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Ph.D. scholarship - Adaptive physiology of growing beef cattle

Agroscope · Remote, Remote, Switzerland

Location
Remote
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
June 20, 2026

Job Description

Topic description

This is how you can contribute

  • Planning and active participation to a beef cattle experiment
  • Coordination of sampling and measurements on cattle, both alive and at the slaughterhouse, using state-of-the-art imaging technologies
  • Management of longitudinal datasets, advance statistical analyses and interpretation
  • Optimization and evaluation of a mechanistic model of the growth function and the kinetics of the body fat-to-lean ratio
  • Communication and publication of results in scientific journals, scientific reporting for funders and stakeholders
  • Project management and collaboration within an international consortium

    • In a nutshell

    The PhD candidate will contribute to the research project “iREACT – IntegRativE biology approach to understand Adaptive physiology of bovine reared on grass to produce low Carbon meaT”. Grass-fed cattle production should be cons...

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