{"id":4259,"date":"2021-06-18T09:57:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T07:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qualitasag.ch\/?p=4259"},"modified":"2021-06-18T09:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T07:58:35","slug":"future-is-jessica-gearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qualitasag.ch\/en\/future-is-jessica-gearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Future is: Jessica Gearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our new series “Future is…” everything revolves around the future.<\/p>\n

“Future is” is the stage for our young talents who are completing their vocational training at Qualitas AG, expanding their practical know-how during or after their studies with an internship, writing their bachelor’s or master’s thesis with us or starting their professional careers.<\/p>\n

The first in our “Future is…” series is:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Jessica Gearing<\/h2>

Internship Breeding Value Estimation<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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When starting my MSc in Agriculture at ETH I already had a BSc in Animal Science where I largely focused on cattle nutrition. When I started my MSc at ETH I was very happy to learn areas of animal science that I had not been introduced to yet during my Bachelors.<\/p>\n

Due to studying my BSc in England, most of my knowledge of livestock production was of UK production systems and I really enjoyed learning more about the Swiss production systems, especially for alpine farming.<\/p>\n

Before starting at ETH, I had not had any introduction to genetics in an animal science context and while initially challenging, I found the lectures I had in animal genetics really interesting and made me want to pursue this interest further.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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In my third semester of my MSc at ETH, I took the \u201cLivestock Breeding and Genomics\u201d course led by Peter von Rohr. This was my second course in genetics but from a different angle, looking at breeding value estimation. I really enjoyed this course and Peter mentioned that there was the possibility for students to complete an internship at Qualitas in a similar area of research.<\/p>\n

I learn best in a practical environment so I have always wanted to get as much internship experience as possible during my studies in all my areas of interest. Therefore, as I did not have much experience in animal genetics but I really wanted to improve my knowledge and see everything I had learnt in my lectures be put into practical context, I thought that carrying out an internship at Qualitas would be a really great opportunity for me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I am currently working on a project in Qualitas to calculate the economic values for carcass conformation, carcass fat covering and carcass weight traits in Natura-Beef and conventional beef fattening systems.<\/p>\n

Initially the project started with a literature review and figuring out what information we had available and which model would be most appropriate for us to use for these calculations. Following this, I have been using a program called ECOWEIGHT for the calculation of economic values.<\/p>\n

Currently we have values for different beef production models and the goal is to next look into using this program for beef-on-dairy systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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When I started my internship at Qualitas, I was not confident in using R. I now have a lot more knowledge and understanding in R and notice everyday how much easier it is getting for me to use. In addition, I am learning a lot about genetics and how it is put into practice in reality.<\/p>\n

Through my project, I am gaining a lot of knowledge of the different Swiss production systems, the revenue streams and the costs that go into them. I am really enjoying also getting an insight into the more economical side of livestock production.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, I have done a few presentations for my project at Qualitas and these have really helped me with my presentation skills. I will also present my project at EAAP conference in the summer and this will be a really great opportunity for me to further improve.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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As I originally come London, in my free time I try to make the most out of all the amazing nature that Switzerland has to offer and really enjoy exploring the mountains and lakes. I really enjoy hiking, cycling, kayaking and camping. I have recently also started to enjoy indoor climbing when the weather is not so nice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gain practical experience with an internship at Qualitas. Jessica gives insights into her tasks as an intern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":4224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[370,369,368],"class_list":["post-4259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-future-is-en","tag-internship","tag-jessica-gearing"],"yoast_head":"\nFuture is: Jessica Gearing - Qualitas AG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jessica is doing her MSc in Agriculture at ETH. 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