Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

At the beginning, Advisor Sue Lamont emphasized the importance of including a short impact statement in each station's technical report. When developing a new proposal for the NC1170, the Technical Committee should be formed before the 2027 deadline. Station reports should be circulated via NIMSS to Technical Committee members. Members are encouraged to submit their reports as early as possible. At the PAG 33 Poultry Workshop, 64 participants attended, as shown on the attached sign-in sheets.

After unanimously approving last year's minutes, Dr. Jiuzhou Song was announced as the next chair. Dr. Aditya Dutta was nominated for the secretary position next year. The motion was approved with no opposing votes.

Regarding recruitment members, the meeting discussed identifying potential international members, e.g., INRA, Roslin, and the Netherlands. We need to reach out to the broader avian community, e.g., the Avian Genomics Goes Wild Workshop at PAG and the new poultry and avian hires listing. We also discussed setting up a booth at the Poultry Science Association meeting.

To attract early-career scientists to the NC11770 Poultry Workshop, we need to apply for travel support from the USDA conference grant and encourage them to apply for the PSA travel award.

Regarding the location of the new year meeting, 15 stations participated in the ballot during the voting window (1/29 to 2/10). By a narrow margin, the community selected Motion B (PSA in Fort Worth) over Motion A (PAG in San Diego). Vote Count Summary: Motion B is officially carried.

• Motion A (PAG, San Diego, CA - Jan 2027): 7 votes
• Motion B (PSA, Fort Worth, TX - July 2027): 8 votes

Gene Nomenclature and Bioinformatics:

Drs. Jack Dekker and Sue Lamont at Iowa State University developed methods and evaluated them to facilitate data sharing while protecting confidential information in poultry genetics and breeding. They also maintained a unique research population of chickens for current and future scientific studies. They also collected biological materials (chicks, fertile eggs, and DNA) for collaborative research on disease resistance and biodiversity. Importantly, they developed strategies to improve selection for layer production under commercial conditions, creating opportunities to balance genetic gains and inbreeding and to target specific markets for layer chickens.

Prof. Huaijun Zhou at UC, Davis has established scalable experimental and computational frameworks (MPRA, machine learning, allele-specific analyses) that enable functional annotation of noncoding regulatory elements in the chicken genome, addressing a major gap in poultry genomics. Meanwhile, his lab generated one of the first validated maps of chicken enhancers and regulatory variants, demonstrating that regulatory potential can be predicted from DNA features, enabling genome-wide prioritization of functional variants and accelerating discovery beyond experimental assays alone. Besides, his lab created a multi-tissue atlas of allele-specific regulatory effects across chromatin and transcriptional layers, providing a foundational resource for understanding tissue-specific gene regulation in poultry.

Research led by Dr. Fiona McCarthy made significant contributions to chicken gene nomenclature. Based on gene products and their evolutionary relationships, her lab provided standardized gene names, enabling us to understand gene function better and support comparative studies. Data provided by the CGNC are shared with public databases (e.g., NCBI and Ensembl), making it easier for researchers to compare their results with those of other research groups.

Disease Resistance and Immunity:

Prof. Roger Sunde at the University of Wisconsin generates turkeys with selenium status that ranges from Se-deficient to high-Se by feeding turkey poults, and then analyzes tissues for selenoenzyme activity, transcript expression, and selenosugars. They found the dietary selenium requirement of the young turkey poult should be raised to 0.4 µg Se/g as inorganic selenium, and that the turkey is resistant to high dietary Se, further indicating that the FDA limit of dietary selenium supplementation could be safely raised to 0.5 µg Se/g as inorganic selenium, at least for young turkey poults. Selenosugars may serve as biomarkers of high Se status and help explain how turkeys, as well as other animals, protect against Se toxicity.

At UC, Davis, Dr. Huaijun Zhou’s lab demonstrated the power of advanced intercross populations combined with modern genomics to improve mapping resolution of complex traits, supporting more precise identification of causal loci, advancing understanding of genetic and cellular mechanisms underlying avian influenza resistance, providing insights that support precision breeding, improved vaccine strategies, and enhanced poultry resilience. They also delivered broadly shareable datasets, analytical pipelines, and biological insights that strengthen the poultry research community’s capacity to translate genomic information into applied breeding and genetic improvement strategies.

Dr. Jiuzhou Song at UMD performed genome-wide gene expression analysis in spleen, thymus, and bursa tissues from the MD-resistant and susceptible lines to elucidate the mechanisms underlying MD resistance and susceptibility. They identified genes and pathways associated with MDV infection. They revealed tissue-specific expression patterns across immune organs and found that MDV infections influenced cytokine-cytokine receptor interactions and cellular development in both resistant and susceptible chicken lines. The research provides new insights into the mechanism of MD progression and motivates further studies of gene function in MD resistance.

Muscle Development and Meat Quality:

At Ohio State University, Dr. Hui Yu explored the roles of satellite cells in muscle development. She documented increased muscle fiber damage in the pectoralis major of turkeys. Resembling pale, soft, and exudative meat in swine, as well as deep pectoral myopathy and focal myopathy, such abnormalities likely stem from disruptions in normal muscle development. A deeper understanding of SC heterogeneity and function in turkeys will be critical for uncovering the cellular mechanisms underlying these myopathies and improving muscle meat quality in turkey production.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota, led by Dr. Kent M. Reed, investigated the influence of thermal challenge on turkey muscle development and meat quality. They also completed an RNA-seq dataset examining hepatic miRNA expression in domestic and wild turkeys exposed to aflatoxin B1. Additionally, they collaborated on projects examining age-dependent fertility loss in laying hens.

Genetic Mechanisms and Breeding:

In UMD, Drs. Jiuzhou Song and Tom Porter conducted miRNA and long-read transcriptomic analyses of chicken ESCs and PGCs, which are vital for understanding their regulatory mechanisms and differentiation, as well as for sustainable poultry production. These studies provide reference methods for avian species to reprogram cells into iPSCs and establish a network of cell-fate-determination mechanisms. These results provide deep insight into regular mechanisms in avian germline, sex differentiation, and disease resistance. Meanwhile, Porter noted that molecular mechanisms identified through transcriptomic, lipidomic, and proteomic approaches will inform future efforts to improve poultry nutrition, growth, and reproduction through marker-assisted selection.

Climate Change:

Prof. Samuel Aggrey at the University of Georgia found that as climate change increases the frequency and severity of heat events, poultry producers face growing challenges in maintaining bird health, welfare, and productivity. Glucose supplementation mitigates the negative effects of heat stress by improving energy availability, preserving muscle growth, and maintaining carcass yield. The observed changes in glucose transporter expression provide new insights into metabolic adaptation under thermal stress and may inform future genetic or nutritional strategies to improve heat resilience.

Prof. Kent Reed at the University of Minnesota focused on the climate impact on poultry health and production. They identified molecular mechanisms underlying altered muscle development, enabling mitigation strategies by improved genetic selection, nutritional interventions, and other measures to enhance broiler performance.

Tool Development:

Dr. Tae Hyun Kim at Penn State University has developed user-friendly CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) and CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) transgenic cell lines, providing affordable and novel avian research tools. His lab substantially standardized CRISPRa and CRISPRi avian cell lines, reducing technical and financial barriers to functional genomics research in poultry. Importantly, they identified regulatory pathways controlling gonadal development, thereby strengthening understanding of avian reproductive biology, supporting future genetic improvement efforts, and enhancing the NC1170 community's capacity to translate genomic discoveries into biological mechanisms relevant to poultry health, productivity, and sustainability.

• USDA-NIFA “Uncovering complex trait genetic architecture through integrative epigenomics
• in an advanced intercross chicken line” H. Zhou (PI), Y Wang, A. Tenesa, L. Fang, P. Navarro 1/1/2022 – 12/31/2025
• USDA-NIFA: The project titled “Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms affecting growth and feed efficiency by comparing modern broilers with control meat-type genetic line” H. Zhou (PI), 1/1/2021 – 12/31/2025
• USDA/ARS Application of probiotics as an alternative to antibiotics for the reduction of Salmonella in poultry. PI Aggrey
• USDA/NIFA Genomic and epidemiological parameters to inform intervention strategies for enteric diseases of poultry. Co-PI Aggrey
• USDA-NIFA grant. Developing a genetic solution to the billion-dollar horn fly problem, Rekaya, R, Aggrey, SE, Kuehn, L, Keele, J, Pringle, DT, Hinkle, CN
• Egg Industry Center, Iowa. Space and resource-use pattern of laying hens in a cage-free housing system: relationship with production and welfare performance. Co-PI Aggrey
• Cobb-Vantress Development and validation of a multimodality-based physical system for consistently tracking multiple birds and maintaining their identities throughout the whole production cycle. Co-PI Aggrey
• US Poultry and Egg Association Salmonella Detector: A Mobile application for on-site broiler salmonella infection diagnosis. Co-PI Aggrey
• USDA Hatch-Multistate funds to the University of Georgia. PI Aggrey
• USDA-NIFA 2023-67015-39264 and 2023-67012-39848. PI: Tae Hyu Kim
• USDA APHIS: Beyond Vaccines: Harnessing Trained Immunity to Strengthen Poultry Resilience Against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), 2025-2028, Kent Reed Co-PI w/ Sunantha Kosonsiriluk,
• USDA-NIFA: Targeting Reproductive Tract Physiology and Microbiome to Address Fertility Decline in Turkey Hens. , 2024-2027, Kent Reed Co-PI w/ Kahina Boukherroub
• USDA-NIFA: 2022-07883 Regulation of reproduction in turkey hens by thyroid hormones. Kristen Diehl and Tom E. Porter 6/1/2023-5/31/2026 
• USDA-NIFA 2022-08009 Regulation of Growth Hormone Production in Broiler Chicken Embryos. Tom E. Porter 6/1/2023-5/31/2026                                                   
• USDA-NIFA 2023-08333 Single-Cell Chromatin Status and Fates of Cell Lineages in Chicken Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation. Jiuzhou Song, Tom E. Porter, and Paula Chen 7/1/2024-6/30/2028
• USDA-NIFA 2024-08507 Macronutrient regulation of the metabolic switch in newly hatched chicken. Nishanth Sunny and Tom E. Porter 6/1/2025-5/31/2028
• USDA-NIFA-2022-08253 An integrated transcriptomic and epigenetic atlas of chicken embryonic stem cells Jiuzhou Song and Yanghua He 07/2023-6/2027                                                      

Aryal, B., J. Kwakye, O. W. Ariyo, A. F. A. Ghareeb, M. C., Milfort, A. L., Fuller, S., Khatiwada, R., Rekaya, S. E., and Aggrey, S. E., 2025. Major oxidative and antioxidant mechanisms during heat stress in chickens. Antioxidant 14(4)471 DOI:10.3390/antiox14040471

Bierla K, Szpunar J, Lobinski R, Sunde RA. Use of laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for analysis of selenosugars bound to proteins. Metallomics 2025;17:mfaf002. PMID: 39832802

Broadwater, C., J. Guo, J. Liu, I. Tobin, M. A. Whitmore, M. G. Kaiser, S. J. Lamont, G. Zhang. 2025. Breed-specific responses to coccidiosis in chickens: Identification of intestinal bacteria linked to disease resistance. J. Anim. Sci. Biotech. 16:65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-025-01202-

Ding Y, Dunn J, Zhang H, Zhao K, Song J. Comparative transcriptomic analysis of chicken immune organs affected by Marek's disease virus infection at latency phases. Front Physiol. 2025 Apr 2;16:1520826. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1520826. PMID: 40241721; PMCID: PMC12000659.

Elmore, K.A., S.J. Lamont, and E.A. Bobeck. 2025. Genetic line-specific immune profiles and immunometabolic responses to intramuscular lipopolysaccharide. Front. Immunol.16:1608391. https://doi:10.3389/fimmu.2025.1608391

Hartono, E., O. W. Willems, X, Bai, S. Toghiani, B. Wood, R. Rekaya, and S. E. Aggrey, 2025. Enhancing Genomic Selection for Reproductive Traits in Turkeys Through SNP Prioritization Using the Fixation Index. Poultry Science 105(2):106213. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2025.106213

Hartono, E., O. W. Willems, X. Bai, B. J. Wood, R. Rekaya and S. E. Aggrey, 2025. Effect of transformation of non-normal fitness data on the estimation of genetic parameters in turkeys. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12935

Elmore, K.A., S.J. Lamont, and E.A. Bobeck. 2025. Immune cell profile and metabolic preference following intramuscular lipopolysaccharide injection of highly inbred and advanced intercross genetic lines. Front. Vet. Sci. 12:1592021. https://doi:10.3389/fvets.2025.1592021

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Hou Y, Zou D, Chu Q, Zhan B, Wang R, Guan D, Wang W, Feng X, Li X, Zhu X, Bai Z, Gao Y, Yin H, Xu T, Yuan Z, Hu X, Yang N, Zhou H, Fang L, Zhang Z. The ChickenGTEx portal: a pan-tissue catalogue of regulatory variants shaping transcriptomic and phenotypic diversity. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Aug 19:gkaf731. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf731

Guan, D., Z. Bai, X. Zhu, C. Zhong, Y. Hou, D. Zhu, H. Li, F. Lan, S. Diao, Y. Yao, B. Zhao, X. Li, Z. Pan, Y. Gao, Y. Wang, D. Zou, R. Wang, T. Xu, C. Sun, H. Yin, J. Teng, Z. Xu, Q. Lin, S. Shi, D. Shao, F. Degalez, S. Lagarrigue, Y. Wang, M. Wang, M. Peng, D. Rocha, M. Charles, J. Smith, K. Watson, A. J. Buitenhuis, G. Sahana, M. S. Lund, W. Warren, L. Frantz, G. Larson, S. J. Lamont, W. Si, X. Zhao, B. Li, H. Zhang, C. Luo, D. Shu, H. Qu, W. Luo, Z. Li, Q. Nie, X. Zhang, R. Xiang, S. Liu, Z. Zhang, Z. Zhang, G. E. Liu, H. Cheng, N. Yang, X. Hu, H. Zhou & L. Fang. 2025. The genetic regulation of multi-tissue transcriptome in chickens. Nature Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02155-9

Kaiser, M.G., Kaufman, S.J. Lamont. 2025. Different MHC class I cell surface expression levels in diverse chicken lines, associations with B blood group, and proposed relationship to antigen-binding repertoire. Poultry Sci. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.104569

Kim J, Han JH, Kim M, Schmidt G, Cho E, Lee JH, Kim TH. From GWAS signal to function: Targeted CRISPR activation enables functional characterization of non-coding SNPs in chickens. Front. Genome Ed. 2025; DOI: 10.3389/fgeed.2025.1662152

Kang TH, Shin SS, Kim TH, Lee SI. Ivangustin alleviates deoxynivalenol-induced apoptosis by regulating FOXO3a translocation in porcine intestinal epithelial cells. Toxins DOI: 10.3390/toxins17040174

Kwakye, J., O. W. Ariyo, A. F. A. Ghareeb, E. Hartono, B. Aryal, S. Sovi, M. C. Milfort, A. L. Fuller, R. Rekaya and S. E. Aggrey, 2025. Effect of glucose supplementation on protein biosynthesis in chickens reared under thermoneutral or heat stress environment. Gene 951, 149408 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2025.149408

Kirkpatrick C, McCarthy F. Standardized Gene Nomenclature for Chicken Scavenger Receptors. MicroPubl Biol. 2025 Apr 11;2025:10.17912/micropub.biology.001559. PMID: 40291052.

Kamkrathok B, Beckford RC, Klug S, Diehl K, Farley L, Porter TE (2025) Effect of early-life thermal conditioning on mRNA expression in tissues under heat stress and non-heat stress conditions in broiler chickens. Poult Sci 105:106244 doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2025.106244

Liu KL, Porter TE (2025) ScRNAseq analysis of chicken embryonic pituitary reveals cell heterogeneity and a cell type co-expressing Gh and Pomc. Endocrinology 167: bqaf184 doi.org/10.1210/endocr/bqaf184

Lee HJ, Han JH, Chapman B, Jung KM, Rudd I, Han JY, Kim TH. A comprehensive transcriptional profiling of developing gonads reveals the role of TGFβ signaling in female gonadal asymmetry in chickens. Poultry Sci. 2025; DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2025.104932

Lee CH, Shin S, Kim TH, Lee SI. Nymphoides peltata alleviates patulin-induced glutamine metabolic stress and epithelial toxicity in small intestinal epithelial cells. Toxins 2025; DOI: 10.3390/toxins17070337

Lei XG, Rayman MP, Sunde RA. Selenium. In: Tucker KL, Ross CA, Jensen GL, Torger-Decker R, Duggan CP, editors. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease (MNHD). 12 ed. 2025. p. 233-56.

Li, H., J. Tan, X. Li, S.J. Lamont, H. Sun. 2025. Integrated Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Lung miRNA–mRNA Regulatory Network Associated with Avian Pathogenic E. coli Infection. Vet. Sci. 2025, 12, 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci12020095

Lim SJ, Shin S, Kim TH, Lee SI. Euphorbia hypericifolia attenuates citrinin-induced oxidative stress and maintains tight junction integrity in porcine intestinal epithelial cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2025; DOI: 10.3390/ijms26167773

Mandiga, A., G. Li, T. Liu, R. N. Parasuraman, R. M. Pidaparti, V. U. C. Bodempudi, and S. E. Aggrey, 2025. Autonomous Navigation of a Quadruped Robot to Approach Floor Eggs and Path Optimization Analysis for Commercial Feasibility. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 41(6):733-747. doi: 10.13031/aea.16384

Prabhakaran DM, Johny AK, Nair DVT, Manjankattil S, Johnson T, Noll S, and Reed KM. 2025. Beneficial cecal microbiome modulation in turkeys exposed to probiotics and vaccine after multidrug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg challenge. Microbiology Research, 16:136 https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres16070136150.

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Reed KM, Velleman SG, and Strasburg GM. 2025. Thermal challenge significantly alters gene expression in breast muscle of commercial turkey poults. Frontiers in Physiology, Avian

Schmidt, C.J. and S.J. Lamont. 2025. Integrated Genomic Approaches to Characterize and Mitigate Heat Stress in Poultry. Annu. Rev. Anim. Biosci. 2025. 13:121-141. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-111523-102021

Sinpru P, Jantasaeng O, Pasri P, Kamkrathok B, Kaewsatuan P, Pengsanthia S, Molee W, Rau A, Porter TE, Tixier-Boichard M, Molee A (2025) Transcriptome profiling of the pituitary gland reveals candidate genes for divergent feed efficiency in slow-growing chickens. Italian Journal of Animal Science 24:2621-2634 doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2025.2596846

Sinpru S, Diehl K, Ellestad LE, Porter TE (2025) Effect of commercial genetic selection on gene expression in the developing neuroendocrine system of broilers. Poult Sci (in press)

Skow, C., L.C. Ott, S.J. Lamont, and M. Mellata. 2025. Host Genetics Regulates Bacterial Plasmid Conjugation Differentially in Avian Ceca Explant Coculture Through Secretory miRNA. npjAntimicrobials and Resistance. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44259-025-00163-7

Tan, J., H. Li, X. Li, S.J. Lamont, and H. Sun. 2025. Integrated transcriptome analysis reveals thelung miRNA-mRNA regulatory network associated with avian pathogenic E. coli infection. Vet.Sci. 2025, 12(2), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci12020095.

Yimiletey, J., Z. Li, C. Wan, S. Velleman, and H. Yu. 2025. Molecular profiling of satellite cell heterogeneity during differentiation in an individual turkey pectoralis major muscle. Poult Sci 104:105735. doi 10.1016/j.psj.2025.105735

Yu, H., Z. Li, J. Yimiletey, C. Wan, and S. Velleman. 2025. Molecular characterization of the heterogeneity of satellite cell populations isolated from an individual Turkey pectoralis major muscle. Front Physiol 16:1547188. doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1547188

Zhou, H., F. M. McCarthy, T. H. Kim, W. Warren, G. Zhang. 2026. Emerging technologies in poultry genomics: Unlocking innovation for the future of sustainable production, Poultry Science, Vol 105, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2025.106240.

Zhou H, McCarthy FM, Kim TH, Warren W, Zhang G. Emerging technologies in poultry genomics: Unlocking innovation for the future of sustainable production. Poultry Sci. 2025; DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2025.106240

Weaver EA, Connolly NP, Kim TH, Ramachandran R. Metformin alters liver metabolism to sustain egg production in reproductively aging broiler breeder hens. Biol. Reprod. 2025; DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioaf072

Yoon JW, Shin S, Kim TH, Lee SI. Integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis of the porcine small intestine during weaning. Genes (Basel). 2025; DOI: 10.3390/genes16070727