Past Events

  Good afternoon CGIL, We are happy to invite you to a special in-person CGIL seminar. We will have Dr. Marc-Andre Sirard, Directeur Centre de Recherche en Reproduction, développement et santé intergénérationnelle, present on Monday, November 6th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 2:30 PM EDT/EST in ANNU 141. The title of the presentation is: "The epigenetic perspective in dairy cows: from the oocyte to the next generation".

The Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph will be hosting a hands-on equine first aid course at the Equine Sports Medicine and Reproduction Centre (ESMRC) on Saturday November 4, 2023. This event is open to all students (no prior certification needed) but spots are limited! Students interested can contact Sarah Labatt, Manager BBRM Teaching Herd at labatts@uoguelph.ca.

Good afternoon CGIL, This week we are happy to have Gibbs Kuguru, a PhD candidate at Wageningen University, presenting for us on Friday, November 3rd, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Sharks and Conservation Genetics!".

Get ready for this year’s Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest!  Join us on Tuesday, October 31st to carve a pumpkin together with your friends (teams of 1-4 members). The sign-up sheet will remain open until Friday, 

Good morning CGIL, This week we are happy to have Dr. Cedric Gondro, a professor at Michigan State University, presenting for us on Friday, October 27th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Breed composition with portable sequencing devices … and a bit of AI for genomic prediction and enviromics".

Good morning CGIL, This week we are happy to have Dr. Simone Guimaraes, a professor at the Federal University of Viçosa, presenting for us on Friday, October 20th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Let's uncover Zebu genetics?".

Good morning CGIL, This week we are happy to have Dr. Sirlene Fernandes Lazaro, a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Guelph, presenting for us on Friday, October 13th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Genomic studies of milk-related traits in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) based on single-step GBLUP".

Good afternoon CGIL, This week we are happy to have Kaitlyn Rodriguez, a Master's student from the University of Guelph, presenting for us on Friday, October 6th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Identifying the Threshold of Detection for Common Veterinary Antibiotic Residues in Near-InfraRed Milk Spectra".