Hello CGIL,    

We are happy to have Dr. Adam Boyko, from Cornell University, presenting for us on Friday, February 6th, 2026. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The presentation title is: “The genetics of longevity and blood phenotypes in Golden Retrievers.” 

 

Speaker Biography:  Adam Boyko is an assistant professor in Biomedical Sciences at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. His research focuses on genomic investigation of dogs as a model of genetic disease and evolutionary genetics. His work includes understanding the evolution and genetics of village dogs, the semi-feral pariah dogs found in much of the world today, and the role of inbreeding and genetics on canine longevity and health. Dr. Boyko is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and received an MS in Computer Science and a PhD in Biology from Purdue University before his postdoctoral research in the Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology at Cornell University. He served as a Research Associate in the Genetics Department at the Stanford School of Medicine before beginning his faculty appointment at Cornell in 2011. He is also a co-Founder of Embark Veterinary, a canine genetic testing company. 

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/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Mjk1YjQ5OWQtZWVhMy00NjEwLWJiOWMtOGRiYTY1NTJlMDVj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22be62a12b-2cad-49a1-a5fa-85f4f3156a7d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22522551ba-0e93-4d61-8464-d782a9e7306d%22%7d [1]

 

 

*Recordings of previous CGIL seminars are available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQ_5WCTMRQ6Gs35yROqGIQ/featured    [2]  

 

 

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!     

Gabby Condello and Julia Rodrigues.