What have DNA sequencing technologies ever done for the animal sciences
19-20 October 2015
The Auditorium, Roslin Institute, Easter Bush, Edinburgh
MONDAY 19 OCTOBER 2015
10.30 Coffee
Introduction - Technologies and Understanding Genomes
Chair - Dr Alistair Carson
11:00
DNA sequencing in farmed animals – where have we been and where are we going?
A L Archibald, D W Burt, J M Hickey, R D Houston, D A Hume, C S Haley, J A Woolliams
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11:30
2
The Sheep Atlas Project
E L Clark, I L Farquhar, M E McCulloch, S J Bush, C B A Whitelaw, K M Summers,
M Watson, A L Archibald and D A Hume
11:40
3
Identifying and removing putative sequence errors
A Tolkamp, E Wall, A Archibald, B J Hayes, H D Daetwyler
11:50
Session ends
12:00
Lunch
Animal Genetics and Breeding
Chair – Prof Eileen Wall
13:00
4
Breed histories and signatures of selection
L Andersson, Uppsala University, Sweden
13:30
5
Deriving animal breeding benefit from millions of animals with sequence
J Hickey, Roslin Institute
14:00
6
Understanding the chicken genome in light of the evolution of 48 birds
L Eöry, P Flicek, A Archibald and D Burt
14:10
7
How next generation sequencing is helping deliver better bones for laying hens
I C Dunn, H A McCormack, M Schmutz, R Preisinger, D J De Koning
14:20
8
Buffalo genome characterization using SNP chips tools
G M F de Camargo, R R Aspilcueta-Borquis, D J A dos Santos, D F Cardoso, H Tonhati
14:30
Tea
Gut health and Meta-genomics
Chair – Prof Mike Coffey
15:00 9
Bioprospecting for novel enzymes in the rumen gut
M Watson, Roslin Institute
15:30
10
Gut microflora and health, non-ruminants
B Metzler-Zebeli, University of Veterinary Science, Vienna, Austria
16:00
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Pig’s gut microbiota: composition, and links with host genetic parameters, immunity and production
traits
J Estellé, N Mach, Y Ramayo-Caldas, M H Pinard van der Laan, INRA-Denmark-BGI consortium,
C Rogel-Gaillard
16:10
12
Temporal faecal microbiota dynamics in the post-weaned pig in response to enterotoxigenic
Escherichia coli challenge
J Pollock, DL Gally, L Glendinning, R Tiwari, MR Hutchings, J G M Houdijk
16:20 13
Studying the lung microbiota in a large animal model
L Glendinning, S Wright, J Pollock, P Tennant, D Collie, G McLachlan
16:30
Coffee
Steve Bishop Session
Chair - Prof William Hill
17:00
Highlighting the contribution Steve has made to animal science and significant elements of his
scientific work.
J A Woolliams, A Wilson, R Houston
Reception – Roslin Institute
18:00
TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2015
Diagnostics – Food Chain Safety
Chair – Dr Ross Houston
09:00
14
Evolutionary dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus infections of humans and livestock
R Fitzgerald, University of Edinburgh
09:30 15
Rapid diagnostics by sequencing
N Loman, University of Birmingham
10:00 16
Investigating the genetics regulating bull fertility using target enrichment of known and novel AMPs
E K Finlay, M S McCabe, P Cormican, R Whiston, C O’Farrelly and K G Meade
10:10 17
High-resolution imaging to address the biological underpinnings of dog skull morphology and
disease
T W Marchant, E J Johnson, A Reynolds, M G Davey, L McTeir, D Gaylor, C Johnson, A G Gow ,
S Kilpatrick, T Liuti, D N Clements, D J Argyle , G Ter Haar, J Lang, T Schwartz, T Leeb, R
Mellanby and J J Schoenebeck
10:20
Coffee
Looking Forward/Off the Wall
Chair – Prof Alan Archibald
11:00
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11:10-12:00
Investigation of genetic resistance to viral nervous necrosis in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus
labrax) using RAD Sequencing
C Palaiokostas, S Cariou, J-S Bruant, P Haffray, A Bestin, T Morin and R Houston
Panel discussion with invited speakers.
Posters
19
A Gene Expression Atlas in Domestic Water buffalo
R Young, L Lefèvre, S J Bush, J L Williams, S B Gokhale, S Kumar, S C Bishop,
A L Archibald, D A Hume
20
Intricacies of the Sheep Innate Immune Response
M McCulloch, E Clark, J Prendergast, K Summers and D Hume
21
Genomic prediction of host resistance to sea lice (L salmonis) in Atlantic salmon
(S salar)
H Y Tsai, A Hamilton, D R Guy, A E Tinch, J E Bron, K Gharbi, M J Stear, O Matika,
S C Bishop, R D Houston
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Genetic inheritance pattern of Blue mussels
C Peñaloza, S C Bishop and R D Houston