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Professor and Chairholder Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, with a strong focus on genomic prediction

Joined January 2016
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RT @JuliaHoglundBio: thank you team #wur_abg and Wageningen for a great week at #ICQG7 and to the organisers @icqg2024 . maybe see you 2028….
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#Congratulations👏🐮| Mario Calus is appointed the new professor of Animal Breeding and Genomics! In his research, he wants to focus more on the genetics of wild animal species, contributing to the preservation of biodiversity!➡️
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RT @RenzoBonifazi: 📢 We're looking for a PhD candidate to work with us on a new exciting project for beef cattle international evaluations:….
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Congratulations to Dries Hulst (and his supervisors Mart de Jong & Piter Bijma) for the successful completion of his PhD thesis (see title in the picture) on the interface between animal breeding and quantitative epidemiology! #wur_abg #QVE @WURanimal
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Congrats to @JaniVos who just successfully defended her PhD thesis, which was part of the @GeneSwitch project. #wur_abg @WURanimal
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RT @ayerslucas4: Matchmaking for zoo animals via @WUR @BosseMirte @RotterdamZoo #wur_abg.
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RT @rfveerkamp: #wur_abg strategic day with all of us. Topics of 100 PhD thesis over the past 7 years. Nice divers contribution to many rel….
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RT @EAAPofficial: 📣GENE-SWitCH Final Conference!.The final conference @GeneSwitch will be held in Brussels 🇧🇪 from 6 to 8 November 2023 at….
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Mario Calus
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Interested in the purebred-crossbred genetic correlation in poultry? Check out our latest review paper in @journal_animal. @pascalduenk2 @YWientjes #JoasBos #wur_abg @WURanimal @Breed4Food.
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WUR onderzoeker Bart Ducro: ‘Toename inteeltpercentage per generatie is soort barometer’ via @RoyalFriesian #wur_abg @WURanimal.
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RT @WUR: #Animals🐑| Sick animals behave differently from healthy ones. But how can you monitor animals’ behaviour during infectious disease….
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Wageningen U&R
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#Organoids 🧫 | Lab-grown mini-organs could replace lab animals in studies. But first, we have to make sure that the organoids resemble the natural tissue closely. How? ➡️
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Sophie Mattalia presents @RUMIGENH2020 results indicating different thresholds for onset of heat stress in different cattle populations in Europe. Likely explanations: differences in management and adaptation of the cows. @eaap2023Lyon
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.@brunoCPrz showed with @GeneSwitch results that using methylation from the same tissue (as weights in the model) can improve prediction of gene expression in pigs. @eaap2023Lyon @BetterBreeding
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RT @RenzoBonifazi: Jack Windig presenting results on 5 local breeds (from NL, FRA, NOR) for genetic diversity before/after introduction of….
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RT @OxfordJournals: .@GeneticsGSA invites authors to contribute brief investigations, short-format papers of <3,000 words. This is the perf….
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I'm at the annual meeting of @GeronimoH2020 one of the @EuroFaang project. Check out the video aiming to explain the @EuroFaang activities to a broad audience here:
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RT @Marta_Godia: **PERMANENT** researcher position at #wur_abg group in the molecular genomics team in @WUR @WURanimal!. We are looking for….
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Mario Calus
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New study on (genomic) relatedness between red-pied cattle breeds. Work led by Helene Wilmot during her stay in Wageningen. @nicogengler Tom Druet, Ina Hulsegge, @AgroBioTech @UniversiteLiege #wur_abg @WURanimal.
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