CGIL Seminar – Breeding for welfare: Enhancing climatic resilience and longevity in swine

Good morning CGIL,   

This week we are happy to have Dr. Hui Wen presenting for us on Friday, January 31st, 2025. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The presentation title is: “Breeding for welfare: enhancing climatic resilience and longevity in swine”  

Speaker Bio: Hui Wen is a dedicated researcher specializing in quantitative genetics and animal resilience. She began her academic journey at China Agricultural University, where she earned a B.S. in Animal Sciences and an M.S. in Animal Breeding, Genetics, and Reproduction. Hui recently completed her Ph.D. in Animal Sciences at Purdue University under the mentorship of Dr. Luiz Brito. Her doctoral research focused on addressing critical challenges in the swine industry, including heat stress, climatic resilience, and genetic diversity. 

During her Ph.D., Hui developed innovative resilience indicators using longitudinal vaginal temperature data from lactating sows exposed to heat stress. Through estimating genetic parameters across varied environments and conducting genome-wide association studies (GWAS), her work has advanced the understanding of how these indicators can enhance productivity and welfare in swine breeding programs. Hui has also contributed significantly to the field by analyzing global genetic diversity and inbreeding levels in Duroc pigs, promoting more sustainable and efficient breeding practices worldwide. 

Hui will begin a postdoctoral position at North Carolina State University next week, where she will continue her research under the guidance of Dr. Christian Maltecca. 

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_NWRiYWM1MzctNjMwYS00NDExLTk3ZGYtYTEyMzllYzRhMzQ5%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=85b42f75-ba1c-4a47-be3b-b4e8d565f48c&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=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.