Projet BullNet (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

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.

Mots clés : bull, reproduction, sperm, epigenetics, embryo, machine learning

Participants :
- Université Queen's de Belfast (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Evospex (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Nottingham (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Minitüb gmbh (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University College Dublin (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 286488.0 €
- University Hospital Cologne (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 521078.4 €
- Swissgenetics (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- National cattle breeding centre limited (Irlande) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Eliance (France) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- IMV Technologies (France) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Clermont Auvergne (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 282693.6 €
- Université de la Saskatchewan (Canada) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut fuer fortpflanzunglandwirtschaftlicher nutztiereschoenow (ifn schoenow) e.v. (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 521078.4 €
- Vikinggenetics fmba (Danemark) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Limerick (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 286488.0 €
- Université Humboldt de Berlin (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Paris-Saclay (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Conseil supérieur de la recherche scientifique (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 251971.2 €
- Rbb rinderproduktion berlin brandenburg gmbh (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Teagasc (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 286488.0 €
- Université de Zurich (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 282693.6 €