Dr Laercio Porto Neto
/also known as "Juca"/
Research Scientist
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Current Roles
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Team Leader Animal Genomics, Livestock & Aquaculture
Lead the management, and support activites of the team on dry and web labs. -
Project Leader
Natural selection eats domestication for breakfast (2022-2025) -
Project Leader
Towards sex selection in livestock production: from biological discovery to applied genetics (2023-2026) -
Project Team Member (Activity Lead - Livestock Applications)
Unlocking the genetic potential of animals through Precision Breeding (Genome Engineering) Technologies (2022- ) -
Project Leader
Bull fertility update: historical data, new cohort and advanced genomics (2019 – 2021; still with ongoing activities).
Academic Qualifications
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2011
PhD Molecular Genetics
University of Queensland, AUS -
2005
MSc Animal Reproduction
Universidade de Sao Paulo, BRA -
2001
Graduate Veterinary Medicine
Universidade de Sao Paulo, BRA
Professional Experiences
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2019-present
Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO -
2017-2019
Research Scientist
CSIRO -
2013-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow
CSIRO -
2011-2012
Postdoct Fellow
University of New England, Armidale
Other highlights
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2019--
Invited talk: 37th Conference for the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG), Lleida, Spain. The effect of allele ancestry on production traits of tropical composite cattle.
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2019--
Invited talk: University of Melbourne, Animal Welfare Science Centre, Melbourne, Australia (2019) Advanced biotechnologies to improve the welfare of farm animals.
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2018--
Invited talk: Yangling International Agri-Science Forum, Yangling, China (2018) Combining reproductive and genomic technologies for maximum genetic improvement in beef cattle.
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2018--
Invited talk: Symposium of Reproduction and Genetics, Campo Grande, Brazil (2018) Combining reproductive biotechnology to genomics for animal improvement.
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2018--
Invited talk: 8th Symposium on Applied Animal Reproduction, Londrina, Brazil (2018) Beef production in Australia, from management to genomic evaluation.
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2018--
Invited talk: 11th World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Auckland, New Zealand (2018) Closing the gap on genomic technologies applied to tropical beef cattle.
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2017--
Invited talk: 22nd Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG), Townsville, Australia (2017) Breed composition effects and genetic parameters for productivity of tropical beef cattle.
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2016--
Invited talk: 35th Conference for the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG), Salt Lake City, USA (2016) The effect of selection over years on breed composition in tropical composite cattle.
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2016--
Invited talk: Regulatory Oversight of Products Developed Through New Breeding Techniques (NBTs), Brisbane, Australia (2016) Current applications of NBTs in animal science.
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2015--
Invited talk: 21st Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG), Lorne, Australia (2015) Missing heritability of adaptation phenotypes of tropical cattle.
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2015--
Invited talk: 5th international workshop: genomics applied to cattle production – beef chain production, Aracatuba, Brazil (2015) Applied genomics in cattle production in Australia: myth or reality?
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2015--
Invited talk: XXIII Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG), San Diego, USA. Systems Biology Approach to Prioritize SNP and Genes Affecting Fertility in Tropical Beef Cattle.
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2014--
Invited talk: 10th World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Vancouver, Canada. A Gene Network Inferred from Genome-wide Association: Prioritization of QTLs Associated with Tropical Cattle Reproduction.
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2013--
Invited talk: 20th Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG), Napier, New Zealand. Population stratification and breed composition of Australian Tropically Adapted cattle.
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2012--
Invited talk: 15th Conference of the Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP), Bangkok, Thailand. Genome-wide scan for evidence of positive selection in Hanwoo cattle.
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2010--
Invited talk: 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Leipzig, Germany. Meta-analysis of genome wide association and gene expression studies to identify candidate genes for tick burden in cattle.
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2010--
Invited talk: 32nd Conference for the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG), Edinburg, Scotland. Findings from the ISGC HapMap Experiment: Signatures of Selection in Domestic Sheep.
Grants
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2020-ongoing
HeiferSELECT, SteerSELECT, ImmuneDEX - collaborative project with Angus Australia. Project Team Member.
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2021-ongoing
Wagyu Feeder Check - Collaborative project with the Australian Wagyu Association. Project Team Member.
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2023-2026
A&F Winaga-y Postdoctoral Fellow - Towards sex selection in livestock production: from biological discovery to applied genetics. Project Leader
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2022-2025
CSIRO ResearchPlus Postdoctoral Fellow - Natural selection eats domestication for breakfast. Project Leader
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2019-2022
CSIRO ResearchPlus Postdoctoral Fellow - The weakest link – using genomics to lift the productivity of Australia’s northern rangeland beef herds. Project Co-Leader.
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2019-2021
Meat & Livestock Australia - Bull fertility update: historical data, new cohort and advanced genomics. Project Leader.
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2018-2021
Meat & Livestock Australia - Female Reproduction Phenobank and Validation Herds. Partner Investigator.
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2018-2019
CSIRO Strategic Investment - Improving bio-prediction in animals using DNA pools and low-density chips informed by regulatory regions. Project Co-Leader
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2018-2020
Meat & Livestock Australia - Improving the Australian Poll Gene Marker Test. Partner Investigator.
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2019-2019
Meat & Livestock Australia - In silico analyses: Angus performance in the tropics. Partner Investigator.
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2018-2018
SME Connect - Data analyses for Rennylea Angus Stud herd. Partner Investigator.
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2017-2019
ResearchPlus Postdoctoral Fellow - Animal Genome to Phenome. Partner Investigator (Mentor).
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2014-2016
Accelerate Partnership Program - Breeding optimal Queensland beef cattle. Project Co-Leader.
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2020-2023
Journal of Animal Science. Associate Editor.
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2019-2021
CSIRO Queensland Animal Ethics Committee. Member.
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2016-2021
Ruminant Genetics and Genomics, International Society for Animal Genetics Conferences. Workshop Chair.
Publications
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