Animal Sciences Collaborative Group & Laboratories

Collaborative Group Sites

• Companion Animal Program 
• Illinois Beef Cattle Nutrition 
• Illinois Swine Industry Leadership Center 
• Integrative Immunology & Behavior 
• Meat Science & Muscle Biology 
• Novakofski & Mateus Chronic Wasting Disease Collaborative Labs 
• University of Illinois Horse Farm 

Laboratory Sites

Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics

• Anna Kukekova - Genetics of Animal Domestication 
• Juan Loor - Mammalian NutriPhysioGenomics 
• Alfred Roca - Genomics Research Laboratory 
• Sandra Rodriguez-Zas - Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Statistical Proteomics and Genomics and Systems Biology 
• Lawrence Schook - Laboratory of Comparative Genomics 
• Kelly Swanson - Laboratory of Comparative Nutrition and Nutrigenomics 

Immunophysiology & Behavior

• Megan Dailey - Laboratory of Energy Metabolism and Feeding Behavior 
• Ryan Dilger - Laboratory of Nutrition, Health, and Neuroscience 
• Rex Gaskins - Laboratory of Mucosal Biology 
• Rodney Johnson - Laboratory of Integrative Neurobiology 
• Drew Steelman - Dr. Steelman's Laboratory 

Microbiology

• Rex Gaskins - Laboratory of Mucosal Biology 

Nutrition

• Phil Cardoso - Dairy Nutrition and Reproduction 
• Megan Dailey - Laboratory of Energy Metabolism and Feeding Behavior 
• Ryan Dilger - Laboratory of Nutrition, Health, and Neuroscience 
• Michael Ellis - Swine Production Science 
• Maria Cattai de Godoy - Laboratory of Companion Animal and Comparative Nutrition 
• Juan Loor - Mammalian NutriPhysioGenomics 
• Hans Stein - Monogastric Nutrition Laboratory 
• Kelly Swanson - Laboratory of Comparative Nutrition and Nutrigenomics 

Production and Environmental Management

• Michael Ellis - Swine Production Science 
• Robert Knox - Laboratory of Swine Reproductive Physiology 

Reproductive Biology

• Phil Cardoso - Dairy Nutrition and Reproduction 
• Robert Knox - Laboratory of Swine Reproductive Physiology 
• David Miller - The Miller Lab 
• Romana Nowak - Reproductive Health and Toxicology 
• Matthew Wheeler - Laboratory of Reproductive Biology & Tissue Engineering