CGIL Seminar W2021- Victoria Asselstine and Hannah Sweett

We are very pleased to have Victoria Asselstine and Hannah Sweett, PhD candidates at the University of Guelph, presenting a CGIL Seminar on Friday April 30th, 2021. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: “Identification of regulatory elements affecting health and fertility in dairy cattle​​​​​”.

 

To join this seminar, please ensure you have downloaded the Microsoft Teams application to your computer, or join the meeting online by using the web browser version of Microsoft Teams. Please join the meeting with your microphone on mute and camera turned off. After the presentation, you can unmute the microphone, and optionally turn on the camera, if you wish to ask a question. 

 

Connection information for the meeting has been sent via a Calendar invitation, additionally the meeting can be found at the link below:

 

Victoria received a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Biology with a minor in Animal Nutrition in 2016, and a Master’s degree under the supervision of Dr. Angela Cánovas in Animal Genetics in 2018, both from the University of Guelph. Her M.Sc research focused on mastitis resistance in Holstein dairy cows. Victoria is currently a PhD candidate in the Centre for the Genetic Improvement of Livestock under the supervision of Dr. Angela Cánovas. Her current research works on further understanding the genetic mechanism of mastitis resistance in Holstein dairy cows with a focus on regulatory elements.

 

Hannah received her Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the University of Guelph in 2017. Upon transferring from her M.Sc in 2019 Hannah began pursuing her PhD in the Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock under the supervision of Dr. Angela Cánovas. Her current research is focused on understanding the biological processes and gene networks involved in early pregnancy success of Holstein dairy cows.