Eyal Seroussi
Agricultural Research Organization, Israel
Biography
Eyal Seroussi, as a Geneticist at the agricultural research arm of the Israeli Government (ARO), oversees projects of cattle genomics, involving combating mastitis and improving fertility. In the late 90's, he was part of the team that sequenced the first human chromosome, at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. In the post-genomic era, he helped to identify bovine milk-QTLs, critical miss-identified avian genes (e.g., leptin, TNF) and ovine blindness mutations. He also developed methodologies for DNA-copy-number-variation (CNV) study, for treatment of mastitis and for implementation of genetic traceability in livestock. He hypothesizes that CNVs underlie major genetic differences in economically important traits in farm animals.
Abstract
Abstract : Application of pancreatic Phospholipase A2 for treatment of bovine mastitis