The Unit of Animal Genomics (UAG) searches candidates (with or without PhD
thesis) to join a multidisciplinary team on a two year project funded by
the Walloon region in collaboration with the Walloon Breeders Association.
The objective of the project is to prepare Genomic Selection in Belgian
Blue beef cattle. Genomic Selection is used to predict breeding values for
important traits such as growth, carcass quality, etc. based on
approximately 60000 SNP. These predictions are then used for selection
purposes. For this project, approximately 300 young bulls from an
experimental station will be genotyped per year. Several phenotypes such as
growth, feed intake, conformation, and carcass are recorded at the
experimental station. It is planned to add more phenotypes to the
experiment. The project involves collaboration with the experimental
station for phenotype recording, genotyping and statistical analyses of the
experiment.
The UAG
(http://www.fmv.ulg.ac.be/genmol/Department/Molecular_Genetics/Molecular_Ge
netics.htm) is part of the Faculty of Veterinary Medecine (University of
Liege) and is localized in the GIGA (http://www.giga.ulg.ac.be) in the
Sart-Tilman.
Candidates can send their CV to Tom Druet (tom.druet@ulg.ac.be / +32 4 366
91 72) and Michel Georges (michel.georges@ulg.ac.be). The position opens on
first October 2009.