Elizabeth A. Maga, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Applied Molecular Genetics
Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis
+1 530-752-5930
eamaga@ucdavis.edu
Office: 2125 Meyer Hall
Current Graduate Students
Jennifer Jankovitz, Ph.D. Student, Animal Biology Graduate Group
Dissertation topic: Androgen receptor knockout pigs
Dawn Cayabyab, Ph.D. Student, Animal Biology Graduate Group
Dissertation topic: Gene editing in livestock embryonic stem cells
Austin Weber, Ph.D. Student, Food Science Graduate Group
Dissertation topic: Uses of milk from lysozyme transgenic goats
Sebastian Lobo, Ph.D. Student, Animal Biology Graduate Group
Dissertation topic: Gene editing in livestock
Former Graduate Students
Jill Hagey, Ph.D. Animal Biology 2020
Investigating the Fecal Microbiome in Dairy Cattle Using Updated and Robust Sequencing Analysis
Raquel Pinho, Ph.D. Animal Biology 2019
Effect of Nutritional Status, Milk Supplementation and Infection by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli on Gene Expression Along the Length of the Small Intestine of Weaned Piglets
Tyler Miyasaki, M.S. Food Science 2019
Analysis of Use of Transgenic Goat Milk to Suppress Clostridium tyrobutyricum Growth and Associated Microbiome Shifts
Kathleen Furtado, M.S. Animal Biology 2018
Transgenic Goats’ Milk Containing Human Lysozyme Restores the Microbiota in a Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Porcine Model of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Stephanie Chew, M.S. Animal Biology 2017
Metagenomic Analysis of Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Malnourished Pigs Supplemented with Lysozyme-Rich Transgenic Goat Milk
Lydia Garas, Ph.D. Animal Biology 2016
Investigating the Effects of Lysozyme Transgenic Goat Milk on E. coli Infection, Malnutrition and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Jill Hagey, M.S. Animal Biology 2015
Modulation of Gut Microbes: Interplay between Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins and Lysozyme
Merritt Clark, M.S. Animal Biology 2013
Assessing Unintended Effects of a Mammary-Specific Transgene at the Whole Animal Level in Host and Non-Target Animals
Elizabeth McInnis, M.S. Animal Biology 2012
Bacterial Profiling of Raw Milk from Lysozyme Transgenic and Control Goats
Kathryn Jackson, M.S. Animal Biology 2009
Growth and Reproduction of Lysozyme Transgenic Goats
Erika Scharfen, M.S. Animal Biology 2006
Utilization of Human Lysozyme Transgenic Goat Milk in Cheesemaking: Effects on Bacterial Profile and Yield.