Genesis Faraday News

PRRS workshop sponsored by Genesis Faraday

A EuroPRRSNet workshop, with the title "Combating PRRS in Europe" was held in Brussels on 24-25 July 2008, with Genesis Faraday, BBSRC and Epizine sponsorship.  The workshop was attended by invited scientists from academia and industry from the UK, Europe and the United States.  The main topics of interest were:  How is PRRSV diversity evolving in Europe? How can we control PRRS?  The outcomes of this workshop are now available.
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Principles of Genetic Improvement (PGI) CD ROM now available


PGI is adapted from the “Principles of Genetic Improvement” module taught by research staff in the Animal Breeding and Development team of the Sustainable Livestock Systems Group of SAC and senior research staff from the Roslin Institute in the University of Edinburgh’s MSc in Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis.
The PGI course aims to increase the skill level of those working in animal breeding and animal health industries in quantitative genetic theory and genome analysis at MSc-level as applied to livestock improvement.
This self-paced and self-assessed programme gives people in the industry, who may not have the time available to study, the opportunity to fill knowledge gaps, get acquainted with up to date approaches and cover the subject comprehensively.
The PGI CD ROM is now available for ordering via the website www.pgi-portal.com or by emailing info@genesis-faraday.org.
 
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Innovative Europe-wide Animal Genomics Project Makes Major Livestock Breeding Progress

Just half way into its four-year programme and the most innovative pan-European animal genomics research project ever undertaken is making major strides in developing breeding strategies for more economically and environmentally sustainable livestock production systems.

The integrated Cutting Edge Genomics for Sustainable Animal Breeding (SABRE) project co-ordinated by the Scottish-based Genesis Faraday Partnership has brought together almost 200 scientists from 14 countries in 12 integrated work programmes supported by the EU Sixth Research Framework Programme.

These are designed to harness key areas of emerging genomic and epigenetic science to achieve practical progress in livestock breeding to improve animal health and welfare, reduce chemical and energy inputs, minimise livestock waste and pollution, and maximise food safety and quality throughout Europe.
 
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Proceedings of the workshop on the potential of livestock genetics, genomics and breeding to reduce Methane and Nitrogen

Genesis Faraday held a Defra sponsored workshop 8th November 2007, with the aim of exploring the potential for livestock breeding, genetics and genomics to contribute reducing methane and Nitrogen compounds from the most relevant livestock systems in the UK. Invited speakers explored several topics that are likely to play an important role in the emissions and which should be well understood and targeted to mitigate emissions and to adapt our livestock systems to the future environments.  These presentations will be made available in the "Downloads" section of this website as permission is obtained from the speakers (please click here - login is required).  Focus group meetings were held on 9th November 2007, following on from the workshop, to discuss the priority research areas to reduce N and C emissions from livestock.

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Proceedings of the symposium on High throughput genotyping, numerical genomics and quantitative genetics in farm animals

 
 
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