New faces for the Benchmark Genetics team
BENCHMARK Genetics has announced two new hires for its core genetics team. Dr Grazyella Yoshida is joining as Senior Geneticist and Hans Ekvall as Junior Geneticist.
Grazyella Yoshida earned her MSc in Animal Science from the University of Maringa, Brazil, in 2014, and her PhD in Genetics and Animal Breeding from Sao Paulo State University in 2018. She has worked as an associate with José Manuel Yáñez’ renowned research group at the University of Chile supporting the development and uptake of quantitative and genomic tools in R&D projects with numerous aquaculture species.
Also, she has extensive experience in supporting applied breeding programmes for salmonids and tilapia in Chile and Brazil.
Hans Ekvall recently completed his European Master in Animal Breeding and Genetics (EMABG) programme with combined studies at Georg August University in Germany and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).
He has a degree in epigenetics in tilapia from the Nord University in Bodø and studied biomedicine at the University of Bergen. He also holds a BA in International Development from Middlesex University, London.