Biotechnological Interventions Augmenting Livestock Health and Production

Module 1_Functional Genomics and Proteomics.- Module 2_Microbial Genomics and Novel Biotechnological approaches to enhance animal health.- Module 3_Bioinformatics, Big Data, and Integrated Omics.

Dr CS Mukhopadhyay: is working as Senior Scientist in the Department of Bioinformatics, College of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, India. He has been engaged in research works involving animal genomics and transcriptomics directed towards disease resistance of cattle, buffalo, and chicken. He is a life member of scientific societies like, ADNAT, Indian Science Congress, Indian Assoc. Medical Informatics etc and reviewer of journals like BMC Genomics, Plos One, Molecular Biology Reports, etc. He has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Academic for Professional Excellence, an international educational exchange award, sponsored by the USA government, to research for 9 months (in 2016-17) at the Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, USA. He has authored 10 book chapters and has also authored a book.

Dr. Ratan K. Choudhary is an Assistant Professor at the College of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Punjab. Dr. Choudhary held bachelor's and Master's degrees in veterinary sciences and earned his doctoral degree in Animal Science from The University of Maryland, College Park, USA. His research interest is focused on the development of stem cell therapy for the dry period and mastitis in dairy animals. He had worked at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) facility for six years (2007-2012). He has two post-doctoral research experiences, viz. University of Kentucky (2012-2013) and University of Vermont (2018-2020), USA. He was awarded many prizes including, Dean's Fellowship, R. F. Davis Scholarship and Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award (all three from the University of Maryland), Beltsville Agricultural Research Centre, USDA poster awards (in a row for three years), First Prize Winner of National Milk Producers Federation Graduate Student Paper Presentation Award in Dairy Production and Novus International Inc.