THURSDAY- OCTOBER 9, 2025
9:00-10:45
Session 2: Social debate on genetic engineering
Chairs: Ian Dunn (United Kingdom), Michèle Tixier-Boichard (France)
9:00-9:30
Scientific Opinion on NGTs in animals
Ana Granados Chapatte
EFFAB-FABDRE-TP, Belgium
9:30-9:45
Optogenetic Spatiotemporal Control of Gene Expression in Avian Embryos Using the Magnet-Cre System
Enbal Ben-Tal Cohen
Institute of Animal Science, Poultry and Aquaculture Sci. Dept. Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Institute, Israel
9:45-10:00
Current performance of in-ovo sexing through PCR analysis: the Seleggt process
Jeroen A.M. Snijders
HatchTech, The Netherlands
10:00-10:15
Exploring allelic variants in pHu divergent lines of chicken by RNA-sequencing in Pectoralis Major and Jejunum tissues
Antoine Clément
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France
10:15-10:30
Generation of Transgenic Chickens Expressing Human Interleukin 7 in Egg White
Jiri Kalina
BIOPHARM, Research Institute of Biopharmacy and Veterinary Drugs, Czech Republic
10:30-10:45
General discussion
11:15-12:30
PhD Award Session
Chairs: Krzysztof Kozlowski (Poland), Kellie Watson (United Kingdom)
11:15-11:35
Genetic markers linked to bone properties in White Leghorn laying hens
Khrystyna Kurta
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
11:35-11:55
Molecular diagnostics of Campylobacter in urban and domestic pigeons (Columba livia)
Szymon Mazgaj
Institute of Biology, University of Szczecin, Poland
11:55-12:15
Genetics Underlying Growth Curve Characteristics in German Local Chicken Breeds
Chi Mei Sun
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Germany
12:15-12:30
General discussion
13:30-15:15
Session 3: Epigenetics – Genotype by environmental interaction
Chairs: Yuval Cinnamon (Israel), Rudolf Preisinger (Germany)
13:30-14:00
GERONIMO EU project on deciphering GxE interactions with omics approaches
Tatiana Zerjal
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France
Short oral presentations of case studies
14:00-14:15
Leveraging local breeds and landscape genomics to detect adaptive genes
Carl Kroger
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France
14:15-14:30
Impact Of Genetics On Behavioral Variations In Outdoor Raised Hens
Alice Racanati
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France
14:30-14:45
Using genome-wide association studies to identify novel genomic regions associated with laying hens’ behaviour within aviary housing systems
Kyle Hoeksema
University of Bern, Switzerland
14:45-15:00
presentation by EW Group
TO BE CONFIRMED
15:00-15:15
General discussion
15:45-17:30
Session 4: Use of advanced phenotyping and Artificial Intelligence for breeding
Chairs: Avigdor Cahaner (Israel), Mailys Faure (The Netherlands)
15:45-16:15
Use of novel metagenomics phenotypic information to predict breeding values in Broilers
Andreas Kranis
Aviagen
16:15-16:45
AI in poultry management and breeding
Anna Wolc
Iowa University, USA
Short oral presentations of case studies
17:00-17:15
AI-powered imaging of keel bone traits for genetic selection in laying hens
Moh Sallam
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
17:15-17:30
Deep learning to automate chicken tibia-breaking strength annotation from X-ray images to improve animal welfare
Tanmay Debnath
Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK
17:30-17:45
General discussion
17:45-19:15
WG3 Business Meeting
Chair: Martino Cassandro
20:00-22:00
CONFERENCE DINNER
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