CGIL Seminar - Navigating the Inbreeding Trend in Modern Dairy Cattle Breeding: What is Driving the Trend?
Date and Time
Location
ANNU 141 and Microsoft Teams
Details
Hello CGIL,
This week we are happy to have Dr. Mehdi Sargolzaei, presenting for us on Friday, November 6th, 2026. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST in person in room ANNU 141 and on the virtual platform of Microsoft Teams. The presentation title is: “Navigating the Inbreeding Trend in Modern Dairy Cattle Breeding: What is Driving the Trend?”.
Speaker Biography:
Dr. Mehdi Sargolzaei is a leading scientist in dairy cattle genetics and computational genomics, holding a PhD in Animal Genetics and Breeding. He is currently serving as the Director of Genetic Research and Technology at Select Sires Inc. For over 30 years, his research has bridged the gap between quantitative genetics/genomics and commercial application. Dr. Sargolzaei's early research at the University of Guelph (2006–2009) on one of the industry's first applied Genomic Selection projects directly catalyzed the historic implementation of genomic selection in Canadian dairy cattle. He is also the creator of globally utilized bioinformatic tools, such as FImpute, snp1101, and QMSim, and has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers.
Information to attend: To join this seminar, please ensure you have downloaded the Microsoft Teams application to your computer or join the meeting online using the web browser version of Microsoft Teams. Please join the meeting with your microphone on mute and the camera turned off. After the presentation, you can unmute the microphone, and optionally turn on the camera, if you wish to ask a question. Alternatively, if you wish to pose your question in the chat function, the presenter will answer questions made through the chat.
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*Recordings of previous CGIL seminars are available at:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQ_5WCTMRQ6Gs35yROqGIQ/featured
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Baran Amini and Julia Rodrigues.