Past Events

Hello CGIL,    This week we are pleased to welcome four students from the University of Guelph presenting for us on Friday, March 6th, 2026, as part of the course ANSC*6210: Principles of Selection in Animal Breeding. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST in ANNU 141 and on the virtual platform of Microsoft Teams. The titles of their presentations are: 

Hello CGIL,     We are happy to have Dr. Kerry Houlahan, from True North Genetics visiting us on Friday, February 27th, 2026. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST in ANNU141 and on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The presentation title is: “Breeding to Bacon: The Science Behind the System.” 

 

Hello CGIL,     We are happy to have Dr. Adam Boyko, from Cornell University, presenting for us on Friday, February 6th, 2026. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The presentation title is: “The genetics of longevity and blood phenotypes in Golden Retrievers.”   

Hello CGIL,     We are happy to have Dr. Didier Boichard, from INRAE presenting for us on Friday, January 30th, 2026. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The presentation title is: “Integrating Structural Variants into Sequence-Based GWAS Using a bovine Pangenome”   

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Hello CGIL,     We are happy to have Tatiane Chud, from PEAK, presenting for us on Friday, January 16th, 2026. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The presentation title is: “Balancing Elite Progress with the Power of Diversity”. 

Investigations on the Effects of Rearing Space Allowance and Functional Feed Ingre-dients on Pullet Growth and Cecal Digesta Microbiota Attributes Through to the Laying Phase

Hello CGIL,        We are happy to have Dr. Aaron Shafer, from Trent University, presenting for us on Friday, December 12th, 2025. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The presentation title is: “A [genomic] history of deer”