Europe and Abroad

The GEroNIMO project is organizing a hackathon on the contribution of new genomic technologies (NGT) to the sustainable and efficient production of pigs and chickens with high biodiversity and good animal welfare. ARE YOU A STUDENT? PARTICIPATE!

The kick-off meeting for the H2020 RUMIGEN Project included 60 participants. The RUMIGEN Project is aimed at improving genomic selection in cattle (Holstein and other breeds), using three levers in animal biology: quantitative genetics, new technologies for targeted genome modificaiton (GE : Genome Editing), and epigenetics. Three SAPS units are implicated in this project: UMR BREED, GABI and VIM.

The kick-off of the H2020 SCALA-MEDI project included 17 European partners for the launching of this project whose objective is the improvement of the sustainability and the quality of ovine and poultry production via the development of the adaptation potential of local breeds in the MEDIterranean area.

Within the framework of the European Horizon 2020 program, teams from the Genetics Physiology and Farming Systems Unit (GenPhySE) of the Occitanie-Toulouse INRAE research center and GABI have been awarded 7 million euros over five years for the GEroNIMO project (Genome and Epigenome eNabled breedIng in MOnogastrics). This Europe-wide multi-actor participative project began in June 2021. It will promote studies on ways to improve genetic selection in animal breeding and to conserve genetic and epigenetic diversity, in order to provide new knowledge and perspectives to stakeholders, while taking into account current issues associated with sustainable development.

Where do your sea products come from? In Europe, 75% of these products are imported. It therefore seems important to guarantee a sustainable growth for aquaculture in Europe. Such is the mission of the H2020 AQUAEXCEL project, which began in 2011. Today it evolves to a third edition: AQUAEXCEL3.0.