James E. Womack Memorial Symposium
Comparative Genomics: The Dark Genome, One Health,
& the Future of Clinical Veterinary Genomics
Wednesday–Thursday, March 19–20, 2025
Doug Pitcock ’49
Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center
177 Joe Routt Blvd. | College Station, TX 77840
Note: The James E. Womack Memorial Symposium precedes the 51st Annual Meeting of the Texas Genetics Society (TGS), which takes place at the Hilton College Station on March 21–23, 2024. We welcome TGS attendees to come to College Station early and also attend the symposium. The block of discounted rooms available for symposium attendees at the Doug Pitcock ’49 Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center extends through the weekend. More details are available on the Registration, etc. page.
About the Symposium
The James E. Womack Memorial Symposium is co-sponsored by the following Texas A&M entities:
James E. Womack Memorial Symposium Organizing Committee
Dr. Loren Skow | Senior Professor | lskow@cvm.tamu.edu
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS)
Dr. Penny Riggs | Associate Professor
Department of Animal Science | Texas A&M College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (COALS)
Dr. David Threadgill | Department Head & Distinguished Professor
Department of Nutrition | Texas A&M COALS
Dr. Leif Andersson | Professor & Hagler Fellow (2013–14)
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | Texas A&M VMBS
Dr. Harris Lewin | Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Evolution and Ecology | College of Biological Sciences | University of California–Davis
Dr. Stephen O’Brien | Professor
Department of Biological Sciences | Halmos College of Arts and Sciences | Nova Southeastern University
Dr. Holly Neiberg | Professor
Department of Animal Science | College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences | Washington State University
