GenStat expert puts ACCI students through their paces

To ensure that its second-year PhD students acquire the necessary skills to perform quality research, UKZN’s African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) recently invited Dr Roger Payne from VSN International in the UK to run an advanced biometry course on GenStat.

Analysing data just got better with the release of ASReml 3

ASReml 3, the outstanding data analysis software designed for fitting linear mixed models is now available for download.
Already widely used by scientists and researchers in the biosciences the new procedures and functionality added at version 3 will further extend ASReml’s ability to analyse large datasets and complex statistical models. Since its original [...]

Elephants and Bees – the latest news

For those of you following the work of Lucy King and Save The Elephants – why not catch up on the latest news?

Training Survey 2009

We are currently reviewing our training course schedule and portfolio and would be delighted if you could spare the time to complete our training survey. The survey covers:

what courses you may wish us to include for 2009 and
how we deliver our training.

The survey is anonymous, unless you specifically provide your details, and should take [...]

As seen on the BBC…..

Elephant and Bees update!
You can catch up with the latest news on Lucy’s work here.

The BBC recently showed a fascinating series entitled The Secret Life of Elephants. The programme provided insight into the emotional and dramatic lives of elephants in Kenya’s Samburu reserve.
Following the work of Save The Elephants; episode 2 featured Lucy King [...]

Free GenStat for Teaching launched

GenStat is already widely used by students, lecturers and teachers across many teaching and educational organisations. They choose GenStat because of the underpinning development philosophy of the software which is good statistical practice. We believe it is vital, particularly when just starting out in the world of statistics (or any data analyses), that the fundamental [...]

VSNi launch GenStat 11th Edition

We are delighted to announce the worldwide release of GenStat 11th edition, which marks a significant step in VSNi’s on-going commitment to supporting the next generation of scientists across the world.
GenStat has long been the choice of bioscientists throughout the world. Now with increased statistical and mathematical modelling capabilities following the inclusion of the NAG [...]

GenStat Discovery Edition 3 launched

Imagine being a painter with no brushes, or a builder with no trowel, or a chef with no wooden spoon… It would be very difficult to do your job; there are ways around it – but it might make your job much harder and take twice as long. All of us need the right tools [...]

VSNi Australia opens for business

We are delighted to announce the opening of a new VSNi office in Sydney, Australia to service Oceania. The ever increasing interest in GenStat and ASReml data analysis software has encouraged VSNi to set up in Australia and offer direct support to our growing user base in Oceania. VSNi Australia will provide sales, training and [...]

Elephants, Bees and Trees

GenStat has many applications, across a wide variety of scientific disciplines. Over the coming months we will be showcasing some of our case studies and user application stories; highlighting not only the extensive abilities of our software but also the remarkable achievements of our users.
Here’s a couple to get the ball rolling:

Elephants and Bees:
Elephants are [...]