Excited to announce our latest paper describing ~4500 sheep rumen metagenome profiles has been published! This shows RE-RRS is a powerful & cost-effective tool for metagenome profiling of thousands of samples. @mcewanjc @SuzanneRowe101 bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.co…
Our cool paper combining host genetics and microbiome/metagenome profiles for prediction of methane and other traits in sheep is out now in GSE 🎉 @SuzanneRowe101
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Just finished my first day as a Bioinformatics Scientist at the University of Nevada, Reno! I'm looking forward to all the exciting projects I'll get to work on 🎉
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The @AgResearchNEWS Animal Genomics team is recruiting a Quantitative Geneticist with a passion for our pastoral primary industry, based at our Invermay campus. More information👇🏻yourcareer.agresearch.co.nz/…
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Microbiomes are predictive of ruminant methane and feed efficiency and can be used to boost genomic predictions - our latest paper is on research square @grasstogas @nzagrc @GRA_GHG @AgResearchNEWS @MelHess4 @mcewanjc @triciaj77 researchsquare.com/article/r…
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Breeding for lower methane yields does not negatively affect meat quality or carcass traits. Low-emitting animals may even have greater economic value through higher dressing-out rates, decreased fat, and increased meat yields. frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Really great to see our underpinning work on the impact of breeding for lowered methane emissions in New Zealand sheep being published in this special edition. @AgResearchNEWS @nzagrc @pggrc_nz @GRA_GHG @grasstogas
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Anyone off to wcgalp.com who is interested in this meeting needs to get in quick
The draft agenda has been released for the upcoming ASGGN meeting. Its an exciting line-up. Register quickly as there are limited spaces left. You can check it out here.... asggn.org/asggn-meeting-at-w…
Our latest paper evaluating low-cost rumen sample preservation methods with RE-RRS has just been published in Animal Microbiome 🎉 @SuzanneRowe101 @mcewanjc animalmicrobiome.biomedcentr…
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Sampling & DNA extraction of rumen microbiome samples & comparing results between experiments is fraught. This paper identifies low-cost alternatives which cause minimal change to the estimated microbial composition. Congrats: Juliana, Mel & Tim. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Excited to start my new position of Research Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln!
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How long we have lived, and our biological age, can differ based on stresses we have faced & changes in our DNA. Our scientists have applied this concept to livestock to see what it could offer in selection for productive traits 🐑🐄🦌🧬🕰️
Read more at: farmersweekly.co.nz/s/fw-art…
So lucky to have been part of this amazing team and doing such exciting research for my Postdoc at AgResearch ❤️
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Post Doctoral Scientist - Animal Genomics yourcareer.agresearch.co.nz/…
AgResearch is looking for an enthusiastic post-doctoral scientist to work on an industry aligned project developing statistical tools for use in the improvement of the design and running of breeding programs.
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Any students looking for some paid research work over the summer? Applications for a summer project at @AgResearchNEWS titled "Predicting Methane Emission in Livestock Animals from Rumen Microbiome Data" are open. Closing data is 19 Sept 2021.
See yourcareer.agresearch.co.nz/….
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Spring lambs have greeted our colleagues returning to work at Level 2 at our Invermay campus and research farm (not a lot of social distancing evident here though😉); thanks to @KathrynMMcRae for📸
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For those sheep and goat researchers that missed the combined ISGC and IGGC virtual conference in June 2021: the program, abstracts, and talks are now available at sheephapmap.org/ISGCIGGCvirt…
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If you missed our recent State of Science webinar on breeding low-methane cattle, you can listen to a recording here: nzagrc.org.nz/state-of-scien…
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This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a great team and see research end to end from conception to implementation. Hugely satisfying and rewarding long term position for the right candidate. International applicants welcome. We are happy to wait for the right candidate!
Quantitative Geneticist to join our multidisciplinary Animal Genomics team, AgResearch, NZ. Have a passion for the livestock industry and implementing R&D into the pastoral sector? closing date extended 7 Feb 2021 tinyurl.com/y54cutrp
