Alireza Ehsani

TRAIN@Ed Fellow

 Moved to a post-doc position at the SRUC (UK)

Alireza

 

Research at the Highlander Lab

My main research is on data-driven breeding of resource-efficient cattle.

Goals:

  • Assess how resources for phenotyping feed intake should be optimally spent in a dairy breeding programme

  • Design strategies to use additional phenotypes in genomic prediction for feed efficient cattle

  • Develop a simulation of a national dairy breeding programme as a testbed for evaluating phenotyping and other strategies.

Background

Before my current position in the Highlander Lab with Dr Gregor Gorjanc, I have been in animal science and animal breeding since high school and I got my PhD in genetics from Aarhus University in Denmark. Since then, I have been working at the Tarbiat Modares University in Iran as an assistant professor, involved in genome-wide association analyses and genomic selection of livestock. I have a diverse knowledge in quantitative genetics and data analysis using different statistical software.

I am specifically interested in:

  • Genomic selection and application of genomic data in livestock breeding programs
  • Use of big data and bioinformatics tools to improve breeding and selection
  • Solving problems in livestock breeding systems to better feed the world.
        

Programming language and software:

  • R scripting and programming                                                   
  • Linux, Unix bash scripting
  • MS packages
  • BLUPF90                                                                            
  • Plink
  • GS3 

 

Hobbies and personal interests

Hiking, ping pong, fitness, bowling.

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