The Awards Program
Student Travel Award
The Awards Program includes student travel awards and support for the IMGC workshop. Student travel awards are designed to encourage student participation in the symposium by offsetting the cost of travel and lodgings.
MVP (Most Valuable Presentation) Award
Each year at the conclusion of Annual IMGC Symposium, we ask attendees which speaker they found to have given the most valuable presentation. We tally up the responses and honor the speaker who made the biggest impression with a travel award to present his/her talk at a future conference of their choice. The 2018 MVP will be announced at the 2019 Symposium in Denmark.
2017
Benoit Lamarche, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
How Has Saturated Fat Become So Controversial?
2016
Steven Frese, Evolve Biosystems, Inc.,USA
Rebuilding the Infant Gut Microbiome: Insights from Ecology and Evolution
2015
Bing Wang, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, China
Molecular Determinants of Milk Lactoferrin as A Bioactive Compound in Early Neurodevelopment and Cognition
2014
Per T. Sangild – University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Animal Models for Early Infant Nutrition
2013
Katie Hinde -Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Boy Milk & Girl Milk: Evolutionary Insights
2012
Mark Thomas – University College London, UK
The co-evolution of lactase persistence and dairying
Student Travel Award Winners
Student travel awards are designed to encourage student participation in the symposium by offsetting the cost of travel and lodgings.
2017
Andrea Zukowski, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sequencing the Bovine Milk Exosome miRNome – Can the Transcriptome Hint at Efficient Recovery from Mastitis?
Alma Ryskaliyeva, INRA, UMR GABI, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, France
Alternative Splicing, a Fortuitous or Genetically Programmed Event to Expand Molecular Diversity of Milk Proteins: Camel CSN1S2, a Relevant Model to Try to Provide Some Response Elements
Randall Robinson, University of California, Davis, USA
Comparative Analysis of Bioactive Oligosaccharide Production in Dairy Cows Using Novel Analytical Techniques
Léa Guinot, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Identification of Parameters Involved in Disintegration of Commercial Cheese Matrix and Lipid Digestion by Using an In Vitro Static Digestion Model
Junai Gan, University of California, Davis, USA
Milk as a Protein-Protease Delivery System: Collaborative Approaches Inspire Inquiry into the Dynamics and Complexities of Human Milk
2016
Valerie Weinborn- University of California, Davis USA
Enzymatic Modification of Bovine Milk Oligosaccharides and Their Functional Properties
Richard Heinz-University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA
Constitutive Expression of microRNA-150 in Mammary Epithelium Suppresses Secretory Activation and Impairs de novo Lipogenesis
Hannah S. Lyman- University of California, Davis USA
RNA-Seq of Mammary Epithelial Organoids from Virgin and Lactating Glands of 15 Holstein-Friesian Cows
Apichaya Bunyatratchata- University of California, Davis USA
Sialic Acid Release by Bacteroides Thetaiotaomicron from Milk Oligosaccharides May Facilitate the Growth of Potentially Pathogenic Bacteria
Janet Williams- University of Idaho USA
Use of the Milk Microbiome to Predict Infant Fecal Bacterial Community Composition
Zhengyao Xue-University of California, Davis USA
Accurate Monitoring of Living and Total Bacterial Populations in Milks for Improved Microbial Management
Randall C. Robinson- University of California, Davis USA
A Novel Method for High-Throughput Analysis of Bovine Milk Oligosaccharides & Discovering Natural Bioactive Peptides in Cheese with Mass Spectrometry
Joshua Cohen- University of California, Davis USA
Pilot scale isolation of bioactive glycans from dairy co-products: capturing the whey glycome
2015
Mary Abdelsayed – The University of Sydney, Camden, Australia
Collection of Data for the Genetic Improvement of Health Traits in Australian Dairy Cattle
Melanie Rae Simpson – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
Human Breast Milk miRNA, Maternal Probiotic Supplementation and Atopic Dermatitis in Offspring
Jessica Elswood – Texas A&M University
A Role for Sim2s in Elongation Regulation of Milk Protein Gene Transcription in the Mammary Gland
Véronique Demers-Mathieu – Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF) and Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Survival of New Probiotic Strains with Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Obesity Effects Used in Non-Fat Yogurt and Low-Fat Cheddar Cheese Making
Megan Sanctuary – University of California, Davis
Supplementation with Bifidobacterium Infantis in Combination with Bioactive Milk Components to Alter Microbial Composition in Children with Autism
2014
Duc Ninh Nguyen – University of Copenhagen
TGF-Β2 Protects Intestinal Epithelial Cells by Regulation of Proteins Associated with Stress and Endotoxin Responses
Maria Lisson – Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, Germany
Epitope Mapping of αS1-Casein by Microarray Immunoassay Reveals Differences in Ige Binding within Dairy Breeds and Between Water Buffaloes, Sheep, Goats
Sugeetha Ramakrishnan – School of Medicine, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
The Relationship Between Milk Proteins and Extracellular Matrix in Regulating Murine Mammary Gland Involution
Lenha Mobuchon – INRA, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
Effect of A 48h Food Deprivation on the Lactating Goat Mammary MiRNome Obtained by Deep Sequencing
Kristen Beck – University of California Davis
Comparative Proteomics of Human And Macaque Milks: Humans Get a Helping Hand During Post-Natal Development
Mina Popovic – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Consumption of Fucosyllactose by Infant Borne Bifidobacteria
2013
Zachery Lewis – University of California, Davis
Maternal FUT2 Polymorphisms Influence the Gut Microbial Communities of Breastfed Infants
Bokyung Lee – University of California, Davis
Milk Promotes Probiotic Efficacy in the Intestine
Daylan Tzompa-Sosa – Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Regiospecific Analysis of Bovine Milk Fat Triacylglycerols: Variability Within a Dairy Cattle Population
Zuzana Krupova – Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France
A Novel LC-MS Protein Profiling Method to Characterize and Quantify Individual Milk Proteins and Multiple Isoforms
Vengama Naidu Modepalli – Deakin University, Australia
Developmental Role of Milk in Lung Maturation of Marsupial Pouch Young (Tammar Wallaby)
Sanjana Kuruppath, Deakin University, Australia
Tammar Wallaby: A Marsupial Model to Understand the Role of Milk in Regulating Stomach Development
2012
David Dallas – University of California, Davis, USA:
Digestomics of human milk proteins in term and premature infants: towards improved infant feeding
Stephen Wanyonyi – Deakin University, Australia:
The extracellular matrix modulates asynchronous concurrent lactation in tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
Kristen Beck – University of California, Davis, USA:
Transcriptional modulation by abundant milk protein genes in the bovine mammary gland
Ulrik Sundekilde – Aarhus University, Denmark:
Milk metabolite composition and its relation to nutritional and technological quality – A NMR metabolomic approach
Aniek Bouwman – Wageningen University, The Netherlands:
Genomic regions associated with both summer and winter bovine milk fatty acids
Swathi Bisana – Deakin University, Australia:
Identification and functional characterization of a novel monotreme-specific antibacterial protein expressed during lactation
2011
Emmanuelle Koch – UVSQ:
Long-term effects of nutrition on mammary gland development and milk composition leading to offspring predisposition to obesity
Grace Berryhill – University of California, Davis USA:
Effects of in utero exposure to dietary conjugated linoleic acid on mammary gland development in Balb/cJ mice
Wai Yuen Cheah – Macquarie University:
Sialic acid is involved in the differential binding of streptococcal species to milk and salivary glycoproteins
Christy Vander Jagt – Melbourne University, Australia:
Combining gene expression data with SNP association studies to identify genes effecting bovine milk production traits
Laurine Buscara – Deakin University, Australia:
Matrigel signals abnormal development of Cape fur seal primary mammary cells, possibly through the activation of the TGFß pathway
2010
Palaniappan Ramanathan – USDA, ARS:
Characterization of MicroRNA Expression in Secretory Activation
Pauline Brenaut – INRA-France:
The Milk Fat Globule to Unravel Mammary Epithelial Cell Defense Elicited in Response to Intramammary Infection
Vinuthan Melakote Kodappa – University of Sydney:
Investigation of Milk Protein Bioactivity
Saumya Wickramasinghe – University of California, Davis:
Analysis of the milk transcriptome of transition and late lactation Holstein cows by Next Generation Sequencing Technology
Daniel Garrido – University of California, Davis:
Preference for Milk and Host Glycans in Bifidobacterium infantis
2009
Riccardo G. LoCascio – Comparative genomics of Bifidobacterium longum strains identifies genes relevant for human and bovine milk oligosaccharides utilization
David Sela – Coevolution with milk has influenced innovation in the Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis genome to utilize sialylated and fucosylated milk oligosaccharides
Laurine Buscara -Rspo1 is essential to normal mammary gland development
Ghyslaine Schopen – Quantitative trait locus (QTL) detection for milk protein composition in dairy cattle
Elizabeth Thomas – Epithelial stem cells endogenous to human breast-milk give rise to three-dimensional differentiated milk-secreting units in vitro
2008
Arun Sondur Jayappa – Transcriptome analysis of the liver during lactation.
Jovana Maksimovic – Sialyllactose in Milk. Transcriptional regulation of the B-galactose a-2,6 sialyltransferase 1 gene in the bovine mammmary gland
Karensa Menzies – Comparative genomics. The folate receptor alpha gene: a potential key regulator of milk protein synthesis
Christy VanderJagt – Comparative analysis of marsupial and eutherian genomes to identify genes critical in bovine milk production
Riccardo G. LoCascio – Gut epithelial cells transcriptional response to Bifidobacteria and Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), a focus on synergistic changes in surface glycosilation patterns
Mille Felicie Faucon – During pregnancy, the goat mammary tissue first express genes representative of the immune function before the acquisition of its complete secretory phenotype
Portal Content Development Award Winners
These awards are designed to increase IMGC portal content development efforts to accelerate the understanding of the biological processes underlying the genomics of mammalian milk. The areas covered by this call for proposals are: mammary-specific functional gene annotation, curation of lactation microarray, proteome and oligosaccharides data sets.
2011
Will Spencer, University of Ottawa
Human milk microbiome, annotation of sequencing data
Marleen Visker, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Livestock milkgenomics
Jerry Wei, University of Sydney, Australia
Biological pathways associated with lactation performance
Christophe Lefevre, Deakin University, Australia
MamExp (MammoXpressionist): an interactive gene expression browser interface for collaborative comparative lactation genomics
Daniela Barile, University of California, Davis, USA
Annotation and curation of the first goat milk oligosaccharides library: from analytical characterization to health benefits
2010
Daniela Barile, University of California, Davis, USA
Annotation and curation of the bovine milk oligosaccharides library by advances mass spectrometry
Christophe Lefevre, Deakin University, Australia
MamoExp(MammoXpressionist): and interactive gene expression browser interface for collaborative lactation genomics
Francina Sagaya – Agroscope Liebefeld-Poiseux Research Station ALP, Switzerland
Enrichment analysis of transcription factors in blood cells in response to ingestion of bovine milk by healthy adult humans
Palaniappan Ramanathan – University of Colorado, USA
Role of miRNAs in mammary gland development and lactation
2009
David Sela, University of California, Davis, USA
Dissemination of the genomic links between the model probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis and milk
Peter Williamson, University of Sydney, Australia
An integrated lactome dataset
Christophe Lefevre, Deakin University, Australia
MamExp (MammoXpressionist): an interactive gene expression browser interface for collaborative comparative lactation genomics
Danielle Lemay, University of California, Davis, USA
Organization and visualization of bovine lactation genome data
