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

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  Gene Editing Program

  McGrew, M., Campopiano, D., Carvel, R., Currie, M., Garden, J., Lawrence, A., Nicholl, M. & Santomartino, R.

  UK-based charities, UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities, Non-EU industry, commerce and public corporations, Other

  7/06/19 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

  • dams 100%
  • chickens 96%
  • Chickens 69%
  • Alleles 52%
  • Donor 49%

• Sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes in ruminant livestock (BBSRC Partnering Award)-£30k

  Chaudhry, U. N. & Sargison, N.

  1/06/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• Cell library for candidate genes involved in Newcastle Disease Virus infection in vitro

  Digard, P., Baillie, K., Dalziel, R. & Grey, F.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/06/19 → 24/04/20

  Project: Research

• Market assessment for a novel diagnostic for Animal African

  Grey, F. & Morrison, L.

  BBSRC

  1/06/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• UNISECO - Understanding and Improving the Sustainability of agro-ECOIogicaI farming systems in the EU

  Hillier, J.

  EU government bodies

  24/05/19 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Decompression killing in laboratory rodents: a humane alternative to carbon dioxide

  Martin, J.

  BBSRC

  20/05/19 → 19/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Decompression 100%
  • hypoxia 91%
  • rodents 83%
  • Rodentia 82%
  • Hypoxia 78%

• A tale of two phosphatases: how do matrix vesicles generate phosphate for bone mineralisation

  Farquharson, C.

  UK-based charities

  6/05/19 → 2/01/21

  Project: Research

• Role of distinct mononuclear phagocyte subsets in oral prion disease pathogenesis

  Mabbott, N.

  BBSRC

  1/05/19 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Prion Diseases 100%
  • Prions 79%
  • Microglia 41%
  • Central Nervous System Diseases 37%
  • pathogenesis 31%

• Investigating the role of ANP32A in the replication of avain influenza virus

  McGrew, M. & Sang, H.

  BBSRC

  4/04/19 → 3/10/22

  Project: Research

• Dendritic cell targeting to enhance vaccination efficacy in immunologically naïve chicks

  Balic, A.

  BBSRC

  1/04/19 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• IAA: BBSRC Impact Acclerator Award 2018

  Sives, S.

  1/04/19 → 30/06/19

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

• Use of the MolecuLight i:X to detect clinically relevant wound bacteria, improve culture sensitivity and monitor treatment response

  McCagherty, J.

  EU other

  1/04/19 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

• Elucidating bovine host genomic links with rumen microbial genes to improve sustainably feed conversion efficiency using unique selection criteria

  Watson, M.

  BBSRC

  1/04/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Rumen 100%
  • Microbiota 66%
  • Microbial Genes 53%
  • Metagenomics 49%
  • Milk 31%

• Is Alzheimer's disease a uniquely human disorder?

  Gunn-Moore, D.

  UK-based charities

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Broad spectrum avian influenza vaccine based on epitopes of low variability

  Vervelde, L.

  BBSRC

  1/04/19 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research

• Understanding the E.Coli O157 strains associated with super-shedding and human disease

  Gally, D.

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

  31/03/19 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research

• Towards edible vaccines for chickens

  Vervelde, L.

  MRC

  15/03/19 → 31/01/20

  Project: Research

• Investigation of cytokine biomarkers for the diagnosis of canine tuberculosis

  Gunn-Moore, D.

  Non-EU-based charities

  1/03/19 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• Using bacteriophage to remove Escherichia coli O157:H7 from cattle colonised at the terminal rectum

  Gally, D.

  BBSRC

  1/03/19 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

• Investigation of relationship between vitamin D status and future disease development in healthy dogs

  Mellanby, R.

  UK-based charities

  1/03/19 → 22/02/22

  Project: Research

  • Calcifediol 100%
  • Vitamin D 93%
  • 25-hydroxyvitamin D 86%
  • Canidae 64%
  • Metabolite 51%

• Identification of interferon stimulated genes that restrict cross-species transmission of influenza A virus.

  Grey, F., Baillie, K., Digard, P. & Smith, J.

  BBSRC

  1/03/19 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

  • Nuclear Envelope 100%
  • Innate Immunity 81%
  • RNA Viruses 33%
  • T Cell Transcription Factor 1 23%
  • cyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphate 22%

• Elucidating Bovine Host Genomic Links With Rumen Microbial Genes To Improve Sustainably Feed Conversion Efficiency Using Unique Selection Criteria

  Watson, M.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/03/19 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

• Development of a PCR assay for the direct detection of Mycobacterium bovis DNA to improve the diagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis

  Hope, J. & Ait-Ali, T.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  13/02/19 → 31/05/19

  Project: Research

• Caricrop: exploring the potential of new technologies to support local and inter-regional agricultural trade in the Caribbean (£46K GCRF CAHSS SFC Award)

  Pschetz, L., Wilson, M., Symons, K., Bach, B. & Enright, J.

  2/02/19 → 31/07/19

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

• Market Report establish market for large animal model for human disease

  Wishart, T. & Whitelaw, B.

  BBSRC

  1/02/19 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research

• Development of an alternative live vaccine against Theileria parva using cultured cells

  Morrison, I. & Connelley, T.

  Non-EU-based charities

  1/02/19 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• ENABLES: Enabling Livestock-keepers to Eliminate Sleeping Sickness

  Morrison, L.

  BBSRC

  1/02/19 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Understanding appetite in birds to transform food production. When do chicks become hungry after hatch?

  Meddle, S.

  BBSRC

  1/02/19 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • neuropeptide Y 100%
  • Passeriformes 90%
  • Coturnix japonica 88%
  • corticosterone 81%
  • fasting 78%

• ISP18 ECA: Disentangling the signalling and cellular contributions responsible for the regional differences observed during mammalian hair follicle formation.

  Glover, J.

  BBSRC

  1/02/19 → 31/01/20

  Project: Research

• Developing a New Tool for Phenotyping Tick Resistance in Cattle

  Djikeng, A.

  BBSRC

  1/02/19 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

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

  Muwonge, A. & Pollock, J.

  1/02/19 → 25/06/20

  Project: Research

  • dairies 100%
  • screening 78%
  • funding 62%
  • antibiotic resistance 53%
  • herds 45%

• Investigation of TGFß signalling pathways in the pathogenesis of canine myxomatous mitral valve disease; future targets for therapeutic intervention

  Gally, D., Corcoran, B. & MacRae, V.

  UK-based charities

  1/02/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• An integrated approach to tackling drug resistance in livestock trypanosomes.

  Morrison, L.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

  • Trypanocidal Agents 100%
  • hypomagnesemia 94%
  • trypanocides 92%
  • African Trypanosomiasis 86%
  • hypocalcemia 82%

• ISP18 ECA: Defining a protective role for CD8*T Cells in Avian Pathogenic E.coli infections

  Bryson, K.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• ISP18 ECA: Investigating the effects of positive social experiences on mental and physical health in a common laboratory rat strain

  Brown, S.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• AquaLeap: Innovation in Genetics and Breeding to Advance UK Aquaculture Production

  Houston, R., Bean, T., Hickey, J. & Whitelaw, B.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Aquaculture 100%
  • Gene Editing 83%
  • Ostreidae 60%
  • Genome 51%
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats 48%

• AquaLeap: Innovation in Genetics and Breeding to Advance UK Aquaculture Production

  Houston, R., Hickey, J. & Whitelaw, B.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/01/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• FTMA: Flexible Talent Mobility Award 2018

  Sives, S.

  1/01/19 → 31/03/19

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • Costs 100%

• AquaLeap: Innovation In Genetics And Breeding To Advance UK Aquaculture Production

  Houston, R., Hickey, J. & Whitelaw, B.

  Other

  1/01/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• AquaLeap: Innovation in Genetics and Breeding to Advance UK Aquaculture Production

  Macqueen, D.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Ostrea 100%
  • Ostreidae 75%
  • Ostrea edulis 51%
  • Genome 47%
  • oysters 36%

• ISP18 ECA:Determining milk microbiome and AMR gene dynamics in dairy cattle under different drying-off conditions

  Pollock, J.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• An integrated approach to tackling drug resistance in livestock trypanosomes.

  Morrison, L.

  UK industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/01/19 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

  • Trypanosoma congolense 100%
  • Trypanosoma brucei brucei 78%
  • Trypanosoma brucei 74%
  • metabolism 35%
  • blood flow 17%

• ISP18 ECA: A tale of two phosphatases: How to matrix vesicles generate phosphate for bone mineralisation?

  Farquharson, C.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/01/20

  Project: Research

• Definition of Enhancer-Promoter Interactions in the Chicken

  Schoenebeck, J.

  1/01/19 → 30/06/19

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • chickens 100%
  • tissues 31%

• Investigating infectiousness of pigs selected for multi-factorial resilience or increased resistance to PRRS

  Wilson, A. & Opriessnig, T.

  Non-EU industry, commerce and public corporations

  1/01/19 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• Flexible Talent Mobility Award - 3 months salary for Sam Ellis

  Vervelde, L.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• ISP18 ECA: Development of bovine terminal rectum organoids to study E. coli O157:H7 interactions with bacteriophage.

  Low, A. & Fitzgerald, S.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• ISP18 ECA: Investigating host-specificity of Salmonella enterica serovars using bovine intestinal organoids

  Vohra, P.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• ROBUST-SMOLT Impact of early life history in freshwater Recirculation Aquaculture Systems on A. salmon robustness and susceptibility to disease at sea

  Houston, R. & Wilson, A.

  BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• Comparison of feline tuberculosis lesions associated with Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium microti infections using histology and immunohistochemistry

  Gunn-Moore, D. & Hope, J.

  UK-based charities

  3/12/18 → 2/12/19

  Project: Research