A number of activities, improvements, and positive changes are underway within the society, and a brief summary is outlined below.

• A new constitution to underpin governance of the society;
• Results from the Future of ISAG survey;
• Update on progress to our 2019 conference in Spain;
• New TPS access to Animal Genetics and all its content;
• New privacy policies for ISAG (according to the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR)
• Minutes of the 2018 GBM.

The ISAG Standing Committees will offer comparison tests for the period of 2015 – 2016. Below is a list of tests being offered.

Please visit the comparison test application forms page to submit your application.

Applied Genetics of Companion Animals Committee
- International Domestic Cat DNA Typing Comparison Test
- International Dog DNA Typing Comparison Test

Camelid Genetics and Genomics (Proposed Name: Applied Genetics and Genomics in Other Species of Economic Interest)
- International Dromedary STR DNA Typing Comparison Test
- International Alpaca/llama STR DNA Typing Comparison Test
- International Pigeon STR DNA Typing Comparison Test

Cattle Molecular Markers and Parentage Testing Committee
- International Bovine STR and SNP DNA Typing Comparison Test

Applied Genetics in Sheep and Goats Committee
- International Domestic Goat STR DNA Typing Comparison Test
- International Domestic Sheep DNA Typing Comparison Test

Equine Genetics and Thoroughbred Parentage Testing Standardization Committee
- International Horse DNA Typing Comparison Test

Pig Genetics and Genomics Committee
No comparison test for pigs will be offered during 2015-2016. The next test will be organized during 2016-2017.

Notice regarding the 2015 - 2016 comparison tests (all participants):
Please e-mail a scanned copy of the signed Policy Governing the Conduct of ISAG Comparison Tests (CT) for Animal DNA Testing document to the ISAG secretary Ingrid Olsaker and to the ISAG Executive Assistant Jeremy Holzner when it is ready. In addition, please bring the signed original hard copy to the ISAG conference in Salt Lake City, UT and hand it in to an ISAG board member. (If no one from your institution is able to come to the conference we will provide an address for mailing of the original hard copy.)

A note to Institutional Members:

Our duty labs are currently busy working on the 2011/2012 comparison tests. As we look to 2012, we want to remind all institutional members who participated in these comparison tests that they need to renew their membership in 2012 in order to receive the final results and certificates. Similarly, we’d like to remind all institutions wishing to participate in the 2013/2014 comparison tests that they have to register in both 2013 and 2014 to be eligible for participation in these tests. Remember, ISAG memberships need to be maintained on an annual basis and paid before or on January 1 of each year. Comparison test announcements will only be sent to registered members of the society.