Past Events

    This week we are happy to have David McInnes, Principal of DMci Strategies, to present a seminar on Friday, March 10th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Developing Canada's first agri-food sustainability index".  

    This week we are happy to have Dr. Roger Cue, from McGill University, to present for us on Friday March 3rd, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Transgenerational effects in dairy cattle?".

    We are happy to have Dr. Zulma Vitezica, a professor at the Institut National Polytechnique of Toulouse, France, presenting for us on Friday, February 17th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Genomic prediction with non-additive genetic effects".

    We are happy to have Simona Antonios, PhD student at INRAE, presenting for us on Friday February 10th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Partition of the genetic trend of French dairy sheep in Mendelian samplings and long-term contributions".  

 

  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".