CGIL Seminar - “Innovative selection methods in turkey breeding”

Good morning CGIL,

This week we are happy to have Dr. Xuechun Bai, a Research Geneticist from Hendrix Genetics, presenting for us on Friday, April 26th, 2024. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST in ANNU 141. The presentation title is: “Innovative selection methods in turkey breeding”.

If you are outside of Guelph and cannot attend the seminar in-person, you can attend virtually through the link below.

Speaker Biography: Dr. Bai's journey in Hendrix Genetics started as a rotational geneticist in 2021, which provided a great opportunity to work on multispecies, such as turkeys, swine, and layers. After a year of experience on multispecies, she is now a research geneticist of Hybrid Turkeys, the Turkey business unit of Hendrix Genetics since 2022, and they focus on exploring innovative selection methods to drive excellent product performance. Before joining Hendrix Genetics, she was a postdoc with Prof. Graham Plastow at the University of Alberta, Livestock Gentec, where she also obtained her PhD in animal genetics and breeding. Dr. Bai obtained her BSc in Animal Science at the University of Alberta and China Agricultural University.

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_YmVjOTZiNjMtOWM1ZC00YzQxLWE0ODctYmU3Nzk0OWZiMGM5%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=16415ffd-a7c0-485d-b934-627e022ada3c&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