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

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  Maternal transmission of scrapie in sheep

  Hunter, N.

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

  1/05/08 → 31/03/11

  Project: Research

  • Scrapie 100%
  • Sheep 59%
  • scrapie 32%
  • ewes 22%
  • rearing 20%

• Identification of genetic variation in innate immune response genes associated with resistance to chicken viral infections

  Burt, D.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/08/11

  Project: Research

  • Chickens 100%
  • immune response 75%
  • chickens 65%
  • Finches 46%
  • Genes 43%

• Genetic diversity and conservation of livestock: studentship samantha wilkinson

  Wiener, P.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/09/12

  Project: Research

  • Swine 100%
  • Food Industry 79%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 79%
  • Food 66%
  • Fraud 48%

• Genomic approaches to improving pig innate and adaptive immunity and health

  Bishop, S., Archibald, A. & Glass, E.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/07/09

  Project: Research

  • mononuclear leukocytes 100%
  • swine 92%
  • adaptive immunity 64%
  • health status 63%
  • innate immunity 59%

• Characterisation of primitive stem cell-like canine cancer cells: identification of therapuetic targets through genomics

  Whitelaw, B.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/04/11

  Project: Research

  • stem cells 100%
  • dogs 88%
  • Adult Stem Cells 77%
  • troponin T 64%
  • Canidae 57%

• Perinatal programming by stressful or painful husbandry of stress response and nociceptive mechanisms and the welfare consequences

  Haley, C. & Pong-Wong, R.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/06/09

  Project: Research

  • Bass 100%
  • heritability 94%
  • Dicentrarchus labrax 84%
  • cortisol 62%
  • Hydrocortisone 60%

• The role of prion protein isoforms as determinants of TSE susceptibility

  Goldmann, W.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/07/12

  Project: Research

  • prion diseases 100%
  • prions 92%
  • Ruminants 92%
  • Prion Diseases 90%
  • Prion Proteins 89%

• GridQTL: High performance QTLl analysis via the grid (GRIDQTLl)

  De Koning, D., Atkinson, M. & Knott, S.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/12/10

  Project: Research

  • Cluster computing 100%
  • Genomics 79%
  • Program processors 64%
  • Experiments 27%

• Mechanisms of initiation of skeletal mineralisation

  Farquharson, C.

  EU government bodies

  1/05/08 → 10/11/11

  Project: Research

  • nucleotide pyrophosphatase 100%
  • heparin disaccharide 95%
  • Physiologic Calcification 81%
  • skeletal development 77%
  • Tibia 77%

• A study of scrapie affected goat herds

  Goldmann, W. & Ryan, K.

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

  1/05/08 → 31/05/11

  Project: Research

  • Scrapie 100%
  • scrapie 90%
  • Goats 80%
  • goats 80%
  • bovine spongiform encephalopathy 57%

• The relative transmissibility of atypical forms of scrapie to humans

  Barron, R.

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

  1/05/08 → 30/06/10

  Project: Research

  • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 100%
  • bovine spongiform encephalopathy 92%
  • Sheep 62%
  • Transgenic Mice 62%
  • goats 56%

• Quantifying the role of the MHC immune responsiveness traits in a cattle Holstein/Charolais cross population

  Glass, E.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/05/11

  Project: Research

  • BoLA-DRB3 antigen 100%
  • cattle 98%
  • Cattle 98%
  • Disease Resistance 68%
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus 63%

• CPA -TSE: Assessment of pathology and genetics of TSE's in ruminants and mouse models

  Goldmann, W.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/06/10

  Project: Research

  • Yin-Yang 100%
  • Prions 84%
  • Prion Diseases 83%
  • Sheep 61%
  • Binding Sites 52%

• Critical early events at the mucusal/worm interface following infection of sheep with the abomasal nematode Teladrsagia circumcinta

  Archibald, A.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 28/02/11

  Project: Research

  • Teladorsagia circumcincta 100%
  • Nematoda 68%
  • sheep 63%
  • mucosa 61%
  • stomach 58%

• The effect of TN-QTLl and other QTLs on lean meat yield and meat quality in sheep and its evaluation using visa

  Bishop, S.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 28/02/11

  Project: Research

  • Texel 100%
  • quantitative trait loci 77%
  • lambs 54%
  • crossbreds 42%
  • loins 36%

• Developing clone based physical maps of the sheep genome-BAC and sequencing

  Archibald, A.

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

  1/05/08 → 31/12/14

  Project: Research

• Approaches to functional genomics of host tolerance and host-pathogen interactions in vector borne parasitic diseases of cattle

  Archibald, A.

  UK-based charities

  1/05/08 → 31/03/10

  Project: Research

  • Trypanosomiasis 100%
  • Trypanosoma congolense 94%
  • Quantitative Trait Loci 84%
  • Genomics 67%
  • genetic analysis 60%

• Does scrapie prevent BSE from replicating and producing disease in a single host

  Hunter, N.

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

  1/05/08 → 31/07/10

  Project: Research

• Is the bse strain phenotype stable on sub-passage in sheep

  Hunter, N.

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

  1/05/08 → 31/12/11

  Project: Research

• Poultry Genetics Diversity Project

  Hocking, P.

  UK-based charities

  1/05/08 → 31/07/10

  Project: Research

• Pathogenesis studies of experimental BSE studies in sheep

  Hunter, N.

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

  1/05/08 → 31/01/13

  Project: Research

  • Sheep 100%
  • Prion Proteins 83%
  • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 79%
  • prions 69%
  • Prions 68%

• The effect of age at challenge on subsequent development of BSE in sheep

  Hunter, N.

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

  1/05/08 → 31/05/11

  Project: Research

  • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 100%
  • bovine spongiform encephalopathy 92%
  • Weaning 74%
  • Sheep 62%
  • weaning 61%

• The role of intelectins in the Th-2 mediated expulsion of gastrointestinal nematodes

  Whitelaw, B.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/11/10

  Project: Research

  • gastrointestinal nematodes 100%
  • nematode infections 51%
  • loci 50%
  • mice 47%
  • disease susceptibility 47%

• The structure and role of GnRH receptor in avian species

  Dunn, I.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/09/10

  Project: Research

  • FSH-RF receptor 100%
  • Nerine 75%
  • His(5)-Trp(7)-Tyr(8)-lHRH 72%
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone 41%
  • Chickens 39%

• Role of follicular dendritic cells in scrapie pathogenisis. Studentship Laura McCulloch

  Mabbott, N.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/06/11

  Project: Research

  • Follicular Dendritic Cells 100%
  • Prion Proteins 84%
  • Prions 51%
  • dendritic cells 46%
  • prions 43%

• The effect of arial perches on laying hens' welfare in commercial barn sheds

  Fleming, R.

  Other

  1/05/08 → 31/12/09

  Project: Research

• Roslin Foundation deferred income - commssion

  Dunn, I.

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

  1/05/08 → 31/12/11

  Project: Research

• Mapping QTL for occular component dimensions in chickens

  Hocking, P.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/06/09

  Project: Research

  • Retinal Dysplasia 100%
  • Leber Congenital Amaurosis 89%
  • Retinal Degeneration 71%
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa 70%
  • Alleles 42%

• Animal embryonic stem cells

  Burdon, T.

  UK-based charities

  1/05/08 → 31/10/10

  Project: Research

• Avian influenza: impact of virus-host interactions on pathogenisis and ecology-FLUPATH

  Burt, D.

  EU government bodies

  1/05/08 → 30/06/10

  Project: Research

  • Influenza in Birds 100%
  • Orthomyxoviridae 82%
  • Chickens 78%
  • disease resistance 77%
  • Intestines 74%

• Pre-Merger No detail - Bruce Whitelaw

  Whitelaw, B.

  UK-based charities

  1/05/08 → 31/07/09

  Project: Research

• Marek's disease virus pathogenesis and disease resistance

  Sang, H.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/07/10

  Project: Research

  • chickens 100%
  • infection 32%
  • Mardivirus 28%
  • Marek disease 28%
  • RNA 27%

• Assessing the risk to humans of transmission of novel TSE isolates by cell free conversion assays

  Gill, A.

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

  1/05/08 → 31/05/11

  Project: Research

• In vitro analysis of the molecular basis of strain variation in scrapie

  Gill, A.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/05/11

  Project: Research

• Transgenic reporters for studying development in the chick

  Sang, H.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/07/12

  Project: Research

  • Chickens 100%
  • Hedgehog Proteins 98%
  • Birds 59%
  • Allelic Imbalance 58%
  • Stem Cells 57%

• Role of SOCS2 in the growth retardation of chronic inflammatory disease

  Farquharson, C. & MacRae, V.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/09/10

  Project: Research

  • Chondrogenesis 100%
  • Growth Plate 94%
  • Growth Hormone 73%
  • Chondrocytes 63%
  • Cytokines 48%

• Regulatory mechanisms controlling osteogenesis during bone growth

  Burdon, T.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/05/11

  Project: Research

• Pre-Merger no detail - B Whitelaw

  Whitelaw, B.

  UK-based charities

  1/05/08 → 31/07/09

  Project: Research

• Toll-like receptors and dendritic cell genetic heterogeneity

  Glass, E.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/07/10

  Project: Research

  • Toll-like receptors 100%
  • Toll-Like Receptors 91%
  • cattle 74%
  • Cattle 65%
  • Disease Resistance 56%

• RESCAPE: Reducing Egg Susceptibility to Contaminations in Avian Production in Europe (RESCAPE)

  Dunn, I.

  EU government bodies

  1/05/08 → 30/09/09

  Project: Research

  • gallin 100%
  • eggs 78%
  • egg quality 67%
  • Ovum 61%
  • Chickens 54%

• Dissecting structural and functional genomic factors underlying the resistance of atlantic salmon fry to infectious pancreatic necrosis

  Bishop, S.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/10/10

  Project: Research

  • Salmo salar 100%
  • Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis 51%
  • Quantitative Trait Loci 34%
  • Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus 24%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 21%

• The interplay between host and pathogen genetics in the increasing incidence of bovine tuberculosis

  Glass, E., Bishop, S., Skuce, R. & Woolliams, J.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/01/12

  Project: Research

  • Bovine Tuberculosis 100%
  • Cattle 58%
  • bovine tuberculosis 52%
  • Mycobacterium bovis 45%
  • Genotype 26%

• Bioinformatics tools for genetic dissection of complex traits

  De Koning, D.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/11/09

  Project: Research

• Regulation of embryonic stem cell growth and differentiation - Studentship Helen Murray

  Burdon, T.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/08/14

  Project: Research

• Probing molecular mechanisms of neurodegenarative ageing in prion ablated mice

  Gill, A.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/10/11

  Project: Research

  • PrP 27-30 Protein 100%
  • scrapie 69%
  • sodium-translocating ATPase 58%
  • sodium-potassium-exchanging ATPase 55%
  • prions 37%

• Signalling in bone growth and development: DTG Studentship P Newton

  Farquharson, C.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/03/11

  Project: Research

• Pig genome annotation and analysis

  Archibald, A.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 31/05/11

  Project: Research

  • swine 100%
  • Swine 99%
  • medical education 64%
  • genome 64%
  • Veterinary Education 51%

• The development of a sensitive western blot assay to detect PrPsc in the blood of scrapie-infected sheep

  Hunter, N.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/09/11

  Project: Research

• Is sexual devlopment conserved between birds and mammals

  Clinton, M.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/07/12

  Project: Research

  • birds 100%
  • gynandromorphs 65%
  • sexual development 44%
  • somatic cells 40%
  • diploidy 34%

• Micro-RNA regulation of embryonic stem cell differentiation. Studentship Laura Bailey

  Clinton, M.

  BBSRC

  1/05/08 → 30/09/11

  Project: Research