Meetings, Workshops, and Conferences

Single-cell (SC) genomics offers the opportunity to understand how gene expression contributes to important agricultural phenotypes at a cellular and molecular level, providing new opportunities for precision agriculture. To adapt such SC analysis approaches to improve genotype to phenotype prediction in agriculture, the agricultural community must collectively develop resources, such as harmonized sample and process records and workflows, to achieve the integrated analyses required. The goal of this workshop is to develop a community of agricultural researchers and data resource experts to address this challenge. The impact of a successful workshop will be the ability to effectively interpret and apply SC genomics knowledge to understand the contributions of cell types to complex agricultural phenotypes.

The 40th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference will be held in Daejeon, South Korea. It will be an excellent opportunity to bring together outstanding scientists, policy makers, professionals and students from interdisciplinary animal genetics fields to share the latest developments, meet old friends and form new partnerships.

This is the premier conference for researchers and professionals involved in genetic improvement of livestock. Delegates from around the world gather every four years to attend the scientific program and to network with colleagues. This builds on previous successful congresses in Madrid (Spain, 1974 and 1982), Lincoln (USA, 1986), Edinburgh (UK, 1990), Guelph (Canada, 1994), Armidale (Australia, 1998), Montpellier (France, 2002), Belo Horizonte (Brazil, 2006), Leipzig (Germany, 2010), Vancouver (Canada, 2014), Auckland (New Zealand, 2018), and Rotterdam (The Netherlands, 2022).

The 2026 WCGALP will be co-costed by Iowa State University, University of California-Davis and University of Wisconsin- Madison.