I am not taking on new graduate students at this time, however I am a member of the following graduate student committees.

Joseph Donkor: Sequence variation in the mink interleukin-6 gene and its association with Aleutian mink disease (Supervisor: H.Farid)

Jessica MacGillivary: Evaluation of Ampk genes as candidates for milk production in cattle (Supervisor: B.Benkel)

Undergraduate Projects

I supervise two to three undergraduate students per year as part of the research methods courses (RESM4002/4003). Typical subject areas are use of digital image analysis to assess conformation and product quality, and conservation of farm animal genetic resources. Recent projects include:

Danielle Broaders: 2005. Genetic ancestry influence on the Newfoundland Pony phenotype.

Ashley Ernst: 2005. The effect of conformation on pulling horse performance.

Mark Rose: 2005. Comparison of pork loin composition of pigs fed different levels of wheat middlings. (Co-supervised with D. Anderson)

Patty Jo Hickey: 2004. Do the animals carrying the leptin genotype sell for a higher price in the 2004 Maritime beef market? (Co-supervised with F.Nicholson)

Holly Hines: 2004. Udder size of Jersey cows and relation to milk production.

Kathleen Meagher: 2004. A breeding plan for Fortress of Louisburg animal stocks.

Elizabeth Rutherford: 2004. Use of geographic information systems in rare breed conservation.