December 18-20, 2023 • Embassy Suites Kansas City Airport
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Opportunities and obstacles to enhancing beef cattle evaluation with sequence data
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Monday, December 18, 2023
7 pm NCERA 225 Business meeting
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
8 am Welcome / Introduction
8:30 am Low-pass primer – Troy Rowan, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
9:15 am Reference panel – Bob Schnabel, University of Missouri
10 am Break
10:30 am Pangenome – Temitayo Olagunju, University of Idaho
11:15 am Panel Discussion – Stewart Bauck, Neogen (retired),
and Jesse Hoff, Gencove. Moderator – Troy Rowan, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Noon Lunch
1:15 pm Imputation and genetic evaluation with sequence data (and a bit of AI) – Cedric Gondro,
Michigan State University
2 pm Animal breeding projects at UGA – Ignacy Misztal, University of Georgia
2:45 pm Break
3:15 pm A vision for the future of low-pass sequencing – Mark Thallman, US-MARC
4:15 pm Panel Discussion – Ryan Boldt, International Genetic Solutions, André Garcia, Angus Genetics, Inc., and Victor Pedrosa, Neogen. Moderator – Steve Kachman, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
6 pm Social and evening posters followed by Dinner
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
8 am Welcome back
8:15 am GPE – Larry Kuehn , US-MARC
9 am Cattle Breeding Using Millions of Records from Commercial Cattle: An Irish Perspective – Donagh Berry, Teagasc
10 am Break
10:30 am Leveraging commercial data to improve selection and management decisions – Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska
11:30 am Panel Discussion – Ken Odde, Kansas State University (retired), Kent Anderson, Zoetis, and JR Tait, Neogen. Moderator – Darrh Bullock, University of Kentucky