Good afternoon CGIL,
 
This week we are happy to have Dr. Ligia Cavani, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the department of Animal and Dairy Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, presenting for us on Friday, March 31st, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Genetic basis of dairy cow feed efficiency".

Speaker Biography: Dr. Ligia Cavani is originally from Brazil, where she received her B.S. in Animal Science and M.S. and Ph.D. from São Paulo State University. Cavani is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the department of Animal and Dairy Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, working with Dr. Francisco Peñagaricano and Dr. Kent Weigel. Her research has included quantitative genetics, the development of new phenotypes using high–throughput datasets, genomic prediction, and gene mapping in dairy cattle. Currently, her focus has been on feed efficiency in Holstein cows.

Information to attend: To join this seminar, please ensure you have downloaded the Microsoft Teams application to your computer, or join the meeting online by 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, should you wish to pose your question in the chat function, it will be monitored and asked by the presenter.

Teams Link to attend: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_NDZlZDc2YzQtMGFkZC00OTRmLWE5MTUtNWQxNTQ5YTUwN2Zi%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%2522be62a12b-2cad-49a1-a5fa-85f4f3156a7d%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%2522522551ba-0e93-4d61-8464-d782a9e7306d%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=86d38390-1505-4aee-b600-ac6cd5d8f809&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true

*Recordings of previous CGIL seminars are available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQ_5WCTMRQ6Gs35yROqGIQ/featured

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Samla Cunha and Kristin Lee