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Gregor Gorjanc

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Gregor Gorjanc

@GregorGorjanc

Managing and improving populations using data science, genetics and breeding: @HighlanderLab, @RoslinInstitute & @TheDickVet.

Edinburgh, Scotland

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Joined November 2013

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Gregor Gorjanc
@GregorGorjanc
Nov 7, 2022
Join ~1300 students from 90+ countries to learn about modelling breeding programmes using AlphaSimR @HighlanderLab @roslininstitute @TheDickVet @GlobalAgEd @DataLabScotland @DataCapitalEd @BBSRC edin.ac/3wfGSEj
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HighlanderLab
@HighlanderLab
Jul 1, 2022
A free online course on "Breeding Programme Modelling with AlphaSimR" will launch this summer on @edXOnline!  Discover how breeding and genetics can contribute to #sustainable food production 🌽🥕🍎🐟🐮🐣🐝🐛  Register at edin.ac/3zRo6FW  Read the 🧵!  @wcgalp2022
Gregor Gorjanc
@GregorGorjanc
Feb 25
Two post-doc post in ARG space and loads of internal and external collaboration Postdoctoral Research Associate in quantitative genomics elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat… Postdoctoral Research Associate in quantitative genetics and breeding elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in quantitative genomics
We are looking to fill a post for Postdoctoral Research Associate in quantitative genomics within the project OptiME. In this role, you will advance the state-of-the-art quantitative genetic applic...
Gregor Gorjanc
@GregorGorjanc
Nov 30, 2025
Very very happy that this work is out. Led by the brilliant @epigenci and other fab collaborators! I have been thinking about this for years, but couldn’t do it without the team;) Enjoy the reading!
biorxiv.org
Genetic prediction with ARG-powered linear algebra
Ancestral recombination graphs (ARGs) are an attractive means for quantitative genetic analysis of complex traits because they encode the realized genetic relatedness between a sample of individuals...
Gregor Gorjanc
@GregorGorjanc
Aug 11, 2025
AlphaSimR course edin.ac/3wfGSEj Week 3 opens with a discussion on genetic variation between relatives, with a focus on siblings. While mutation is the ultimate source of genetic variation (by introducing new alleles), recombination shuffles it through meiosis.
Gregor Gorjanc
@GregorGorjanc
Apr 28, 2025
AlphaSimR course edin.ac/3wfGSEj Week 2: Following the simulation of traits and their genetic and phenotypic values for a trait, we close this week with independent exercises and weekly interview about breeding.
Gregor Gorjanc
@GregorGorjanc
Jul 9, 2025
New preprint: "Genomic models for accurate estimation of breeding values in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis Bong. Carr)" from the Sitka Spruced project
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Genomic models for accurate estimation of breeding values in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis Bong....
Genomics is advancing estimation of breeding values for selective breeding. Traditional pedigree information used in the estimation of breeding values can still be competitive to genomic information...