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News archive

New visiting researcher at QGG: Sirous Eydivandi

- News for employees

Sirous will be working with Goutam Sahana, and will be here for 1 year.

New scientific assistant at QGG: Mette Dam Madsen

- News for employees

Mette Dam Madsen is employed as scientific assistant from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

New PhD student at QGG: Egill Gautason

- News for employees

Egill's supervisor is associate professor Bernt Guldbrandtsen.

New visiting PhD student at QGG: Batol Asghari Esfedan

- News for employees

Batol is a visiting student from Iran, and will be here for a year. Her supervisor is Goutam Sahana.

New master student at QGG: Md Shariful Islam

- News for employees

Sharif is a Master student in animal breeding and genetics at the University of Copenhagen, and is doing his Master thesis project with us in QGG in modelling feed efficiency complex in dairy cattle.

New scientific assistant at QGG: Bjarke Grove Poulsen

- News for employees

Bjarke will be working together with senior researcher Ole Fredslund Christensen on the project 'Estimating genetic parameters for indirect genetic effects of ADG in pigs using genomic relationship information'.

Assessment of breeding for number of living piglets day 5

- Research

As part of the agreement on research-based public sector consultancy, researchers from QGG have assessed the breeding initiatives that are to improve the survival rate of Danish piglets (article in Danish).

New visiting researcher at QGG

- News for employees

Hjalte Mann is breeding manager at AquaSearch in Billund (Denmark), and will be collaborating with Mogens Sandø Lund and Guosheng Su over the next 3 years.

New postdoc at QGG - portrait

- News for employees

Meet Coralia Manzanilla Pech, who comes from Mexico, and is employed as postdoc for 1 year. She will be working together with Jan Lassen.

New research project aims to boost the production of young sows for organic breeding

- Research

The PorganiX project will create the first, organic, core livestock of young sows, genetically selected for organic breeding goals, to produce more robust, organic pigs. The outcome of the pioneer project will be an overall lift of the organic, pig producing sector, in Denmark and internationally.

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Event archive

PhD defence

23 Oct
Friday 23 October 2020, at 13:00 Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg/online

On Friday 23 October, PhD student at Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Pernille Bjarup Hansen, is defending her PhD thesis entitled…

SEGES Annual meeting and Pig Congress

20 Oct
Tuesday 20 October 2020, at 08:00 Denmark

This year's Pig Congress will be a little different, as it will be spread out to six different cities on 20 October as the event "Science across”.

PhD defence

7 Oct
Wednesday 7 October 2020, at 09:00 Aarhus University, Foulum/online

On Wednesday 7 October, PhD student at Sejet Plant Breeding I/S and Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Charlotte Damsgård Robertsen, is…

Qualifying exam: Egill Gautason

11 Aug
Tuesday 11 August 2020, at 13:00 AU Foulum, meeting room 3

The title of the qualifying exam is Genetic diversity, inbreeding and genomic prediction accuracies of Icelandic Cattle.

ICAR 2020

28 Jun
5 days, Sunday 28 June 2020, at 08:00 - 2 July Bologna, Italy

The International Congress on Animal Reproduction (ICAR) has held a major conference every four years in many countries throughout the world. The…

ADSA - American Dairy Science Association Annual meeting

21 Jun
4 days, Sunday 21 June 2020, at 08:00 - 24 June West Palm Beach, FL, USA

The 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association is the most comprehensive dairy science meeting in the world. It is a global forum…

THE MEETING IS POSTPONED! Meeting in Foulum on Horizon Europe

16 Apr
Thursday 16 April 2020, at 10:00 Aarhus University, Foulum (meeting room M2)

On April 16 (NEW DATE TBA!), the AU Research Support Office and Central Denmark EU Office will come to Aarhus University in Foulum for an information…

SEGES Cattle Congress

24 Feb
2 days, Monday 24 February 2020, at 08:00 - 25 February Herning, Denmark

The Cattle Congress is the annual gathering for cattle farmers, researchers, decision makers and professional organisations in and around the cattle…

SEGES Plant Congress

14 Jan
2 days, Tuesday 14 January 2020, at 08:00 - 15 January Herning, Denmark

The congress on plant production, nature, environment, and management is the largest of its kind in Scandinavia.

International Plant & Animal Genome XXVIII

11 Jan
5 days, Saturday 11 January 2020, at 08:00 - 15 January San Diego, CA, USA

The Plant and Animal Genome XXVIII Conference (PAG) is designed to provide a forum on recent developments and future plans for plant and animal genome…

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Jette Odgaard Villemoes