Former UK Graduate Student Spotlight: Patrick Gallagher

Gallagher studied genetics under Ernest Bailey, PhD, and the late Teri Lear, PhD.
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Born in Cicamore, Illinois, Patrick Gallagher was surrounded by horses from the start. His family owned American Saddlebreds and Gallagher spent much of his free time in the barn even through his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin.

His combined interest in genetics and love for horses led him to the University of Kentucky (UK) Gluck Equine Research Center after graduation. At the Gluck Center, Gallagher worked under Ernest Bailey, PhD, professor in the Department of Veterinary Science at the Gluck Center, and the late Teri Lear, PhD, associate professor at the Gluck Center.

Gallagher’s work concentrated on the equine genome and his dissertation’s focus was repetitive genomic sequences in the horse genome. Bailey described Gallagher as being a sharp student, exhibiting initiative and creativity from the start.

“When he first came to the lab, we assigned him a ‘starter project,’” Bailey recalled. “We told him a little about a project and asked him to find the answer to three questions. He came back a little later and gave the results for those three questions. Then he reported results for another two questions he had come up with during the course of the project

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