NSCPHD1233 Combined Workshop/PhD course in genomics based breeding in forest trees
Genomics-based breeding of livestock, vegetables and other agricultural spe-cies is already an on-going and implemented discipline. Marker based breeding has particularly interesting possibilities for forest trees – especially because of the long timelines necessary to obtain phenotypic evaluation for the majority of traits in trees and the substantial costs associated with making these evalua-tions. At the same time, next generation sequencing has revolutionized the sci-ence of genetics in recent years – making the simultaneous generation and gen-otyping of tens of thousands of DNA markers a realistic opportunity, even in non-model species like trees. The combined workshop/PhD course is arranged by ADAPCAR (http://www.nordicforestresearch.org/adapcar/).
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The target groups are active forest tree breeders as well as PhD students within the area of forest genetics and related areas. The intention is that all the partici-pants get state-of-the-art knowledge about genomics-based breeding during the first day, which is the workshop for both target groups. The following days will be for the participants in the PhD course only and will be a mix of hands-on ex-ercises with computer and short introductions/presentations in relation to the topics included in the teaching.
Articles and lecture notes. All course material will be available through a re-stricted web site. |
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 7,5
- Exam Preparation
- 30
- Exercises
- 11,5
- Lectures
- 11
- Preparation
- 15
- Total
- 75,0
Jon Kehlet Hansen. via email:
jkh@life.ku.dk |
- Credit
- 3 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignment
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NSCPHD1233
- Credit
- 3 ECTS
- Level
- Ph.D.
- Duration
- 16. sept. 2013 — 19. sept. 2013
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- Ikke relevant
- Course capacity
- No limit on number of participants to the first day. Maximum number of partici-pants in the PhD course (day 2-4) is twenty.
- Study board
- Natural Sciences PhD Committee
Contracting department
- Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management
Course responsibles
- Jon Kehlet Hansen (3-797a774f78767d3d7a843d737a)
- Ole Kim Hansen (3-7e7a774f78767d3d7a843d737a)
Lecturers
The Workshop and PhD course is organised as cooperation between staff at the University of Copenhagen and guest teachers Ross Whetten and Fikret Isik from North Carolina State University.