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Get acquainted with the dedicated and talented scientists conducting MAF research in 2008.

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Photo of Dr. Ya-Xiong Tao

Dr. Tao is an assistant professor of physiology at Auburn University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, and did postdoctoral training at the University of Louisville and the University of Iowa.


D06FE-005: Cloning, Characterization, and Localization of Feline Brain Melanocortin Receptors

a word from some of our scientists