At universities and beyond, challenges and opportunities in microbiome research are being addressed using novel approaches from diverse applications. As a result, researchers who work in animal science, biosystems engineering, plant pathology, agronomy, veterinary medicine and similar fields may wish to attend the weekly Metagenomics Mondays summer seminar series at Iowa State University, which runs from June 4 through July 30 (except July 2) from noon to 1 p.m. (0013 Curtiss Hall). Note: The June 11 seminar is from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. This seminar series will host speakers from veterinary sciences, plant sciences, microbiology, statistics, data science, engineering and more. 

FEATURED SPEAKER:  Stephen Schmitz-Esser, associate professor, animal science

TITLE: Contribution of Beef Cattle Gastrointestinal Tract Microbiota to Tolerance of Fescue Toxicosis

Can't make it in person? Join the seminar online (optional: test your zoom connection).

Please register here. 

More information is online (pdf). 

Download Stephen's PowerPoint presentation