Spring School 2025
TUM and GPZ Spring School 2025
"Selection and Breeding"
March 31 – April 9, 2025
Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany
Lecturers: Bruce Walsh, University of Arizona and Gustavo de los Campos, Michigan State University
This short course will cover both the basics of quantitative genetics and selection theory, as well as modern marker- and mixed-model-based extensions, the role of functional genomics data, and additional methods for using high-dimensional data when making selection decisions. The Spring School will be taught by Professor Bruce Walsh of the University of Arizona and Professor Gustavo de los Campos of Michigan State University, two of the leading authorities in this field. The course consists of lectures, R labs, and discussions, with a focus on both applied problems and real data sets.
The course is organized by the TUM Chair of Plant Breeding and the GPZ (Gesellschaft für Pflanzenzüchtung e.V.).
Topics covered:
- Introduction to selection theory
- Single-trait selection
- Multi-trait selection
- Genome-based selection
- Introduction to estimation of genetic parameters using Bayesian MCMC techniques
- Introduction to machine learning
Target group and requirements:
- The course is intended for researchers in the field of quantitative genetics, breeding, and biostatistics from academia as well as from industry.
- Knowledge of matrix algebra and programming in R is desirable.
Course language: English
Maximum number of participants: 25
Registration will open in January
Services:
Please visit the homepage of the course venue: www.hdbl-herrsching.de.
Contact:
Chair of Plant Breeding
TUM School of Life Sciences
Technische Universität München
Ulrike Utans-Schneitz
Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 2
85354 Freising, Germany
Tel +49.8161.71.5226