Eloise Spanner
Eloise Spanner joined the Animal Reproduction Group at the University of Sydney in 2020. She graduated with First Class honours in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science/ Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Animal Veterinary Bioscience) and has since continued the work of her honours project into postgraduate studies. Eloise’s PhD is an industry project working alongside the Australian Merino Sire Evaluation Project (AMSEA) to investigate the effect of male, female, and environmental factors on the variability of successful artificial insemination (AI) programs within the Australian merino industry. The lack of industry standards to determine the fertility of a given ram and ewe has driven her interest in the advancements and utilisation of fertility prediction procedures and methodology. Her work includes using advanced semen assessments, flow cytometry, DNA staining, western blots, proteomics, and transcriptomics of frozen-thawed ram semen. If successful, the project will recommend strategies to improve the likelihood of AI programs. Therefore, this project aims to increase the number of lambs born to elite flocks and accelerate genetic progress for the Australian sheep industry.
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