Conferences, workshops, webinars

HoloRuminant representatives will attend conferences, industry days, national and international SR shows, workshops, and webinars. During these events, the latest project developments, progress and results will be presented to the audience.

2024

13th Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group (ITWG) on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Rome, Italy, November 20, 2024). EFFAB presented the HoloRuminant project at FAO Head Quarters.
British Society of Animal Science Annual Conference 2024 (Belfast, UK, October 4, 2024).Presentation: The faecal microbiota during the pre-weaning period and its relationship with diarrhoea, health and performance in dairy heifer calves by Sabine Scully (TEAGASC).
75th EAAP Conference (Florence, Italy, 1-5 September 2024).
- Reduced alpha-diversity of bacteria in refrigerated compared to non-refrigerated colostrum from prim and multiparous dairy cows presented by Sabine Scully (TEAGASC).
- Ruminant microbiome data are skewed and unFAIR, undermining their usefulness for improving sustainable production by Abimael Ortiz et al. (INRAE).
TEAGASC Grange BEEF Open Day 2024 – (Dunsany – June 26, 2024) – TEAGASC presented: Calf Health and the Microbiome
One Health: challenges for food safety Conference (online, June 19, 2024). Presentation: Genes and pathways revealed by Escherichia coli challenge of milk-derived bovine mammary epithelial cells (LUKE).
Second Skill Development webinar: PigWeb and HoloRuminant’s Collaborative webinar series organized by EFFAB (April 24, 2024).
Rencontres Recherche Ruminants (Paris, France, April 12, 2024). IDELE presentation “Microbiota and livestock farming – Perceptions of consumers, farmers, veterinarians and advisors from different European countries and acceptability of new farming practices.”.
2024 Congress on Gastrointestinal Function (University of Illinois, USA, April 8-10, 2024). Presentation: Extracellular electron transfer in the rumen ecosystem is stimulated by conductive materials by the INRAE team.
I Meeting Andalucía AGRO HUB (Malaga, Spain, March 11, 2024). CSIC poster “Effects of using feed additives on rumen fermentation parameters and microbial populations in pre- and postweaning calves”.
IDELE – Methane 2030 online meeting, presentation of results from consumers survey and focus groups. (February 23, 2024).
SEMiPyP XV Workshop (Sevilla, Spain, February 21, 2024). CSIC poster – “Efecto del uso de aditivos nutricionales sobre parámetros de fermentación ruminal y desarrollo de poblaciones microbianas en terneros mamones pre y posdestete” (“Effect of the use of nutritional additives on rumen fermentation parameters and development of microbial populations in pre- and post-weaning suckling calves.)
First Skill Development webinar: PigWeb and HoloRuminant’s Collaborative webinar series organized by EFFAB (February 1, 2024).

2023

Puy de la recherche (November 7-8, 2023)- INRAE presentation: “Origine: microbiote ruminal et diarrhée“.
II Jornada de la Juventud Investigadora (II Young Researchers’ Day EEZ) – (Granada, Spain, October 18, 2023). CSIC presentation – “Impacto del transporte y la suplementación nutricional en terneros mamones en una granja del norte de España” (“Impact of transport and nutritional supplementation on suckling calves on a farm in northern Spain”).
Third Joint Dissemination Network webinar – organized by EFFAB (October 3, 2023).
Second Joint Dissemination Network webinar – organized by EFFAB (September 19, 2023).
First Joint Dissemination Network webinar – organized by EFFAB (September 5, 2023).
74th EAAP Conference, Lyon. EuroFAANG dedicated session was held on August 31, 2023. Yuliaxis Ramayo-Caldas (IRTA) presented on behalf of HoloRuminant The genetic basis of ruminant microbiomes – contribution of the HoloRuminant project
74th EAAP Conference, Lyon, France. HoloRuminant dedicated session was held on August 30, 2023.
- Theatres
  - - HoloRuminant – Understanding microbiomes of the ruminant holobiont presented by the project coordinator Diego Morgavi (INRAE)
    - Differential effects of Ostertagia ostertagi vaccination and infection on the rumen microbiome presented by Joana Lima (SRUC).
    - Stakeholders views regarding new practices to control microbiomes presented by Jarkko Niemi (LUKE).
    - Relationship between feed efficiency and rumen microbiota in feedlot bulls fed contrasting diets presented by Abimael Ortiz-Chura (INRAE).
    - Effect of colostrum source and calf breed on diarrhoea incidents in pre-weaned dairy calves presented by Sabine Scully (TEAGASC).
    - Upper respiratory tract microbiota of dairy calves experimentally challenged with BRSV presented by Stephanie O’Donoghue (TEAGASC).
- Posters
  - - Temporal establishment of the colon microbiota in Angus calves from birth to post-weaning poster presented by Michelle Stafford (TEAGASC). A video presentation of the poster is also available here.
    - Rumen metabolites of periparturient dairy cows varying in SARA susceptibility modify bacterial composition and fermentation poster presented by Jeyamalar Jeyanathan (UGENT).
    - An experimental approach for assessing casual microbes in early life diarrhoea in lambs poster presented by Laurianne Voland (INRAE).

XX Jornadas sobre Producción Animal (XX Conference on Animal Production), from Asociación Interprofesional para el Desarrollo Agrario (AIDA) (Zaragoza, Spain, June 13, 2023). CSIC presentation – “Estudio del efecto del transporte sobre parámetros sanguíneos en terneros mamones” (“Study of the effect of transport on blood parameters in suckling calves”).
13th International Gut Microbiology Symposium Rowett-INRAE. (Aberdeen, Scotland, June 13, 2023). CSIC poster – “Effect of using different feed additives on rumen fermentation of dairy beef calves pre and post-weaning”.
MoorePark Dairy Open Day 2023 (Fermoy, Ireland, April 7, 2023). TEAGASC presented:
- Microbiomes, Sustainability & Health
- Holoruminant: Understanding the rumen microbial colonization of calves and its impact on performance. (page 206).
- Calf diarrhoea- prevention and the role of microbes (see peer-reviewed publications).
19éme Rencontre des Microbiologistes du Pôle Clermontois (April 5, 2023)- INRAE presentation: “Calf rearing in dairy farms: at the crossroads between microbial transmission and welfare“.
CLIMAT AmSud webinar was held on March 31, 2023. INRAE presented “Usefulness of the Consecutive Batch Culture technique for testing the antimethanogenic potential of some additives”.
University College of Cork workshop was held on March 24, 2023. TEAGASC presented “The role of microbiomes in the health, welfare and productive performance of beef and dairy cattle”.
SRUC Postgraduate Conference was held on March 21, 2023. SRUC presented “Exploring the Milk Microbiome and its Impact on Mastitis Susceptibility and Inflammatory Responses in Dairy Cattle”.
Annual workshop for the CSIRO Future Science Program: Microbiomes for One System Health, was held on March 2nd, 2023, in Adelaide. NMBU attended the workshop.
Dairy Research Centre & Digital Dairy Chain introductions event was held on February 2nd, 2023. SRUC presented “The HoloRuminant Project”.

2022

A joint meeting of the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics and Centre for Microbiome Research was held on December 2nd, 2023 in Brisbane, Australia. NMBU attended the meeting.
The Australian Microbial Ecology Conference was held on November 7-9, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. NMBU presented “Grazed and confused: the complex feeding habits of our gut microbes”.
Nature Conference Biofilms and Microbiomes: Global Impact on Public and Ecosystem Health, was held virtually on October 11-13, 2023. NMBU attended the conference.
Applied Hologenomics Conference was held in Bilbao, Spain, on September 2022. EFFAB attended the conference.
ISEP 2022 was held in Granada, Spain, on September 12-15, 2022. INRAE presented “Reducing enteric methane emissions improves energy metabolism in livestock: is the tenet right?”.
AVTRW Conference (The Association of Veterinary Teaching and Research Work) was held in Ireland, on October 7, 2022. TEAGASC presented a poster titled: “An observational study to assess incidence of dairy calf diarrhea and subsequent recovery”.
SRUC South and West Faculty Seminars were held on June 20, 2022. SRUC presented “HoloRuminant Overview”
FASEB Microbial Glycobiology Conference was held on June 12-16, 2023, in Lisbon, Portugal. NMBU attended the conference.
GGAA 2022 was held in Orlando, USA on June 5-10, 2022. INRAE presented “Conductive materials stimulate ruminal methanogenesis and induce microbial changes indicative of improved electron transfer”.
The Congress of Gastrointestinal Function (Digitial event) was held on April 13, 2022. NMBU presented “Digital optimization of the feed-microbiome-host nexus”.