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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 How to subscribe 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)
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