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Last published 2025
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C. G. Shashank

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Also affiliated: National Dairy Research Institute (2018–2024); National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (2022–2025); Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (2025)

Postdoc Researcher

6 h-index 35 pubs 150 cited

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Hot Temperature
  • Tropical Climate
  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Altitude
  • Livestock
  • Adipose Tissue, Brown
  • Male
  • Chickens
  • Genotype
  • Acclimatization
  • Selection, Genetic
  • Thermogenesis
  • Humidity

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Dr. Shashank C. G. is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences whose research focuses on the physiological impacts of climate change on livestock. His work investigates how extreme environmental conditions, such as heat and altitude, affect animal welfare, metabolism, and gene expression. Dr. Shashank also explores strategies for mitigating stress and enhancing the resilience of livestock populations, contributing to the development of more sustainable livestock production systems.

His academic background includes a Ph.D. and M.V.Sc. from the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, where his research examined the effects of thermal and nutritional stress on livestock. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Animal Welfare. Dr. Shashank has authored over 35 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and has received recognition for his scientific contributions, including multiple Best Paper and Young Scientist awards. He is actively involved in international collaborations aimed at advancing translational research in livestock resilience.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 35
  • Citations: 150

Selected Publications

  • Osteocytic Lipocalin-2 regulates bone formation locally through iron-dependent ferroptosis and Wnt suppression (2026)
    Cell Death Discovery DOI OpenAlex
  • Hormones, heat, and health: a comprehensive review of sex-based differences in brown and beige fat biology (2025)
    Biology of Sex Differences 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Exploring the genetic footprints of high altitude adapted humans and livestock (2025)
    Mammalian Genome 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Impact of short-term housing temperature alteration on metabolic parameters and adipose tissue in female mice (2025)
    Frontiers in Endocrinology DOI OpenAlex
  • The Transgenerational Inheritance of Obesity: Maternal High-Fat Diet Drives Inflammatory Transcriptomic Signatures in Offspring Adipose Tissue (2025)
    Current Developments in Nutrition DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

26 Collaborators 9 Institutions 3 Countries

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