Our group organized together with the SABRE EU project (FP7) an industrial workshop which was dedicated to genomic selection and was organized for local stake holders in farm animal industry, governmental institutions and breeding associations. The two day workshop offered an informative overview on genomic selection concepts and software tools which support data managing and estimation of breeding values.
F.18 Transfer of new know-how to direct users (seminars, fora, conferences)
COBISS.SI-ID: 2741128Zois Award has been presented to Dr. Simon Horvat for outstanding achievements in the field of animal genetics in the period of the last seven years. Ministry of Higher education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia
E.01 National awards
Obesity in humans has increased at an alarming rate over the past two decades and has become one of the leading public health problems worldwide. Studies have revealed a large number of genes/markers that are associated with obesity and/or obesity-related phenotypes, indicating an urgent need to develop a central database for helping the community understand the genetic complexity of obesity. In the present study, we collected a total of 1.736 obesity associated loci and created a freely available obesity database, including 1,515 protein-coding genes and 221 microRNAs (miRNA) collected from four mammalian species: human, cattle, rat and mouse. These loci were integrated as orthologs on comparative genomic views in human, cattle, and mouse. The database and genomic views are freely available online at: http://www.integratomics-time.com/fat_deposition. Bioinformatics analyses of the collected data revealed some potential novel obesity related molecular markers which represent focal points for testing more targeted hypotheses and designing experiments for further studies. We belive that this centralized database on obesity and adipogenesis will facilitate development of comparative systems biology approaches to address this important health issue in human and their potential applications in animals.
F.15 Development of a new information system/databases
COBISS.SI-ID: 3014280The online platform IntegratomicsTime (http://www.integratomicstime. com/) was established and offers data collections and bioinformatics tools for researchers working on epigenetic regulation of the genome. The database and tools are freely available and offer user-friendly environment for bioinformatics analysis.
F.16 Improvements to an existing information system/databases
COBISS.SI-ID: 3012488Peter Dovc is since 1998 member of the Editorial board and referee for the Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, which ranks amont upper 25% of journals in the field of animal genetics.
C.06 Editorial board membership