Date of PhD defence: 17 September 2019
Thesis title: Identification of causal factors for recessive lethals in dairy cattle with special focus on large chromosomal deletions
The PhD degree was completed at the Centre of Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science and Technology, Aarhus University and Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology, AgroParisTech/INRA, France.
Date for PhD defence: 14 December 2018
Project title: Fine mapping and genomic prediction for detailed milk composition
Grum's PhD degree was completed at the Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (QGG), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science and Technology, Aarhus University, and Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Date for PhD defence: 23 October 2018
Project title: Improvement of genetic evaluation and detection of quantitative trait loci for female fertility traits in dairy cattle.
Aoxing's PhD degree is completed at the Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (QGG), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science and Technology, Aarhus University and National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University.
Date for PhD defence: 19 October 2018
Project title: Use of large-scale cow genotyping to dissect dairy complex traits beyond additive effects.
Andrew's PhD degree is completed at the Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (QGG), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science and Technology, Aarhus University and the GABI unit at AgroParisTech and INRA, France.
Date of PhD defence: 16 March 2018
Project title: Genetic Analysis and Prediction of Complex Traits in Drosophila melanogaster.
Fabio completed his PhD studies at North Carolina State University under the mentorship of Dr. Trudy Mackay, in collaboration with Drs. Peter Sørensen and Daniel Sorensen from the Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (QGG) at Aarhus University. As part of this collaboration, Fabio spent a total of 5 months at QGG/GenSAP.
Date of PhD defence: 19 December 2017
Project title: Exploiting whole genome sequence variants in cattle breeding: Unraveling the distribution of genetic variants and role of rare variants in genomic evaluation
Qianqian holds an EGS-ABG double degree, obtained in a collaboration between Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics at Aarhus University and Wageningen University (Holland) under the European Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate program EGS-ABG (European Graduate School in Animal Breeding and Genetics).
Date of PhD defence: 12 December 2017
Project title: Dissecting the genetic variation of schizophrenia and ADHD using an integrative genomic approach
Palle's PhD degree is completed at the Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (QGG), Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University.
Date of PhD defence: 8 September 2017
Thesis title: Combined purebred and crossbred information for genomic evaluation in pigs
Tao Xiang holds a double degree, obtained in collaboration with Paris AgroTech (INRA) under the European Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate program EGS-ABG (European Graduate School in Animal Breeding and Genetics).
Date of PhD defence: 8 June 2017
Thesis title: Fine mapping of mastitis resistance and milk production QTL in Bos taurus and Bos indicus data
Julia Gazzoni Jardim obtained her PhD degree at Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Date of PhD defence: 23 May 2017
Thesis title: Genomic feature model analysis of complex traits in diary cattle
Lingzhao Fang holds a double PhD degree, obtained in collaboration with China Agricultural University.
Date of PhD defence: 4 May 2017
Thesis title: Initiating Genomic Selection in Tetraploid Potato
Date of PhD defence: 17 November 2016
Thesis title: Studies on selection signatures in the genome of domestic animals.
Minhui Chen holds a double degree, obtained in collaboration with China Agricultural University.
Date of PhD defence: 30 November 2015
Thesis title: Methods to improve genomic prediction and GWAS using combined Holstein populations
Xiujin holds a double degree, obtained in collaboration with China Agricultural University.
Date of PhD defence: 7 September 2015
Thesis title: The use of whole sequence data for genomic selection in dairy cattle
Irene van den Berg holds a double degree, obtained in collaboration with AgroParisTech under the European Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate program EGS-ABG (European Graduate School in Animal Breeding and Genetics).
