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Recent Articles
Closing the information gap in the pig genome
The pig industry around the world has made huge improvements in desirable traits thanks to the knowledge afforded by the sequencing of the pig genome, the first draft of which …Read More »Beef production in the pandemic: From producer to plate
COVID-19 has been complicated in many ways by uncertainty. Unlike many disease outbreaks, it is not about food safety or consumer confidence with food products – but rather about the …Read More »From cattle to COVID-19: An unlikely journey
By Mikolaj Raszek, PhD The lead-up After finishing my PhD in Biochemistry, I took a break from science to think about what I wanted to do with my life and …Read More »ALES Graduate Research Symposium Report
By Jiyuan Li The 4th Agricultural Life and Environmental Sciences (ALES) Graduate Research Symposium was held at the UAlberta on March 13, 2020. The event was sponsored by Gentec and …Read More »Culture Shock!
“The initial learning curve is pretty steep when you get to industry,” says Austin Putz, a newly-hired geneticist at Hypor (a Hendrix Genetics company). “And the difference in work cultures …Read More »Solving AMR through a One-Health lens
The newly-funded Antimicrobial Resistance – One Health Consortium managed out of UCalgary* is about to play an important role in how we safeguard the eroding ability of antibiotics to save …Read More »1,600 chickens… and counting
Because the Leghorn chicken is so prolific (up to 320 eggs/year!), it is the darling of the egg industry, and produces the vast majority of eggs in Canada. They lay …Read More »Coronavirus: the latest zoonose
Coronaviruses are a family of zoonotic viruses; zoonotic meaning that they can pass from animals to people. SARS is one example, ebola, MERS and H1N1 are others. The sources have …Read More »Banff Pork Seminar; the experiences and insight from a student presenter
By Teresa Lantz Every January for the last 14 years, Banff, Alberta plays host to the Banff Pork Seminar (BPS). The Fairmont Banff Springs Conference Centre currently accommodates this event, …Read More »Wind, Rain, Cows and now… Fish
In April 2019, we spoke with Gentec PhD student Robert Mukiibi about his experience working with Ireland’s Teagasc on a joint project to find biomarkers for feed efficiency in cattle …Read More »