Research on managing and improving populations at @RoslinInstitute & @TheDickVet. Led by the chief Highlander @GregorGorjanc. https://bsky.app/profile/highlanderlab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlanderlab.bsky.social/post/3lfw5ewir7c27HighlanderLab at PopGroup58 in Sheffield! It’s always interesting to attend the highly diverse set of talks and posters on population genetics and associated fields at the PopGroup conference. This year it was hosted by the University of Sheffield. We contributed with two talks and four posters.17 Jan 2025 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:5k5wmvxrxpec7ur2qelv6b2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfw5ewir7c27https://bsky.app/profile/highlanderlab.bsky.social/post/3kl6z6fpndp2bWe just completed Armidale Genetics Summer Course on “Theory and Tools for Designing Breeding Programs of Animals and Plants”. jvanderw.une.edu.au/aabc2024.htm12 Feb 2024 04:33 +0000at://did:plc:5k5wmvxrxpec7ur2qelv6b2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3kl6z6fpndp2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlanderlab.bsky.social/post/3kkfnozends2pNew pre-print: "A framework for simulating GxE interaction using multiplicative models" by Jon Bancic, @gregorgorjanc.bsky.social and Daniel Tolhurst . https://researchsquare.com/article/rs-3855188/v102 Feb 2024 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:5k5wmvxrxpec7ur2qelv6b2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkfnozends2phttps://bsky.app/profile/highlanderlab.bsky.social/post/3kipjyqbrle2vWe welcome Alex Lipka for a sabbatical at our lab at Roslin Institute. He took an obligatory photo with the founder of our vet school:)11 Jan 2024 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:5k5wmvxrxpec7ur2qelv6b2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3kipjyqbrle2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlanderlab.bsky.social/post/3khtybrc7ou2vNew pre-print: “Plant breeding simulations with AlphaSimR” led by Jon Bancic in collaboration with Philip Greenspoon, Chris Gaynor, and @gregorgorjanc.bsky.social https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.30.573724v1 A short thread with highlights.31 Dec 2023 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:5k5wmvxrxpec7ur2qelv6b2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3khtybrc7ou2v