CAFNR

July 9, 2025
Recent CAFNR graduate selected for Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Mackenna Rodgers (B.S. Biochemistry ’25) was selected to participate in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

July 9, 2025
Biochemistry student wins American Association for Cancer Research Undergraduate Scholar Award
Blake Arciga, senior biochemistry major, was awarded the American Association for Cancer Research Undergraduate Scholar Award for his work in Satyanarayana Rachagani’s veterinary medicine and surgery lab.

July 9, 2025
CAFNR student wins Remington R. Williams Award
Mathew Kimaku, Mizzou undergraduate majoring in health science and nutrition & exercise physiology, was chosen as one of seven recipients across the university system of the Remington R. Williams Award.

July 2, 2025
Cecilia Constantino Rocha receives ASAS Young Scholar Award
Rocha is an assistant research professor in livestock systems in the Division of Animal Sciences.

July 2, 2025
Andrew Clarke honored with award from American Meat Science Association
Andrew Clarke, associate professor of food science, received the 2025 Signal Service Fellow Award from the American Meat Science Association for outstanding contributions to the meat industry. The AMSA Signal Service Fellow Award was established in 1956 and is given to members in recognition of devoted service and lasting contributions to the meat industry and to the association. Clarke’s research focuses on meat processing technology with emphasis on restructured or low-fat meat products, supercritical fluid extraction and meat extrusion.

June 27, 2025
Q&A with Cecilia Constantino Rocha
Cecilia Constantino Rocha is an assistant research professor and state extension specialist in livestock systems.

June 17, 2025
From fear to fascination: Mizzou wildlife ecologist challenges misconceptions about sharks
Growing up outside New York City, Michael Byrne was hooked on sharks from the start. As a child, he’d press play repeatedly on the same worn-out VHS tape, completely transfixed by a PBS documentary on the sleek, powerful predators.

June 17, 2025
Northern Missouri Research, Extension and Education Center hosts 2025 field day
The event will take place at the Lee Greenley Jr. Memorial Research Farm just outside of Novelty, Missouri, and participants will learn about the latest in agricultural research with real-world applications.

June 16, 2025
Private, public cooperators reduce Missouri feral hog numbers
MU Extension continues to support landowners and communities in protecting farms, forests and watersheds from feral hogs.

June 11, 2025
Mizzou scientists create a novel genetically engineered pig model for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
In a groundbreaking step toward understanding — and ultimately — preventing Alzheimer’s disease, CAFNR researchers created a novel genetically engineered pig model that mirrors a key genetic mutation found in humans with early-onset Alzheimer’s.