Statistician at AgResearch.
Dunedin City, New Zealand
Joined March 2018
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Timothy Bilton retweeted
A new publication by Tim Bilton et al. outlines how sheep rumen microbial profiles can serve as a proxy trait to predict breeding values for methane emissions in industry genetic evaluations. gsejournal.biomedcentral.com…
Timothy Bilton retweeted
Brilliant to see further recognition for the world-leading research by our Low Methane Sheep Genetics Programme - the team have tonight won the @BallanceNZ Science and Research Award at the 2023 @BeefLambNZ Awards! 🏆👏🐑🧬🔬
We are looking for a summer intern to work on a project on accelerometer data from sheep. The project would suit a stats/data science student with skills/interest in machine learning.
Applications close 27th of August.
yourcareer.agresearch.co.nz/…
Timothy Bilton retweeted
A big congrats to our own Ken Dodds, named a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics at its conference in Perth last night - for his outstanding contributions to the science of genetics and animal improvement #AAABG 🔬👏
Timothy Bilton retweeted
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
@mcewanjc @triciaj77 @KathrynMMcRae gsejournal.biomedcentral.com…
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@SuzanneRowe101 leading the way presenting at #AAABG on the new @AgResearchNEWS Cattle PAC chambers designed to measure methane emissions in cattle for use in breeding programmes. @mcewanjc
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Ken's been recognised for developing and applying statistical methods for genetic data analysis that have allowed low-cost genotyping for livestock breeding. Throughout his career, he has been a global leader in developing and combining new statistical tools with genetic analysis
ALT Ken Dodds with his family at the Research Honours Aotearoa
Timothy Bilton retweeted
New preprint from @MelHess4 Metagenome profiles were generated by RE-RRS of 4,479 rumen samples collected from 1,708 sheep....The abundances of some genera were consistently heritable and repeatable across different environments. researchsquare.com/article/r…
Timothy Bilton retweeted
Come and join us at the University of Otago!
Lecturer in Statistics (two positions available) otago.taleo.net/careersectio…
Timothy Bilton retweeted
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.…
AgResearch is hiring for a Postdoc in Statistical/Quantitative Genetics. A 2 yr position working with our world class Animal Genomics team.
Closing date: 4th Sept 2022. Apply at yourcareer.agresearch.co.nz/…
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Timothy Bilton retweeted
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/…
Timothy Bilton retweeted
Today we celebrated the life of our colleague Sheryl-Anne Newman, a humble person who made an amazing contribution to the genetic progress of the NZ sheep industry. Active till her untimely passing we will take forward her work with her passion & integrity in our heart & minds.
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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.
Timothy Bilton retweeted
📰📢: Genomic Tools for the Identification of Loci Associated with Facial Eczema (FE) in New Zealand Sheep out now in @Genes_MDPI mdpi.com/1295140
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Several of us (@JenniferMandel @kheyduk @JasonWilliamsNY @schwessinger @NnaemekaNnadi @LabSpiritu) have started work to make this conference happen, but first we'd like to gauge community interest. If you want more info or might be interested, let us know: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Please join us for the Plants And Genomes (PAG, but better) *virtual* meeting in January. Because who needs animals? And who needs a positive COVID test coming out of winter break? @JenniferMandel @jrossibarra @PeterLMorrell @kheyduk @mrmckain @BarkerLab @aeharkess
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Are you a tertiary student in New Zealand? Looking for a paid summer project in Genomics? Come and join AgResearch 👇
yourcareer.agresearch.co.nz/…
@AgResearchNEWS
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/….
Timothy Bilton retweeted
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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Some awesome #internships at AgResearch available this summer, in centres around New Zealand and paying the living wage ($22.75/hr)! Opportunities available from November 2021 to February 2022 in a range of science areas. Find out more and apply at: bit.ly/38OLNQg
