There is a lot of paid work in research in today’s society. Some of it relates to horses, too! I was recently made aware of the Horse Genome Workshop. As it states on their website:
“The Horse Genome Workshop is a cooperative international effort by more than 100 scientists from 25 countries to define the genome of the domestic horse. With this knowledge, scientists can begin to understand the genetic aspects of equine physiology and disease. Genetic tools have the potential to help researchers find new therapies and treatments for diseases such as laminitis, respiratory diseases, and infectious diseases as well as new approaches to solve problems not addressed with our earlier technologies.”
The Horse Genome Workshop
If you head along to the website, you may find some pages of interest. There is a link to the Dorthy Rusell Havemeyer Workshops. These are run every other year and are named after a horsewoman who established a foundation to support horse research.
The international workshops focus on horse genomics. You can also find reports from previous years on this page.
Often when it comes to researching different aspects of horses, money is needed. There is a page dedicated to acknowledging agencies that have helped to fund previous projects. As an aspiring scientist or someone who does research, this may be of interest to you! If they’ve funded someone else’s project, perhaps they are worth approaching about future projects you may have, too?
There are some pretty smart people out there who create and undertake studies. At the end of the day, these research projects aren’t able to be carried out without willing research partners and students. There’s also the need for people to provide funding and horses, of course.
“I don’t like people,” said Velvet. “… I only like horses.” ― Enid Bagnold, National Velvet
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