Dr Bill Barendse
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Team Leader in Molecular Genetics
CSIRO Livestock Industries, St Lucia, QLD.
Topic: Selection for meat quality
Education
1982: B.Sc. (Hons). University of Western Australia, Department of Zoology
1987: Ph.D., University of Western Australian, Department of Zoology, 'Speciation in the genus Mygalopsis (Orthoptera:Tettigoniidae)'
Professional Experience
1986-1989: Macquarie University Research Fellow in Human Genetics (Pre-eclampsia)
1989-present: CSIRO Australia, currently Senior Principal Research Scientist, Team Leader in Molecular Genetics
Honours
2003: CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement
2004-present: Editorial Board of 'Animal Genetics'
2008-present: Scientific Advisory Group for AgResearch New Zealand
2008-present: AWI Genetics Review Panel for Mulesing Research
2010: CSIRO Chairman's Medal
2011: Adjunct Professor University of Queensland
Impact
1993-1997: Genetic linkage map of cattle including the International Bovine Reference Panel
2000-present: Commercialized DNA markers for cattle traits particularly the calpastatin gene marker for meat tenderness
2005-present: Genome sequencing and genetic diversity studies as part of the Bovine Genome Project and Bovine HapMap Consortium
