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SOBcows: Breeding for organic dairy production

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A new project is set to benefit organic dairy production, partly by developing breeds of cows that are better suited to organic production and partly…

Cattle code cracked in detail

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The cattle genome has now been mapped to a hitherto unknown degree of detail. This constitutes a quantum leap for research into the history and…

Better beer with better barley

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New genetic technologies have revolutionised animal breeding. Now the same technologies and models can be used to better Danish malting barley.

Deep roots are the root of all good

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Scientists are developing deep-rooted crops for better uptake of water and nutrients. This will make the plants more robust and better able to cope…

Nordic cattle breeds to be given a genetic boost

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The relatively small population sizes of the dairy breeds Jersey and Nordic Red Cattle in the Nordic countries pose challenges in using genomic…

Food shortage can be averted

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We must use our planet’s resources better if we are to provide food enough for everyone in the future. One of the options is to use plant breeding to…

Important mutation discovered in dairy cattle

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Scientists have discovered a mutation with a built-in dilemma for dairy cattle breeders. The deleted gene sequence has a positive effect on milk yield…

DNA technology can help ensure food security

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For the past five years new genetic technology has created a revolution in Danish agriculture. Productivity has increased, cows have become healthier,…

Hadi Esfandyari awarded prize for the best poster at an international conference

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PhD student Hadi Esfandyari received the award for best poster in animal genetics at 64th Annual Meeting of EAAP of the European Association of Animal…

Milk, genes and climate in fruitful coexistence

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Emissions of harmful methane from cows are to be reduced but with no concurrent loss of milk quantity or quality. Scientists from Aarhus University…

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Event archive

International Plant & Animal Genome XXVII - San Diego, CA, USA

12 Jan
5 days, Saturday 12 January 2019, at 08:00 - 16 January

The Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG) provides a forum on recent developments and future plans for plant & animal genome projects. Consisting of…

PhD defence

14 Dec
Friday 14 December 2018, at 11:00 The Auditorium, Aarhus University Foulum (Denmark)

On Friday 14 December, Phd student at MBG-QGG Foulum, Grum Gebreyesus Teklewold, will defend his PhD thesis entitled 'Fine mapping and genomic…

6th Annual GenSAP meeting

27 Nov
2 days, Tuesday 27 November 2018, at 08:00 - 28 November

The 6th and final annual meeting in Center for Genomic Selection in ANimals and Plants will take place at Hotel and Konference Center Legoland in…

Plant Epi/genetics conference

29 Oct
3 days, Monday 29 October 2018, at 08:00 - 31 October Angers, France

The aim of this conference is to bring together experts, novices, students and breeders to exchange and discuss their latest results in the fields of…

PhD defence

26 Oct
Friday 26 October 2018, at 09:15 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, auditorium Audhumbla, VHC building.

On Friday 26 October, PhD student at MBG-QGG Foulum and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Bingjie Li, will defend her PhD thesis entitled…

PhD defence

23 Oct
Tuesday 23 October 2018, at 09:00 Meeting room 4, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, China

On Tuesday 23 October, PhD student at MBG-QGG Foulum and China Agricultural University, Aoxing Liu, will defend her thesis entitled 'Improvement of…

SEGES Pig congress 2018

23 Oct
2 days, Tuesday 23 October 2018, at 08:00 - 24 October Herning, Denmark

SEGES Svineproduktion is organising its annual meeting followed by a professional congress for approx. 2200 participants in Herning Congress Center.…

PhD defence

19 Oct
Friday 19 October 2018, at 14:00 16 rue Claude Bernard, Paris, France

On Friday 19 October PhD student at MBG-QGG Foulum, AgroParisTech and INRA, Andrew Gitahi Marete, will defend his thesis entitled 'Use of large-scale…

PhD defence

28 Sep
Friday 28 September 2018, at 12:00 The main Auditorium, AU Foulum

On Friday 28 September PhD student at MBG-QGG Foulum, Gareth Difford will defend his thesis entitled 'Genetic control of methane emissions, feed…

ELIXIR Denmark - 4th Annual Danish Bioinformatics Conference 2018

29 Aug
2 days, Wednesday 29 August 2018, at 08:00 - 30 August Odense, Denmark

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Jette Odgaard Villemoes