WE ARE THANKFUL TO CGIL GENETICIST AND COMPUTING TEAM FOR THE CREATION OF GENOVIS
LARRY SCHAEFFER
World-renowned Geneticist
CGIL
Technical advisor on genetic evaluation methods and programs. Dr. Schaeffer has developped the EPDs calculation module.
BILL SZKOTNICKI
Manager IT and Computing
CGIL
Bill was a software and web application developer and he managed the server and systems at CGIl where the database is stored and where weekly sheep evaluation runs are executed. He collaborated with the group to develop and improve the SWA web application and various other programs. He was also involved in developing new strategies as the need arised.
CGIL SHEEP RESEARCH TEAM
ANGELA CANOVA
Assistant Professor
CGIL
Dr Canova is specialized in molecular genetics and cellular biology combined with the Systems Biology and bioinformatics. She has developed extensive statistical and bioinformatics skills and a solid knowledge base in Next Generation Sequencing and animal Systems Biology in beef cattle and other livestock species.
LUIZ BRITO
Postdoctoral Researcher
CGIL
Dr. Luiz Brito has a M.Sc. from the Federal University of Viçosa (Brazil) and a Ph.D. from the University of Guelph (Canada) with both degrees in the area of Genetics and Genomics of Small Ruminants. He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at CGIL (University of Guelph) and is interested in a broad range of research areas such as quantitive genetics, genomics and systems biology applied to a variety of traits of interest for livestock species. He is very passionate about small ruminants’ production and has worked in the area for over a decade, including international experience such as at INRA (France), AgResearch (New Zealand) and CSIRO (Australia). His current research projects in the area of small ruminants are looking at novel methodologies and strategic approaches to genetically select sheep and dairy goats for improved production efficiency and environmental resilience.
AROA SUAREZ-VEGA
Postdoctoral Researcher
CGIL
Dr Aroa Suarez-Vega completed her Ph.D. in Animal Production and Genetics at Universtity of Leon (Spain) working in studying the genetic basic of health and dairy traits in Spanish sheep breeds using genomic tools. Her work at GenOvis will be focused in the application of “omics” technologies to identify and characterize the effect of key regulatory genes on importants economically traits in the Canadian sheep industry.
CEPOQ GENETIC TEAM
FRÉDÉRIC FORTIN
Geneticist
CEPOQ
Fred is involved in the genetic module development, the extension and the research priorities.
ALEXANDRA CARRIER, PHD candidate
Projet Manager in Data Valorization and Analysis
CEPOQ
Alexandra is involved in data analysis and the development of new reports based on new data visualization methods.
AMÉLIE ST-PIERRE
Technical support and GenOvis development
– Out of Quebec –
CEPOQ
Amélie is involved in SWA development as well as users support, extension and research projects.
JULIE MARTINEAU
GenOvis data enty agent
CEPOQ
Julie is involved in GenOvis data entry and users support.