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Report of Integrated Training in Livestock Genetics, Genomics and Leadership for Sustainable Breeding Programs in LMICs
March 30, 2026
Dr. Chinyere Ekine-Dzivenu Picture 1. Training Cohort and Faculty: Participants and trainers at the integrated training on livestock genetics, genomics, and leadership held at ILRI, Nairobi (16–27 February 2026). …Read More »
Knowledge and Technology Transfer update for the Swine team March 2026 update
March 30, 2026
Gentec Swine at the Banff Pork Seminar The Gentec Swine Group kicked off the New Year at the Banff Pork Seminar (January 6-8th, 2026). Our team presented three posters that …Read More »
My experiences working with Gentec as an undergraduate and Master’s student
March 30, 2026
When I first joined the Livestock Gentec swine team in 2024 as a summer student intern and casual research assistant, I was in my 3rd year of my undergraduate degree …Read More »
Highlighting collaborators: Cow Calf Health Management Solutions
March 30, 2026
Livestock Gentec is very lucky and grateful to have excellent partners in industry and elsewhere. It is sometimes difficult to give proper credit to those who contribute to our successes. …Read More »
Knowledge transfer road trip: Highway 13 Cattleman’s annual showcase 2026
March 30, 2026
Project manager Jordan Roberts took a “quick” trip out to Czar, Alberta for the annual show case of Highway 13 Cattlemen’s club. The event featured a variety of exhibitors representing …Read More »
Livestock Gentec Barriers to Adoption of Genomic Tools Survey invitation
March 30, 2026
In the project: “Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Canadian Beef Industry through the Development and Adoption of Genomic Tools” (Awarded to Dr. John Basarab project PI through a NSERC-SSHRC …Read More »
RDAR Research Showcase 2026 Summary
March 30, 2026
Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) hosted its fourth annual Research Showcase in Edmonton on January 21st. Nearly 400 individuals involved with Alberta’s diverse agriculture industry attended, showing how much interest …Read More »
Gene Edited and Cloned Livestock Approvals
March 30, 2026
In January this year Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) approved pigs produced by gene editing to be resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) viruses …Read More »
Graham Plastow attends the final meeting of the EuroFAANG project
December 17, 2025
Dr. Graham Plastow (Former Livestock Gentec CEO) attended the final meeting of the EuroFAANG project (https://eurofaang.eu/) at EMBL- European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) in the UK in November. The meeting was …Read More »
Livestock Gentec Beef Research 2025 by the numbers
December 17, 2025
This has been a busy year for the Livestock Gentec team. Our team has grown and we are executing on our various projects with the University of Alberta group and …Read More »

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Report of Integrated Training in Livestock Genetics, Genomics and Leadership for Sustainable Breeding Programs in LMICs

Knowledge and Technology Transfer update for the Swine team March 2026 update

My experiences working with Gentec as an undergraduate and Master’s student

Highlighting collaborators: Cow Calf Health Management Solutions

Knowledge transfer road trip: Highway 13 Cattleman’s annual showcase 2026

Livestock Gentec Barriers to Adoption of Genomic Tools Survey invitation

RDAR Research Showcase 2026 Summary

Gene Edited and Cloned Livestock Approvals

Graham Plastow attends the final meeting of the EuroFAANG project

Livestock Gentec Beef Research 2025 by the numbers