Special CGIL Seminar W2020- Dr. Stephanie McKay

Dr. Stephanie McKay, an Associate Professor at the University of Vermont, will present a CGIL Seminar on Thursday, February 6th. The seminar will begin at 10:00 AM in room 141 of the Animal Science & Nutrition building. The title of the presentation is: “A Neuroepigenomic Investigation of the Bovine Brain”.

Speaker Biography:

Dr. McKay received her undergraduate and Master’s degrees from Texas A&M University. She then ventured to the University of Alberta where she received her Ph.D. in Animal Science in 2007. After leaving Alberta she moved to the University of Missouri for a Postdoctoral Fellowship and subsequently began her faculty appointment at the University of Vermont in 2012.  She is currently an Associate Professor of Genetics and Genomics in the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at the University of Vermont. Stephanie’s lab performs genetic, genomic and epigenomic work with beef cattle and wildlife species.