We are excited to announce a 3-week short-course, Programming and computer algorithms in animal breeding with a focus on single-step GBLUP and reality of genomic selection, from May 7th to May 25th, 2018 at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
This course will cover the programming in Fortran 95/2003 (week 1), computing algorithms in animal breeding & introduction to BLUPF90 family programs (week 2), and basics & applications of single-step genomic BLUP (week3). You can partially attend the course. This course is aimed at graduate students and professionals who are familiar with mixed models and quantitative genetics (animal breeding). Experience with Linux/Unix tools is desired, but not necessary. Applications close on April 6th, 2018. Applications closed.
See our wiki page for details of the content, applications, fee, location, accommodation, transportation, and contact information. Further details and updates may be announced in the wiki in the near future.
➡ EDIT on March 9th: The course is nearly full. Only a few spots are available. Please immediately apply for it if you are interested in the course but you have not done yet. We may close the application soon.
➡ EDIT on March 16th: As of March 16th, all new applications will be put on a waiting list.
➡ EDIT on April 7th: We closed the application.