NMBU TenureTrack in phenomics leading the PhenotypeForge. Focused on aquaculture & livestock, breeding & genetics ๐๐๐. Fascinated with nature.Views my own.
Joined February 2018
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๐ฃ ELIXIR is offering an 8-week summer student placement! The student will work with the ELIXIR Website, Comms and Technical teams to improve ELIXIR website and related digital services.
Apply by 3 May ๐ loom.ly/s_fcJD4
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Gareth Difford ๐ณ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง retweeted
Feb 25
Two post-doc post in ARG space and loads of internal and external collaboration
Postdoctoral Research Associate in quantitative genomics
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in quantitative genetics and breeding
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/โฆ
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๐ข Training on โGenome & Epigenome Enabled Breeding in Practiceโ ๐๏ธ 3โ4 March 2026 ๐Wageningen Campus online ๐ฅ Only 40 spots (priority on-site)
Perfect for animal breeding practitioners, PhD students, postdocs & researchers! For more geronimo-h2020.eu/finaltrainโฆ
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Gareth Difford ๐ณ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง retweeted
28 Oct 2025
Bring on the bots! ๐ฅ๏ธ HoloSimR allows the user to explore the effect of the microbiota on the phenotypic response to selection and the effects of the environment, host genetics and symbiosis between microbial species on the composition of the microbiota.
doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf371
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28 Oct 2025
In #G3journal, @HelleBaalsrud et al. show massive genomic rearrangements and low conservation in how Mucor circinelloides fungi strains regulate genes under calcium stress, suggesting why they produce oils & pigments differently. buff.ly/viA5rIy
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Gareth Difford ๐ณ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง retweeted
27 Oct 2025
Wooden Barrel Tapping
๐Munich, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
German Beers: tasteatlas.com/best-rated-beโฆ
In Bavaria, beer is often served straight from traditional wooden barrels. The tapping of a fresh keg, called Anstich, is a celebrated moment in Munichโs beer halls, especially when itโs Augustiner, one of the cityโs oldest breweries.
Credits: @bierbruder
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Gareth Difford ๐ณ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง retweeted
19 Oct 2025
Borgund Stave Church in Norway was built sometime between 1180 and 1250 AD.
It's part of of a group of medieval churches almost only present in Scandinavia, built with wood only and without using a single nail
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Privileged to welcome this year's in take of talented #EMABG students to the gorgeous @UniNMBU campus for the start of their masters in animal biodiversity & genomics ๐งฌ๐๐๐๐๐
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8 Jun 2025
A new national record for a Savanna goat ram was set when Lot 13 was sold for R400 000 at the Royal Genetics 2nd Production Sale. The ram was sold by Maize Valley Boerbok ,Kalahari Red and Savanna Stud to Lennon Nkosi from Mbombela, Mpumalanga: bit.ly/43KftKp
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Are you our new colleague ๐?
We have an available position as #AssociateProfessor in #QuantitativeGenetics of #sustainable #cattle #breeding ๐๐ฎ๐งฌ
Application deadline is 9 June 2025โ
Read more and apply here:
tech.au.dk/en/about-the-facuโฆ
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Gareth Difford ๐ณ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง retweeted
14 Apr 2025
This has to be the most chaotic thing Iโve ever seen.
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Paid PhD position announcement ๐ข @UniNMBU. Looking at genetics of nitrogen efficiency in Norwegian Reds๐๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ด๐งฌ deadline โ ๏ธ๐ May 1st jobbnorge.no/en/available-joโฆ
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๐ฃ Training course in computational genetics for plant biologists, a co-organised course by QGG and @Recrop22157, a COST Action Network, 21-22 May 2025 ๐งฌ๐ฑ
Read more and sign up here: recrop-cost.com/NewsAndActivโฆ
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Gareth Difford ๐ณ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง retweeted
8 Feb 2025
Come and join us at Benchmark genetics! We are looking for a senior geneticist.
Great opportunities and challenges working with several aquaculture species worldwide.
Even better? You can choose to work from Scotland, Norway or Chile.
bmkgenetics.com/join-our-teaโฆ
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Gareth Difford ๐ณ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง retweeted
30 Dec 2024
Great news!
The #EMABG this time as European Master in Animal #Biodiversity and #Genomics was funded again by the EACEA !!!
The call for FULL scholarship applications is open until 28th Feb 2025! For details see emabg.eu
Please share this message widely.
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Gareth Difford ๐ณ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง retweeted
12 Nov 2024
We are looking for master, PhD, and postdoc individuals that would be interested by a project with fish, food-web and winter ecology project in Canada. Experience with telemetry and/or isotopes will be a great asset! If interested, DM me :)
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8 Nov 2024
September: โIโm on top of things, looking forward to a quiet end to the yearโ
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Gareth Difford ๐ณ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง retweeted
1 Nov 2024
A multi-omic approach enables the reconstruction of microbial metabolic dynamics in the salmon gut in response to feed and feed supplements ๐@SabinaLLaRosa @TRHvidsten @ThePopeLab @shashankguptapn
doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-0โฆ
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