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John Ashworth Nelder
8 October 1924 – 7 August 2010. I am sorry to announce that John Nelder died on Saturday 7th August in Luton & Dunstable Hospital, where he was recovering from a fall. John was very active even at the age of 85, and retained the strong interest in our work – [...]
GenStat 13 is released!
GenStat has long been known as the tool for data analysis in the biosciences. A general statistics package that provides a wide selection of statistical procedures for analysing data; from its very beginning at Rothamsted Research GenStat was designed for agricultural research. Over the years it has developed, new features have [...]
New events
We’ve added lots of new events to the schedule; why not take a look at where we are going. We are covering a range of sectors, events, giving training courses and workshops and visting countries ranging from Hungary to Vietnam. If you are attending one of the events we’ve listed and [...]
Vision No. 18 March 2010
GenStat Discovery – helping to find integrated pest management schemes. With at least 1.3 million described species of insect, accounting for at least two-thirds of known organisms, it’s no wonder that entomology fascinates the human race. And yet understanding and studying insects is not just for those with an interest in [...]
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.
ASReml spawns new thoughts on salmon traits
A report published in September 2009 suggested that farm-reared fish accounted for 50% of the world’ consumption of fish. This rise in aquaculture production isn’t much of a surprise when you consider the emphasis on the health-giving properties of fish (particularly Omega-3 from oily fish) and the subsequent encouragement for people to eat more oily fish; and it’s certainly good news for the aquaculture producers across the world.
Zoo breeding: Sumatran tiger secrets unravelled using ASReml
Zoos have come a long way since the original Zoological Garden in Regent’s Park, London. They are not just a collection of animals for people to look and scientists to study; evolving into centres of research and play a vital part in wildlife conservation and protection. Certainly in the UK you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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