Teaching and engagement

We are helping to design and deliver a new online postgraduate programme.  The first cohort of students begin September 2025.

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This text book is suitable for graduate and postgraduate students, researchers and lecturers of animal breeding, genetics and genomics and provides a thorough grounding in both the basics and in new developments of linear models and animal genetics. Ivan Pocrnić is a coauthor on this book and has provided all examples in R.

Linear Models for the Prediction of the Genetic Merit of Animals text book

Solved exercises in R and BLUPF90

Ivan Pocrnić is an instructor on this course which shows how to model an existing or new breeding programmes and evaluate alternative breeding scenarios.

Breeding programme modelling with AlphaSimR on edX

Ivan Pocrnić was at the University of Georgia to deliver a short course on AlphaSimR.

The Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH) hosted a capacity-building training workshop on Genomic Tools for Animal Breeding in Tropical Livestock in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where Chrissy Rochus was one of the trainers.

We hosted a two-day workshop in Edinburgh supported by funding from the British Council Going Global Partnerships programme. This was a British Council Springboard Programme for bilateral UK-France partnerships with participants from the University of Edinburgh and INRAE.

Ivan Pocrnić and Chrissy Rochus attended and presented their research on the use of genomics in small livestock populations.

An interview with Ivan on how he applies his skills to support breeders and farmers in managing their livestock, squeezing his data until it tells him what he wants to know, and the challenges and opportunities in his field.

Chrissy Rochus supports secondary school workshops organised by the Easter Bush Outreach Centre.