Alltech’s founder and President, Dr. Pearse Lyons, is holding up a gene chip. It’s what the company’s new, first-of-it’s-kind Nutrigenomics Center is all about.
Dr. Lyons says that when he started his career he could only dream about the type of laboratory that the researchers here will be working in.
I, along with everyone at Alltech, am very excited about the potential of this incredible facility, the first of its kind anywhere in the world, said Dr. Pearse Lyons, president and founder of Alltech. The ability to comprehend nutrition at the most basic level gene expression really makes us stand apart and will give us a much greater understanding of the nutritional needs of our animals,
In addition to Nutrigenomics, the facility will house the companys research initiatives at its global headquarters, including the study of Functional Glycomics, Solid State Fermentation, Rumen Function and Ecology, Aquaculture, Organic Trace Minerals and Biorefining.
You can listen to Dr. Lyon’s remarks here and watch them on video: alltech-symposium-08-nutrigenomics-lyons.mp3
Kentucky’s Governor, Steve Beshear was on hand this morning to cut the ribbon to open the Alltech Nutrigenomics Center. He says that he’d love to see a facility like this in every county in the state.
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We already told you about the University of Florida Gator NAMA team winning the student NAMA Marketing Competition, but we’re so proud of them (being Gator alums ourselves) that here’s a little more about it.
The Alltech Symposium agriblogger has arrived in Lexington, KY, still just a little bit NAMA lagged (kind of like jet lag). I’m in the Radisson right across the street from the convention center. There’s going to be lots of news from here and on the 
The NAMA Bombers apparently had a good ride this year.
The first general session at the National Agri-Marketing Association conference featured Dan Heath, the co-author of “Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.”