DE KONING Dirk-Jan

obtained a MSc in 1996 and a PhD in 2001, both at Wageningen University (The Netherlands). After a post-doc and group leader position at the Roslin Institute, he became Professor at the Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in 2010. He is Vice-Dean at the Faculty for Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Senior Editor for G3 (Genes, Genomes, Genetics), Editor for Genetics, and Executive committee member of the Genetics Society (UK). Research focuses on linking DNA variation to functional variation in livestock and beyond, targeting bone weakness in laying hens, fertility and colostrum quality in dairy cattle, and mitigation of African swine fever, etc.