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August 14 - 16 London, Ontario, Canada
Canadian Beef Industry Conference
2018 Poster Competition

Congratulations to our “Gentec” students for winning in the poster competition
3rd place Dawn Trautman (Livestock Gentec)
2nd place Kajal Devani (UCVM)
1st place Stephanie Lam (U of Guelph)

Field Day 2018

Livestock Gentec Conference 2017

One Genome, One Health: Our Animals, the Environment and Us

Toys for boys: Drones in agriculture
September 27, 2018
Using drones to manage cattle has piqued the interest of many ranchers over the past years as their appearance in the media and in the malls becomes more common. This …Read More »
One step in understanding Canada’s iconic wood bison
September 4, 2018
There are plains bison and wood bison. Can you tell the difference? Delta Genomics is developing a test that will tell whether bison are wood, plains or hybrid. The difference …Read More »
Bioinformatics: Tomorrow’s career…
July 30, 2018
…where the jobs come looking for you, not the other way round. In his lab in the Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences at UAlberta, Paul Stothard and his …Read More »
Not all discoveries occur in the laboratory…
July 30, 2018
…For some, you have to put your rubber boots and hat on. This point was driven home in July as the Gentec team once again stepped into the pasture to …Read More »
Genomics tools for commercial cattle producers: So what?
June 28, 2018
For the commercial cattle producer, crossbreeding is one of the least expensive ways to increase productivity, largely due to the resulting increase in hybrid vigour (scientifically known as heterosis / …Read More »

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Toys for boys: Drones in agriculture

One step in understanding Canada’s iconic wood bison

Bioinformatics: Tomorrow’s career…

Not all discoveries occur in the laboratory…

Genomics tools for commercial cattle producers: So what?