This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 772787.
The Climate Action Award: another SMARTER synergies!
Another good news related to the synergies that SMARTER is causing in Uruguay. An Uruguayan Merino farmer Gabriela Bordabehere (from La Soledad farm) and Gucci received The Climate Action Award at Milan Fashion Week SS2023. Gabriela´s farm together with other sheep producers are part of Nativa Regenerative Agriculture program (from Chargeurs Luxury Materials and Lanas Trinidad), in partnership with Gucci and supported […]
Breaking News !! SMARTER goes to Qatar to play the 2022 football world cup !!
The Uruguayan national team will dress men suits made of superfine wool from Uruguayan producers with whom INIA worked for more than 20 years. The idea was proposed during the Uruguayan SMARTER Round Table held on 21-22 April 2022 organized by INIA. A great collateral effect of SMARTER project. So let’s go Celeste!
Post-doctoral position at INRAE!
A Post-doctoral position on epigenetic footprints of environmental changes and epigenetic inheritance is available within the European project GEroNIMO. The position is full time for 3 years and based in Toulouse, France. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary environment of geneticists, bioinformaticians and biostatisticians. Deadline: 1st October 2022. For more information and application read […]
Our farewell to Carole
We are deeply saddened to announce that Carole Moreno Romieux passed away recently. On behalf of GenPhySE colleagues, the SMARTER project and all those who knew her, we would like to express our deepest condolences to her husband and two daughters. Carole was a brilliant researcher, recognized by her peers around the world, and appreciated […]
SMARTER Fourth Annual Meeting!
León, Spain 18-19 May 2022 SMARTER has held its fourth annual meeting between the 18th and 19th May 2022. This was the second in person meeting which the SMARTER project has done since the first one in Edinburgh. This is great as past meetings had to be done online due to the ongoing sanitary situation. […]
Winners of the best communication activity award SMARTER project!
Smarter team is happy to announce the winners of the Best communication activity award within the project: Gabriel Ciappesoni from INYA-UY, winner of the first prize, for his outstanding efficiency; Jean-Michel Astruc from Institut de L’elevage (IDELE); Jette Jacobsen from Norwegian Association of Sheep and Goat Breeders (NSG). Congratulations to all! (from left to right: […]
SAVE THE DATE: Conference “Shaping the future of Livestock farming through research” – 13 June 2022
As part of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the French ministry of Agriculture and Food is organising the conference “Shaping the future of Livestock farming through research” which will be held on 13th June 2022 (9am -6pm) online and at the Maison de la RATP in Paris. The event can […]
Job offer Postdoc researcher at INRAE!
INRAE is looking for a postdoc researcher to work on the evaluation of genetic trade-offs in sheep based on a mathematical model during 18 months. The position is located at INRAE Toulouse, France and could start from June 2022. Deadline for application: 15 May 2022. For further information and application read the job vacancy.
Roundtable in Switzerland!
A roundtable will be organised at 30 April in Switzerland. The location is on a Lacaune dairy farm who contributed phenotypes to the project, and is located in central Switzerland (Entlebuch). The event will be exclusively organised for SMARTER. Short presentations for each point will be made to allow a longer discussion after each point. […]
The 6th SMARTER newsletter is now available!
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