2026 ASAS Student Competition Results
Undergraduate Poster
3rd Place
Alana Wolfson, University of Connecticut
PS4-5 - The Impact of Poor Maternal Nutrition on Mitochondrial Regulatory Factors of Sheep Offspring.
2nd Place
Fernanda Berumen, Texas Tech University
PS4-2 - Triticale Silage used as ruminal in situ substrate to assess the effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in beef cattle grower and finisher diets.
1st Place
Gracie Kristufek, University of Illinois
PS4-1 - Changes in steer gait and joint physitis during the finishing phase.
Graduate Poster MS 1
3rd Place
Jose Infante, University of Florida
PS3-17 - Sexual dimorphism of supplementation with rumen-protected methionine in early gestation in beef cattle systems - Postweaning effects.
2nd Place
Morgan Wagle, Washington State University
PS3-14 - Parent-specific DNA methylation in the developing bovine placenta.
1st Place
Andrea Brandner, South Dakota State University
PS3-5 - Effects of dietary substrate during late gestation on transcriptional changes in the placenta of beef cows.
Graduate Poster MS 2
3rd Place
Alexis Jackson, Utah State University
PS5-17 - Effects of protein supplementation on weight, ntake, and SUN in Rangeland ewes.
2nd Place
Lilly Machart, Washington State University
PS5-16 - Single cell analysis of endometrial remodeling after pregnancy loss in beef cattle.
1st Place
Brooke Baker, Texas A&M University
PS5-1 - Impact of residual feed intake classification on performance, carcass ultrasound traits, feed intake, efficiency and feeding behavior patterns in growing seedstock bulls.
Graduate Poster PHD
3rd Place
Vinicius de Souza Izquierdo, University of Florida
PS6-10 - Effects of heat stress mitigation during late gestation on post-weaning growth, immunity, and carcass characteristics of Bos indices-influenced steer offspring.
2nd Place
Katylyn Richardson, New Mexico State University
PS6-9 - The effect of L-carnitine on growth, feed efficiency, estradiol production, and ovarian characteristics in beef heifers.
1st Place
Kyle Hickman, Texas A&M University
PS6-4 - Localization of toll-like receptor 4 in the reproductive tract of boars prior to and post-puberty attainment.
