Large-scale methane measurements on individual ruminants for genetic evaluations
Meetings
METHAGENE Training School in Umeå, Sweden.
From June 19-21, 18 trainees were trained in “Breeding for complex traits”. Complex traits are generally traits that are expensive and/or difficult to record on a large scale. Mostly these traits are multi-factorial and many biological processes are lying underneath.Read more➾
April 24 and 25: Experts of Working Group 4 meet in Madrid, Spain, to discuss possible breeding goal for methane emissions
March 13 and 14: Experts of Working Group 2 meet in Billund, Denmark, to discuss ways to combine measurements with different equipments
The second Expert group meeting of the Methagene WG2 on comparison of methods for measuring methane was held in Billund (DK) on 13 and 14 March 2017. Nine experts from different countries, which are all members of the METHAGENE consortium, attended the meeting. Read more➾
METHAGENE Awareness meeting - Gembloux Belgium
The METHAGENE consortium includes many experts from different fields. During the discussion we had in the past years of METHAGENE we noticed that sometimes different terms are used in different fields for the same meaning, or opposite, that different meanings are given to the same word in different fields.
An Awareness-meeting was held in Gembloux, Belgium, on January 31st and February 1st. Read more➾
Methagene Training School 2016
Methagene training school on rumen microbial ecosystem. Dates: 11 to 14th of September 2016, Porto, Portugal. Read more➾
METHAGENE Expert Working Group, Edinburgh 2016.
Earlier this year experts within the METHAGENE Cost-Action group were invited to Edinburgh for a three day workshop to discuss breeding for methane reduction by Eileen Wall, professor at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and coordinator for working group 4. Read more➾
METHAGENE Expert group meeting on “Comparison of methods for measuring methane”.
The Expert group meeting of the Methagene WG2 on comparison of methods for measuring methane was held in Nottingham (UK) on 19 and 20 January 2016. Read more➾
METHAGENE Expert group meeting on “Proxies for methane” – 2nd Round
A second round of METHAGENE expert group meeting on proxies for methane was held at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) in Jokioinen on 07 and 08 January 2016. Read more➾
Annual METHAGENE Workshop - Wageningen, NL
From October 7 to 9, 2015, 58 researchers from across Europe came together during the METHAGENE workshop to connect their work related to measuring and analysing large scale individual methane emissions, and to discuss next steps. The meeting took place in Wageningen, the Netherlands. Read more➾
METHAGENE Training school held in Poznan, Poland
A successful METHAGENE training school on “large-scale methane data handling, analyses and interpretation” was held in Poznan, Poland, from September 23 to 25, 2015. 22 Trainees participated actively in the course. There were trainees from 15 countries; The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, UK, Slovakia, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, and Canada. Read more➾
Climate smart cattle farming and breeding
On August 31st 2015 a full day seminar was organised on Climate Smart Cattle Farming and Breeding at the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Animal Production (EAAP). METHAGENE and RuminOmics were in charge of this day, together with the Cattle Commission of EAAP. Read more➾
Joint Networks workshop held in Reading, UK
Research networks related to the reduction of methane emissions held a joint workshop at the University of Reading, United Kingdom, on 26th June 2015. The objectives were to improve communication and collaboration amongst the networks and explore interdisciplinary approaches for tackling greenhouse gas emissions from animal agriculture. Read more➾
Successful METHAGENE Expert group meeting on proxies for methane
The Expert group meeting of the Methagene WG3 on proxies for methane emissions was successfully held in Catania (Italy) on April 23-24 2015. The two-day meeting took place in the premises of the University of Catania: attendees were nine experts from research & teaching institutes from all over Europe. Read more➾
Another step forward in understanding differences in methane emissions at METHAGENE Workshop. (5-7 nov 2014)
The METHAGENE network is one step further in understanding the differences in methane emissions by ruminants. ~50 researchers from across Europe came together during the METHAGENE Workshop to connect their work and discuss next steps. The meeting took place in the beginning of November in Granada, Spain. Read more➾
Course on "Methagene Physiology and Modelling for geneticists" (30 sept-2 okt 2014)
A METHAGENE Training School on “Methane physiology for geneticists” was held at Dummerstorf. Read more➾
Start up meeting METHAGENE (8 may 2014)
On May 8th 2014, the start-up meeting for the COST Action METHAGENE was held at Schiphol Airport, the Netherlands. 44 participants from 20 countries joined this meeting. Read more➾
Kick off meeting (10 december 2013)
The COST Action FA1302 on the Large-scale individual methane measurements was launched the 10 December 2013 in Brussels (Belgium) Read more➾
 COST is supported by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020 |
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