Dr Mehrnush Forutan
QAAFI Early Career, Research Fellow
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Researcher biography
Dr. Forutan is an internationally recognized Researcher. Her research area includes understanding the bovine genome and epigenome, discovering causative mutation underlying economic important traits such as fertility, understanding the way genes turn on and off, investigating different methodologies to improve the accuracy of genomic prediction, and optimizing methods for predicting genetic diversity and inbreeding. Her future research career vision is to make a significant contribution to creating new knowledge in the field of quantitative genetics that can help to improve efficiency and resilience in Livestock.
Journal Articles
Juli, Mst Sogra Banu, Boe-Hansen, Gry B., Raza, Ali, Forutan, Mehrnush, Ong, Chian Teng, Siddle, Hannah V. and Tabor, Ala E. (2024). A systematic review of predictive, diagnostic, and prognostic biomarkers for detecting reproductive diseases in cattle using traditional and omics approaches. Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 165 104315, 104315. doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2024.104315
Juli, Mst Sogra Banu, Raza, Ali, Forutan, Mehrnush, Siddle, Hannah V., Fordyce, Geoffry, Muller, Jarud, Boe-Hansen, Gry B. and Tabor, Ala E. (2024). Characterisation of reproductive tract microbiome and immune biomarkers for bovine genital campylobacteriosis in vaccinated and unvaccinated heifers. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15 1404525. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1404525
Forutan, Mehrnush, Engle, Bailey N., Chamberlain, Amanda J., Ross, Elizabeth M., Nguyen, Loan T., D’Occhio, Michael J., Snr, Alf Collins, Kho, Elise A., Fordyce, Geoffry, Speight, Shannon, Goddard, Michael E. and Hayes, Ben J. (2024). Genome-wide association and expression quantitative trait loci in cattle reveals common genes regulating mammalian fertility. Communications Biology, 7 (1) 724, 724. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-06403-2
Forutan, Mehrnush, Lynn, Andrew, Aliloo, Hassan, Clark, Samuel A., McGilchrist, Peter, Polkinghorne, Rod and Hayes, Ben J. (2023). Predicting phenotypes of beef eating quality traits. Frontiers in Genetics, 14 1089490, 1089490. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1089490
Hayes, Ben J., Nguyen, Loan T., Forutan, Mehrnush, Engle, Bailey N., Lamb, Harrison J., Copley, James P., Randhawa, Imtiaz A. S. and Ross, Elizabeth M. (2021). An Epigenetic Aging Clock for Cattle Using Portable Sequencing Technology. Frontiers in Genetics, 12 760450, 760450. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.760450
Forutan, Mehrnush, Ross, Elizabeth, Chamberlain, Amanda J., Nguyen, Loan, Mason, Brett, Moore, Stephen, Garner, Josie B., Xiang, Ruidong and Hayes, Ben J. (2021). Evolution of tissue and developmental specificity of transcription start sites in Bos taurus indicus. Communications Biology, 4 (1) 829, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02340-6
Ansari-Mahyari, Saeid, Ojali, Mohammad Reza, Forutan, Mehrnush, Riasi, Ahmad and Brito, Luiz F. (2019). Investigating the genetic architecture of conception and non-return rates in Holstein cattle under heat stress conditions. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 51 (7), 1847-1853. doi: 10.1007/s11250-019-01875-5
Forutan, Mehrnush, Ansari Mahyari, Saeid, Baes, Christine, Melzer, Nina, Schenkel, Flavio Schramm and Sargolzaei, Mehdi (2018). Inbreeding and runs of homozygosity before and after genomic selection in North American Holstein cattle. BMC Genomics, 19 (1) 98, 98. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4453-z
Forutan, Mehrnush , Mahyari, Saeid Ansari, Schenkel, Flavio and Sargolzaei, Mehdi (2018). Improving genomic evaluation of Holstein cattle using a haplotype-based relationship matrix. Iranian Journal of Animal Science Research , 10 (3), 393-402. doi: 10.22067/ijasr.v10i3.66156
Forutan, M., Ansari-Mahyari, S. and Edriss, M. A. (2016). Genetic analysis of postnatal mortality and calving traits in Iranian Holstein herds using threshold-linear models. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 18 (4), 961-973.
Forutan, M., Ansari Mahyari, S. and Sargolzaei, M. (2014). Genetic evaluation of calf and heifer survival in Iranian Holstein cattle using linear and threshold models. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 132 (1), 51-58. doi: 10.1111/jbg.12115
Conference Papers
Tahir, Muhammad Sajid, Goddard, Mike, Hayes, Ben, Vander Jagt, Christy, Ross, Elizabeth, Forutan, Mehrnush, Nguyen, Loan, Mason, Brett, Van den Berg, Irene, Phyn, Claire, Meier, Susanne, Bruke, Chris and Chamberlain, Amanda (2024). Mapping RNA-editing QTL in multiple tissues across Bos taurus and Bos indicus reveals regulatory variation in cattle. PAG Australia 2024, Perth, WA, Australia, 18 - 20 September 2024.
Juli, M.S.B., Forutan, M., Raza, A., Boe-Hansen, G. and Tabor, A.E. (2023). Characterisation of reproductive tract microbiome profile of healthy, Bovine Genital Campylobacteriosis infected cattle. 11th International Ruminant Reproduction Symposium (IRRS 2023), Galway, Ireland, 28 May-1 June 2023. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.anscip.2023.03.164
Forutan, M., Engle, B., Goddard, M. E. and Hayes, B. J. (2022). A conditional multi‑trait sequence GWAS of heifer fertility in tropically adapted beef cattle. World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 3 July-8 July 2022.
Forutan, M., Vander Jagt, C.J., Ross, E., Chamberlain, A. J., Mason, B., Nguyen, L., Moore, S., Garner, J. B., Xiang, R. and Hayes, B. J. (2021). Genome wide analysis of bovine enhancers and promoters across developmental stages in liver. 24th Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics Conference, On-line with local hubs in Australia, 2-4 November 2021. Armidale, NSW Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
Forutan, Mehrnush, Ross, Elizabeth, Nguyen, Loan and Hayes, Ben (2021). Genome-wide analysis of transcription start sites across Bos indicus tissues. 38th International Conference on Animal Genetics, Online, 26 - 30 July 2021.
Nguyen, Loan T., Forutan, Mehrnush, Hayes, Ben J. and Ross, Elizabeth M. (2021). A Bos indicus epigenetic clock predicts age from tail hair. 38th International Society of Animal Genetics (ISAG), Virtual, 26 - 30 July 2021.
Forutan, Mehrnush, Mahyari, Saeid Ansari, Baes, Christine, Melzer, Nina, Schenkel, Flavio and Sargolzaei, Mehdi (2017). Genomic selection and inbreeding in North American Holstein cattle. 68th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Tallinn, Estonia , 2017.
Fleming, Allison, Forutan, Mehrnush, Makanjuola, B., Melzer, Nina, Schenkel, Flavio , Sargolzaei, Mehdi and Baes, Christine (2017). Investigating runs of homozygosity in dairy cattle using imputed genomic information. 68th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Tallinn, Estonia , 2017.