Daniela Lourenco, PhD

Assistant Professor
The University of Georgia

Daniela Lourenco is an Assistant Professor in animal breeding and genetics at the University of Georgia. She was born and raised in Brazil, where she earned her MS and PhD degrees in animal breeding and genetics from Maringa State University. Daniela has been working in this field since 2004 and has published over 190 scientific papers and proceedings. Daniela’s research has focused on improving livestock production using genomic information, developing methods for genetic evaluation, and addressing issues related to the implementation of genomic selection in beef and dairy cattle, poultry, swine, and fish.

Presentation(s):

• 28 - Optimal Definition of Contemporary Groups for Crossbred Pigs in a Joint Purebred and Crossbred Genetic Evaluation

  Friday, July 16, 2021
  8:00 AM – 8:15 AM EST

• 33 - Impact of Including the Cause of Missing Records on Genetic Evaluations for Growth in Commercial Pigs

  Friday, July 16, 2021
  8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EST

• 36 - Effect of Blending and Tuning Relationship Matrices in Single-step Genomic BLUP

  Friday, July 16, 2021
  1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST

• 35 - Detecting Effective Starting Point of Genomic Selection by Divergent Trends from BLUP and Ssgblup

  Friday, July 16, 2021
  1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EST

• 41 - Using Sequence Data to Increase Accuracy of Genomic Predictions in Livestock: Are We There Yet?

  Friday, July 16, 2021
  2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST

• 40 - Factors Influencing Accuracy of Genomic Selection with Sequence Information

  Friday, July 16, 2021
  2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

• 34 - Dimensionality of Genomic Information and Its Impact on GWA and Variant Selection: A Simulation Study

  Friday, July 16, 2021
  3:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST

• 49 - Predicting Breeding Values of Purebred Pigs for Crossbred Performance Using Crossbred Phenotypes and Genotypes

  Saturday, July 17, 2021
  1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EST

• 44 - Accuracy of Genomic Predictions over Time in Broilers

  Saturday, July 17, 2021
  2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST