Functional Breeding
Our new collaborative project Efficiency analysis based on microbiome and metabolome data and modeling of acquisition and allocation in dairy cows (EMMA²) is getting underway. The project aims to develop a new efficiency breeding value for dairy cows to separately evaluate feed conversion and resource allocation...more
Molecular genetic characterization of a buck-ewe hybrid (geep), its parents and offspring...more The collaborative project "Genomic Selection for Multiple Adaptive Resistances in Rainbow Trout" (GenSmart) has been launched: The aim of the project is to introduce multiple disease resistances into commercially used rainbow trout strains...more
Our successor project QTCCm is underway. The aim of the project is the genomic analysis of the correlation and causality between quantitative traits in dairy cattle breeding, taking into account transcriptome and metabolome data. For the fifth time, the trafo:nachwuchspreis is being announced, awarding a total of €9,000 to final theses as well as work projects within a vocational context from Lower Saxony.
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We warmly welcome our new research associate, Wasiu Olawale Adu, and look forward to working with him! His skills and ideas will enrich our Aquaculture research group.
For the first time, the GWP honored outstanding theses on equine research at the German Horse Museum in Verden. We warmly congratulate our colleague Paula Reich on this special award..
We would like to sincerely thank all employees and participants for the interesting and successful Future Day on April 23rd.
Your engagement, openness to questions, and the fascinating insights into daily work life made this day a truly special experience.
We warmly congratulate our research associate Dr. Paula Reich on receiving the DGFZ Dissertation Prize 2025 for her work on genomic analysis in German warmblood horses.
There are currently exciting thesis topics available on the topic of "Genomics in Horses." --
News from our departement
Project starts
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Awarding of prizes for dissertations by the Alumni Association and the Albrecht-Thaer-Gesellschaft; application deadline: August 15, 2026.
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Announcement Young Talent Award "trafo:nachwuchspreis"
New Staff Member
Award for excellent research
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Thank you for a successful Future Day!
DGFZ Dissertation Prize 2025
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