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Program

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