Dr. Habtamu Abera Goshu is Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Development Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Research Grant Council (RGC) Secretary, Chair of the grant proposal review committee in Ethiopia, and Focal Person of the Research Grant Council of Ethiopia. Before joining the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Dr. Habtamu Abera Goshu (Ph.D.) worked for the Bio and Emerging Technology Institute as a senior researcher (associate professor) in animal genetics and molecular breeding. I have worked for the Oromia Agricultural Research Institute as an associate researcher at the Bako Agricultural Research Center for 15 years. Dr. Habtamu Abera Goshu has research knowledge and skills in the copy number variations since he graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and he did his Ph.D. thesis project entitled "Study on the Copy Number Variations of the CHKB, KLF6, GPC1, and CHRM3 Genes Associated with Growth Traits and Gene Expression in Chinese Domestic Yak (Bos grunniens)". I did my MSc thesis project entitled "Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Growth Traits of Horro Cattle and Their Crosses with Holstein Friesian and Jersey Breeds at Bako Agricultural Research Center, Western Oromia, Ethiopia". I have practical skills in examining the concentration and quality of RNA and DNA using a NanoDropTM BioPhotometer 2000 and through electrophoresis on ethidium bromide-stai

Animal Biotechnology
Livestock Production
Technology of genetic engineering (crops and livestock)

Livestock are key to food security and crucial for human survival in the face of climate change in developing nations of Sub- Saharan Africa and providing 34% of the protein (meat, milk, and eggs) and essential micronutrients in vulnerable populations. Indigenous cattle are better adapted to hot environments than crossbred cattle and have better ability to survive, produce, and reproduce in harsh climatic regions. As local breeds are low producers of milk, crossbreeding has given due emphasis to meet the ever-increasing demand for milk and milk products under different production system. With rise in global temperatures, the impact of climate change (heat stress) on dairy cattle production has become highly noteworthy. The project focused on the identification of heat tolerance and disease resistance markers in crosses with Ethiopia indigenous cattle population, better mitigate the impact of climate change and reduce poverty through genetic exploitation of the adaptive traits develop molecular markers to apply MAS/GS to enhance crossbred dairy cattle productivity and identify genomic regions and candidate genes associated with heat stress in dairy cattle. Especially focused on the pastoral areas of Ethiopia.

heat tolerant genes, pastoral, breeds, ethiopia

Ethiopia Society of Animal Production, Africa Society of Animal
Production, EAAP or WCGALP