New study on (genomic) relatedness between red-pied cattle breeds. Work led by Helene Wilmot during her stay in Wageningen. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Nicolas Gengler Tom Druet, Ina Hulsegge, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Université de Liège #wur_abg WUR Animal Sciences

**PERMANENT** researcher position at #wur_abg group in the molecular genomics team in Wageningen U&R WUR Animal Sciences! We are looking for a scientist with a PhD & experience in aquaculture 🐟🐠🦐 breeding, funtional genomics or conservation genomics.

I'm at the annual meeting of GEroNIMO (Epi)Genome enabled monogastric breeding one of the EuroFAANG project. Check out the video aiming to explain the EuroFAANG activities to a broad audience here: youtu.be/fg-t3S0YdOU

.Genetics Society of America invites authors to contribute brief investigations, short-format papers of <3,000 words. This is the perfect way to showcase a concise set of experimental or theoretical results. Learn more on brief investigations here: academic.oup.com/genetics/pages…

Jack Windig presenting results on 5 local breeds (from NL, FRA, NOR) for genetic diversity before/after introduction of GS. Take-home message: local breeds genetic management plays an important role in mantaining genetic diversity in local breeds RUMIGEN Lyon EAAP

.Bruno Perez showed with GENE-SWitCH results that using methylation from the same tissue (as weights in the model) can improve prediction of gene expression in pigs. Lyon EAAP Hendrix Genetics

Sophie Mattalia presents RUMIGEN results indicating different thresholds for onset of heat stress in different cattle populations in Europe. Likely explanations: differences in management and adaptation of the cows. Lyon EAAP

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#Animals🐑| Sick animals behave differently from healthy ones. But how can you monitor animals’ behaviour during infectious disease trials without having to keep watch over them around the clock? Harmen Doekes and his colleagues have found a solution!👉bit.ly/3ZkB9KA

WUR onderzoeker Bart Ducro: ‘Toename inteeltpercentage per generatie is soort barometer’ phryso.com/wur-onderzoeke… via KFPS Royal Friesian #wur_abg WUR Animal Sciences

Interested in the purebred-crossbred genetic correlation in poultry? Check out our latest review paper in Animal Journal. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Pascal Duenk Yvonne Wientjes #JoasBos #wur_abg WUR Animal Sciences Breed4Food

📣GENE-SWitCH Final Conference! The final conference GENE-SWitCH will be held in Brussels 🇧🇪 from 6 to 8 November 2023 at the University Foundation. The conference is a hybrid event Draft agenda and the link to register are available here👇 gene-switch.eu/final-conferen…

#wur_abg strategic day with all of us. Topics of 100 PhD thesis over the past 7 years. Nice divers contribution to many relevant topics!

Matchmaking for zoo animals wur.nl/en/value-creat… via Wageningen U&R Mirte Bosse Diergaarde Blijdorp #wur_abg

Congrats to Jani de Vos 🦊 who just successfully defended her PhD thesis, which was part of the GENE-SWitCH project. #wur_abg WUR Animal Sciences

Congratulations to Dries Hulst (and his supervisors Mart de Jong & Piter Bijma) for the successful completion of his PhD thesis (see title in the picture) on the interface between animal breeding and quantitative epidemiology! #wur_abg #QVE WUR Animal Sciences

📢 We're looking for a PhD candidate to work with us on a new exciting project for beef cattle international evaluations: a collaboration with private partners & Dutch Ministry of Agriculture Vandenplas Jérémie Roel Veerkamp 🔍 info & application Wageningen U&R #wur_abg wur.nl/en/vacancy/phd…

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thank you team #wur_abg and Wageningen for a great week at #ICQG7 and to the organisers ICQG2024 maybe see you 2028 in Århus, Denmark 🧬 💪 (yuqis photo)