This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 772787.
UNILEON video to present SMARTER project!
Within the framework of the European Researchers’ Night (24 September 2021) and the Science Week (November 2021), with the aim of bringing research and researchers closer to the public and increasing the interest of young people in science, UNILEON prepared a video to present the SMARTER project. This video was the basis for an interactive event with secondary […]
PhD studentship available at SRUC!
A PhD studentship on genetic determination of sow aggressive behaviour is available at SRUC. This 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by EASTBIO BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership. This opportunity is open to UK and International students and provides funding to cover stipend and UK level tuition (limited funding is available to provide […]
SMARTER Third Annual Meeting!
SMARTER has held the third annual meeting from 11th to 22nd of October 2021, once again by video conference because of the COVID crisis. The agenda for the remote SMARTER included 3-hours meetings per WPs with 17 to 56 participants each. The meeting gave an overview of the great work achieved during the third year […]
Job offer at INRAE!
INRAE is opening a temporary European project manager position, initial duration is 12 months, possible extension of 6 months. The project manager will act in support of the project coordinator for the monitoring, coordination and animation of the SMARTER project. Occasionally she/he can provide support to another European project coordinated by the same unit (GEroNIMO: […]
WCGALP 2022: Call for papers, deadline 12th January 2022!
The WCGALP 2022 will be held in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) on 3rd – 8th July! The call for papers is already open and the deadline is 12th January 2022! The WCGALP Ovine and Caprine (sheep and goats!) organising committee invite you to submit genetic and genomic papers on the topics listed below: 1. Meat and […]
The 5th SMARTER newsletter is now available!
The 5th SMARTER newsletter is now available! Enjoy your reading at: https://bit.ly/3kNUmSj For receiving the future issues please sign up here.
Replacement leadership SMARTER project
Because of sudden and severe health problems, Carole Moreno was obliged to withdraw from the leadership of SMARTER. Rachel Rupp (WP3 leader), who is working in the same INRAE lab will take the lead until she comes back. Carole wishes us to carry on united and as enthusiastic as ever and assures us that she […]
PhD students in SMARTER project: Marie Ithurbide
Marie became a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2020 at the national veterinary school of Toulouse (ENVT). She completed an M1 in public health at Paul Sabatier University then an M2 in tropical animal disease management (GIMAT) co-supervised by ENVT and CIRAD. This double course allowed her to acquire a transversal knowledge of animal health, […]
Stakeholders’ activities
– by C. Mosconi In 2021, the dissemination activities for stakeholders will be focused on the ten National Round Tables to be organized in the second part of the year and the first part of 2022. Moreover, during the ICAR Annual Conference a Smarter session was held. The ten National Round Tables (NRTs) The programme […]
International genetic evaluation: a questionnaire to assess the willingness of sheep and goat breeders and organisations in participating in a future routine evaluation
– by J.M. Astruc Work package 6 is dedicated to the development and implementation of practical selection tools to achieve the overarching objective of SMARTER (develop novel and collaborative strategies to improve the resilience and efficiency of the sheep and goat sectors), especially through harmonisation and international cooperation. In order to propose an organisation and […]