Animal Molecular Genetics Unit (UGMA)
UMR INRA 1061
Contact
BLANQUET Véronique Director
Adress : Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Animale – 123, avenue Albert Thomas – 87060 LIMOGES CEDEX
Administrative Supervision : Université de Limoges – INRA
Parent Institute : GEIST
Doctoral School : ED 524 Bio-Santé
Associated Research Master : Recherche Génétique, Physiologie
Key figures (31/12/2015)
Professors : 14
INRA researchers : 2
Accreditated to direct research (HDR) : 6
Doctoral Students : 11
Engineers, technicians, administratif staff : 6
Scientific Publication (2011-2014)
Book chapters : 3
Thesis defended : 9
Conference presentations : 30
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Economic Added Value (2011-2014)
Number of patents filed : 1
Number of industrial or research agreements with major organizations : 12
Presentation
Through its regional context, our joint University / INRA research unit is particularly interested in beef cattle production through the study of the bovine genome and its function to better understand how genetic variability controls the phenotypic variability of some traits of agronomic interest. The two main themes are : 1) identification of regions, genes and / or causal mutations involved in muscle development, skeletal development and meat quality, as well as the functional study of gene networks involved in these characters 2) study of genes involved in post -translational modifications of proteins (glycosylation), with their effects in various functions, in particular the development of muscles. Our projects are based on integrative biology, particularly using functional genomics methods and bioinformatics. We create and characterize also cellular and animal models in order to address fundamental scientific issues.
Research themes
Bovine Genomics ; Glycobiology and myogenesis ; Genetics and epigenetics aspects of meat quality
Keywords
Functional genomics ; Muscle ; Cellular Differentiation ; Genetic markers ; Bioinformatics ; Mouse models ; Genetic diversity
Equipements / Ressources techniques
Outils d’analyse de l’ADN des ARN et des protéines Outils d’analyses cellulaires
Partnerships
Active National University Partnerships : University of Lille, Blaise Pascal University Clermont-Ferrand ; University of Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand ; Pasteur Institute Paris, INSERM U602 ; University of Paris 11-South, University of Montpellier Current International University Partnerships : University of Pisa (Italy) ; University of Bologna (Italy) ; Lebanese University (Lebanon) ; Debrecen University (Hungary) ; Pécs University (Hungary) ; Blida University (Algeria) ; University of Jordan ; Agronomic and veterinary ; Hassan II institute of Rabat (Morocco) National Industrial Partnerships : Institute of Animal Husbandry ; Allice (National Association of Livestock and Artificial Insemination Cooperatives) ; Ingenomix ; Lanaud Centre ; Melipharm Partnerships with National Organizations and Institutions : CNRS, INSERM Partnerships with International Organizations and Institutions : German research Center for Environmental Health, Munich
Industrial applications
Transcriptomics ; Proteomics ; DNA sequencing ; Detection and analysis of genetic polymorphisms ; Support for selecting beef breed animals ; Genomic selection
