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14 September 2023

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Can RNA therapy help get rid of SARS-CoV-2 during respiratory infection?

Two INRAE teams (Jouy-en-Josas) and a laboratory in Santiago, Chili, are sharing their expertise in RNA virology and molecular biology to conceive via bioinformatics a series of antisense oligonucleotides that by linking specifically to key regions of the SARS-CoV-2 viral genome, allow their destruction and therefore block viral multiplication.
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14 September 2023

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The study of mitochondrial sequences integrated in the bovine nuclear genome

Nuclear copies of mitochondrial DNA (NUMT) have already been described in several species. Dominique Rocha of the G2B team and his partners ientified and analyzed 166 bovine NUMTof a total length of 430 kpb, representing approximately 0,02% of the nuclear genome of cattle. Their studies were published in Scientific Reports.
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14 September 2023

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Urgent, the CRB-Anim infrastructure is hiring a computer scientist for its information systems.

The person hired will work with the head of the CRB-Anim infrastructure and the @BRIDGe Biological Resources Center. He/She will interact with teams contributing to CRB-Anim and with the computer scientists of the national (RARe, PNDB, IFB), or European infrastructures (EBI) implicated in the management of biological samples.
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17 October 2023

Redaction: Comité d'organisation - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams

Global Health Seminar and arising risks. Impact of climate and anthropic changes

The objective of this seminar is to treat the health challenges associated with arising risks generated by climate and anthropic changes by decompartmentalizing disciplinary approaches. Experts will speak on climate, the consequences of global changes and the urgency of finding ways to act.
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14 September 2023

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Anna-Charlotte Doublet will defend her PhD dissertation on Thursday, December 10

"Genetic diversity in the genomic era: evolution of inbreeding and its consequences in three French dairy cattle breeds"
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14 September 2023

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Identification of candidate genes implicated in paratuberculosis resistance in cattle

Paratuberculosis is a contagious and incurable disease of ruminants caused by Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis.Genetics can help control the disease.
Crédits M.P. Sanchez INRA
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14 September 2023

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The French Association for Animal Production (AFZ) attributed Marie-Pierre Sanchez from GABI with its 2019 Doctoral Award

Every year the AFZ recognizes a young scientist for his/her doctral studies defended recently in a field pertaining to the Animal Sciences.
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14 September 2023

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Omega-Truite: an FEAMP Project

Selection to improve n-3 polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid content by Raman spectroscopy in rainbow trout
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09 October 2023

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BioGerm : FEAMP Project

Innovative production of monosexual populations without exogenous hormones in important aquaculture species and high-throughput development of cryoconservation of germinal stem cells and sperm.
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14 September 2023

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GENE-SWitCH: The regulatory GENomE of SWine and CHicken: functional annotation during development

The GENE-SWitCH project is aimed at providing new fundamental knowledge on genome function of two main monogastric livestock specieas (pig and chicken) through the production of functional annotations, which will be immediately transferable to the porcine and poultry sectors.
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14 September 2023

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GenTORE : GENomic management Tools to Optimize Resilience and Efficiency.

The objective of GenTORE is to develop innovative tools for genomic selection and management in order to optimize the resilience and efficacy of cattle in different environments. These tools, including genetic and non-genetic variables, will be applied throughout the all chains of bovine production systems (dairy, beef and mixed). They will increase the economic, environmental and social viability of European production chains of dairy and beaf cattle.
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09 October 2023

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BovReg - Identification of functionally active genomic features relevant to phenotypic diversity and plasticity in cattle.

The scientific project is focused on "Identification of functionally active genomic features relevant to phenotypic diversity and plasticity in cattle."
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09 October 2023

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AquaIMPACT : Genomic and Nutritional Innovations for Genetically Superior Farmed Fish.

AquaIMPACT is a new Horizon 2020 project coordinated by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), which integrates breeding and nutrition of fish in order to increase European aquaculture competitiveness of Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, royal sea bream and European sea bass.
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09 October 2023

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AQUAEXCEL2020: AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020

AQUAEXCEL2020 is a European infrastructure project financed by the European Commission as part of its Horizon 2020 project. It comprises 22 partner institues that work towards advanced integration and standardization of tools for aquaculture research in Europe. AQUAEXCEL aims to promote their use and coordinate their development.
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09 October 2023

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Mapping of domestic animal genomes made in France

Genome mapping of an economically important species means establishing the role of the different elements of the genome. This functional mapping will then provide a better understanding of the relationship of genes and phentoypes (1). INRAE scientists launched the French pilot project FR-AgENCODE in order to enrich genome mapping of four livestock species (cow, chicken, goat and pig). The results of this work, published on December 30, 2019 in BMC Biology, improve knowledge on the functionning of genomes of these species, contributing to the internationally fixed objectives of FAANG (« Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes ») (2).
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14 September 2023

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A new research highlight: "Genetic determinism for cheese-making ability of milk."

Prediction equations for cheese-making abilities using Middle-Infrared spectra of milk were developed and applied to several million spectra in the Monbeliard bovine breed. A genetic analysis shows that coagulation parameters and yield are heritable. An association analysis on the whole genome sequence level identified 59 QTL and a network of 736 co-regulated genes.
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14 September 2023

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Dissertation Defense of Audrey Hulot

Audrey Hulot defended her dissertation on November 23: "Omics data analysis: clustering and network inference"
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14 September 2023

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Study of allele-specific expression in cattle

Genetic variants can modulate gene expression and therefore they can potentially alter phenotypes.
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14 September 2023

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RumimiR : a database including all bovine, caprine and ovine microRNA

The massive use of high-throughput sequencing techniqus has generated a large quantity of data. Many publications have described several hundreds of microRNA sequences. We created a new database, RumimiR, containing a detailed description of microRNA in bovines, caprines and ovines.
@INRAE
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14 September 2023

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Impact of genomic selection on genetic diversity in dairy cattle

The arrival of genomic selection in the important dairy cattle breeds has considerably modified selection programs but its impact on genetic diversity was still unknown. This study presents an assessment of the evolution of genetic diversity before and after genomic selection established in the Montbeliard, Normandy and Holstein breeds.
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14 September 2023

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Are there limits to selection : a look at poultry

Poultry selection has led to extreme phenotypes. The evolution of the domestic chicken from the jungle chicken has led to raising questions on the limits of selection.