John McEwan
Principal Scientist
AgResearch
Invermay, New Zealand
Topic: Sequencing
Education
BSc Hons (Otago) Biochemistry (1978)
Professional Experience
2001-current: Principal Scientist, AgResearch Invermay, NZ.
2000-2001: Senior Computational Biologist, AgResearch Invermay.
1986 -2000: Scientist, AgResearch Invermay.
1985-1986: Transfer scientist An Foras Taluntais, Ireland.
1982-1985: Scientist, MAF, Woodlands Research station.
1979-1982: Technician, MAF, Woodlands Research Station.
Awards
1990 New Zealand Society of Animal Production Young Scientist Travel Grant AAAP Taiwan (1990).
1997: AgResearch Team Award (CT scanning/InnerVision joint venture).
2001: AgResearch Science Excellence Award (Bioinformatics group).
2003: New Zealand Society Animal Production McMeekan Memorial Award 2003.
2009: Fellow, Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG).
Invited Presentations
Sheep Breeders Round Table England 2005; Plant and Animal Genomics Conference, San Diego CA XII, XVI, XVII 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010; UNE summer school 2004; BGSP Workshop Houston 2005; NZBio Auckand 2005; ABIC 2006 Melbourne; AAABG 2007; World Hereford Conference Copenhagen 2008; Allerton Conference Illinois 2008; CRV Delta, Netherlands 2008; Smart Genes Workshops Australia 2007, 2008; US-EC bioinformatics workshop Cambridge UK 2009; Illumina Asia Pacific Conference Thailand 2010; 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production Leipzig 2010.
Industry and Scientific Boards
Secretary International Bovine BAC Mapping Consortia 2002-2008; Member Bovine Genome Sequencing Program Advisory Committee 2004-2009; Member Genome Canada Bovine cDNA Scientific and Technical Committee 2004-2009; Member International Sheep Genomics Consortia 2004- present; Organising Committee April 2005 Houston BGSP Workshop; Session chair and organiser of the fine mapping and gene discovery session 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Brazil 2006.
