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Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences


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Noelle E. Cockett, PhD
Professor and Dean of the College of Agriculture

Utah State University
ADVS Department
4815 Old Main Hill
Logan UT 84322-4815

phone   (435) 797-2215
fax   (435) 797-3904
email   fanoelle at cc.usu.edu
 
 
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT TRAINING
 
  • USDA-ARS Research Apprenticeship Program 1988 and 1990.


  • USDA-CSRS Research Apprenticeship Program 1992, 1993, and 1995.


  • Faculty advisor for two USU/Howard Hughes Molecular Biology Internship students 1994-95.


  • Instructor for ADVS 456 (Animal Breeding and Genetics) and 457 (Animal Breeding and Genetics Laboratory) from Fall, 1990 through Fall, 1997.


  • Instructor for ADVS 4560 (Animal Breeding and Genetics) in Fall, 1998 and Fall, 1999.


  • Co-instructor for ADVS 201 (Biotechnology in Agriculture) from Fall, 1991 through Fall, 1997.


  • Co-instructor for ADVS 3010 (Biotechnology in Agriculture) in Fall, 1998.


  • Kevin Sorenson. MS in Biology/Molecular Biology.


  • Thesis Title: Genetic Markers Associated with Milk Production in Beef Cattle.  Completed Spring, 1994.


  • Eleanor Jenson. MS in Animal Science with Molecular Genetics specialization.


  • Thesis Title: Development of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Techniques for Physical Mapping in Ovis aries.  Completed Fall, 1995.


  • Melanie Ritchie. MS in Animal Science with Molecular Genetics specialization.


  • Thesis Title: Development of an Ovine Genome Map with Emphasis on In Situe Hybridization. Completed Fall, 1995.


  • Jay Albertsen. PhD in Toxicology (Dissertation Director).


  • Thesis Title: Alteration in Basic Macrophage and Lymphocyte Cytokines from Benzene and Phenol in the Drinking Water of Male Institute of Cancer Research Miice.  Completed Spring. 1996.


  • Kelly Peterson. MS in Animal Science with Molecular Genetics specialization.


  • Thesis Title: A Genetic Linkage Map of the Ovine Genome.  Completed Fall, 1997.


  • Beatriz Rodriguez.  MS in Nutrition and Food Science (Co-Major Advisor).


  • Thesis Title: In Vitro Growth of Muscle Satellite Cells Isolated from Normal and Callipyge Lambs.  Completed Fall, 1999.


  • Tracy Shay.  MS in Animal Science with Molecular Genetics specialization.


  • Thesis Title:  Development of a Physical Contig Containing the Callipyge Gene on Ovine Chromosome 18.  Completed Spring, 2000.


  • Maria Smit.  MS in Animal Science with Molecular Genetics specialization.


  • Thesis Title: Genetic Analysi of Black Coat Color in Sheep.  Completed Summer, 2001.


  • Member of 25 supervisory committees for MS and PhD students in the Departments of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Nutrition and Food Science, Toxicology, Biology, and Chemistry/Biochemistry.