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<\/a>Dr. Ignacio Ipharraguerre in Missouri Western’s Science and Technology Center<\/p><\/div>\n
Ignacio Ipharraguerre became a BioZyme Scholar in Residence at Missouri Western this past fall. He is conducting research, primarily for BioZyme, in the University\u2019s business incubator, Innovation Stockyard.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ipharraguerre, who earned his master\u2019s and doctorate from the University of Illinois Department of Animal Sciences, is a research associate at the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Kiel in Kiel, Germany. He was conducting collaborative research for BioZyme at Kiel when Norton asked him to bring his work to St. Joseph.<\/p>\n
Norton met with Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western\u2019s president, and Ronan Molloy, president of Innovation Stockyard, to arrange for Dr. Ipharraguerre to utilize the lab equipment in the Innovation Stockyard to conduct his research. He and his wife and three children moved to St. Joseph in July 2017.
\n\u201cOur goal is not only to bring world-class scientists to our company, but to bring their families to the community, and Ignacio is a world-class scientist,\u201d Norton said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaces like the incubator are right at the interface between academics and business,\u201d Dr. Ipharraguerre said. \u201cThey make research projects affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n
The research involves aspergillus oryzae<\/em>, a fungal organism that has been used in Asia since ancient times in food production. The fermentation process of the fungus and the extracts it produces, Dr. Ipharraguerre said, generates compounds that are beneficial for intestinal health.<\/p>\n BioZyme, which develops and manufactures natural, proprietary products focused on animal nutrition, health and microbiology, has primarily focused on products for digestive health for ruminants \u2013 animals with four stomach compartments, such as cattle. Dr. Ipharraguerre\u2019s research has determined the fermentation extracts can produce gut health products for non-ruminants (monogastrics), such as poultry and swine.<\/p>\n By this fall, Dr. Ipharraguerre plans to begin training Missouri Western students on the lab equipment he is using for his research. He will also guest lecture in classrooms and collaborate with science faculty members.<\/p>\n \u201cWe felt like this was a good opportunity to give students valuable experience in an applied real-life environment,\u201d Norton said. \u201cLocal animal health companies desire local graduates with good academic and applied credentials.\u201d He noted that BioZyme has hired several Missouri Western graduates in the past.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re lucky to have the University and Innovation Stockyard,\u201d Dr. Ipharraguerre said. \u201cEverything was a perfect match.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are extremely appreciative to have Dr. Vartabedian\u2019s, Dr. (Jeanne) Daffron\u2019s and the entire Missouri Western staff\u2019s support and collaboration on projects for our community like this one,\u201d Norton said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A partnership between a local animal health company and Missouri Western has brought an international researcher to campus. At the invitation of Bob Norton \u201973, CEO and chair of the board of BioZyme Inc. in St. Joseph, Dr. Ignacio Ipharraguerre became a BioZyme Scholar in Residence at Missouri Western this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,19,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4505,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions\/4505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}