Objective
BullNet, consisting of 8 beneficiaries and 13 associated partner organisations, will build a multi-disciplinary and inter-sectorial research programme designed to unravel the complex underlying biology of compromised fertility of individual bulls. Cutting-edge basic, applied and machine-learning approaches will be used to deliver a robust, flexible semen product from young, appropriately reared and managed, first-season elite sires that can be used successfully for artificial insemination (AI) with predictable and consistent fertility, so as to provide the industry with key tools to meet current emissions and animal welfare demands. BullNet will also lead to the advancement of knowledge in how bull management strategies and semen processing affect the functional and molecular characteristics of sperm, thus opening scientific horizons for new applications in the area of assisted reproduction. The overall aim of this programme is to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative doctoral candidates (DCs) in the area of bull fertility. BullNet will expose DCs to different sectors and they will acquire a comprehensive set of transferable skills working in the specific research area relating to their individual research projects, with an emphasis on the need for technology transfer from academic institutions to commercial users. Moreover, given the wide range of academic and industry organisations involved, the DCs will be able to face current and future challenges in order to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic, technological and societal benefit.
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- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinator
- Limerick
Ireland
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Participants (7)
4 Dublin
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R93 Carlow
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75007 Paris
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16321 Bernau (Ot Schoenow)
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28006 Madrid
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63000 Clermont Ferrand
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50937 Koeln
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Partners (15)
8006 Zurich
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8092 Zuerich
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3052 Zollikofen
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Enfield
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61300 Saint-Ouen-Sur-Iton
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S7N 4J8 Saskatoon
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91190 Gif-Sur-Yvette
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75595 Paris
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10117 Berlin
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84184 Tiefenbach
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8960 Randers
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
CH-3008 Bern
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14550 Groß Kreutz
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BT7 1NN Belfast
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NG7 2RD Nottingham
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