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
• 1977 Finished

Projects per year

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  Quantatitive genetics in support of Excellence in Breeding

  Hickey, J.

  Non-EU-based charities

  1/01/20 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

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

• Identification of host resistance factors to avian influenza virus using genome-wide CRISPR Cas9 screens

  Grey, F.

  BBSRC

  1/12/19 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

• Cultures of expertise: Academics in exile and their role in the future food security agenda for Syria.

  Boden, L.

  AHRC

  1/12/19 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Veterinary vaccine fellowships for female post-docs in developing countries

  Connelley, T. & Parys, M.

  Non-EU other, UK-based charities

  1/12/19 → 12/01/23

  Project: Research

• Moving small molecules targeting UBA1 towards the clinic for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease

  Faller, K., Chaytow, H. & Gillingwater, T.

  UK-based charities

  20/11/19 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Visiting Professorship to India

  Moran, D.

  UK-based charities

  20/11/19 → 12/05/22

  Project: Research

• Cocoa; future yields across West Africa

  Hillier, J. & Williams, M.

  NERC

  14/11/19 → 13/05/21

  Project: Research

• Cocoa; future yields across West Africa

  Williams, M. & Hillier, J.

  NERC

  14/11/19 → 13/05/21

  Project: Research

• Developing dairy-specific molecular screening tools to quantify the within-herd dynamics of antimicrobial resistance

  Pollock, J.

  UK-based charities

  4/11/19 → 3/05/21

  Project: Research

• Automated Text Analytics Tool for Extracting and Summarising Evidence from Academic Publications

  Lazic, J., Goldfarb-Tarrant, S., Robertson, A., Donnison, L., Tsouloufi, T. & Smyth, K.

  1/11/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • reports (publications) 100%
  • livestock 36%
  • veterinary medicine 35%
  • livelihood 33%
  • income 25%

• MiRNAs as potential non invasive biomarkers of canine menigioma

  Sunol Iniesta, A. & Parys, M.

  UK-based charities

  1/11/19 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• Myocardial content of the canine mitral valve; relationship to myxomatous degeneration

  Corcoran, B.

  UK-based charities

  1/11/19 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Identification of host resistance factors to avian influenza virus using genome-wide CRISPR Cas9 screens

  Grey, F., Digard, P., Lillico, S. & Whitelaw, B.

  BBSRC

  1/11/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Developing high performance breeds of Black Soldier Fly for the insects-as-feed sector

  Gorjanc, G. & Houston, R.

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

  1/11/19 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

  • Hermetia illucens 100%
  • breeding 41%
  • product development 19%
  • genetic variation 16%
  • lightning 12%

• International: Integrating globally-recognised sustainability metrics for tropical perennial crops in a one-stop shop Cool Farm Tool

  Hillier, J.

  NERC

  24/10/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Selective targeting of sodium transport to restore pressure natriuresis and circadian regulation of blood pressure in Type 1 diabetes mellitus

  Bailey, M. & Culshaw, G.

  UK-based charities

  14/10/19 → 18/03/23

  Project: Research

• Brain aging in cats ¿ a model of Alzheimer¿s disease?

  Gunn-Moore, D.

  UK-based charities

  1/10/19 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Investigation of the impact of neutering on free roaming dog population dynamics

  Mellanby, R.

  UK-based charities

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Statistics 100%
  • dogs 98%
  • Dogs 93%
  • Population 50%
  • methodology 34%

• Innovation placement and industrial partnership with the European Squirrel Initiative

  Whitelaw, B.

  BBSRC

  1/10/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• In vivo validation of novel biomarkers of response to radiotherapy in breast cancer

  Turnbull, A., Gray, M., Kunkler, I. & Langdon, S.

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

  1/10/19 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Host factors controlling foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) replication: towards genetic control of FMD in pigs

  Haas, J., Baillie, K. & Grey, F.

  BBSRC

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Commercialising genetic pest management

  McFarlane, G.

  1/10/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • pest management 100%
  • markets 32%
  • industry 30%

• Identifying CNV from pedigreed and phenotyped commercial broilers

  Smith, J.

  BBSRC

  1/10/19 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• Effect of natural microbiota treatment on the chicken microbiota, immune system and induction of vaccine responses

  Watson, M., Glendinning, L. & Vervelde, L.

  UK-based charities

  1/10/19 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• A cat and mouth game: Genetic influences on initiation and progression of feline tooth resorption

  Bergkvist, G.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  30/09/19 → 31/01/21

  Project: Research

• Optimising selection and maintenance of diversity in plant breeding

  Gorjanc, G.

  BBSRC

  23/09/19 → 8/02/20

  Project: Research

  • Breeding 100%
  • breeding programs 54%
  • genomics 47%
  • Triticum 42%
  • genetic variance 41%

• Creation of digital analytical platforms to maximise the impact of `BigData¿ from livestock

  Salavati, M. & Clark, E.

  BBSRC

  16/09/19 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• Development of rabies elimination strategies

  Mellanby, R.

  Other

  9/09/19 → 8/09/22

  Project: Research

• New Tools for reducing the inbreeding rates in pedigree dog breeds

  Woolliams, J.

  UK-based charities

  2/09/19 → 1/02/22

  Project: Research

• MicroRNA biomarkers of equine osteoarthritis of the distal interphalangeal joint

  Taylor, S., Clinton, M. & Zhao, D.

  UK-based charities

  2/09/19 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

• Immunisation of tilapia broodstock as a strategy to prevent vertical transmission of tilapia lake virus (TiLV)

  Del-Pozo, J.

  MRC

  1/09/19 → 31/08/20

  Project: Research

• FTMA - Student exchanges with Lohmann

  Dunn, I.

  BBSRC

  1/09/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Quality Assurance Agency Scotland: Enhancement Themes Collaborative Cluster

  MacKay, J., Nordmann, E. & Hutchison, J.

  1/09/19 → 19/06/20

  Project: Other

  • recording 100%
  • higher education 95%
  • pedagogy 75%
  • social capital 64%
  • learning 59%

• Growth of avian leucosis virus stocks

  Digard, P. & Hope, J.

  Non-EU industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/09/19 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research

• Production breeding and market development of grasscutter in Ghana

  Ogden, R.

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

  1/09/19 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

• Investigating the relevance of cross-disease modifiers within human ALS.

  Wishart, T.

  UK-based charities

  1/09/19 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Echo 360 Research Grant: Engaged and Attending? Student use of recorded lectures as a revision aid

  MacKay, J.

  1/09/19 → 31/10/20

  Project: Research

  • teaching aids 100%
  • students 81%
  • recording 72%
  • Students 56%
  • veterinarians 35%

• CTLGH support to the Royal Jersey Agriculture and Horticulture Society to deliver on a livestock development initiative in Rwanda

  Djikeng, A.

  UK-based charities

  1/08/19 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

• Ensembl - Adding value to animal genomes through high quality annotation

  Archibald, A., Clark, E. & Eory, L.

  BBSRC

  1/08/19 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

  • host-pathogen interaction 100%
  • Swine 92%
  • Sus scrofa 78%
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions 76%
  • host-pathogen relationships 70%

• Single cell transcriptomics as a disruptive tool for aquaculture research: a cellular atlas of the liver response to infection in Atlantic salmon

  Macqueen, D., Robledo, D., Ruiz Daniels, R. & Taylor, R.

  Other

  1/08/19 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

• Hungry, stressed chicks? Understanding Hypothalamic Regulation of Appetite in Birds

  Meddle, S. & Leng, G.

  BBSRC

  21/07/19 → 20/07/22

  Project: Research

  • neuropeptide Y 100%
  • Coturnix japonica 88%
  • Interpersonal Relations 84%
  • Gonadotropins 83%
  • fasting 78%

• Exploiting the healthy microflora to develop new treatments for Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infection in canine atopic dermatitis

  Paterson, G.

  UK-based charities

  15/07/19 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Assessing the use of cardiac biomarkers as a health management tool for early diagnostic of cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) in Atlantic salmon

  Del-Pozo, J.

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

  15/07/19 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Large memory HPC infrastructure to underpin world-class biological research

  Law, A., Baillie, K., Hickey, J., Houston, R., Prendergast, J., Smith, J., Watson, M. & Wilson, A.

  BBSRC

  1/07/19 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• Pilot study to explore the efficacy of generating a haplotype map for the honeybee

  Wragg, D.

  UK-based charities

  1/07/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Increasing medication adherence among adults with atrial fibrillation: A Medical Research Council complex intervention framework development and feasibility study

  Strachan, F. & Mills, N.

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

  1/07/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Development of a cost-effective protocol for MHC genotyping in red deer

  Perez-Espona, S.

  UK-based charities

  1/07/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• The domestic cat: a potential natural model for Alzheimer¿s disease

  Gunn-Moore, D.

  UK-based charities

  1/07/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• Development of Level-Up cDNA normalization technology for long read transcript sequencing

  Smith, J. & Kuo, R.

  BBSRC

  1/07/19 → 31/01/20

  Project: Research

• SULSA 2019 Technology seed fund - “Pure Baltic”: sex and gene expression in the cold-adapted fly Drosophila montana

  Cook, N., Salavati, M., Kankare, M. & Wiberg, R. A. W.

  19/06/19 → 18/06/20

  Project: Research

  • cold tolerance 100%
  • gender 60%
  • climate change 49%
  • Drosophila 33%
  • pleiotropy 26%