Learn more about the OPTIBOV consortium partners.
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Head of the team: Prof. Juha Kantanen
Research institute: National Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)
Field of research: Animal genetic resources/animal genomics
Email: juha.kantanen@luke.fi
Team members
Heli Lindeberg (Senior scientist, DVM, reproductive biology)
Kisun Phharel (Research scientist, bioinformatics and genomics)
Tiina Reilas (Senior scientist, DVM, reproductive biology)
Melak Weldenegodguad (Research scientist, bioinformatics and genomics)
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Coordinator/head of the team: Dr. Richard Crooijmans
Research institute: Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
Field of research: Animal breeding and genomics
Email: richard.crooijmans@wur.nl
Funding agency: NWO
Team members
Dr. Rayner Gonzalez Prendes (Post doc)
Bert Dibbits (Lab technician)
Junxin Gao (PhD student)
Ying Liu (PhD student)
Fenna van der Poel (Website manager)
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Head of the team: Catarina Ginja
Research institute: CIBIO/InBIO, University of Porto
Field of research: Animal breeding and genomics
Email: catarinaginja@cibio.up.pt
Funding agency: National Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Team members
Rute Fonseca (Associate professor, University of Copenhagen)
Ana Elisabete Pires (Post doc)
Silvia Chiarelli (Post doc)
Daniel Gaspar (PhD student)
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Head of the team: Dr. Nasser Ghanem
Research institute: Cairo University
Field of research: Reproductive biology
Email: nassergo@agr.cu.edu.eg
Funding agency: Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF)
Team members
Dr. Nadia Faheem (Post doc)
Dr. Mohamed Ali (Post doc)
Dr. Hamdy Abd El-Shafy (Post doc)
Dr. Ahmed Abd Elsamad (Post doc)
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Head of the team: Dr. Donald R. Kugonza
Research institute: Makere University (MAK)
Field of research: Animal breeding and genetics
Email: donkugonza@ceas.mak.ac.ug
Funding agency: Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MoSTI)
Team members
Prof. Morris Agaba (Senior scientist in the field of animal genetics and genomics)
Dr. Francis Mugisha (Scientist in the field of veterinary health)
Henry Magala (PhD student)
Robert Natumanya (PhD student in the field of reproductive technology)
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Head of the team: Dr. Linky Makhahlela
Research institute: Agricultural Research Council South Africa
Email: mmakhahlela@arc.agric.za
Funding agency: National Research Foundation (NRF)
Team members
Dr. Avashoni Zwane (Researcher)
Khanyisani Nxumalo (PhD student)