Advanced aquaculture breeding training workshop
November 6-8 2018, Montpellier
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About the workshop
Selective breeding in aquaculture is changing very rapidly. They move from simple selection for production traits like growth to selection for traits, which are more difficult to approach, e.g. disease resistance, fillet percentage and feed efficiency. Genomic resources are developed for more European species, which can be used for e.g. gene mapping and genomic selection. This new information requires improved designs of European aquaculture breeding programmes. In this aquaculture breeding training workshop, results will be presented from the EU funded FISHBOOST project on advances in these topics and the economics of breeding programmes.
Target groups are teachers and researchers in genetics and breeding, and others with basic knowledge of the principles of selective breeding. The training will finish off with a technical visit to the Ifremer experimental platform located in Palavas-les-Flots.
Selective breeding in aquaculture is changing very rapidly. They move from simple selection for production traits like growth to selection for traits, which are more difficult to approach, e.g. disease resistance, fillet percentage and feed efficiency. Genomic resources are developed for more European species, which can be used for e.g. gene mapping and genomic selection. This new information requires improved designs of European aquaculture breeding programmes. In this aquaculture breeding training workshop, results will be presented from the EU funded FISHBOOST project on advances in these topics and the economics of breeding programmes.
Target groups are teachers and researchers in genetics and breeding, and others with basic knowledge of the principles of selective breeding. The training will finish off with a technical visit to the Ifremer experimental platform located in Palavas-les-Flots.
Lecturers
Prof. Ross Houston, the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh (UK)
Prof. Theo Meuwissen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Dr Antti Kause, LUKE (Finland)
Prof. Hans Komen, Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
Dr Beatriz Villanueva, INIA (Spain)
Prof. Ross Houston, the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh (UK)
Prof. Theo Meuwissen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Dr Antti Kause, LUKE (Finland)
Prof. Hans Komen, Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
Dr Beatriz Villanueva, INIA (Spain)
Location
The workshop will be held in the hotel*** “le Clos de l’Aube Rouge ”.
The hotel can be accessed by tram in 15 mn from Montpellier train station, and is 11 km from Montpellier airport by taxi.
The workshop will be held in the hotel*** “le Clos de l’Aube Rouge ”.
The hotel can be accessed by tram in 15 mn from Montpellier train station, and is 11 km from Montpellier airport by taxi.
Preliminary program
Session 1: Genomic selection and genotyping / RAD sequencing
Session 2: Production effiency
Session 3: Disease resistance
Session 4: Breeding programs
SeSSION 5: Technical visit
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This platform is the largest research infrastructure dedicated to marineculture in France, composed of:
This platform also hosts the Ifremer laboratory “3AS” whose research focus on the interactions “animal – rearing system – environment” in a multi-disciplinary approach combining genetics, physiology, ethology, ecology, animal breeding and system engineering. With the presence on site, of researchers from two other research institutes, INRA and Cirad, the group leads the national research on marine fish culture, and on marine fish selective breeding in France. |
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Registration
To register for the workshop please fill in the form at: goo.gl/forms/WpH1VFBgX6Vz9sjq1
Applications are accepted as "First come first served', and are limited to a total of 50 attendants. The deadline for applications is Sept 15, 2018.
Please note that registration will be guaranteed only by payment done to the hotel (see details on the Google form)
To register for the workshop please fill in the form at: goo.gl/forms/WpH1VFBgX6Vz9sjq1
Applications are accepted as "First come first served', and are limited to a total of 50 attendants. The deadline for applications is Sept 15, 2018.
Please note that registration will be guaranteed only by payment done to the hotel (see details on the Google form)
