Chair
Daniel Ciobanu
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE United States
Term of Service (2nd, 2021-2025)
Daniel Ciobanu is a professor of molecular genetics at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research is focused in applying functional genomics approaches to identify genes, DNA polymorphisms, and pathways associated with variation of complex phenotypes, including viral disease resistance (porcine circovirus 2, porcine reproductive and respiratory virus, atypical porcine pestivirus) and sow fertility.
Co-Chair
Amanda Warr
The Roslin Institute
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Term of Service (2nd, 2021-2025)
Amanda Warr is a postdoc at The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh. She assembled the pig reference genome, Sscrofa11.1, during her PhD, and currently works on genome sequencing of porcine viruses and microbiomes. Amanda is an expert in long-read sequencing and is involved in a number of projects involving the technology.
Member
Andreia Amaral
Faculty of Veterinarian Medicine, University of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
Term of Service (2nd, 2021-2025)
Andreia Amaral is a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon. She studied signatures of selection in the pig genome during her PhD (Wageningen University, 2010). Her research interests are the study of architecture of livestock genomes with the aim of understanding the impact on traits and adaptation. Currently she is involved in several projects related to genome annotation and epigenetics.
Member
Catherine Larzul
INRAE
Castanet-Tolosan, France
Term of Service (1st, 2021-2025)
Catherine Larzul is a senior researcher at INRAE, the French Institute for Research on agriculture, food, and the environment. Her research in the domain of quantitative genetics is focused on understanding the genetic architecture of complex traits of interest for pig breeding, especially meat quality related phenotypes, and host x microbiota interactions.
Member
Gary Rohrer
USDA MARC
Edgar, NE United States
Term of Service (1st, 2021-2025)
Member
Shuhong Zhao
Huazhong Agricultural University
Wuhan, China
Term of Service (1st, 2019-2023)
Shu-Hong Zhao specializes in animal functional genomics and breeding at the Huazong Agricultural University in China, where she is the dean of the College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine. Currently her work focuses on the genetics of growth and immune response in pigs. She has published over 100 papers in pig and goat genetics and functional genomics.
Member
Yaofeng Zhao
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Term of Service (1st, 2019-2023)
Yaofeng Zhao has been working as a professor of animal genetics at China Agricultural University since 2006. He received his PhD in animal genetics in 1998 at China Agricultural University. From 1998 to 2006, he did his postdoctoral work in Karolinska Institute, Sweden. He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed international journals.
