A co-founder's chat with Dr. Ryan Dilger

Our guest in this episode is Ryan Dilger, Traverse co-founder and professor of Animal Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In today’s interview, Ryan and Stephen talk about the challenges of interdisciplinary research, using data to personalize animal agriculture, and how academics and industry can learn from one another.

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:04:38 - Navigating the connection between basic science and applied science to achieve better outcomes
00:06:40 - Understanding the role of specialization in interdisciplinary research: roles, communication, and interpretation
00:12:14 - Roles of animal agriculture in our food supply and environment
00:20:15 - The role of technology in the future of animal agriculture
00:31:06 - Complex problems and narrowing the literature
00:37:28 - How animal science improves human health
00:40:01 - Role of butyrate
00:57:02 - Personalized nutrition
01:01:31 - Future of animal agriculture and biomedical research
01:07:14 - Do early life differences actually matter?

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