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Cindy Muco, BS

PhD Candidate

Education

BS, Animal Sciences, Colorado State University 2023

Bio

Cindy Muco is a Microbial Biology graduate student in Dr. Martin Blaser’s lab.

In Colorado, she studied trace minerals in the rumen fluid of cannulated steers,

bovine viral diarrhea transmission, and how antibiotic supplementation impacts

carcass characteristics as well as feedlot performance. Her research focuses

now on how the impact of antibiotics on the gut microbiome and immune system

can be restored.

Research Focus

Antibiotics, Microbiome

2024 NIH T32 Biotechnology Training Fellow

2021 CAS Undergraduate Research Fellowship