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
• 139 Active
• 2009 Finished

Projects per year

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  Molecular characterization of bovine-Theileria interactions: Building the foundation for better drug and vaccine development.

  Hassan, M.

  BBSRC

  1/10/17 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research

• A general method for the imputation of genomic data in crop species

  Hickey, J.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations, BBSRC

  1/10/17 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

  • single nucleotide polymorphism 100%
  • Heuristics 68%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 45%
  • genotype 44%
  • Diploidy 39%

• Joint estimation of epidemiological and genetic processes for Mycobacterium bovis transmission dynamics in cattle and badgers

  Kao, R.

  BBSRC

  15/09/17 → 30/06/18

  Project: Research

  • Mycobacterium bovis 100%
  • badgers 86%
  • cattle 47%
  • pathogens 46%
  • bovine tuberculosis 42%

• Bilateral BBSRC-SF1: Tackling a multi-host pathogen problem - phylodynamic analyses of the epidemiology of M. bovis in Britain and Ireland

  Kao, R. & Lycett, S.

  BBSRC

  15/09/17 → 14/09/20

  Project: Research

  • Mycobacterium bovis 100%
  • badgers 86%
  • Coronavirus 49%
  • cattle 47%
  • pathogens 46%

• US-UK Collab: Mycobacterial Transmission Dynamics in Agricultural Systems: Integrating Phylogenetics, Epidemiology, Ecology and Economics

  Kao, R.

  BBSRC

  15/09/17 → 14/08/19

  Project: Research

• Cost-effective identification of cattle that are genetically superior for resistance to ticks

  Djikeng, A.

  BBSRC

  1/09/17 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research

• Identifying Novel CLN3 disease regulators

  Wishart, T.

  BBSRC

  1/09/17 → 31/08/18

  Project: Research

• Carbonyl Reductase 1 and 20¿¿-Dihydrocortisol: a novel glucocorticoid metabolism pathway in the pathogenesis of mineralcorticoid activation in obesity

  Morgan, R.

  UK-based charities

  1/09/17 → 1/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Horses 100%
  • Intermediate Pituitary Gland 81%
  • metabolic syndrome 71%
  • adipose tissue 52%
  • Adipose Tissue 49%

• CTLGH Comics

  Morrison, L.

  BBSRC

  1/09/17 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research

• Increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of the chicken bioreactor biologics production platform

  Sang, H., McGrew, M. & Sang, H.

  MRC

  1/09/17 → 31/05/18

  Project: Research

• The relationship between malarial anaemia, neutrophil function and susceptibility to invasive bacterial disease

  Riley, E.

  MRC

  1/09/17 → 31/01/20

  Project: Research

  • Malaria 100%
  • Infections 44%
  • Plasmodium falciparum 41%
  • Polycythemia 40%
  • Anemia 35%

• Genotyping the Red Maasai x Dorper sheep flock at Kapiti as pump priming for genomic and transcriptomic analysis of GI helminth control

  Clark, E.

  BBSRC

  1/09/17 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research

• A genomic map for bovine tuberculosis susceptibility in Bos indicus breeds

  Bronsvoort, M.

  BBSRC

  1/09/17 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research

  • Eritrea 100%
  • Mycobacterium bovis 63%
  • contagious disease 57%
  • Cattle 46%
  • Bovine Tuberculosis 37%

• Chicken Intestinal Organoids: A Novel In Vitro System To Study Mucosal Vaccine Targeting

  Vervelde, L.

  EU other

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• A workshop to solicit Kenya dairy farmers views on limitations to genetic improvement in dairy cattle in Africa

  McGrew, M.

  BBSRC

  1/09/17 → 21/02/18

  Project: Research

• Establishment of an Agricultural Genomics Centre in Cyprus

  Pong-Wong, R., Haley, C., Kranis, A., Matika, O. & Riggio, V.

  EU government bodies

  1/09/17 → 31/08/18

  Project: Research

• Identification of the photoreceptor for light detection in the avian brain

  Meddle, S. & Dunn, I.

  Other

  1/09/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

  • opsin 100%
  • hypothalamus 62%
  • photoreceptors 62%
  • Coturnix 59%
  • Opsins 54%

• Gut metagenome characterisation of adapted Nguni vs commercial Angus cattle fed on low quality diets

  Robert, C.

  BBSRC

  1/09/17 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research

• A workshop and forum to raise the awareness and connectivity between BMGF and DfID-funded poultry researchers and key stakeholders of what is known, being done and needed

  Sparks, N.

  BBSRC

  1/09/17 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research

• Exploiting quorum sensing of African trypanosomes

  Lillico, S.

  BBSRC

  1/09/17 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research

• Understanding disease through environmental-wide association studies

  Tenesa, A., Canela Xandri, O., Rawlik, K. & Sudlow, C.

  MRC

  1/08/17 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

  • Multifactorial Inheritance 100%
  • Genotype 86%
  • Atlases 86%
  • Cattle 65%
  • Gene Expression 36%

• The role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) in the regulation of innate immunity in the domestic chicken.

  Watson, K., Boulton, K. & Psifidi, A.

  BBSRC

  1/08/17 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

  • Eimeria tenella 100%
  • Coccidiosis 94%
  • Population Biological Variation 72%
  • coccidiosis 72%
  • genetic variation 71%

• QuaLRec: Principal's Teaching Award Scheme: QuaLRec: Qualitative exploration of staff and student engagement, experience and behaviour with Lecture Recording

  MacKay, J., Paterson, J., Mather, B., Clarkson, E., Hughes, K. & Rhind, S.

  1/07/17 → 1/08/18

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • recording 100%
  • staff 85%
  • student 70%
  • experience 52%
  • teaching 44%

• Developing SFXN3-targeted therapies to prevent neurodegeneration

  Gillingwater, T. & Wishart, T.

  MRC

  1/07/17 → 30/06/18

  Project: Research

• Developing SFXN3-targeted therapies to prevent neurodegeneration

  Gillingwater, T. & Wishart, T.

  MRC

  1/07/17 → 30/06/18

  Project: Research

• Effect on bone stability and laying performance of different vitamin contents in the feed of LSL hybrids during the rearing and laying phase

  Dunn, I. & Fleming, R.

  Non-EU industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/07/17 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research

• A comparative platform for strain typing CWD

  Diack, A.

  Non-EU other

  1/07/17 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• Towards more sustainable trade-offs for livestock production

  Corbishley, A.

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

  1/07/17 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• International Veterinary Vaccinology Network

  Connelley, T.

  MRC

  1/07/17 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• Modelling the susceptibility of British deer to chronic wasting disease

  Houston, F., Gill, A. & Goldmann, W.

  UK-based charities

  1/07/17 → 15/05/18

  Project: Research

• Facilitating application of NGS to analysis of livestock T-cell receptor repertoires

  Connelley, T. & Law, A.

  BBSRC

  1/07/17 → 30/06/18

  Project: Research

• BBSRC-BB/P0137732/1-ISP 17/22-CHEESEMAN M

  Cheeseman, M.

  BBSRC

  1/07/17 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research

• GCRF-BBR: Beyond the genome: Enabling tropical livestock EWAS of infectious diseases

  Prendergast, J. & Morrison, L.

  BBSRC

  1/07/17 → 30/06/18

  Project: Research

  • Cattle 100%
  • Boran 95%
  • cattle breeds 80%
  • Epigenome 77%
  • cattle 75%

• The risk of STEC (Shiga Toxin-Producing E. Coli) contamination in Wild Venison

  Seguino, A., Gally, D. & Soare, C.

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

  1/07/17 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research

• Next Generation Sitka Spruce Breeding Informed By Predictive And Comparative Genomics

  Woolliams, J.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/07/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Mechanisms of antiviral drug resistance in influenza A virus

  Wood, E., Digard, P., Kaji, K., Matthews, K. & Welburn, J.

  UK-based charities

  1/07/17 → 26/07/17

  Project: Research

• Application of genome editors for improved bioreactor production

  Lillico, S., Proudfoot, C. & Whitelaw, B.

  Other

  27/06/17 → 31/05/18

  Project: Research

• Soils Research to deliver Greenhouse Gas REmovals and Abatement Technologies

  Hillier, J. & Williams, M.

  NERC

  20/06/17 → 19/06/21

  Project: Research

  • soil carbon 100%
  • social impact 69%
  • emissions factor 66%
  • soil emission 65%
  • greenhouse gases 57%

• Soils Research to deliver Greenhouse Gas REmovals and Abatement Technologies

  Williams, M., Hillier, J. & Sohi, S.

  NERC

  20/06/17 → 19/06/21

  Project: Research

  • soil emission 100%
  • leaf area index 94%
  • agricultural ecosystem 73%
  • grasslands 64%
  • global carbon budget 54%

• Designer nutrition; Betaine and bone strength in laying hens

  Dunn, I. & Fleming, R.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  19/06/17 → 31/08/20

  Project: Research

• Dynamics of avian influenza in a changing world

  Vervelde, L. & Digard, P.

  EU government bodies

  1/06/17 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research

• Delta Flu: Delta Flu; Dynamics of avian influenza in a changing world.

  Bryson, K., Vervelde, L. & Digard, P.

  1/06/17 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation

• Role of the T cell receptor in interacting with WC1 for bovine gamma delta T cell activation

  Connelley, T.

  Non-EU other

  1/06/17 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research

• Testing of novel rumen pH monitoring bolus

  Macrae, A.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  22/05/17 → 21/06/17

  Project: Research

• Principal's Teaching Award Scheme: Preparing Students to Face Wicked Problems (£15,000)

  McCune, V., Boyd, S., Cross, A., Tauritz, R. & Higgins, P.

  4/05/17 → 1/02/19

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • Teaching 100%
  • teacher 69%
  • education 61%
  • stakeholder 57%
  • science policy 54%

• Strawberry GenSelect: Implementing genomic selection in cultivated strawberry, a high value fruit crop, for improved variety development.

  Hickey, J.

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

  1/05/17 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

  • Breeding 100%
  • marker-assisted selection 85%
  • breeding programs 51%
  • genomics 49%
  • crops 45%

• A rhizotrait framework for the northern and southern hemispheres

  Baggs, L.

  BBSRC

  1/05/17 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Mediterranean Aquaculture Integrated Development

  Houston, R.

  EU government bodies

  1/05/17 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• ISP 2017/22-Connelley Tim-Zambia

  Connelley, T.

  BBSRC

  1/05/17 → 30/04/18

  Project: Research

• Moringa; delivering nutrition and economic value to the people of Malawi

  Moran, D.

  BBSRC

  1/05/17 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research