The Center of
Integrated Breeding Research (Cibreed) is a community of professors,
postdoctoral fellows, and students at the University of Göttingen as well as
professionals from industry and other universities, to sustainably improve
agriculture and forestry by enabling research and teaching across all branches
of breeding crops/animals/trees. Cibreed aims
to encourage interdisciplinary cooperation between scientist engaged in all
disciplines related to genetic improvement, e.g., genetics, molecular biology, biotechnology,
statistics, computer science, and others. Our goal in
integrating these disciplines is to stimulate joint research projects that will
enhance our understanding about plants and animals in a wide a range of
environments, as well as to provide a comprehensive teaching offer to our
students.
Our mission is to improve agriculture and forestry and
advance scientific discovery by enabling research and teaching across all
branches of crop, tree, and animal breeding. We strive to achieve this by building
a strong and collaborative community of scientists and experts representing
public and private institutions, all career stages, and using synergies across
all branches of breeding.