Thursday April 24:
Symposium Reception - Gateway Hotel & Conference Center
6:00 - 8:00 pm: Registration
7:30 - 9:30 pm: Dessert Reception (PRE-REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY)
8:15: Welcome - Dr. Maynard Hogberg, Chair, Department of Animal Science
The Lush Pedigree - Acknowledgements from Lush students
Friday April 25:
Scientific Symposium - Ensminger Room, Kildee Hall
8:00 am: Registration and refreshments - Kildee Hall Atrium
8:30 - 8: 45: Welcome - Dr. Wendy Wintersteen, Dean College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
8:45 - 9:30: Dr. Louis Ollivier presents Jay Lush: Reflections on the past
9:30 - 10:15: Dr. Kent Weigel presents Statistical genetics and its role in animal breeding plans
10:15 - 10:45: Refreshment Break and Poster Viewing - Kildee Hall Atrium
10:45 - 11:30: Dr. Morris Soller presents From Lush to Genomics - the dairy cattle case
11:30 - 12:15: Dr. Sally Northcutt presnts Animal breeding plans in a changing beef cattle industry
12:15 - 1:30 pm: Lunch (PRE-REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY) - Kildee Hall Atrium
12:15 - 1:30: Poster Viewing - Kildee Hall Atrium
1:30 - 2:15: Dr. John Gibson presents Harnessing livestock genetic technologies for benefits in the developing and developed world
2:15 - 3:00: Dr. Dorian Garrick presents Animal breeding plans of the future: perspectives from the Lush Chair
3:00 - 3:30: Refreshment Break and Poster Viewing - Kildee Hall Atrium
3:30 - 4:30: Lush Chair Medal Ceremony
- Dr. Wendy Wintersteen, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Dr. Gregory Geoffroy, President of Iowa State University