Forgot to give this a shout out: Are SNPs Linked to Somatic Cell Score Suitable Markers for the Susceptibility to Specific Mastitis Pathogens in Holstein Cows? #mastitis #breeding onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

More than 40% of postdoctoral researchers leave academia, according to a study of some 45,500 researchers’ careers go.nature.com/40o25Kq

**Job Vacancy** we are looking for Post-doctoral Research Scientist. Collaborative project with The Pirbright Institute on the development of a subunit vaccine to control Haemonchus contortus in sheep. Salary £32,604 - £35,000 DOE Apply by 17/2/25 moredun.org.uk/careers/post-d…

My first📦R package, labradoR, is now out! 🐕 labradoR simplifies handling and post-processing outputs from the Retriever software, designed for population structure, inbreeding, and kinship analysis. Check it out here: github.com/bonifazi/labra… #rstats #R #DataScience

Excited to see Elena Bernabeu's DNAm study of alcohol consumption published in Clinical Epigenetics. …lepigeneticsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Findings include the development of an EpiScore that generalises well across cohorts and assocs with brain health where self-report alcohol doesn't!

The National Hill Sheep Conference takes place on Wednesday, 19 February at 7pm in the Park Hotel, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Speakers on the night include representatives from Teagasc, SRUC & Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. View the agenda on teagasc.ie/sheepcon25 TeagascSheep Teagasc Kilkenny/Waterford

My lab is hiring a core scientist to lead bioinformatics analytics, exploring large human-animal interface datasetsand mentoring five AMR-focused PhDs students(elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…). A PhD & Postdoc position on Cardano Community Blockchain traceability will also be advertised soon.

** Job vacancy** The Grass Sickness Fund are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced administrator. Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 (DOE) Closing date: 21/03/2025 Full details & application form moredun.org.uk/careers/equine… #TogetherWeCanTackleGrassSickness

Major QTLs are rare..in our recently published paper, we utilised multi-omics tools to identify, refine and characterise the causal mechanisms for VNN resistance in European seabass Ross Houston Diego Robledo Costas Tsigenopoulos The Roslin Institute bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10…

Our Communications Biology #bovineTB #eQTL #TWAS #OneHealth paper on #WorldTBDay. Excellent #ComputationalGenomics work by John Francis O' Grady & collaborators The Roslin Institute, ETH Zurich. Support Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Research Ireland, One Health Research, UCD Conway Institute, UCD School Ag & Food, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine nature.com/articles/s4200…

New publication: Integrative genomics sheds light on the immunogenetics of tuberculosis in cattle The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies The Roslin Institute James Prendergast Valentina Riggio Emily Clark Read more here: doi.org/10.1038/s42003…

Thrilled to share that the pilot ChickenGTEx resource is online at Nature Genetics now ⁦Nature Genetics⁩ . Congratulations to all the collaborators. Looking forward to more scientific outcomes from the FarmGTEx. nature.com/articles/s4158…

The debate around the cost versus additional benefit of using selected versus random SNPs in genomic selection has been extensively investigated in this article by Setegn Alemu and co-workers. Best milking cow from 100 years ago. link.springer.com/article/10.118…

A single-locus quantitative genetic model incorporating DNA methylation. L Ayres, H Bovenhuis, MPL Calus (2025). Journal of Theoretical Biology, 607:112110. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #QuantitativeGenetics #GenomicPrediction #epigenetics #DNAmethylation #wur_abg #GEroNIMO

SAVE THE DATE - TechCare Final Conference! at the University Foundation, Brussels on 17th-18th June 2025! If anyone would like to attend, either online or in person, then please register using the following link techcare-project.eu

Please share: Registration is now open for EUCARPIA Biometrics in Plant Breeding 2025 highlanderlab.github.io/EUCARPIA2025Bi…