Good morning CGIL,  

This week we are happy to have Dr. José Manuel Yáñez, professor at the University of Chile, presenting for us on Friday, November 15th, 2024. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The presentation title is: “Next Steps in Aquaculture Breeding: Beyond Genomic Selection”.  

Speaker biography: Dr. Yáñez currently serves as the Dean and Full Professor of the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at the University of Chile. He leads a research group specializing in aquaculture genetics and genomics, focusing on implementing new strategies to sustainably enhance fish farming production through genomic technologies in the Americas, Australia and Europe. Dr. Yáñez has been the principal investigator and co-investigator in R&D projects funded by various international agencies, including CONICYT-ANID and CORFO (Chile), Newton Fund and RCUK (UK), Genome Canada, Genome BC, and Genome Quebec (Canada), ANSO (China), IAEA (Austria), and FAPESP (Brazil), among others. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers in international journals, making significant contributions to the fields of aquaculture genetics and genomics. 

Scholar Google:  

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iFqdx5IAAAAJ&hl=es [1] 

Researchgate:  

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jose-Yanez-4 [2] 

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.  

Teams link to attend: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_NDMxMjA5MmUtMjFkNS00MWY0LWIzODUtZGNlZGI0MjUyY2Vk%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=f3b23dd1-9abe-4d29-9ffb-a9d68d905dc7&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true [3] 

*Recordings of previous CGIL seminars are available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQ_5WCTMRQ6Gs35yROqGIQ/featured [4]  

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!  
 

Gabby Condello and Ella Dodd