Lillian Bacheller
Senior Applications Developer
Lillian Bacheller has served as Senior Applications Developer at CDCB since June 2019, after working as an Information Technology Specialist at USDA/ARS/AGIL for 42 years. Lillian earned her Computer Science degree from University of Maryland, College Park. While at USDA, Lillian developed code in IBM 370 Assembler, Fortran, and C. She served 30 years as a Database Administrator and Systems Administrator of numerous servers. She developed and maintained both the phenotypic and genomic editing systems. Lillian was honored with NDHIA Outstanding Service Award in 2010 and USDA-ARS Superior Effort Technology Transfer Award in 2000 (photo).
Projects & Publications
Constructed ID's: Eliminating Pedigree Dead Ends
Knowing an animal’s ancestry several generations back is certainly the goal for breeders; however, there are instances where animals have a gap in their pedigree. To fill in more pedigree gaps, CDCB is implementing a new solution starting in February 2023.
Bayesian parentage discovery revisited for dairy cattle applications
Genetics Selection Evolution, 2020 (pending)
Discovering ancestors and connecting relatives in large genomic databases
Journal of Dairy Science, 2019
Enhancements to U.S. genetic and genomic evaluations in 2018 and 2019
Interbull Bulletin, 2020
Methods for discovering and validating relationships among genotyped animals
Interbull Bulletin, 2018
Confirmation and discovery of maternal grandsires and great-grandsires in dairy cattle
Journal of Dairy Science, 2013
Maternal grandsire confirmation and discovery in dairy cattle
Journal of Animal Science, 2012
Selection and management of DNA markers for use in genomic evaluation
Journal of Dairy Science, 2010