The Division of Quantitative Biology focuses on understanding genetic adaptations and developing new methods to improve animal health based upon this knowledge. Sustainable Agriculture Our research focuses on understanding genetic adaptations in livestock, improving reproductive success and health in sheep, enhancing skeletal health in hens, and developing methods for optimising breeding programs and reducing harmful livestock behaviour. Infectious Diseases The Division of Quantitative Biology develops models to estimate livestock genetic resilience to infectious pathogens, studying the impact of vaccination on pathogen spread, and predicting the success of novel technologies like gene editing for disease control in farm animals. Enhancing Health The Division is using genomic data to improve breeding and management of livestock and companion animals, investigating genetic factors affecting satiety in broiler breeders, and developing AI/ML methods for smart animal breeding and health monitoring. HTML Learn more about our Challenge Themes Sustainable Agriculture Infectious Diseases Enhancing Health Global genomics and animal breeding group Led by Professor Georgios Banos, the group research is focused on the development and application of computational and statistical methods for the analysis of large farm animal data in order to unravel the genetic background of economically important traits, using also biomarkers as predictors of animal health, fitness, longevity, robustness and welfare. Highlander Lab We are a group of curious and motivated colleagues interested in managing and improving populations using data science, genetics, and breeding. Population and quantitative genetics of domesticated animals We are interested in population and quantitative genetics of domesticated animals such as livestock and pets. Quantitative genetics of complex traits We are a group of interdisciplinary scientists from all fields, including biologists, engineers, physicists and mathematicians. We have one thing in common: our desire to understand how our genotype leads to our phenotype. Our staff Division of Quantitative Biology staff This article was published on 2024-09-02
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