fed Diets Supplemented with /3-Carotene, Canthaxanthin, Lutein, Vitamin E, or Vitamin E Plus /3-Carotene," presented in the Nutrition section. The paper was co-authored by C. A. Bailey, G. O. Okotie-Eboh, and A. Chinnah. Haq was born in Faisalabad, Pakistan, where he lived before moving to Texas. He received a B. Sc. (Honors) degree in Animal Husbandry and a M.Sc. (Honors) degree in Poultry Husbandry from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pak-
istan. Following graduation from the University of Agriculture, he was employed by Rehman Poultry Feeds, Faisalabad, where he worked as Technical Advisor for 3 yr. In 1989, he was accepted into the graduate program of the Poultry Science Department, Texas A&M University, where he worked as research assistant towards the completion of a Ph.D. degree in Nutrition under the guidance of C. A. Bailey. His current research interests are carotenoid metabolism and nutritional immunology. Haq hold membership in the Poultry Science Association, World's Poultry Science Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Milan Hruby, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the poster entitled "Amino Acid R e q u i r e m e n t s for Broilers Under 21.1 C and 32.2 C," presented in the Nutrition poster section. The paper was coauthored by C. N. Coon. Hruby is a native of Nova Paka, Czech Republic. Hestudied at the South Bohemia University in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, where in 1990 he received his university degree with a concentration in Animal Husbandry. In the winter of 1992 he began a M.S. program in Poultry Nutrition at the University of Minnesota. He received his M.S. degree in 1994. He is currently undertaking a Ph.D. degree at the University of Minnesota under the direction of Craig N. Coon. Hrub^ is a member of the World's Poultry Science Association. His research focus is on broiler nutrition, particularly amino acid and energy requirements under different temperature regimens based on growth modelling work results.
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Marisol E. Lopez, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Prolactin- and Growth Hormone-Secreting Cells
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ruminant Nutrition in 1989 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Between 1985 and 1990, Fernandez worked as a research assistant in the National Institute of Agronomy, Forestry, and Animal Sciences Research in Mexico. He also worked as a lecturer in Biochemistry at the underg r a d u a t e level in the University of Queretaro, Mexico. In 1990, his M.S. thesis won the Research Award in Nutrition from the Queretaro State Research Council. In the fall of 1990, Fernandez became a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois under the direction of C. M. Parsons. His research is focused mainly on digestibility and utilization of amino acids by poultry. He received a Certificate of Excellence for a paper presented at the 1992 Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting. Fernandez is a member of the Mexican Society of Animal Nutrition, Gamma Sigma Delta, the Poultry Science Association, and the World's Poultry Science Association.
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Audrey P. McElroy, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Alternative Methodologies for the Detection of Salmonella enteritidis in Table Eggs: The Use of a Novel Spin Configuration Method and the Polymerase Chain Reaction," presented in the Products and Processing Section. The paper was coauthored by D. E. Wallis, N. D. Cohen, and B. M. Hargis. McElroy was born in Corpus Cristi, Texas in 1970. She received a B.S. in Poultry Science from Texas A&M University in 1993 and is currently pursuing a M.S. in Poultry Science under the direction of B. M. Hargis. McElroy's research includes the detection of Salmonella in fresh shell eggs. She has developed a centrifugation technique and a protocol for detection using the Polymerase Chain Reaction. She has also performed several studies on the role of capsaicin in the protection of broiler chickens from Salmonella enteritidis.
McElroy was an honored scholar at the 1993 San Antonio Livestock Exposition Association Annual Meeting, and in 1994 she received the Purina Mills Research Fellowship Award. She is a member of the Poultry Science Association and the Texas Chapter of the FAYS Society. Jeff S. McKee, Department of Animal Science, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the
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poster presentation "Effects of S u p plemental Ascorbyl P o l y p h o s p h a t e on the Performance of Broiler Chicks Exp o s e d to M u l t i ple Concurrent Stressors," presented in the Environment and Health poster section. The paper was co-authored by P. C. Harrison. McKee was born in LaGrange, Illinois in 1968. He graduated from Augustana College in 1990 with a B.S. in Biology. Following graduation, he was employed by Baxter Healthcare Corp. for 1 yr. He is currently pursuing a M.S. in Environmental Physiology under the direction of P. C. Harrison at the University of Illinois. His masters research focuses on environmental stress alleviation in broiler chickens. Shelly R. McKee, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Physical and Biochemical Effects Associated with Tenderization of Broiler Breast Fillets During Aging After Prerigor Deboning," presented in the Products and Processing section. The paper was coauthored by A. Sams. McKee was born in Seguin, Texas in 1967. While attending Texas A&M, she received both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Food Science. Her M.S. work focused on
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are Located in Separate Lobes of the Anterior Pituitary Gland of Chickens," presented in the Physiology section. The p a p e r was co-authored with T. E. Porter. Lopez is a native of Lima, Peru. In 1992 she graduated first in class with a B.S. degree in Animal Science from the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, in Lima, Peru. She is currently enrolled in a M.S. program in Poultry Science at Texas A&M under the direction of Tom E. Porter. Lopez is a member of Gamma Sigma Delta and the Poultry Science Association. Her research interests are the cellular basis of prolactin and growth hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary gland of chickens in relation to the physiological state of the animal.
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Paul E. Mozdziak, Muscle Biology Laboratory, University of WisconsinMadison, received a Certificate of Excellence for the poster a "The Effect of Irradiation on Turkey Skeletal Muscle Growth and Satellite '••* Cell Mitotic Activity, . In Vivo," presented ^^k agif in the Physiology mk ^ ^ ^ f e poster section. The Rt J & B paper was co-au•> j thored by Edward Schultz and Robert Cassens. Mozdziak was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1967. He was awarded a B.S. with Honors and Distinction in Animal Science in 1989 from Cornell University. In 1991, he received a M.S. in Meat and Animal Science from the University of Wisconsin under the direction of Robert Cassens, on the topic of water loss from the surface of processed meat., He has assisted with teaching processed meats courses during his graduate study. He is currently finishing a Ph.D. program in Muscle Biology at the University of Wisconsin under the direction of Robert Cassens and Edward Schultz. His main research interest lies in the cellular control
of turkey myofiber growth; a topic he intends to pursue during postdoctoral study. He holds membership in the Institute of Food Technologists, American Meat Science Association, American Society for the Advancement of Science, and Poultry Science Association. Ramachandran Ramesh, Department of Poultry Science, University of Maryland at College Park, received a Certificate of Excellence and the Nicholas Graduate Student Award for his paper "Changes in Pituitary Somatotrophs and Lacto^J -' ^ ^ t r o p h s Associated ^ft' : '.' I is»^ P $ 5 i with Incubation BeSfet'K'Bk A J i "'M. n a v i o r i n Turkey AiP fl Hens," presented in w Mmi the Physiology sec^^^^^™^^^^ tion. The paper was co-authored by J. A. Proudman and W. J. Kuenzel. Ramesh was born in Madras, India in 1963. He received a B.S. degree in Veterinary Science in 1986 from Madras Veterinary College, India. He joined the University of Maryland in 1992 for graduate study, and is completing a M.S. degree in Avian Physiology under the supervision of W. J. Kuenzel. He has been working as graduate research assistant in the Poultry Science Department. His research interests include the study of pituicytes of turkeys under different reproductive status. William W. Wright, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for his paper "Identification and Sequencing of /3Adrenergic Receptors in the Chicken," p r e s e n t e d in t h e Genetics section. The p a p e r was co-authored by S. K. Davis a n d A. L. C a r t wright. Wright was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1970. He received a B.S. with honors in Genetics from the University of Western Ontario in 1992. In
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characterization of dairy products associated with calcium absorption. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Food Science under the supervision of Alan Sams in the Department of Poultry Science at Texas A&M. McKee's main area of research is focused on the characterization of muscle metabolism and meat quality associated with turkeys exhibiting a pale, soft, exudative condition. McKee's work background includes investigation of insect neurohormones at USDA/ARS Food Animal Protection Research Laboratory in College Station, protein sequencing and amino acid analysis at the Biotechnology Support Laboratory at Texas A&M, and commercial nutritional analyses at Silliker Laboratories in College Station. She is a member of the Institute of Food Technologists, Poultry Science Association, and Gamma Sigma Delta Agriculture Honor Society.
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the fall of 1992 he was employed as Laboratory Technician with Lee Cartwright at Texas A&M. He is currently pursuing a M.S. in Genetics with committee co-chairs Lee Cartwright of the Poultry Science Department and Scott Davis of the Department of Animal Science. At Texas A&M he has been employed as a Graduate Assistant and assisted in teaching
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Melissa A. Brundage, Department of Poultry Science, N o r t h Carolina State University, Raleigh, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "4,15-Diacetoxyscirpenol Reduces Nitric Oxide Production in Sephadex-Elicited and Transformed Macrophages and May Ind u c e Cell D e a t h via Apoptosis," presented in the Immunology section. The paper was co-authored by M. A. Qureshi, J. N. Petitte, and P. B. Hamilton. Brundage hails from Seneca County, Ohio. She received her B.S. in Poultry Science with a minor in Microbiology from The Ohio State University, where her research interests included a market survey for Salmonella under the direction of J. F. Stephens and a study of Pseudomonas endotoxin under the direction of D. Galloway. Brundage is presently an M.S. candidate at North Carolina State University under the direction of M. A. Qureshi. Her
research interests now focus on the chicken macrophage and various toxic effects induced by trichothecene mycotoxins. David J. Caldwell, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled, "Evaluation of Persistency and Distribution of Salmonella Serotype Isolation from Poultry Farms Using Drag-Swab Sampling," presented in the EnvironmentManagement Section. The paper was co-authored by D. E. Corrier, J. R. DeLoach, and B. M. Hargis. Caldwell was born in Austin, Texas in 1967. He received a B.S. in Poultry Science from Texas A&M in 1991 and is currently finishing his M.S. in Veterinary Microbiology under the direction of B. M. Hargis. Caldwell's main areas of research include the environmental contamination of poultry by Salmonella and the investigation into possible mechanisms and preventative measures capable of reducing such contamination. His is a member of the Poultry Science Association, The American Association of Veterinary Immunologists, the Society for Leukocyte Biology, and the Texas Chapter of the FAYS Society. Sergio Fernandez, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Bioavailability of the Digestible Lysine and Valine in Cottonseed and Soybean Meals for Chicks," presented in the Nutrition section. The paper was co-authored by C. M. Parsons. Fernandez was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1959. He received a B.S. degree in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences and a M.S. degree in Non-
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The Graduate Student Research Paper Certificates of Excellence were awarded to 12 graduate students in recognition of high-quality research papers presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting. As Certificate of Excellence awardees, they are eligible to submit papers for the Poultry Science Association Graduate Student Research Manuscript Award for 1995. The manuscript or reprint of the published paper should be submitted in five copies to the Chairperson of the Graduate Student Research Manuscript Award Committee, G. C. Ballam, Purina Mills Inc., P.O. Box 66812, St. Louis, MO 63166. Those graduate students who won a Certificate of Excellence in the oral sections and reported on research regarding turkeys were given the Nicholas Graduate Student Paper award for Turkey Research. This award provides $500 per recipient.
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Akram-ul-Haq, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Neonatal Immune Response of Chicks Hatched from Broiler Breeders Fed Diets Supplemented with /3-Carotene, Canthaxanthin, Lutein, Vitamin E, or Vitamin E Plus /3-Carotene," presented in the Nutrition section. The paper was co-authored by C. A. Bailey, G. O. Okotie-Eboh, and A. Chinnah. Haq was born in Faisalabad, Pakistan, where he lived before moving to Texas. He received a B. Sc. (Honors) degree in Animal Husbandry and a M.Sc. (Honors) degree in Poultry Husbandry from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pak-
istan. Following graduation from the University of Agriculture, he was employed by Rehman Poultry Feeds, Faisalabad, where he worked as Technical Advisor for 3 yr. In 1989, he was accepted into the graduate program of the Poultry Science Department, Texas A&M University, where he worked as research assistant towards the completion of a Ph.D. degree in Nutrition under the guidance of C. A. Bailey. His current research interests are carotenoid metabolism and nutritional immunology. Haq hold membership in the Poultry Science Association, World's Poultry Science Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Milan Hruby, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the poster entitled "Amino Acid R e q u i r e m e n t s for Broilers Under 21.1 C and 32.2 C," presented in the Nutrition poster section. The paper was coauthored by C. N. Coon. Hruby is a native of Nova Paka, Czech Republic. Hestudied at the South Bohemia University in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, where in 1990 he received his university degree with a concentration in Animal Husbandry. In the winter of 1992 he began a M.S. program in Poultry Nutrition at the University of Minnesota. He received his M.S. degree in 1994. He is currently undertaking a Ph.D. degree at the University of Minnesota under the direction of Craig N. Coon. Hrub^ is a member of the World's Poultry Science Association. His research focus is on broiler nutrition, particularly amino acid and energy requirements under different temperature regimens based on growth modelling work results.
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Marisol E. Lopez, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Prolactin- and Growth Hormone-Secreting Cells
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ruminant Nutrition in 1989 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Between 1985 and 1990, Fernandez worked as a research assistant in the National Institute of Agronomy, Forestry, and Animal Sciences Research in Mexico. He also worked as a lecturer in Biochemistry at the underg r a d u a t e level in the University of Queretaro, Mexico. In 1990, his M.S. thesis won the Research Award in Nutrition from the Queretaro State Research Council. In the fall of 1990, Fernandez became a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois under the direction of C. M. Parsons. His research is focused mainly on digestibility and utilization of amino acids by poultry. He received a Certificate of Excellence for a paper presented at the 1992 Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting. Fernandez is a member of the Mexican Society of Animal Nutrition, Gamma Sigma Delta, the Poultry Science Association, and the World's Poultry Science Association.
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Audrey P. McElroy, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Alternative Methodologies for the Detection of Salmonella enteritidis in Table Eggs: The Use of a Novel Spin Configuration Method and the Polymerase Chain Reaction," presented in the Products and Processing Section. The paper was coauthored by D. E. Wallis, N. D. Cohen, and B. M. Hargis. McElroy was born in Corpus Cristi, Texas in 1970. She received a B.S. in Poultry Science from Texas A&M University in 1993 and is currently pursuing a M.S. in Poultry Science under the direction of B. M. Hargis. McElroy's research includes the detection of Salmonella in fresh shell eggs. She has developed a centrifugation technique and a protocol for detection using the Polymerase Chain Reaction. She has also performed several studies on the role of capsaicin in the protection of broiler chickens from Salmonella enteritidis.
McElroy was an honored scholar at the 1993 San Antonio Livestock Exposition Association Annual Meeting, and in 1994 she received the Purina Mills Research Fellowship Award. She is a member of the Poultry Science Association and the Texas Chapter of the FAYS Society. Jeff S. McKee, Department of Animal Science, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the
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poster presentation "Effects of S u p plemental Ascorbyl P o l y p h o s p h a t e on the Performance of Broiler Chicks Exp o s e d to M u l t i ple Concurrent Stressors," presented in the Environment and Health poster section. The paper was co-authored by P. C. Harrison. McKee was born in LaGrange, Illinois in 1968. He graduated from Augustana College in 1990 with a B.S. in Biology. Following graduation, he was employed by Baxter Healthcare Corp. for 1 yr. He is currently pursuing a M.S. in Environmental Physiology under the direction of P. C. Harrison at the University of Illinois. His masters research focuses on environmental stress alleviation in broiler chickens. Shelly R. McKee, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Physical and Biochemical Effects Associated with Tenderization of Broiler Breast Fillets During Aging After Prerigor Deboning," presented in the Products and Processing section. The paper was coauthored by A. Sams. McKee was born in Seguin, Texas in 1967. While attending Texas A&M, she received both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Food Science. Her M.S. work focused on
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are Located in Separate Lobes of the Anterior Pituitary Gland of Chickens," presented in the Physiology section. The p a p e r was co-authored with T. E. Porter. Lopez is a native of Lima, Peru. In 1992 she graduated first in class with a B.S. degree in Animal Science from the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, in Lima, Peru. She is currently enrolled in a M.S. program in Poultry Science at Texas A&M under the direction of Tom E. Porter. Lopez is a member of Gamma Sigma Delta and the Poultry Science Association. Her research interests are the cellular basis of prolactin and growth hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary gland of chickens in relation to the physiological state of the animal.
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Paul E. Mozdziak, Muscle Biology Laboratory, University of WisconsinMadison, received a Certificate of Excellence for the poster a "The Effect of Irradiation on Turkey Skeletal Muscle Growth and Satellite '••* Cell Mitotic Activity, . In Vivo," presented ^^k agif in the Physiology mk ^ ^ ^ f e poster section. The Rt J & B paper was co-au•> j thored by Edward Schultz and Robert Cassens. Mozdziak was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1967. He was awarded a B.S. with Honors and Distinction in Animal Science in 1989 from Cornell University. In 1991, he received a M.S. in Meat and Animal Science from the University of Wisconsin under the direction of Robert Cassens, on the topic of water loss from the surface of processed meat., He has assisted with teaching processed meats courses during his graduate study. He is currently finishing a Ph.D. program in Muscle Biology at the University of Wisconsin under the direction of Robert Cassens and Edward Schultz. His main research interest lies in the cellular control
of turkey myofiber growth; a topic he intends to pursue during postdoctoral study. He holds membership in the Institute of Food Technologists, American Meat Science Association, American Society for the Advancement of Science, and Poultry Science Association. Ramachandran Ramesh, Department of Poultry Science, University of Maryland at College Park, received a Certificate of Excellence and the Nicholas Graduate Student Award for his paper "Changes in Pituitary Somatotrophs and Lacto^J -' ^ ^ t r o p h s Associated ^ft' : '.' I is»^ P $ 5 i with Incubation BeSfet'K'Bk A J i "'M. n a v i o r i n Turkey AiP fl Hens," presented in w Mmi the Physiology sec^^^^^™^^^^ tion. The paper was co-authored by J. A. Proudman and W. J. Kuenzel. Ramesh was born in Madras, India in 1963. He received a B.S. degree in Veterinary Science in 1986 from Madras Veterinary College, India. He joined the University of Maryland in 1992 for graduate study, and is completing a M.S. degree in Avian Physiology under the supervision of W. J. Kuenzel. He has been working as graduate research assistant in the Poultry Science Department. His research interests include the study of pituicytes of turkeys under different reproductive status. William W. Wright, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for his paper "Identification and Sequencing of /3Adrenergic Receptors in the Chicken," p r e s e n t e d in t h e Genetics section. The p a p e r was co-authored by S. K. Davis a n d A. L. C a r t wright. Wright was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1970. He received a B.S. with honors in Genetics from the University of Western Ontario in 1992. In
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characterization of dairy products associated with calcium absorption. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Food Science under the supervision of Alan Sams in the Department of Poultry Science at Texas A&M. McKee's main area of research is focused on the characterization of muscle metabolism and meat quality associated with turkeys exhibiting a pale, soft, exudative condition. McKee's work background includes investigation of insect neurohormones at USDA/ARS Food Animal Protection Research Laboratory in College Station, protein sequencing and amino acid analysis at the Biotechnology Support Laboratory at Texas A&M, and commercial nutritional analyses at Silliker Laboratories in College Station. She is a member of the Institute of Food Technologists, Poultry Science Association, and Gamma Sigma Delta Agriculture Honor Society.
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the fall of 1992 he was employed as Laboratory Technician with Lee Cartwright at Texas A&M. He is currently pursuing a M.S. in Genetics with committee co-chairs Lee Cartwright of the Poultry Science Department and Scott Davis of the Department of Animal Science. At Texas A&M he has been employed as a Graduate Assistant and assisted in teaching
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Avian Physiology a n d Embryology. Wright was made presentations before industry and academic institutions. Molecular genetics and inborn errors of metabolism are his areas of interest. He will graduate in 1995. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Poultry Science Association. Downloaded from http://ps.oxfordjournals.org/ at National Institute of Education Library, Serials Unit on May 23, 2015