FACOLTÀ SCIENZE AGRARIE, ALIMENTARI E AMBIENTALI
ISTITUTO DI ZOOTECNICA
The GEN2PHEN project
GEN2PHEN is investigating the genetic basis and the
biology of i) feed efficiency; ii) stress tolerance; iii)
methane emission and iv) milk fat composition in
dairy cattle.
To accomplish these tasks it considers a set of
biomarkers
known
from
the
literature
to
be
associated to the target traits and dissects them to
assess the genomic, metagenomic, transcriptomic
and epigenomic components. The final aims of the
project are on the one side a better understanding of
the biology of the traits investigated, on the other side
Contacts
to test and optimise biomarkers and genomic tools
potentially useful in selection programs and herd
Administration
management..
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
More information on http://www.gen2phen.it
Formazione Permanente
Precision farming
for the sustainability
of dairy cattle
production
Via Emilia Parmense, 84 – 29122 Piacenza
Tel. +39 0523 599 194 – Fax +39 0523 599 195
e-mail ser.formpermanente-pc@unicatt.it
The INNOVAGEN project
The genetic improvement of livestock has been
Logistic and scientific secretariat
central to the activities of breeders associations for
Info and enquiries about procedure and booking
the last sixty years. Innovative models using genomic
Manuela Rancati
e-mail manuela.rancati@unicatt.it
information to obtain reliable breeding values have
been adopted, leading to an increased complexity
of the evaluation process but, at the same time,
Stefano Capomaccio
e-mail stefano.capomaccio@unicatt.it
improving the estimates and better responding to
the demands of farmers and the needs of the
society and markets. However, thanks to a first
Winter School 2014
project (SELMOL) the major national breeding
associations already managed to fit in the most
advanced international levels of molecular genetic
improvement. This project aims at creating an
integrated
network
of
molecular
genetic
tools
knowledge
and
to
technical
exploit
and
operational skills to answer the needs of animal
selection sector. The first aim is to validate through
an extended experimental plan the knowledge
acquired in SELMOL and to create, transfer and
update the methods of genetic improvement using
molecular information.
www.unicatt.it
www.gen2phen.it
Piacenza
3-7 February 2014
Residenza Gasparini
Via dell’Anselma 9
In collaborazione con
The Winter School 2014
Schedule
05/02/14 Morning
03/02/14 Morning
animal farming
We have the pleasure to announce the Winter School
“Precision farming for the sustainability of dairy cattle
production”. The school will be held at the “Residenza
Arrival and registration
Gasparini” of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, in
Piacenza, Italy from Monday 3rd to Friday 7th February
03/02/14 Afternoon
2014 and is open to fifty (50) international researchers.
Gen2Phen project description and
The Winter School is organized in the framework of the
general introduction
GEN2PHEN project in collaboration with the INNOVAGEN
Project and EAAP.
Lectures will be given by an international team of experts
that will describe and discuss advances in phenotyping
methods, –omic technologies and bioinformatics applied
to the investigation of dairy cow feed efficiency,
environmental impact, interaction between microbes and
the gut and stress driven metabolic diseases.
PAOLO AJMONE MARSAN
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Precision Farming
ILAN HALACHMI
Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research, Israel
Feed and Nitrogen efficiency in dairy cattle
PEKKA HUHTANEN
Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden
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04/02/14 Morning
Please visit
Stress driven metabolic diseases
www.gen2phen.it/events/winterschool2014
BRUNO STEFANON
Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
Infrared technologies for precision
GIOVANNI BITTANTE / ALESSIO CECCHINATO
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Interaction between microbes
and the gut
LORENZO MORELLI
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
05/02/14 Afternoon
The ruminal microbiome and nutrition
JOHN WALLACE
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Genomics and breeding for
sustainability traits
JOHN WILLIAMS
Parco Tecnologico Padano, Italy
06/02/14 Morning
Other Omic Tecnologies
ALESSIO VALENTINI
Scholarships
EAAP (European Federation of Animal Production) the
Winter School co-organizer, is pleased to offer four (4)
Environmental pressures generated by
dairy farming: local and global impacts
SIMONA CASTALDI
Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy
scholarships, comprehensive of subscription and lodging.
Scholarships are reserved to PhD Students and are assigned
basing on the curriculum vitae of the applicants.
Further details on scholarships page at
www.gen2phen.it/events/winterschool2014
04/02/14 Afternoon
Technologies for animal monitoring
and farm management
NADIA BOLZANI
Total Dairy Management, Italy
New phenotyping techniques
RICCARDO NEGRINI
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy
Bioinformatics and data mining
JUAN LOOR
University of Illinois, United States
06/02/14 Afternoon
Visit to CERZOO Farm
(Livestock Precision farming in collaboration
with SCR Dairy, Inc.)
07/02/14 Morning
Visit to Bianchini Dairy Farm
(Conservation Agriculture and on farm
methane measurement)