Genome research given a boost with opening of bioscience facility

Irish genome research has been given a welcome boost with the opening of a Teagasc Animal Bioscience Facility at Grange, Co Meath.

The facility will optimise research into animal breeding. It will also be used to assist in the commercial development of new meat and milk products.

Officially opened by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, the Animal Bioscience Facility was developed as part of the Teagasc vision programme initiated in 2006, with the objective of establishing centres of excellence in the sciences that underpin agriculture. The tech-nologies being developed have the potential to accelerate the rate of gain in efficiency and quality.