Anahit Nazari Ghadikolaei

I am a genetic data analyist at Intebull Centre since April 2023.

The main task is to perform International genetic/genomic evaluations both in dairy and beef cattle.

I have been a post-doc at the Department of Animal Science (Animal Breeding and Genetics section) at SLU (2020-2023) with the main focus on the Swedish beef cattle genomic selection project for more efficient beef breeding. 

The project was about genomic selection in Swedish beef cattle for different growth and carcass traits. We performed single-step genomic prediction (ss-GBLUP) to estimate genomic breeding values at a Nordic level for two main breeds, Charolais and Hereford.

I have also worked on Swedish Warmblood horses' genomic projects. In this project, we conducted factor analysis for over 50 linearly scored traits to make them easier to interpret and implement for future genomic selection programs. The factors used for further GWAS study to unravel possible QTLs or genes related to the mentioned traits.

2013-2018, PhD in Animal breeding and Genetics, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran.

2016-2017, Visiting Scholar at Cornell University. Oddyssey DNA lab, Department of Animal Science