Prof. Christine Baes has been awarded a prestigous Minister's Award of Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Presented by Minister of Colleges and Universities Jill Dunlop, the award recognizes Baes outstanding contributions to the long-term and sustainable genetic improvement of livestock. 

Baes is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Livestock Genomics and runs a large, collaborative and highly productive lab of students and postdocs with funding support from government and industry sectors. Currently, she is running or co-running several large-scale breeding projects in dairy cattle and turkeys. For more information on Dr. Baes research program, please visit her homepage here. [1]

Congratulations Christine!