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
New developments in biotechnology applied to farm animals: EFSA 2025 assessment
Ana Granados Chapatte
European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders-Farm Animal Breeding and Reproductive - Technology
Platform, Brussels, 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
Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, Jouy-en-Josas, 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, Chotouň, Czech Republic
10:30-10:45
General discussion
11:15-12:30
PhD Award Session
Chairs: Krzysztof Kozłowski (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, Uppsala, Sweden
11:35-11:55
Molecular diagnostics of Campylobacter in urban and domestic pigeons (Columba livia)
Szymon Mazgaj
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, Neustad, 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
Deciphering GxE interactions with omics approaches: insights from the GEroNIMO EU project
Tatiana Zerjal
Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, Jouy-en-Josas, France
14:00-14:15
Leveraging local breeds and landscape genomics to detect adaptive genes
Gwendal Restoux
Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, Jouy-en-Josas, France
14:15-14:30
Impact of genetics on behavioral variations In outdoor raised hens
Alice Racanati
Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, Jouy-en-Josas, 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
Breeding chickens for the future: international competition versus European isolated solutions
Rudolf Preisinger
EW GROUP GmbH, Germany
15:00-15:15
General discussion
15:45-17:30
Session 4: Use of advanced phenotyping and Artificial Intelligence for breeding
Chairs: Milan Tyler (Czech Republic), Mailys Faure (The Netherlands)
15:45-16:15
Use of novel metagenomics phenotypic information to predict breeding values in Broilers
Andreas Kranis
Aviagen, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
16:15-16:45
Artificial Intelligence in poultry management and breeding
Anna Wolc
Iowa State University, Hy-Line International, USA
16:45-17:00
General discussion
17:00-17:15
AI-powered imaging of keel bone traits for genetic selection in laying hens
Moh Sallam
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, 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, United Kingdom
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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