EducationLive, instructor-led programmes that build each method from first principles, then put it to work on real breeding data. Taught by working quantitative geneticists — never pre-recorded.
Genomic Selection runs the whole length of the problem, from the R you need to read a script to a costed crossing block. Mixed Models Mastery goes deep on the one equation underneath it all: BLUEs, BLUPs, REML, G×E and GBLUP, solved by hand and then in R.
These are being built now. Register your interest and we will tell you when dates are set — and what you would like covered.
The format is consistent, so you know exactly what you are paying for.
Sessions run in real time, with questions answered as they come up. Nothing is pre-recorded.
Exercises run on genuine marker, trial and pedigree data — so the workflow transfers straight to your own programme.
Each method is assembled from first principles before the package is introduced, so the function is never a black box.
Annotated scripts, fitted models and exported outputs stay with you and run on your own data afterwards.
Pick the open programme that fits your work, or tell us what you work on and we will say whether it fits where you are now.
Pay through Razorpay, from India or abroad. Your place is confirmed by email as soon as the payment goes through.
Online worldwide, or in person in Hyderabad where a programme offers it, with hands-on work throughout rather than bolted on at the end.
Finish by running the whole workflow end to end, with feedback on your own analysis.
Not a content team. The people who designed the curriculum are the people in the room.
Founder & Lead Scientist, PlantNura
Quantitative geneticist and plant breeder with 6+ years at the International Rice Research Institute, where he led genomic selection programmes and delivered the flagship course “Fundamentals of Genomic Prediction.” Postdoctoral research in quantitative genetics at the Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Enough to open RStudio. The flagship programme opens with a full day on R itself — not a cheat sheet, but how the language actually works, so you can read an unfamiliar script and say what it does before running it. Everything after that builds on that day. If you can load a data frame and run a basic command, you are ready. Mixed Models Mastery assumes the same: every model is written out line by line in R, and the scripts are yours to keep.
If you analyse field trials and want to understand what your software is doing — fixed or random, BLUE or BLUP, which G×E model — start with Mixed Models Mastery: five evenings, online. If you want the full genomic selection workflow, from markers to a crossing plan, take the six-day Genomic Selection programme. They fit together: mixed models are the engine inside genomic prediction. Not sure? Ask us, or ask Nura on this page.
Both, by design. The Genomic Selection programme starts from first principles and ends at optimal contribution selection and constrained crossing blocks, so a graduate student and a programme leader get different things from the same six days. If you already run genomic selection, the later modules on G×E and cross optimisation are where the value is.
Teaching is live and not pre-recorded, but we understand time zones and field seasons. Ask us about catching up on a missed session when you enrol.
Genomic Selection runs in person at the Hyderabad office (16–21 November 2026); an online batch is planned for 2027, and you can register your interest. Mixed Models Mastery is online only, in the evening (6:30–9:30 PM IST), with two batches in December and up to 40 participants in each. The dates of each are under Fees and batches on the course page, and you choose your batch when you enrol.
The taught exercises run on prepared marker, trial and pedigree datasets so everyone moves together. The scripts you finish with are yours, annotated, and designed to be pointed at your own data afterwards — which is usually when the methods stick.
Yes. Group and institutional enrolment is available, including cohorts run for a single organisation and tailored to its crops, data and breeding objectives. Get in touch and we will put a scope together.
Participants who complete the programme and submit the capstone receive a certificate of completion from PlantNura.
They are in development now. Register your interest against any of them and we will tell you when dates are set — and ask what you would like covered, which genuinely shapes what gets built.
All payments go through Razorpay at checkout when you enrol: UPI, cards, net banking and wallets. Rupee fees are before GST; 18% GST is added at checkout. Participants joining online from outside India pay in US dollars, with taxes as applicable. In person in Hyderabad, everyone pays the rupee fee.
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