GENE-SWitCH aims to deliver new underpinning knowledge on the functional genomes of two main monogastric farm species (pig and chicken) and to enable immediate translation to the pig and poultry sectors. The activation status of functional genome sequences varies across time and space, and in response to environmental perturbations. In full coordination and synergy with global effort and ongoing projects of the Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes (FAANG) community, we will characterize the dynamics (“switches”) of the functional genome from embryo (chicken) and fetus (pig) to adult life by targeting a panel of tissues relevant to sustainable production. Read more
WCGALP 2022 GENE-SWitCH & GEroNIMO joint event03/08/2022
On the 3rd of July 2022, GENE-SWitCH and GEroNIMO hosted a joint stakeholder event preceding WCGALP titled: “Bitcoins or Genomics: Which brings more?”.
Together with scientists from both projects, we discovered themes like animal breeding, functional annotation, genomics and the challenges in our society. We are delighted to share with you that the recording of this event is now available on our YouTube Channel! WCGALP 2022 – Bitcoin or Genomics: Which brings more?01/06/2022
Every four years, the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP) takes place in a different location throughout the world, and this time it is taking place in the harbour city of Rotterdam (The Netherlands).
We are happy to announce that GENE-SWitCH, alongside GEroNIMO project, will bring up to the event very interesting outputs about animal breeding, functional annotation, genomics, and the challenges in our society. Click here to learn more. GENE-SWitCH First Webinar06/04/2022
We are glad to announce our first GENE-SWitCH webinar:
"Feed & Genomics: What's the perfect mix?". During this session, we will dive together into this question with our speakers, on Monday the 9th of May!
Scientific terms for everyone
07/03/2022
In most Horizon 2020 projects, the vocabulary is often very much influenced by scientific terms, specific ways of expressing a situation, impact, or a specific scientific area in general.
For us, it is highly important that people outside the labs and libraries understand what is going on, and what a scientific term means. Scientific terms like “DNA Methylation” are not common for the wider citizens of Europe. We want to change this. We have discovered a series of scientific terms used in our scientific publications, general content, online debates, and discussions. These are words that the European Union also uses when publishing news, legislation, and policy updates from time to time. Over the next 10 weeks, we will explain a series of scientific terms. Explanations will come from a mix of scientists connected to the project with creative animations explaining what the term means and why it is used in relation to EuroFAANG. We hope you will enjoy the videos, share them with your network and learn with us! Newsletter - Issue 403/02/2022
You are invited02/10/2021
We need your inputs and help!
By sharing views on specific needs and concerns, you can help us define the content of the project and thereby maximise the opportunity to benefit from and apply the project’s outcomes! Join our Knowledge Exchange Platform now! EuroFAANG presentation at EAAP24/09/2021Elisabetta Giuffra delivered an excellent presentation about: “Functional Annotation of ANimal Genomes: the European perspective” at the EuroFAANG session, at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Sciences, EAAP, in Davos, Switzerland, 2021.
Do you want to know more about the EuroFAANG? Newsletter - Issue 305/07/2021
Interview with Jani de Vos31/05/2021GENE-SWitCH Interview with Jani de Vos, PhD student at Wageningen University.
GENE-SWitCH Fact Sheet18/02/2021
EuroFAANG01/05/2021
Newsletter - Issue 2
FAANG to Fork editorial26/11/2020We are happy to announce that, FAANG to Fork editorial has been recently published in Genome Biology. In the editorial, a new set of research priorities have been described to meet present and future challenges to farmed animal production that build on progress, successes and resources from the Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes (FAANG). Read the editorial here.
Priorities for the next decade of FAANG research
EMABG MSc course is open!19/10/2020First Annual General Meeting of GENE-SWitCH29/07/2020On July 8-9, GENE-SWitCH held its first Annual Meeting by videoconference, with mornings dedicated to general presentations on project progress by Work Package (WP) and Pillar leaders. The afternoons were dedicated to workshops on specific topics.
Stakeholder Advisory Board recommendations One most interesting aspect of this Annual Meeting was to meet for the first time “in person” (albeit virtually) with some of our Stakeholder Advisory Board members. We received from them very interesting suggestions and useful remarks. Among them, it was recognized that the strong interconnections between Pillars and WPs is a strength of this project, with the recommendation to not underestimate the time and skills required to exploit it at its full potential. They also recommended to disseminate our findings as efficiently as possible, as these are inherently relevant to sustainable development and global changes regarding climate and environment. Moreover, the planned actions to contribute to the education of the younger generation of scientists in the public and livestock industry sectors are of particular relevance. Strength in numbers The clustering with the other EU and international FAANG projects, with the recent establishment of the EUROFAANG node, offers an important change of scale for dissemination and outreach, and as such, a strong opportunity to inspire the public at large about the genomics of FAANG. In conclusion, we had a nice and productive meeting. The project has been advanced well in its initial year, and we expect the first consolidated results about a year from now. Despite the recent activities being coordinated remotely, our Consortium appears to be well connected, and, until now, we encountered only limited delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. GENE-SWitCH's brochure online
30/06/2020We are pleased to announce the first GENE-SWitCH brochure is now available on our website! The introductory brochure of the GENE-SWitCH project provides compact information on the project aim, structure, partners, expected outputs and impact.
GENE-SWitCH's 1st Newsletter is published!20/04/2020We are delighted to announce that the first newsletter of the GENE-SWitCH project is now available!
This very first issue includes news and developments about the project, scientific articles and a closer look at the coordination team of the GENE-SWitCH project. Please click on the image below to enjoy reading our newsletter! Don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list if you wish to receive the newsletters of the GENE-SWitCH project! 
FAANG Shared Workshop: "Foundation for the Future Agenda"02/03/2020At the FAANG shared workshop in Hinxton, UK in February 2020, an overview of GENE-SWitCH and the core annotation workplan ("GENE-SWitCH project overview, approach to bioinformatics and comparative analysis") was given by Sarah Djebali (INSERM, France).
This meeting's aim was to foster collaboration of FAANG projects - GENE-SWitCH, BovReg and AQUA_FAANG. This meeting was an excellent opportunity for cross project networking, with concrete actions such as the establishment of common working groups for bioinformatic pipelines validation and comparative genomics. 
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