Scientific Committees

ISAG Executive Committee

Clare Gill, Texas A&M University, USA (President)
Sofia Mikko, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden (Secretary)
Christian Looft, University of Bonn, Germany (Treasurer)
Martien A.M. Gorenen, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Sabine Hammer, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
Tosso Leeb, University of Bern, Switzerland
Chris Tuggle, Iowa State University, USA
Hans Lenstra, Utrecht University, Netherlands (Ex-officio)

ISAG 2021 Workshop Chairs. Due to the virtual nature of the 2021 conference, the workshop chairs also served as the scientific committee.

Animal epigenetics

Kyle Schachtschneider, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Animal forensic genetics

Guillermo Giovambattista, Universidad Nacional De La Plata

Applied genetics and genomics in other species of economic importance

Leanne Van de Goor, Dr. van Haeringen Laboratorium B.V.

Small Ruminant Genetics and Genomics

Meng-Hua Li, China Agricultural University and Rebecca Simon, Justus Liebig University Giessen

Applied genetics of companion animals

Leslie Lyons, University of Missouri and Jiansheng Qiu, Neogen GeneSeek

Avian genetics and genomics

Klaus Wimmers, FBN-Dummerstorf

Cattle molecular markers and parentage testing

Jiansheng Qiu, Neogen GeneSeek

Companion animal genetics and genomics

Heather Huson, Cornell University and Jeffrey Schoenbeck, Roslin Institute (University of Edinburgh)

Comparative and functional genomics

Fiona McCarthy, The University of Arizona

Comparative MHC genetics: populations and polymorphism

John Hammond, The Pirbright Institute

Domestic animal sequencing and annotation

George Liu, USDA

Equine genetics and Thoroughbred parentage testing

Marcela Martinez, Laboratorio De Genetica AplicadaSociedad Rural Argentina

Genetics and genomics of aquaculture species

Francesca Bertolini, Iowa State University and Maria Saura, INIA

Genetics of immune response

Graham Plastow, Livestock Gentec, Dept of AFNS

Genome edited animals

Wang Xiaolong, Northwest A&F University

Horse genetics and genomics

Ted Kalbfleisch, University of Kentucky

ISAG-FAO genetic diversity

Juha Kantanen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Catarina Ginja, CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto, PT

Livestock genomics for developing countries

Abdulfatai Tijjani, International Livestock Research Institute

Microbiomes

Pig genetics and genomics

Amanda Warr, The Roslin Institute and Andreia Amaral, University of Lisbon

Ruminant genetics and genomics

Laercio Porto-Neto, CSIRO Agriculture