Professor Michel Georges
GIGA-Research & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Liège,
Brussels, Belgium
Topic: Genetic Variants Affecting Phenotype
Education
1983: DVM, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Brussels, Belgium
1985: M.Sc. in Molecular Biology from the Free University Brussels , Belgium
Professional Experience
1989-1994: Senior Scientist, Genmark, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
1994-Present: Professor GIGA-Research and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Brussels, Belgium.
Awards
2007: Wolf Prize Agriculture
2008: Francqui Price in Biological and Medical Sciences
1994-1995: Prix de l'association générale de lindustrie du médicament (AGIM) - section vétérinaire sous la tutelle de Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique.
1998: Honorary lecturer invited by the Rector of the University of Helsinki
1998-99: Chaire Francqui Belge à Université de Gand, Année Académique
1999: Winegard Alumni Visiting Professor, University of Guelph.
Invited Presentations
2001 Honorary lecturer ZonMw Genetica retraite, Conference Centre Rolduc Kerkrade; 2002 Imprinting and Growth Conference Imperial College London; 2002 7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production Montpellier, France; 2002 FEBS Meeting Istanbul, Turkey; 2003 Plant and Animal Genome XI Conference San Diego, CA; 2003 2nd International Workshop on the Genetics of Bone Metabolism and Disease, Davos, Switzerland; 2003 John Airy Beef Cattle Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa, USA; 2003 Genetics of Complex Diseases and Isolated Populations, Tortoli, Sardinia, Italy; 2003 68th Cold Spring Harbour Symposium on Quantitative Biology “The Genome of Homo Sapiens” Cold Spring Harbour, New York, USA; 2003 XIX International Congress of Genetics, Melbourne, Australia; 2003 Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics Congress, Melbourne, Australia; 2003 38th Wellcome Trust Advanced Course Human Genome Analysis: genetic analysis of multifactorial diseases, Hinxton; 2003 5th Epigenetics Gordon Research Conference, Holderness School Plymouth, New Hampshire; 2003 Brain Symposium, Tokyo, Japan; 2004 Plant and Animal Genome XII Conference San Diego, CA; 2004 Keystone symposium on Emerging Mechanisms of epigenetic regulation, Lake Tahoe.
