NMBU TenureTrack in phenomics leading the PhenotypeForge. Focused on aquaculture & livestock, breeding & genetics 🐟🐑🐄. Fascinated with nature.Views my own.
Ås, Norway
Joined February 2018
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Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
Are you our new colleague?
We have an available position as #PostdoctoralResearcher in #ComparativeGenomics and #MachineLearning for #PlantBiology 🧬🌱💻
Application deadline is 12 October 2026 (23.59 CEST) ✅
Read more and apply here 👉tech.au.dk/en/about-the-facu…
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
BREEDING LEANER SALMON COULD PAY OFF FOR THE INDUSTRY A new study from @nofima shows that #salmon can be bred to use feed more efficiently. Calculations suggest that this could save the Norwegian #salmon industry more than €100 million a year. @UK_NSC fishfocus.co.uk/breeding-lea…
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
🔐 Secure access to sensitive genomic data is critical for healthcare research & #PersonalisedMedicine. ELIXIR helps make this possible by contributing to the development of Federated EGA: data stays local but can be used globally 🌍.
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Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
📣 ELIXIR is offering an 8-week summer student placement! The student will work with the ELIXIR Website, Comms and Technical teams to improve ELIXIR website and related digital services.
Apply by 3 May 👉 loom.ly/s_fcJD4
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
Two post-doc post in ARG space and loads of internal and external collaboration
Postdoctoral Research Associate in quantitative genomics
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in quantitative genetics and breeding
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Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
📢 Training on “Genome & Epigenome Enabled Breeding in Practice” 🗓️ 3–4 March 2026 📍Wageningen Campus + online 👥 Only 40 spots (priority on-site)
Perfect for animal breeding practitioners, PhD students, postdocs & researchers! For more geronimo-h2020.eu/finaltrain…
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
Bring on the bots! 🖥️ HoloSimR allows the user to explore the effect of the microbiota on the phenotypic response to selection and the effects of the environment, host genetics and symbiosis between microbial species on the composition of the microbiota.
doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf371
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
In #G3journal, @HelleBaalsrud et al. show massive genomic rearrangements and low conservation in how Mucor circinelloides fungi strains regulate genes under calcium stress, suggesting why they produce oils & pigments differently. buff.ly/viA5rIy
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
Wooden Barrel Tapping
📍Munich, Germany 🇩🇪
German Beers: tasteatlas.com/best-rated-be…
In Bavaria, beer is often served straight from traditional wooden barrels. The tapping of a fresh keg, called Anstich, is a celebrated moment in Munich’s beer halls, especially when it’s Augustiner, one of the city’s oldest breweries.
Credits: @bierbruder
Privileged to welcome this year's in take of talented #EMABG students to the gorgeous @UniNMBU campus for the start of their masters in animal biodiversity & genomics 🧬🐏🐟🐄🐖🎓
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
A new national record for a Savanna goat ram was set when Lot 13 was sold for R400 000 at the Royal Genetics 2nd Production Sale. The ram was sold by Maize Valley Boerbok ,Kalahari Red and Savanna Stud to Lennon Nkosi from Mbombela, Mpumalanga: bit.ly/43KftKp
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
Are you our new colleague 👀?
We have an available position as #AssociateProfessor in #QuantitativeGenetics of #sustainable #cattle #breeding 🐄🐮🧬
Application deadline is 9 June 2025❗
Read more and apply here:
tech.au.dk/en/about-the-facu…
Paid PhD position announcement 📢 @UniNMBU. Looking at genetics of nitrogen efficiency in Norwegian Reds🐂🌱🥛🇳🇴🧬 deadline ⚠️🗓 May 1st jobbnorge.no/en/available-jo…
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
📣 Training course in computational genetics for plant biologists, a co-organised course by QGG and @Recrop22157, a COST Action Network, 21-22 May 2025 🧬🌱
Read more and sign up here: recrop-cost.com/NewsAndActiv…
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
Come and join us at Benchmark genetics! We are looking for a senior geneticist.
Great opportunities and challenges working with several aquaculture species worldwide.
Even better? You can choose to work from Scotland, Norway or Chile.
bmkgenetics.com/join-our-tea…
Gareth Difford 🇳🇴🇿🇦🇬🇧 retweeted
Great news!
The #EMABG this time as European Master in Animal #Biodiversity and #Genomics was funded again by the EACEA !!!
The call for FULL scholarship applications is open until 28th Feb 2025! For details see emabg.eu
Please share this message widely.
