The main research area of Hubert Pausch is the development and implementation of statistical and bioinformatic approaches for combining sequence data from key animals in a population with incomplete data from animals from the genomic selection. Using cattle as an example, he successfully identified allelic variations which have economic and health-related effects. Hubert Pausch has a forward-looking vision of customized livestock breeding. His appointment greatly enriches the Institute of Agricultural Sciences and is important to the running of the new Agrovet-Strickhof Education and Research Centre.
