JOINT RUMINOMICS/RMG NETWORK/ECO-FCE WORKSHOP

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MONDAY 16TH JUNE 2014.

The Framework 7 project RuminOmics is coordinated from the Rowett Institute in Aberdeen.  RuminOmics is organising a satellite workshop, together with the RMG Network and the analogous FP7 project on non-ruminant species, ECO-FCE, on the day preceding the main Rowett-INRA2014 conference.  The workshop will run from 10.00-16.00 on Monday 16 June.  Its aim will be to compare and contrast methodologies, results and problems from the different projects, with a theme How does the gut microbiota influence feed efficiency? 

Speakers will be drawn from each of the three projects and also from outside the projects.  Thus far, Graeme Attwood, Chris Creevey, Matthias Hess, Barbara Metzler, Peadar Lawlor and Katarzyna Stadnicka have accepted invitations to present.You are invited to join the workshop and to contribute your thoughts on these and related matters.  A nominal registration fee of £30 will be requested, which will include teas, coffees  and lunch.  Financial support will be available to young delegates, particularly from Eastern Europe and recent accession states.

More details can be obtained from Sharon Huws hnh@aber.ac.uk of the RMGN and John Wallacejohn.wallace@abdn.ac.uk of RuminOmics.  Early registration is advised, as numbers are limited.

DATE POSTEDMar 31, 2014