Our Genomic Future: Opportunities for transdisciplianary and multidisciplainary research with rapid payoffs at MSU
Shane Burgess

Director Life Science and Biotechnology Institute,Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station; Co-Director Institute for Digital Biology; Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine. Mississippi State University Dr Shane Burgess: Director, Mississippi State University (MSU) Life Science & Biotechnology Institute; Co-Director MSU Institute for Digital Biology and faculty member College of Veterinary Medicine. He received his BVSc from Massey University in New Zealand and PhD from Bristol University, UK while a Veterinary Fellow at the Inst. for Animal Health, Compton, UK. Over 55 peer-reviewed publications and $10million in extramural funding. MSU is his first academic appointment after 13 years in private industry and government research.