John B. Cole's Presentations
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2024
Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council, 2024 Annual Meeting,
Arlington, TX. November 12-14, 2024. The future of fertility traits: A CDCB perspective.
Beef Improvement Federation Symposium, Advancements in Genetic
and Genomic Prediction Session, Knoxville, TN. June 11, 2024.
What does the dairy industry know about
inbreeding that you don't?
Breed4Food Consortium Meeting, Arnhem, The Netherlands (Virtual
Presentation). May 2, 2024. The next 150 years of animal
breeding: A North American perspective.
2023
Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding, 2023 National Cooperator Dairy
Database Workshop, Rosemont, IL. August 23, 2023.
From the sky the highway's
straight as it could be.
Dairy Tech 2023, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, UK. February 1, 2023.
Sustainable dairying for the next 10 years and beyond.
2022
45th Argentine Animal Production Congress, Virtual. November
16–19, 2022. What is the cow of the future, and how will we create her?
NAAB 28th Technical Conference on Artificial Inseminiation and
Reproduction, Milwaukee, WI. September 21–23, 2022.
What is the sire's contribution to feed efficiency?
42nd ADSA Discover Conference: Managing Genetic Diversity for Future Dairy and
Livestock Breeding, Naperville, IL. April 19–21, 2022.
A new look at genetic evaluation.
Purdue University, Department of Animal Science, Breeding & Genetics
Seminar., Virtual. April 2022.
Truncation of IFT80 causes early embryonic loss in cattle.
National DHIA 57th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. February
21–24, 2022. The curse goes on and on: Thirsting for
information on a sea of data.
2021
Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council Annual Meeting,
Kansas City, KS. November 9–11, 2021.
The future of selection decisions and breeding programs: What
are we breeding for, and who decides?
Visions III: Star Gazing into the Galaxy of Animal Genetics and Genomics,
Ames, IA. November 3 & 4, 2021.
Exploring brave new worlds: Some thoughts on alternative protein sources.
2020
71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science,
Virtual Meeting. December, 2020. Truncation of IFT80 causes early
embryonic loss in cattle (Session 32, Abstract 34708).
- Microsoft PowerPoint slides (PPTX) (Note: The footer used on the slides in the video presentation was incorrect and has been updated. No other changes were made to the slides.)
- Video presentation (MP4)
71st Annual Meeting of European
Federation of Animal Science, Virtual Meeting. December,
2020. How to implement genomic selection (Session 02, Abstract 34701).
- Microsoft PowerPoint slides (PPTX)
- Video presentation (MP4)
2020 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council
Annual Meeting, November 12, 2020. Dairy
cattle fertility in 12-y of genomics: lessons learned, current
applications, and future development.
CGIL Seminar Presentation,
Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal
Biosciences, University of Guelph, October 30, 2020. Truncation
of IFT80 causes early embryonic loss in cattle.
2020 ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting and Trade
Show, Madison, WI. July, 2020. Opportunities
and challenges from deep-phenotyping of dairy cattle.
Calving Traits Webinar, Council
on Dairy Cattle Breeding, July 8, 2020. A
labor of love: Making the calving traits easier to bear.
SION 2020 Breeders Conference,
Tel Aviv, Israel. May, 2020. Breeding the cow of the future. (Postponed
due to COVID-19 pandemic.)
Louisiana School for Math, Science, and
the Arts, Science Speaker Series, Natchitoches, LA. March
27, 2020. Essential service to [our] country: The science of
sustainable and healthful food. (Postponed
due to covid-19 pandemic.)
Virtual Animal Breeding Journal Club.
March 25, 2020. Structural
equation models to disentangle the biological relationship between
microbiota and complex traits: Methane
production in dairy cattle as a case of study.
production in dairy cattle as a case of study.
National DHIA 55th Annual Meeting,
Savannah, GA. March 4, 2020. Current
Research at AGIL, February 2020.
Department of Animal Science, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. February 18, 2020.
Identification,
validation, and management of Mendelian traits in livestock breeding
programs.
Holstein Association USA, Genetic
Advancement Committee Meeting, Hartford, CT. January 21,
2020. AGIL
Research Update.
Plant and Animal Genome XXVIII Conference Cattle/Swine Workshop,
San Diego, CA. January 11, 2020. Identification,
validation, and management of Mendelian traits in livestock breeding
programs.Plant and Animal
Genome XXVIII Conference Genomics Blueprint Implementation
Workshop, San Diego, CA. January 10, 2020. The
new USDA Genome to Phenome Blueprint: A quantitative geneticist's
perspective.
2019
American Angus Association Breed
Improvement Committee, St. Joseph, MO. September 10, 2019.
Haplotype
tests for recessive disorders that affect fertility and other traits
in dairy cattle.
National Genetics Conference,
Appleton, WI. June 27, 2019. Hay
Burners versus Hay Converters (a.k.a. Feed Efficiency).
(Presented on behalf of Dr. Kent Weigel, University of Wisconsin -
Madison.)
National Genetics Conference,
Appleton, WI. June 26, 2019. Pros
and cons of hitchhiking: The truth about inbreeding in dairy cattle.
American Dairy Science
Association Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH. June
26, 2019. Genomic predictions using more markers and gene tests.
(Presented by Dr. George Wiggans, Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding.)
World Guernsey Cattle Federation 2019
Conference, Lancaster, PA, June 10, 2019. Opportunities
for small breeds in the era of genomics.
10th Foro Nacional Holstein, Holstein de
México, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, México. May 30,
2019. The
future of genomic evaluations of Holstein cattle.
Great Challenges to Science Workshop: How
biotechnology can vanish world hunger (Como a biotecnologia pode
acabar com a fome no mundo), Universidade de São Paulo,
Pirassununga, Brazil, April 12, 2019. How
does biotechnology drive change in the dairy sector?
National Dairy Herd Information
Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 7, 2019. Everything
you need to know about gene editing...in 25 minutes or less!
XXVII Plant & Animal Genome
Conference, San Diego, CA, January 12, 2019. Benefits from
adoption of a new reference genome assembly and use of a larger SNP
set in genomic predictions for US dairy cattle. (Cancelled
due to government shutdown.)
2018
Department of Animal and Avian Sciences,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, October 30, 2018. Strategies
for managing genetic disorders in dairy cattle.
SCC84 Annual Meeting, Madison,
WI, October 23, 2018. SCC-084
AGIL Station Report, 2018.
Responsible Use of Gene Editing Steering
Committee Meeting, Center for Food Integrity, Arlington,
VA, July 26, 2018. Landscape
of Breeding in Food and Agriculture - From Conventional to Gene
Editing.
American Dairy Science Association Annual
Meeting, Knoxville, TN, June 26, 2018. Methods
to compute reliabilities for genomic predictions of feed intake.
American Dairy Science Association Annual
Meeting, Knoxville, TN, June 25, 2018. Identification
of genomic regions associated with resistance to clinical mastitis
in U.S. Holstein cattle. (Presented by Kristen Parker Gaddis.)
21st International Conference of the
World Jersey Cattle Bureau, Columbus, OH, June 24, 2018. Possibilities
in an age of genomics. The future of the breeding index.
National DHIA Annual Meeting,
San Antonio, TX, March 7, 2018. 2018
AGIL-AIP Update.
11th World Congress on Genetics Applied
to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, February
12, 2018. Genome-wide
association study and gene network analysis of fertility, retained
placenta, and metritis in U.S. Holstein cattle.
2017
Moorepark Food Research Centre, Teagasc,
Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, December 14, 2017. Genetic
improvement programs for U.S. dairy cattle.
Irish Cattle Breeding
Federation, Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland, October
13, 2017. How
genetic selection can improve dairy profitability.
National Dairy Herd Information
Association Board Meeting, Rosemont, IL,
October, 2017. How
selection for better health impacts dairy profitability.
DHI-Provo Herd & Feed Management
Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October, 2017. How
selection for better health impacts dairy profitability.
Connections Weekend, Louisiana School for
Math, Science, and the Arts, Natchitoches, LA, October,
2017. The
science of feeding 9 billion people. (Not official USDA
presentation.)
Department of Animal Science,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, October, 2017. Management
of Mendelian traits in breeding programs by gene editing.
Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding Industry
Meeting: Discover New Dairy Genetics, Madison, WI, October,
2017. How
selection for better health impacts dairy profitability.
68th Annual Meeting of the European
Association for Animal Production, Tallin, Estonia, August
2017. Management
of Mendelian traits in breeding programs by gene editing.
2017 Interbull Meeting, Tallin,
Estonia, August 2017. Development
of genomic evaluations for direct measures of health in U.S.
Holsteins and their correlations with fitness traits.
American Society for Animal Science
Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, July 2017. A
dairy calf DNA biobank for the discovery of new recessive genetic
disorders.
American Dairy Science Association
Multidisciplinary and International Leadership Keynote (MILK)
Symposium: The dairy cow in 50 years, Pittsburgh, PA, June
2017. Possibilities
in an age of genomics. The future of the breeding index.
Symposium on Genetic and Genomic
Selection in Dairy Cattle, St. Petersburg, Russia, May
2017.
National DHIA Annual Meeting,
Savannah, GA, March 2017. 2017
AGIL-AIP Update.
Faculdade de Zootecnia e
Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade de São Paulo, Pirassununga,
Brazil, February 2017. Managing
recessive disorders in breeding programs by gene editing (PPTX)
2016
International Committee for
Animal Recording 2016 Meeting, Puerto Varas,
Chile, October 2016. Updated
guidelines for the recording, evaluation, and genetic improvement of
udder health in dairy cattle (PPTX)
18º Congresso Estadual de Medicina
Veterinária e 1º Encontro de Buiatria do CONESUL, Canela,
RS, Brazil. Strategies
for managing genetic disorders in dairy cattle (PPTX)
Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina
Veterinaria, Universidade de Passo Fundo, RS,
Brazil, October 2016. Genetic
and genomic improvement of US dairy cattle (PPTX)
Large Animal Genetic Engineering
Summit, Bethesda, Maryland, September 2016. Management
of many recessive disorders in a dairy cattle population using gene
editing and sequential mate allocation (PPTX)
Department of Animal BioSciences,
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, August 2016. Managing
many recessive disorders in a dairy cattle breeding program using
gene editing (PPTX)
2016 ADSA®-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting,
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2016. Use
of a threshold animal model to estimate calving ease and stillbirth
(co)variance components for US Holsteins (PPTX)
Department of Dairy Science,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, May 2016. The
role of phenotyping in dairy cattle improvement in the genomic era
(PPTX)
Large Dairy Herd Management Conference,
Oak Brook, IL, May 2016. Improving
production efficiency through genetic selection (PPTX)
51st National DHIA Annual Meeting,
Orlando, FL, March 2016. What
direction should US dairy research take in the future? and
2016
AGIL Update (both PPTX)
Embrapa Pecuária do Sul, Bagé,
RS, Brasil, February 2016. Genetic
improvement programs for US dairy cattle and Genomic
selection in multiple-breed cattle populations (both PPTX)
2015
52a Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, July 2015. Genomic selection in multiple-breed cattle populations (PPTX)
2015 ADSA®-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 2015. Genome-wide association study of fertility traits in dairy cattle using high-density single nucleotide polymorphism marker panels (PPTX)
The Rural Development Administration and Agricultural Research Service’s 5th Annual Cooperation Workshop, Jeonju-si, Korea, June, 2015. Genetic improvement of dairy cattle health using producer-recorded data and genomic information (PPTX)
ANEMBE XX Congress, Burgos, Spain, May 2015. What should you expect from genomic selection? and Genomic selection for traits other than production in dairy cattle (both PPTX)
Final OptiMIR Scientific and Expert Meeting, Namur, Belgium, April 2015. Using genotypes to construct phenotypes for dairy cattle breeding programs and beyond (PPTX)
CRV, Arnhem, The Netherlands, April 2015. Genomic improvement programs for US dairy cattle (PPTX)
50th National DHIA Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, March 2015. If we would see further than others: research & technology today and tomorrow and 2015 AGIL Update (both PPTX)
2014
Embrapa Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil, September 2014. Genetic improvement programs for US dairy cattle (PPTX)
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brasil, September 2014. Using genotyping and whole-genome sequencing to identify causal variants associated with complex phenotypes (PPTX)
10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 2014, The hunt for a functional mutation affecting conformation and calving traits on chromosome 18 in Holstein cattle (PPT).
Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding Open Industry Meeting, Linthicum Heights, MD, August 2014, An updated version of lifetime net merit incorporating additional fertility traits and new economic values (PPTX).
ASAS-ADSA-CSAS Joint Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, July 2014, An updated version of lifetime net merit incorporating additional fertility traits and new economic values (PPT).
International Committee for Animal Recording, Berlin, Germany, May 2014, Phenotypes for novel functional traits of dairy cattle (PPT).
National DHIA Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, March 2014, Health and fitness data – what might be possible for dairy cattle? and AIPL Update (both PPT).
Plant and Animal Genome XXII, San Diego, CA, January 2014, Candidate causative mutation on BTA18 associated with calving and conformation traits in Holstein bulls (PPT).
3nd Annual BA-UMD Fall Symposium: Trends in Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, January 2014, Use of genomewide association mapping to identify chromosomal regions associated with rectal temperature during heat stress in Holstein cattle (PPT).
2013
Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, October 2013, New tools for genomic selection in dairy cattle (PPT).
5th International Symposium on Animal Functional Genomics, September 2013, New applications of genomic technology in the US dairy industry (PPT) and Genomic evaluation of low-heritability traits: dairy cattle health as a model [poster presentation] (PPT).
Keygene, May 2013, Genomic selection and systems biology ? lessons from dairy cattle breeding (PPT).
2013 ICAR Health Data Conference, May 2013, Genomic evaluation of dairy cattle health (PPT).
Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen UR Livestock Research, May 2013, Use of NGS to identify the causal variant associated with a complex phenotype (PPT).
National DHIA Annual Meeting, March 2013, Opportunities for genetic improvement of health and fitness traits (PPT).
Italian Holstein Association Breeders Meeting, February 2013, The use and economic value of genomic testing for calves on dairy farms (PPT); In Italian: Uso e valore economico dei test genomici in azienda (PPT).
2012
National Swine Improvement Federation Annual Meeting and Genetic Symposium, December 2012, Challenges and successes in dairy cattle genomics (PPT)
63rd European Association for Animal Production Meeting, September 2012, Applications of haplotypes in dairy farm management (PPT); Poster: PyPedal, an open source software package for pedigree analysis (PPT)
ADSA/AMPA/ASAS/CSAS/WSASAS Joint Annual Meeting, July 2012, An international overview of the recording and use of functional traits in dairy breeding and management (PPT)
38th ICAR Session, May 2012, Survey
on the recording and use of functional traits in dairy management
and breeding [presentation made by co-author] (PDF)
16th MAS-QTL Workshop, May
2012, Fine-mapping
of QTL using high-density SNP genotypes (PPT)
Department of Animal Sciences,
University of Sassari, May 2012, The
U.S. genetic evaluation system (PPT), and New
tools for genomic selection of livestock (PPT)
Department of Animal Science, North
Carolina State University, April 2012, New
Tools for Genomic Selection of Livestock (PPT)
Dairy Records Management Systems,
April 2012, Genomic
Selection in Dairy Cattle (PPT)
Select Sires Sire Evaluation Committee,
March 2012, March
2012 AIPL Update (PPT)
2nd International Workshop on Genomics
Applied to Livestock, February 2012, Genomics
Beyond EBVs (PPT)
2011
European Association for Animal
Production Meeting, August 2011, Genetic
evaluations for birth weight: comparison of continuous and discrete
definitions of birth weight under varying accuracies of recording
[presentation made by co-author] (PPT)
ADSA/ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, July 2011, Data
structures and visualization (PPT)