Feed-a-Gene Newsletter #2
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Welcome to the second Feed-a-Gene newsletter
We are proud to present the second newsletter of the Feed-a-Gene project funded through the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Commission. As we have just finished our second year of the project, we are now at “cruising altitude”. This newsletter summarizes the first – and already significant – results obtained so far, as they were presented at our 2nd Annual meeting held on 26-27 April in Lleida, Spain. A dedicated full-day Feed-a-Gene session will be organized on Wednesday 30 August at the annual EAAP meeting in Tallinn, Estonia. Many Feed-a-Gene communications will be presented there as oral or poster presentations and there will be ample time for interactions with stakeholders. If you plan to attend the EAAP this year, please do not miss our session! We hope that this newsletter will give you a good idea of the progress made in the past two years.
Jaap van Milgen (INRA), Feed-a-Gene project coordinator
Second Feed-a-Gene Annual meeting, Lleida, Spain
The second annual meeting of the Feed-a-Gene project took place on 26-27 April 2017 in Lleida, Spain (Catalonia). It was hosted by Universitat de Lleida, one of the project partners. The meeting was attended by 72 people. The 2-day meeting was the occasion for Feed-a-Gene partners to communicate on the progress made so far and to discuss about the state of advancement and future of the project. Attendees appreciated the excellent organization of the meeting by Dr. Jesús Pomar and his team at Universitat de Lleida. Feed-a-Gene project coordinator Jaap van Milgen (INRA) and project manager Vincent Troillard (INRA Transfert) would like to thank all people at Universitat de Lleida who made this meeting possible and enjoyable.
Progress reports for the Feed-a-Gene project
Much progress has been made in the second year of the Feed-a-Gene project. Click on the following links to read the progress reports for each work package.
- Alternative feed ingredients and real-time characterisation (WP1)
- Identification of feed efficiency traits related to individual diversity (WP2)
- Modelling feed use mechanisms and animal response to nutrient supply and environmental challenges (WP3)
- Management systems for precision feeding to increase resilience to fluctuating environments (WP4)
- Use of new traits in animal selection (WP5)
- Sustainability assessment of production systems (WP6)
- Dissemination, training and technology transfer (WP7)
Lightweight implementation of data management for scientific research projects
During the 2nd annual meeting, Dr François Moreews (INRA) presented the ISA model for managing manage life science, environmental and biomedical experiments, and the SEEK platform, a web-based platform for sharing heterogeneous scientific datasets, models or simulations, processes and research outcomes.
Video: precision feeding system for pigs
Jesús Haro presented the precision feeding system for pigs developed through Feed-a-Gene by Universitat de Lleida and Exafan. The video is now available on Feed-a-Gene's YouTube channel.
Upcoming events
Feed-a-Gene researchers will present communications in the following congresses in 2017.
- XVII Jornadas sobre producción animal, 30-31 May 2017, Zaragoza, Spain
- EAAP 2017, 28 August to 1 September 2017, Tallinn, Estonia. A full-day session will be dedicated to Feed-a-Gene on 30 August. This session will include 20 communications and posters and 2 panels for stakeholders
- 8th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, 12-14 September 2017, Nantes, France
- 11th International Veterinary Behaviour Meeting, 14-16 September 2017, Samorin, Slovakia
