CGIL Seminar W2022- Dr. Heather Huson

 

We are very happy to have with us Dr. Heather Jay Huson, an Associate Professor of Animal Genetics at Cornell University, to present a CGIL Seminar on Friday February 4th, 2022. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: “The complexity of phenotype, population, and approach when conducting and interpreting genomic research”.

 

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

 

Dr. Heather Jay Huson is an Associate Professor of Animal Genetics in the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University.  Dr. Huson received her B.S. in Animal Science at Cornell University (’97) and Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (’11).  A significant part of her PhD work was done at the National Institutes of Health in the Human Genome Research Institute and her post-doctoral research was with the USDA Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory.  She has a diverse background combining animal breeding, veterinary technician experience, and molecular genetics across livestock, companion animals, and wildlife species.  Her research aims at improving animal health and performance by investigating the genetic regulation of economically important traits.  In addition, she explores population structure and admixture to better understand selection, breed development, and conservation.  She focuses primarily on working dogs and dairy cattle genetics and selection. Dr. Huson manages both graduate and undergraduate research within her lab and teaches courses on animal genetics and applied dairy cattle genetics.  She is also the director of the Cornell Raptor Program which promotes education, conservation, propagation, and research.