Animal Breeding and Genetics

Projects

Projects per year 1997 2006 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2025

• 37 Active
• 141 Finished

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• Active

  Towards Precision Breeding: A comprehensive framework for integrating environmental and management covariates in the genetic evaluation of commercial maize lines

  Vila I Teixidor, J. (PhD candidate), Calus, M. (Promotor), Pook, T. (Co-promotor) & Wientjes, Y. (Co-promotor)

  3/06/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Tools For a More Ethical and Sustainable Egg Industry

  Fotowatikha Someeserai, H. (PhD candidate), Crooijmans, R. (Promotor) & Madsen, O. (Co-promotor)

  15/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Nociceptor 100%
  • Pain Pathway 100%
  • Incubation 100%
  • Chick 100%
  • Male Egg 66%

• GENOPRRS: Decoding the Genomics of PRRS Host-Pathogen Interaction

  Boshove, A. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor) & Derks, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Host Pathogen Interaction 100%
  • Leukocyte 100%
  • Genomics 100%
  • Host-Pathogen Interaction 100%
  • Leukocyte Antigen 100%

• Balanced breeding program of KWPN horses

  van Schipstal, J. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor), Derks, M. (Co-promotor), Doekes, H. (Co-promotor) & Ducro, B. (Co-promotor)

  15/09/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Multi-breed multi-trait beef cattle international genomic evaluations

  Aivazidou, S. (PhD candidate), Veerkamp, R. (Promotor), Bonifazi, R. (Co-promotor) & Vandenplas, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Comparative Epigenomic Annotation of Regulatory Elements in Multiple Tissues Across 8 Vertebrate Species

  Zhuang, Z. (PhD candidate), Crooijmans, R. (Promotor) & Madsen, O. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Regulatory Element 100%
  • Farm Animal 45%
  • Genetic Conservation 18%
  • Genomics 18%
  • Genome Wide Association Study 9%

• Utilizing the full potential of crossovers in animal breeding

  Katz, O. (PhD candidate), Calus, M. (Promotor) & Wientjes, Y. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Pan-methylome Analysis Reveals the Population Domestication and Phenotypic Diversity in Pigs

  Zeng, L. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor), Derks, M. (Co-promotor) & Godia Perello, M. (Co-promotor)

  12/10/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Using functional annotations in genomic prediction

  Fu, C. (PhD candidate), Calus, M. (Promotor) & Duenk, P. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Utilizing the full potential of crossovers in animal breeding

  Jansen, A. (PhD candidate), Calus, M. (Promotor) & Wientjes, Y. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Exploring the Genetic Mechanism of Environment Adaptation Based on Genomics in Great Tit

  Zhang, Z. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor), Bosse, M. (Co-promotor) & van Oers, K. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• ConserFriesian: Genetic conservation of the Friesian horse breed

  Steensma, M. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor) & Ducro, B. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Genetic Conservation 100%
  • Horse Breed 100%
  • Genetic Divergence 100%
  • Genetic Disorder 100%
  • Friesian (Horse Breed) 100%

• Genetic background of milk composition in rare African and European cattle breeds

  Liu, Y. (PhD candidate), Bovenhuis, H. (Promotor) & Crooijmans, R. (Co-promotor)

  19/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Milk Composition 100%
  • Cattle Breed 100%
  • Genetic Background 100%
  • Breed 33%
  • Genetic Divergence 33%

• Deep phenotyping of feed efficiency in dairy cows using the mechanistic LIGAPS-dairy model.

  Adhikari, N. (PhD candidate), Veerkamp, R. (Promotor), Gredler-Grandl, B. (Co-promotor) & van der Linden, A. (Co-promotor)

  8/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Feed Efficiency 100%
  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Genetic Divergence 100%
  • Feed Intake 75%
  • Cow 75%

• Identification of unique or deleterious genetic variation across Dutch cattle breeds using whole genome sequencing data’

  Hogers, R. (PhD candidate), Crooijmans, R. (Promotor), Bosse, M. (Co-promotor) & Bouwman, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Analyses of genomic and phenotypic data of cows from different European and African local cattle breeds

  Gao, J. (PhD candidate), Crooijmans, R. (Promotor) & Bovenhuis, H. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Cattle Breed 100%
  • Cow 100%
  • Dairy Breeds 50%
  • Holstein 50%
  • Breed 50%

• Performance and robustness of tilapia-shrimp polyculture in Java

  Margarita, M. (PhD candidate), Komen, H. (Promotor), Meuwissen, M. (Promotor) & Bastiaansen, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Aquaculture System 100%
  • Polyculture 100%
  • Tilapia 100%
  • Shrimp 100%
  • Decision Making 50%

• Investigate the role of essential genes during mammalian spermiogenesis

  Kang, H. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor) & Crooijmans, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Genetic analysis of traits derived from automated tracking and behaviour detection in pigs

  Hegedüs, B. (PhD candidate), Bijma, P. (Promotor) & Bolhuis, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Synapomorphy 100%
  • Pig 100%
  • Breeding Value 66%
  • Social Network 66%
  • Image Analysis 33%

• Improving genomic prediction models

  Yang, J. (PhD candidate), Calus, M. (Promotor), Duenk, P. (Co-promotor) & Wientjes, Y. (Co-promotor)

  22/08/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Genomic prediction using epigenetic profiles

  Lima Ayres, L. (PhD candidate), Bovenhuis, H. (Promotor) & Calus, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/08/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Epigenetics 100%
  • Genomics 100%
  • Epigenomics 57%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 50%
  • Phenotypic Variation 50%

• IMAGEN – Behavioural interactions in laying hens

  Osorio Gallardo, T. (PhD candidate), Bijma, P. (Promotor) & Rodenburg, B. (Co-promotor)

  15/05/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Laying Hens 100%
  • Animal Welfare 50%
  • Cage 50%
  • Ecological Footprint 50%
  • Artificial Intelligence 50%

• Differences in feed digestibility of dairy cows

  Edens, M. (PhD candidate), Bovenhuis, H. (Promotor), Dijkstra, J. (Promotor) & Gilbert, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Cow 100%
  • Digestibility 100%
  • Feed Efficiency 50%
  • Feed Intake 50%

• Genetic differences in feed digestibility of dairy cows

  Guennoc, E. (PhD candidate), Bovenhuis, H. (Promotor) & Dijkstra, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Digestibility 100%
  • Feed Efficiency 25%
  • Dry Matter Intake 12%
  • near-Infrared Spectroscopy 12%

• Optimizing genomic breeding programs

  Niehoff, T. (PhD candidate), Calus, M. (Promotor) & ten Napel, J. (Co-promotor)

  8/11/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Breeding Value 100%
  • Animal Breeding 100%
  • Offspring 100%
  • Selection Intensity 50%
  • Quantitative Trait 50%

• On the epigenetic basis of semen traits

  da Costa Sa, P. (PhD candidate), Bovenhuis, H. (Promotor), Godia Perello, M. (Co-promotor) & Madsen, O. (Co-promotor)

  15/10/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Epigenetics 100%
  • Semen 100%
  • Phenotypic Variation 60%
  • Transcriptome 60%
  • Gene Polymorphism 20%

• Asian elephant genomics for conservation: from captivity to the wild

  Kappelhof, J. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor), Bosse, M. (Co-promotor) & Windig, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Genetics 100%
  • Genomics 100%
  • Asian Elephant 100%
  • Inbreeding 33%
  • Genetic Trait 33%

• Swimming in steady and unsteady flows: swimming performance, training effects and activity patterning in a sea cage

  Agbeti, W. (PhD candidate), Komen, H. (Promotor) & Palstra, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Unsteady Flow 100%
  • Flow Condition 100%
  • Flow Regime 50%
  • Steady Flow 25%
  • Sheltered Area 25%

• Modelling the relationship of exterior traits with metabolic and health phenotypes using image analysis and big data methods to develop automated, non-invasive phenotyping of fish

  Xue-Hijmans, Y. (PhD candidate), Komen, H. (Promotor), Bastiaansen, J. (Co-promotor) & Khan, H. A. (Other)

  1/01/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• Molecular Mechanism of Heterosis in Hybrid Layer Chickens

  Ni, A. (PhD candidate), Bovenhuis, H. (Promotor), Calus, M. (Co-promotor) & Sun, Y. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Heterosis 100%
  • Additive Effect 18%
  • Gene Expression 12%
  • Genetic Background 12%
  • Egg Laying 6%

• Impacts of Chinese-introgressed sequence on the landscape of European commercial breeds genome

  Yao, W. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor) & Madsen, O. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Breed 100%
  • Introgression 62%
  • Pig Breed 25%
  • Allele 25%
  • Landrace 12%

• Genetic diversity of black tipped reef sharks at the Maldives

  Kuguru, G. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor), Murk, T. (Promotor), Megens, H.-J. (Co-promotor) & Nijland, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/20 → …

  Project: PhD

• Discover candidate gene and non-coding RNA for meat quality trait based on integrative analysis of multiple-omics methods in pigs

  Deng, L. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor) & Madsen, O. (Other)

  1/09/20 → …

  Project: PhD

• Large scale phenotyping of individual animals with computer vision

  Doornweerd, J. E. (PhD candidate), Veerkamp, R. (Promotor), Bouwman, A. (Co-promotor), Ellen, E. (Co-promotor) & Kootstra, G. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/20 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Computer Vision 100%
  • Broiler Chicken 100%
  • Neural Network 50%
  • Case Study 50%
  • Wearable Sensor 25%

• Evaluation of estimated breeding values in a broiler breeding program

  de Hollander, C. (PhD candidate) & Calus, M. (Promotor)

  1/12/19 → …

  Project: PhD

• Three-dimensional genomic data interpretation and transcriptional regulatory element identification

  Huang, Q. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor) & Madsen, O. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/18 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Conformation 100%
  • Genomics 100%
  • Cell Line 100%
  • Binning 100%
  • Signal Processing 50%

• Quantitative genetics for hybrid diploid potato breeding.

  Korontzis, G. (PI), Maliepaard, C. (CoI), Malosetti Zunin, M. (CoI), Mulder, H. (CoI), van Eeuwijk, F. (CoI), Korontzis, G. (PhD candidate), van Eeuwijk, F. (Promotor), Malosetti Zunin, M. (Co-promotor), Maliepaard, C. (Other) & Mulder, H. (Other)

  1/03/16 → …

  Project: PhD

• Finished

  Breeding for biodiversity

  Edlinger, A. (PI), Visser, R. (Project Leader), Bourke, P. (CoPI), Bonnema, G. (CoI), Bijma, P. (CoI) & Schranz, E. (CoI)

  1/11/22 → 1/01/25

  Project: PostDoc

• Designing an implantable biosensor for real-time in vivo measurements in aquatic organisms

  Kok, B. (EngD candidate), Komen, H. (Promotor), Palstra, A. (Co-promotor) & Chang, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → 31/10/24

  Project: EngD

  • Biosensor 100%
  • Interferometer 40%
  • Mach-Zehnder Interferometer 40%
  • Polymer Brush 20%
  • Hydrogel 20%

• Multitrait selection breeding plans for honey bees (Apis Mellifera) : design and efficiency

  Kistler, T. (PhD candidate) & Bijma, P. (Promotor)

  1/01/22 → 8/04/25

  Project: PhD

  • Apis mellifera 100%
  • Inbreeding 75%
  • Honey Bees 50%
  • Breeding Plan 50%
  • Drone 50%

• DOUBLE LACTOBACILLUS STRAIN-BASED PROBIOTIC AND POSTBIOTIC IN BROILER DIET- COMPOSITION AND EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE, IMMUNITY AND HEALTH

  Jansseune, S. (PhD candidate), Hendriks, W. (Promotor), Lammers, A. (Co-promotor) & van Baal, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/21 → 1/04/25

  Project: PhD

  • Broiler 100%
  • Probiotic 100%
  • Lactobacillus 50%
  • Broiler Chicken 50%
  • Broiler Chickens 16%

• Developing sustainable breeding strategies for dairy cattle in China with emphasis on improved resilience

  Shi, R. (PhD candidate), Oosting, S. (Promotor), Ducro, B. (Co-promotor) & van der Linden, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/20 → 2/06/25

  Project: PhD

  • Greenhouse Gas 100%
  • Dairy Cattle 100%
  • Cattle Breeding 100%
  • Environmental Impact Assessment 100%
  • Environmental Consequence 100%

• Genomic Prediction for Social Traits in Poultry

  Wang, Z. (PhD candidate), Bijma, P. (Promotor) & Doekes, H. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/20 → 20/06/25

  Project: PhD

  • Genetic Improvement 100%
  • Case Study 100%
  • Environmental Factor 50%
  • Computer Vision 50%
  • Breeding Value 50%

• Reducing methane emission through animal breeding in dairy cattle

  van Breukelen, A. (PhD candidate), Veerkamp, R. (Promotor) & de Haas, Y. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/20 → 15/10/24

  Project: PhD

• Genomics applied to conservation of genetic diversity in Dutch Livestock

  Hulsegge, I. (PhD candidate), Veerkamp, R. (Promotor), Bouwman, A. (Co-promotor) & Windig, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/20 → 27/09/23

  Project: PhD

• Integrating quantitative epidemiology and quantitative genetics to enhance genetic improvement of animal health

  Hulst, D. (PhD candidate), Bijma, P. (Promotor) & de Jong, M. (Promotor)

  15/09/19 → 1/03/24

  Project: PhD

• Prospect for genomic selection of reproduction in salinity tolerant Tilapia

  Aththar, F. (PhD candidate), Komen, H. (Promotor) & Bastiaansen, J. (Co-promotor)

  12/08/19 → 2/12/24

  Project: PhD

  • Tilapia 100%
  • Marker-Assisted Selection 100%
  • Shrimp 77%
  • Brackish Water 33%
  • Salt Tolerance 22%

• Behavioural responses of bats to light intensity variation.

  Hermans, C. (PhD candidate) & Visser, M. (Promotor)

  15/07/19 → 25/06/24

  Project: PhD

  • Habitat Fragmentation 100%
  • Habitat Loss 100%
  • Water Body 100%
  • Mitigation Measure 100%
  • Dose Response 100%

• The regulatory GENomE of Swine and Chicken: functional annotation during development (GENE-SWitCH)

  de Vos, J. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor) & Madsen, O. (Co-promotor)

  1/07/19 → 18/12/23

  Project: PhD

  • Regulatory Element 100%
  • Bioinformatics 66%
  • DNA Methylation 33%

• AquaFAANG in the area of functional and comparitive genomics in fish health and immunology

  Blasweiler, A. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor), Wiegertjes, G. (Promotor) & Megens, H.-J. (Co-promotor)

  1/05/19 → 26/05/25

  Project: PhD

  • Gene Expression 100%
  • Infectious Agent 50%
  • Biological Functions 50%
  • Interferon-Stimulated Gene 50%
  • Polyploidy 50%