Past Events

 

  We are happy to invite you to a special in-person CGIL seminar. We will have Dr. Steve Miller, Director of the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU) at the University of New England, Australia, to present on Thursday January 26th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 2:30 PM EDT/EST in ANNU 141. The title of the presentation is: "Advancements in livestock breeding and some thoughts on the future".

 

  We are happy to have with us Dr. Troy Rowan, an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee, to present this Friday December 9th, 2022. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Using unconventional phenotypes to dissect complex traits in beef cattle".  

  We are happy to have with us Dr. John Hickey, the head of Corn Product Design at Bayer Crop Science, to present this Friday December 2nd, 2022. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Next generation plant breeding programs".  

 

We are happy to have with us Dr. Amanda Alvarenga, a data scientist at Corteva Agriscience, to present this Friday November 18th, 2022. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Genetic architecture of temperament and foot scores in Angus cattle: a longitudinal and across-country perspective".   Speaker Biography:

  We are happy to have with us Michelle Axford, a PhD candidate at La Trobe University, to present this Friday November 11th, 2022. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "The genetics of listening".   Speaker Biography:

  We are happy to have with us Vera van der Heijden, a geneticist at Hendrix Genetics, to present this Friday November 4th, 2022. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Wonders of the deep: Aquaculture breeding".  

  We are happy to have with us Dr. Caeli Richardson, a consultant at AbacusBio, to present this Friday October 28th, 2022. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Sustainability beyond methane emissions and feed efficiency".