Dr Imtiaz Randhawa

Lecturer

School of Veterinary Science
Faculty of Science

Overview

Dr. Imtiaz graduated in Animal Husbandry (2003) and then obtained MSc.(Hons) in Animal Breeding and Genetics (2005) from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan. Later, in his PhD in Animal Genomics (2015) from The University of Sydney, he has developed bioinformatics tools – Meta Selection Scores (MSS) and Composite Selection Signals (CSS) – to investigate the core traits influenced by the historical selection events in worldwide cattle breeds and presented novel insights about the hot-spots of positive selection in the bovine genome. Dr. Imtiaz has been working since 2005 at various teaching and research positions at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, University of Sydney, James Cook University and The University of Queensland. He is a motivated geneticist, conducting research in the fields of Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Breeding to understand and analyse the phenotypic and genomic data of various species (buffalo, cattle, chicken, dog, dingo, goat, horse, sheep) using high-performance computational and big-data analyses facilities and programming languages (R, Plink, Python); and to characterise the genetic architecture (gene variation, expression and regulatory networks) related to various complex traits of agricultural, clinical, environmental and economic importance for adaptation, appearance, production and welfare.

Research Interests

  • Signatures of selection in domestic and wild populations
  • Genomic selection for production traits
  • Genetic mapping of monogenic and complex traits in livestock

Research Impacts

RSPCA

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy of Genomics, University of Sydney
  • Masters (Research) of Molecular Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Animal Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

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