A 25% reduction in methane emissions from Aust livestock is the exciting goal of a $19m research collab between UNE, @MeatLivestock Australia (MLA), @NSWDPI & @AngusAustralia. UNE’s Prof @JuliusVanderWer & Assoc. Prof. @SamClark_UNE will lead 2 projects: https://t.co/V4ClWvTn4R
Happy #WorldBeeDay2020 🐝
EAAP supports sustainable livestock farming systems through scientific research and its dissemination, therefore considers WorldBeeDay a special day to acknowledge the important role of bees for the ecosystem!
Learn more at: https://t.co/9ndo8XLw4Q
This morning Zhi Loh a PhD Student gave a an interesting seminar looking at GWAS and factors that affect its power including number of generations, selection, samples size, effect size and many other factors. #GWAS#stats#scicomm#Genetics#simulation
Learning about selective sweeps and signatures of selection from Bruce Walsh @ the Armidale genetics summer course @sammyw1987 @JizzyGenetics@juliusvanderwer
The essential reference book for those with an interest in dairy genetics/genomics is “Advances in Dairy Cattle Breeding” published by @bdspublishing. It was truly a pleasure to work with the chapter contributors and @juliusvanderwer
Registration is now open for Armidale Animal Breeding Summer Course 2020
Teachers:
Professor Bruce Walsh Uni of Arizona (USA)
Dr Michael Morrissey Uni of St Andrews (UK)
Mon 3-Feb-2020 Fri 7-Feb 2020
https://t.co/9MQrcXWPAC
#scicomm@meatlivestock@UniNewEngland