Spring Quarter 2023
April 3
Ilias Tagkopoulos, PhD
Director, USDA-NIFA/NSF AI Institute for Next-Generation Food Systems; Professor, Computer Science & Genome Center, University of California, Davis
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Food Systems
April 10
Hans Cheng, PhD
Research Geneticist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Avian Disease and Oncology Laborator
Marek’s Disease in Chickens - Genetic Resistance, Cancer, Vaccines, and Viral Transmission
Video
April 17
Michelle Halstead, Postdoc
Academic Programs Manager, University of California, San Francisco
Reprogramming the embryonic epigenome with pioneer transcription factors
Video (restricted to UC Davis users only)
April 24
Rachael Coon, PhD Candidate
Tucker Lab, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis
Measuring motivation for forage in finishing cattle fed high-concentrate diets
Video
May 8
Tianjing Zhao, PhD Candidate
Cheng Lab, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis
Mixed effects neural networks (NN-MM): a new mixed model framework to incorporate intermediate data for whole-genome analysis
Video
May 22
Susan Lamount, PhD
Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Animal Science, Iowa State University
Animal genomics for climate resilience and global food security
Video (restricted to UC Davis users only)
June 5
Maci Mueller
PhD Candidate, Van Eenennaam Lab
"Seedless" cattle: Germline-ablation achieved via CRISPR/Cas9 targeting of NANOS3 in bovine zygotes
Video
Winter Quarter 2023
Jan 9
Elvira Sattarova
PhD Student - Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, Aarhus University
Enteric methane emission from pigs
Video
Jan 23 (virtual)
Yanghua He, PhD
Assistant Professor - Department of Animal Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Genetic Diversity and Climate Adaptation of Pasture-finished Beef Cattle in Hawaii
Video
Jan 30
Dailu Guan, PhD
Postdoc - Zhou Lab, University of California, Davis
Integrative analysis of multi-omics data facilitates the interpretation of agricultural complex traits
Video (restricted to UC Davis users only)
Feb 6
Alison Van Eenennaam, PhD
Extension Specialist: Animal Biotechnology and Genomics, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis
Global overview of animal biotechnology applications in the livestock industry
Video
Feb 13
Jinghui Li, PhD
Postdoc - Cheng Lab, University of California, Davis
Learning functional conservation between pig and human to decipher evolutionary mechanisms underlying gene expression and complex trait
Video
Feb 27 (virtual)
Roger Vallejo, PhD
Research Scientist - U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Center for Cool & Cold Water Aquaculture
Genome-wide mapping of QTLs and accuracy of breeding value prediction for sea lice resistance in North American Atlantic salmon
Video
Mar 13
Carly Moody, PhD
Assistant Professor - Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis
Incorporating video telemedicine into health and behavior care for companion cats
Video (restricted to UC Davis users only)
Fall Quarter 2022
Sep 26
Angelica Carrazco
PhD Candidate - Mitloehner Lab
Mitigation Strategies of Agricultural Air Emissions
Video (restricted to UC Davis users only)
Oct 3
Crystal Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor - Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
From Micro to Macro: New Approaches to Meat Quality and Safety
Oct 10
Anna Denicol, PhD
Assistant Professor - Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
Using stem cells for cattle assisted reproduction: advances, challenges and opportunities
Oct 17
Montana Altman
MS Student - Denicol Lab
Cellular responses to Prolactin of skin explants from Holstein heifers carrying the SLICK1 mutation
Oct 24
Jacalyn Beck, PhD
Academic Programs Manager - Hopland and Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Centers
Opportunities for Animal Science Research at Hopland and Sierra Foothill RECs
Video
Oct 31
Jian Zeng, PhD
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow - University of Queensland
Leveraging functional annotations to improve genomic prediction in humans
Video
Nov 7
Payam Vahmani, PhD
Assistant Professor - Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
Human health effects of ruminant fats
Nov 14
Shogo Tsuruta, PhD
Research Scientist - University of Georgia
Efficient genetic progress for quantitative traits through genomic selection
Video
Nov 21
Haipeng Yu, PhD
Assistant Professor - Department of Animal Science, University of Florida
Integrating high-dimensional heterogeneous omics data to advance animal agriculture
Nov 28
Caitlyn Bruns, PhD
Genomic Research Scientist - Ancestry
Consumer Genomics and a Comparison with Livestock Genetics
Video (restricted to UC Davis users only)