Hello CGIL,    

This week, we are happy to have Dr. Cedric Gondro, from Michigan State University, presenting for us tomorrow (Friday, March 27th, 2026). The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST in person in ANNU 030 as well as on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams.  

 

Speaker Biography:  Dr. Cedric Gondro is a professor of computational and quantitative genomics in the Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, USA. His research focuses on the development of computational methods – particularly Artificial Intelligence – for optimization of biological problems and genomic prediction using high throughput genomic data, and its applications for livestock production. His applied work focuses on genetics of beef quality with a particular interest in the genetics of marbling. Current research projects include use of Artificial Intelligence methods for feature selection applied to genomic prediction, use of climate variables and computer vision to increase accuracy of phenotypic prediction in livestock systems, supply chain data integration between farmers and consumers, applications of portable sequencing devices for livestock production and understanding epistasis in the context of linear models. 

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_ZTE1YzhjZTMtMjI5Zi00NTU1LWE4ZmUtYzE4NzY1YzEyNGYz%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=440a73dc-0314-4672-bf79-70cebdc6644d&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true [1]

 

*Recordings of previous CGIL seminars are available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQ_5WCTMRQ6Gs35yROqGIQ/featured    [2]  

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!     

Gabby Condello and Julia Rodrigues.