Organising Committee

Local Organising Committee

Co-Chairs

Professor Naomi Wray

Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland & Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Professor Ben Hayes

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation  (QAAFI), University of Queensland

Committee Members and Reviewers

Dr Allen McRae

Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland

Dr Craig Hardner

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), University of Queensland

Professor Dale Nyholt

School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology

Professor David Balding

Melbourne Integrative Genomics, Schools of BioSciences and of Maths & Stats, University of Melbourne

Professor David Evans

Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland

Professor Hans Daetwyler

Research Leader Computational Biology, Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, La Trobe University

Dr Jacob Gratten

Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland

Professor Jian Yang

Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland & Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Professor Julius Van Der Werf

School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England

Dr Karin Meyer

Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), University of New England

Dr Katrina McGuigan

School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland

Dr Lee Hickey

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation  (QAAFI), University of Queensland

Dr Loic Yengo

Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland

Professor Mark Blows

School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland

Professor Mark Cooper

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, (QAAFI), University of Queensland

Professor Peter Visscher

Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland & Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Professor Sarah Medland

QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Professor Steve Chenoweth

School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland

Dr Toni Reverter-Gomez

CSIRO, Queensland

International Organising Committee

Professor David Balding

University of Melbourne

Professor Piter Bijma

Wageningen University

Professor Rachel Brem

Berkeley University of California

Professor Edward Buckler

Cornell University

Professor Andrew Clark

Cornell University

Professor Natalia De Leon

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professor Rebecca Doerge

Carnegie Mellon University

Professor Jonathan Flint

UCLA

Professor Greg Gibson

Georgia Tech

Professor Trudy Mackay

Clemson University

Professor Dr Albrecht Melchinger

University of Hohenheim

Professor Patrick Phillips

University of Oregon

Professor Guilherme Rosa

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professor Fred Van Eeuwijk

Wageningen University

Professor Bruce Walsh

University of Arizona

Professor Bruce Weir

University of Washington

Professor Qifa Zhang

Huazong Agricultural University

Professor Clare Gill

Texas A&M University