Dear colleagues (apologies for any double-posting),

We are excited to announce the launch of our new postgraduate online
programme in Data-Driven Breeding and Genetics, set to begin in September
2025. This programme is led by academics from The Roslin Institute and
the Division of Global Agriculture and Food Systems at the University
of Edinburgh.

Our programme is part-time and thus offers flexible learning paths,
from individual credit-bearing PPD courses a full MSc, catering to the
diverse needs of professionals seeking to upskill in the field without
having to leave their current positions.

Full information on the programme and how to apply is available here:
edin.ac/pgt-data-driven-breeding-genetics

We would appreciate if you could help us disseminate this information
to those that might benefit from it.

For enquiries, you can reach us at DDBG@ed.ac.uk

In brief:

This is a globally-unique online programme that will train the
next generation of breeders and geneticists in the statistical and
computational skills to design and implement sustainable genetic
improvement programmes for key aquacultural and agricultural animal
and plant species across global food systems, raw material, heat, and
power production.

The programme will equip graduates with practical, applied statistical and
computational skills to manage, analyse and interpret large, real-world
data and address context-specific genetic challenges using specialised
skills in genetics, data science, and underpinning technologies.

By bringing together animal and plant species, this programme opens-up
career prospects.

By engaging with colleagues in industry and institutions such as ILRI
and CTLGH, the programme will give a diverse range of global perspectives
and representation of systems across Global North and South and prepare
students with key transferable skills valued by employers.

Graduates from this programme will be equipped to address the shortage
of data scientists in the Agri-Tech sector globally and locally,
strengthening the pipeline into industry research and development,
academia, governmental and non-governmental organisations (GOs and
NGOs) amongst others, and will serve as advocates for the importance of
coordinated international efforts in tackling global challenges equitably.

Thank you very much for your support with dissemination.
Pau

Pau Navarro, PhD, SFHEA                  My pronouns are she/her
Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Genetics and Group Leader
Data-Driven Breeding and Genetics programme director
The Roslin Institute and the Division of Global Agriculture and Food
Systems, University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th' ann
an Oilthigh Dh?n ?ideann, cl?raichte an Alba, ?ireamh cl?raidh SC005336.

Pau Navarro <Pau.Navarro@ed.ac.uk>

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