AQUA-FAANG Final Conference
Day 3 Program
Industry Day
Friday 13th October
Session 4: AQUA-FAANG relevance to industry
9:00-9:15 Basic overview of AQUA-FAANG and its potential applications in industry - Sigbjørn Lien, NMBU
9:15-9:30 Ensembl gene annotation, regulation and variant effect prediction for aquaculture - Peter Harrison, EMBL-EBI
9:30-10:10 Accounting for overlapping annotations as biological priors in genomic prediction models of complex traits - Andrea Rau, INRAe - the GENE-SWitCH Project
10:10-10:50 Functional genomics and selective breeding in aquaculture: implications from the AQUA- FAANG project
Speakers: Diego Robledo, Sara Faggion, Robert Mukiibi
10:50-11:10 Developing a flexible, low-cost, multifunctional genotyping solution for selective breeding in aquaculture - Rachael Wilbourn, Xelect Ltd.
Coffee Break 11:10-11:40
Session 5: Perspectives from industry
11:40-12:00 A way out of black box genomic selection - Antti Kause, LUKE - the AquaIMPACT Project
12:00-12:20 Advancing selective breeding in aquaculture through the functional annotation of fish genomes - Mark Looseley, Xelect Ltd.
12:20-12:40 T.B.C - Tim Knutsen, AquaGen
12:40-13:00 Potential use of AQUA-FAANG results to develop different breeding programs in diverse aquaculture companies, increasing their efficiency, profitability and sustainability - Adrian Millan, GeneAqua
Lunch 13:00-14:00
14:00-15:00 Panel Discussion Covering the main talking points of day 3 and future perspectives for the aquaculture industry 15:00-15:10 Final words and acknowledgements
Friday 13th October
Session 4: AQUA-FAANG relevance to industry
9:00-9:15 Basic overview of AQUA-FAANG and its potential applications in industry - Sigbjørn Lien, NMBU
9:15-9:30 Ensembl gene annotation, regulation and variant effect prediction for aquaculture - Peter Harrison, EMBL-EBI
9:30-10:10 Accounting for overlapping annotations as biological priors in genomic prediction models of complex traits - Andrea Rau, INRAe - the GENE-SWitCH Project
10:10-10:50 Functional genomics and selective breeding in aquaculture: implications from the AQUA- FAANG project
Speakers: Diego Robledo, Sara Faggion, Robert Mukiibi
10:50-11:10 Developing a flexible, low-cost, multifunctional genotyping solution for selective breeding in aquaculture - Rachael Wilbourn, Xelect Ltd.
Coffee Break 11:10-11:40
Session 5: Perspectives from industry
11:40-12:00 A way out of black box genomic selection - Antti Kause, LUKE - the AquaIMPACT Project
12:00-12:20 Advancing selective breeding in aquaculture through the functional annotation of fish genomes - Mark Looseley, Xelect Ltd.
12:20-12:40 T.B.C - Tim Knutsen, AquaGen
12:40-13:00 Potential use of AQUA-FAANG results to develop different breeding programs in diverse aquaculture companies, increasing their efficiency, profitability and sustainability - Adrian Millan, GeneAqua
Lunch 13:00-14:00
14:00-15:00 Panel Discussion Covering the main talking points of day 3 and future perspectives for the aquaculture industry 15:00-15:10 Final words and acknowledgements
