Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

Projects

Projects per year 1993 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2028

• 8 Not started
• 163 Active
• 1978 Finished

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  Virulent Non-Notifiable Avian Influenza; Determinants of virulence of emerging viruses

  Vervelde, L. & Digard, P.

  BBSRC

  1/04/21 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

• Predictive phylogenetics for evolutionary and transmission dynamics of newly emerging avian influenza viruses

  Digard, P., Boden, L., Lycett, S., Smith, J., Vervelde, L. & Lu, L.

  BBSRC

  1/04/21 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

• TCWDE: Tackling chronic wasting disease in Europe

  Houston, F., Thomas, C., Salamat, K., Benestad, S. L., Gavier-Widen, D., Espinosa, J., Andreoletti, O., Fast, C., Barria Matus, M. & Béringue, V.

  1/04/21 → …

  Project: Research

  • bovine spongiform encephalopathy 100%
  • prion diseases 67%
  • deer 52%
  • livestock transport 43%
  • Canada 42%

• LIMBO: Evaluating emerging AMR threats and future capacity for action in Norwegian livestock agriculture

  Boden, L.

  Non-EU other

  1/04/21 → 30/03/24

  Project: Research

• Investigating the role of exosomes and the cell fate regulator, ASCL1 in driving, and maintaining lethal Neuroendocrine transdifferentiation of prostate cancer

  Fraser, J.

  UK-based charities

  1/04/21 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

• 21-ICRAD: Tackling chronic wasting disease in Europe

  Houston, F. & Barria Matus, M.

  BBSRC

  31/03/21 → 30/03/24

  Project: Research

• Co-Benefits of Largescale Organic Farming on Environmental and Human Health (BLOOM): A Natural Experiment in Andhra Pradesh, India

  Jaacks, L. & Gathorne-Hardy, A.

  MRC

  1/02/21 → 31/01/25

  Project: Research

  • Organic Agriculture 100%
  • organic farming 77%
  • Birth Intervals 73%
  • Cross-Sectional Studies 68%
  • Farmers 61%

• Investigation into the prevalence and aetiology of a novel form of feline meningoencephalomyelitis; `Robotic cat¿ disease

  Gunn-Moore, D.

  UK-based charities

  1/02/21 → 31/01/24

  Project: Research

• Combined Influence of Imperfect Vaccines, Host Genetics, and Non-genetic drivers on virus transmission and virulent Evolution

  Lycett, S., Bailey, R. & Wilson, A.

  BBSRC

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Development of a high-throughput pipeline to identify causal variants and its demonstration in pig muscle

  Mellanby, R., Donadeu, X. & Hickey, J.

  BBSRC

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Supporting Evidence-Based Interventions-Livestock (SEBI-Livestock)

  Peters, A.

  Non-EU-based charities

  1/01/21 → 31/12/25

  Project: Research

• Ixchel: Building understanding of the physical, cultural and socio-economic drivers of risk for strengthening resilience in the Guatemalan cordillera

  Shields, K.

  NERC

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• NOLice ¿ NOvel tools for a future with NO lice infestations in NOrwegian aquaculture

  Robledo, D. & Houston, R.

  Non-EU other

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research

• Precision tool development for mitigating of persistent Shiga Toxin producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a beef feedlot

  Gally, D.

  Non-EU other

  1/01/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Harnessing cross- species var iat ion in sea lice resistance

  Robledo, D.

  Non-EU industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research

• Development of a high-throughput pipeline to identify causal variants and its demonstration in pig muscle

  Mellanby, R., Donadeu, X. & Hickey, J.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Supporting Teacher Reflection through Visualisation of Classroom Practices Data

  Kinnear, G., Wood, A., MacKay, J. & Christie, H.

  1/12/20 → …

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • teaching practice 100%
  • conversation 73%
  • classroom 63%
  • university teacher 46%
  • visualization 45%

• Cryo-storing research lines of chicken to eliminate breeding and save genetic resources

  McGrew, M., Brown, H., Novak, A. & Watson, K.

  UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities

  1/12/20 → 30/11/23

  Project: Research

• Interferon-stimulated genes as resilience factors for PRRSV infection

  Tait-Burkard, C., Burdon, T., Grey, F. & Opriessnig, T.

  BBSRC

  1/12/20 → 30/11/23

  Project: Research

• Beyond a single reference: Building a high quality graph genomes capturing global diversity

  Prendergast, J., Archibald, A., Connelley, T. & Morrison, L.

  BBSRC

  1/11/20 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research

• Developing stem cell-derived macrophages to study host pathogen interactions and advance strategies to combat globally important disease in the pig

  Tait-Burkard, C. & Burdon, T.

  UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities

  1/11/20 → 18/07/23

  Project: Research

• Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health

  Matthews, K., Digard, P. & Woolhouse, M.

  UK-based charities

  1/10/20 → 30/09/28

  Project: Research

  • Trypanosoma brucei 100%
  • dermis 72%
  • Trypanosoma 67%
  • skin (animal) 61%
  • macrophages 54%

• One Health Models of Disease: Science, Ethics and Society

  Fitzgerald, R., Gray, G. & Pickersgill, M.

  UK-based charities

  1/10/20 → 30/09/28

  Project: Research

  • dendritic cells 100%
  • lymph 91%
  • Lymph 83%
  • Dendritic Cells 67%
  • Cattle 60%

• Quantifying the Drivers of Genetic Change in Plant Breeding

  De Paula Oliveira, T. & Gorjanc, G.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Breeding 100%
  • genetic trend 86%
  • Plant Breeding 53%
  • breeding programs 36%
  • breeding 34%

• Ostertagia ostertagi in cattle: understanding host-parasite-drug interactions in different developmental stages

  Mabbott, N., Hope, J. & Morrison, L.

  Non-EU industry, commerce and public corporations

  22/09/20 → 21/09/23

  Project: Research

• Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal cells (MSCs) as novel tools for combating antimicrobial resistance in dogs

  Esteves, C., Donadeu, X. & Paterson, G.

  UK-based charities

  1/09/20 → 31/01/25

  Project: Research

• Identification of host genes critical for PEDV and PDCoV replication using Gecko libraries

  Grey, F. & Baillie, K.

  Non-EU other

  1/09/20 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Dissection and functions of UTX demethylase in Myeloid leukaemia

  Vernimmen, D.

  UK-based charities

  1/09/20 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Reducing meat intake to prevent climate change and non-communicable diseases

  Jaacks, L.

  UK-based charities

  1/07/20 → 1/09/23

  Project: Research

• Defining early entry mechanisms of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis into the host

  Hope, J., Mabbott, N. & Stevens, J.

  BBSRC

  1/07/20 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

  • Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis 100%
  • Organoids 84%
  • paratuberculosis 81%
  • Mycobacterium avium 72%
  • pathogenesis 59%

• Integrating mechanistic growth models into genomic selection to optimise genotype by environment interactions

  Wilson, A.

  Non-EU other

  1/05/20 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research

• Lunbanga, Nelson - Train@ED Fellowship

  Gorjanc, G.

  EU government bodies

  1/05/20 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research

  • Breeding 100%
  • Tea 94%
  • tea 87%
  • marker-assisted selection 85%
  • phenotypic selection 83%

• Effect and interaction of mutation and recombination in the dynamics of genetic variation in modern chickens

  Kranis, A. & Watson, M.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/05/20 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research

• Transition strategy for two-part genomic selection in plant breeding

  Gorjanc, G. & Hickey, J.

  Other

  1/05/20 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research

  • plant breeding 100%
  • marker-assisted selection 98%
  • genetic improvement 81%
  • breeding programs 81%
  • inbreeding 49%

• Effect and interaction of mutation and recombination in the dynamics of genetic variation in modern chickens

  Kranis, A. & Watson, M.

  BBSRC

  30/04/20 → 29/04/23

  Project: Research

• CARE: Corona Accelerated R&D in Europe

  Haas, J. & Tait-Burkard, C.

  EU government bodies

  1/04/20 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

• Using single-cell dual RNA sequencing to interrogate host immunity to pathogens

  Hassan, M.

  UK-based charities

  1/04/20 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• Defining mechanisms of CD8+ T-cell mediated immunity - using an integrated longitudinal model to achieve an elusive goal.

  Connelley, T. & Hassan, M.

  BBSRC

  13/01/20 → 12/01/24

  Project: Research

• Investigation of the mechanics of gastrulation in the chick embryo using new transgenic chicken lines

  McGrew, M.

  BBSRC

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• VEO: Versatile Emerging infectious disease Observatory

  Lycett, S.

  EU government bodies

  1/01/20 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research

• Equitable access to sustainable development - mitigating African Swine Fever in Malawi

  Porphyre, T., Adam, K., Jennings, A. & Sargison, N.

  11/12/19 → …

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • Malawi 100%
  • sustainable development 72%

• Direct diagnostic genomics towards effective antimicrobial stewardship

  Fitzgerald, R., Argyle, S., Gally, D., Nuttall, T., Paterson, G. & Watson, M.

  UK-based charities

  1/12/19 → 1/12/23

  Project: Research

• TRAIN@Ed: Transnational Research and Innovation Network at Edinburgh

  Gorjanc, G., Bell, C., Duncan, A., Farrington, S., Florian, L., Forde, M., Hickey, J., Lacka, E., Ma, T., Mcneill, G., Medina-Lopez, E., Rosser, S., Rossi, R., Sabanis, S., Szpruch, L., Tenesa, A., Wake, D., Williamson, B. & Yang, Y.

  EU government bodies, Non-EU industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/11/19 → 19/04/23

  Project: Research

  • Breeding 100%
  • Tomography 82%
  • Cattle 69%
  • Multiphase flow 65%
  • Multifactorial Inheritance 60%

• Novel approaches to define tissue fusion mechanisms in embryonic development

  Rainger, J.

  MRC

  1/09/19 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

  • Coloboma 100%
  • Vertebrates 63%
  • Eye 43%
  • Gene Expression 42%
  • Genes 28%

• BovReg - Identification of functionally active genomic regions relevant to phenotypic diversity and plasticity in cattle

  Clark, E., Bruce, A. & Prendergast, J.

  EU government bodies

  1/09/19 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Japan Partnering Award: Defining the factors that regulate M cell-development in the intestines of livestock species

  Mabbott, N.

  BBSRC

  1/09/19 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

  • Paneth Cells 100%
  • Peyer's Patches 89%
  • Epithelium 52%
  • Cell Differentiation 33%
  • Intestines 24%

• Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the distal metacarpus in horses with and without catastrophic fractures.

  Taylor, S., Cillan-Garcia, E., Schwarz, T. & Thompson, G.

  UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities

  1/09/19 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Generation of off-the shelf mesenchymal precursor cell lines from horses

  Donadeu, X.

  Other

  1/09/19 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Drivers of diversity and transmission of co-circulating viral lineages in host meta-populations

  Lycett, S., Kao, R. & Wilson, A.

  BBSRC

  1/09/19 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

  • RNA viruses 100%
  • RNA 87%
  • virus 82%
  • host-pathogen interaction 72%
  • immune response 57%

• Environmental and Economic Impacts of Improved Antibiotics Stewardship in Poultry Systems

  Muwonge, A.

  BBSRC

  1/08/19 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research