CGIL Seminar – Breeding for a Lower Cattle “Hoofprint”

Good afternoon CGIL,  

This week we are happy to have Dr. David Kelly, Research Projects Coordinator for the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), presenting for us on Friday, November 29th, 2024. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The presentation title is: “Breeding for a Lower Cattle “Hoofprint””. 

Speaker Biography: Dr. David Kelly is a Research Projects Coordinator for the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) at their Beef and Dairy Test Centre in Kildare, Ireland (1 hour southwest of Dublin). He completed a PhD in animal breeding and genetics with Teagasc Moorepark and Munster Technological University in 2021 where his research focused on beef production efficiency and total merit index validation. This was followed by post-doctoral roles with Teagasc where Dr. Kelly worked on dairy and beef genomics, and genetics of meat quality traits, before transitioning to the ICBF in early 2024.  

Within his current role, Dr. Kelly primarily engages with other research organizations (nationally and internationally) seeking to leverage the ICBF cattle database through collaborative research, with a focus on complex, hard to measure traits in beef production.  

Information to attend: To join this seminar, please ensure you have downloaded the Microsoft Teams application to your computer or join the meeting online using the web browser version of Microsoft Teams. Please join the meeting with your microphone on mute and the camera turned off. After the presentation, you can unmute the microphone, and optionally turn on the camera, if you wish to ask a question. Alternatively, if you wish to pose your question in the chat function, the presenter will answer questions made through the chat. 

Teams link to attend:  

https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_ODg4NzI1OWQtZjhlMy00NWRjLWFjMzQtZWZjNjUzMmU3ZTgx%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%2522be62a12b-2cad-49a1-a5fa-85f4f3156a7d%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%2522522551ba-0e93-4d61-8464-d782a9e7306d%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=b971b14a-f63d-4083-805d-4f2cc471e68f&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true 

*Recordings of previous CGIL seminars are available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQ_5WCTMRQ6Gs35yROqGIQ/featured  

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!  

Gabby Condello and Ella Dodd.