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Conference Abstracts.
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Satellite Workshop

A post-conference workshop of potential interest to delegates will be held at Sydney University on 8-10 May 2011. The theme will be: "Managing recessive genetic factors in the genomics era". Click Workshop for detailed information

 

Sam Clark

PhD Student
University of New England.

Topic: Finding Genes for Economically Important Traits - Early career scientist, Sheep CRC

Education

Bachelor of Rural Science (Hons. I) University of New England, 2007

Professional Experience

Sam completed a Bachelor of Rural Science at the University of New England (UNE), Armidale, in 2007. Sam graduated with first class honours, focusing on genomic selection in Beef Cattle. He then pursued a career in agribusiness banking for Westpac Banking Corporation before returning to UNE to undertake a PhD in Quantitative genetics. As a PhD candidate with the Sheep CRC, Sam is examining the analysis and use of genomic data in the genetic evaluation of livestock. To date, Sam has been investigating the impact of different patterns of genetic variation on the accuracy of genomic selection.

 
 
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