Wen Huang
Department of Animal Science
Assistant Professor
Telephone: 517-353-9136
Area of Expertise:
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Degree:
BS (biology), University of Science and Technology of China
MS (biochemistry), Case Western Reserve University
MS (biometry), University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD (dairy science), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Postdoctoral Research, North Carolina State University
Affiliations
Genetics Graduate Program, Michigan State University
Research
Website: Wen Huang Laboratory
We are a lab of quantitative genetics and genomics, primarily in livestock animals. We seek to understand why some cows produce more milk than others, or why some people are more prone to certain diseases than others, and questions of that nature. By doing that, we hope to be able to understand the biological processes underlying complex quantitative trait variation and eventually breed better animals. We tackle these questions using a variety of approaches, including genetics, genomics, statistics, and bioinformatics.