Topigs Norsvin is proud to support WCGALP 2026 as a Silver Sponsor, and to contribute with a broad range of scientific presentations and posters, reflecting the depth and diversity of our research in pig breeding.
Our colleagues and research partners will share work on genetic progress, genomic prediction, inbreeding and genetic diversity, animal welfare, disease resilience, reproduction, sustainability, and new phenotyping and breeding technologies, including microbiome data, organoids, computer vision, CT imaging, and functional genome annotation.
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Presentations led by Topigs Norsvin
The following presentations are authored and/or delivered by Topigs Norsvin researchers:
Oral presentations
- Validation of predicted Mendelian sampling variance for optimizing selection: An application in pigs — Marisol Londoño Gil, PhD
- Continuous computer vision monitoring of sow posture linked to litter size in free-farrowing pens — Eli Grindflek, PhD
- Comparing inbreeding parameters in pigs: Drift, homozygosity, and IBD — Kelvin Kelles
- Use of Genomic Relationship Matrices to manage Genetic Diversity — Oda Wæge, PhD
- Swine inflammation and necrosis syndrome and its genetic association with repeated skin damage scores — Natalia Leite, PhD
- Genetic parameters for semen traits in five commercial pig lines — Ina M. Andersen-Ranberg, PhD
- Swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) gene typing of four commercial pig breeds using long-read whole genome sequencing — Anne Boshove
- Genetic correlations between sow uterine prolapse and reproductive traits using first- and multiple-parity performance data — Joe Menwer Tabet, PhD
- Validation of Genomic Prediction for Host Response to Multifactorial PRRS Challenge — Jenelle Dunkelberger, PhD
- Automated osteochondrosis detection from CT scanned pigs: genetic parameters and comparison with manual scoring — Torunn Aasmundstad, PhD
- Genetic relationship between disease resilience and selection index traits — Susan Wijga, PhD
- Relevance of 'Genetics of environmental sustainability' in pig breeding — Egbert Knol, PhD
Pitch+Poster presentations (short oral pitch with accompanying poster)
- Gene editing of Porcine Intestinal Organoids: A Next-Generation in vitro Model for Phenotyping — Jenny Söllner, PhD
- Non-additive GWAS identifies a recessive region on pig chromosome 1 associated with backfat and mortality — Maren van Son, PhD
- Integration of microbiome information to improve the prediction of phenotypes and breeding values in pig breeding — Natalia Leite, PhD
- Approximating GWAS with single-step SNPBLUP — Tomas Stevens
- Genetic Evaluation and Selection for Reproductive Traits using Free Farrowing Data — Dan Olsen
- Using a large commercial reference population to predict performance in a local pig breeding program — Marcos Lopes, PhD
Further contributions as co-authors
Beyond our own presentations, Topigs Norsvin researchers are also contributing as co-authors to the following work:
Invited Oral presentations
- Theory vs Simulation vs Reality: Predicting the outcomes of breeding programs
- Improving offspring survival outcomes for mammalian livestock species
Oral presentations
- A new approach to scale breeding values from linear models to the liability scale: An application to binary traits in pigs
- Defining traits to improve the energy balance of sows
- Naive sows show genetic variation in response to a Japanese Encephalitis outbreak
- Modeling genotype-by-environment interaction effects for reproductive performance in sows across a disease challenge gradient
This breadth of contribution reflects our commitment to science-based breeding and continuous genetic progress, for more robust, efficient, and sustainable pigs.
We look forward to exchanging knowledge, meeting collaborators, and contributing to the important discussions at WCGALP 2026.
