Research output per year
Research output per year
PROF
Understanding the genetic control of complex traits, including responses to infectious disease, in farmed animals, primarily pigs and cattle.
This research group is an active participant in several international collaborative projects and networks including:
Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes (FAANG) www.faang.org
COST Action CA15112 Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes - European network (FAANG-Europe) www.faang-europe.org
Swine Genome Sequencing Consortium see:
www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/S_scrofa
FPC physical map available at: http://pre.ensembl.org/Sus_scrofa_map/Info/Index/
Annotated Sscrofa10.2 reference genome sequence available at: http://www.ensembl.org/Sus_scrofa/Info/Index
View of Sscrofa10.2 reference genome sequence and aligned clone end sequences available at:http://geval.sanger.ac.uk/PGP_pig_10_2/Info/Index
International Sheep Genomics Consortium see:
http://www.sheephapmap.org/
Annotated Oar_v3.1 reference genome available at:
http://www.ensembl.org/Ovis_aries/Info/Index
External Committees
Swine Genome Sequencing Consortium – steering committee (Alan Archibald)
ELIXIR Scientific Advisory Board (Alan Archibald)
Scientific Impact and Advisory Board - Institute of Biological, Evironmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), University of Aberystwyth (Alan Archibald)
Scientific Advisory Committee – Animal Health Trust, Newmarket (Alan Archibald)
Knowledge Transfer Network, Animal Sector Advisory Board (Alan Archibald)
BBSRC Animal Health Research Club Steering Group(Alan Archibald)
Internal Committees
The Roslin Institute Science Management Group (Alan Archibald)
The Roslin Institute Finance and Contracts Committee (Alan Archibald)
Edinburgh Genomics Governance Board (Alan Archibald)
Postgraduate students, Honours students
Previous students:
Sorensen G, Host-virus interactions in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus infection. (PhD, 2014)
Hernandez SC, Genetics of litter size and prenatal survival in pigs. (PhD, 2011)
King AH, Identification of candidate genes controlling porcine female reproductive traits (PhD, 2003)
Kathirvel P, Mapping and manipulation of the murine ryanodine receptor gene (Ryr1) (PhD, )
George S, Physical mapping of the murine casein locus (PhD, 1996)
Alan L. Archibald is Head of the Division of Genetics and Genomics at The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh. Professor Alan Archibald is internationally recognised in the field of farm animal genetics and genomics research. He co-led the first international farm animal genome project – PiGMaP. Together with Professor Chris Haley he was awarded the Royal Agricultural Society of England’s Research Medal in 1997 for research work of benefit to agriculture. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Swine Genome Sequencing Consortium that is promoting efforts to sequence the pig genome and chair of the Governing Council of the European Animal Disease Genomics network of Excellence for Animal Health and Food Safety.
His research is concerned with understanding the genetic control of complex traits, including production efficiency, product quality and host response to infectious disease, mainly in pigs and cattle. His current research of relevance to this conference includes dissecting the genetic control of predisposition to boar taint.
He has a personal chair in Mammalian Molecular Genetics in the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh and is as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh which is Scotland’s National Academy of Science and Letters.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bovine serum amylase polymorphism, University of Edinburgh
1981
Award Date: 1 Jan 1981
Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science, University of Edinburgh
1973
Award Date: 1 Jan 1973
Head of Division of Genetics and Genomics (Band 2), Roslin Institute
2004 → …
Head of Genomics and Bioinformatics (Band 3), Roslin Institute
2000 → 2004
Band 3 Principal Investigator, Roslin Institute
1999 → 2000
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Alan Archibald (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Alan Archibald (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Alan Archibald (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Alan Archibald (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Alan Archibald (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Prendergast, J., Archibald, A., Connelley, T. & Morrison, L.
1/11/20 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
Clark, E., Archibald, A., Donadeu, X., Esteves, C., Hassan, M., Hickey, J., Jungnickel, M. & Salavati, M.
24/02/20 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
Archibald, A., Clark, E. & Eory, L.
1/08/19 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
Watson, M., Archibald, A. & Kranis, A.
1/07/19 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
Clark, E., Archibald, A., Donadeu, X., Hassan, M. & Hickey, J.
1/11/18 → 31/07/19
Project: Research
Woolliams, J. (Creator), Archibald, A. (Owner), Houston, R. (Work Package Leader), Matika, O. (Work Package Leader), Pong-Wong, R. (Researcher), Riggio, V. (Researcher) & Law, A. (Researcher), Edinburgh DataVault, May 2016
DOI: 10.7488/185716d0-9da6-4d4d-8b68-e90cb64901cb
Dataset
Archibald, A. (Creator), Bishop, S. (Creator) & Riggio, V. (Owner), Edinburgh DataVault, May 2016
DOI: 10.7488/d1868299-c45f-4520-8edf-68aed9e252c3
Dataset
Archibald, A. (Creator), Bishop, S. (Creator) & Riggio, V. (Owner), Edinburgh DataVault, May 2016
DOI: 10.7488/44489528-aded-4975-b817-4d7bd60c3f50
Dataset
John, W. (Creator), Archibald, A. (Creator), Gokhale, S. (Creator), Kumar, S. (Creator), Hume, D. (Creator), Joshi, A. (Creator), Young, R. (Creator), Lefevre, L. (Creator), Bush, S. (Creator), Singh, S. H. (Creator), Kumar Jadhav, S. (Creator), Lisowski, Z. (Creator), Iamartino, D. (Creator) & Summers, K. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 18 Jun 2019
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2572
Dataset
Bush, S. (Creator), McCulloch, M. (Creator), Muriuki, C. (Creator), Salavati, M. (Creator), Davis, G. (Creator), Farquhar, I. (Creator), Lisowski, Z. (Creator), Archibald, A. (Creator), Hume, D. (Creator) & Clark, E. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 10 Jul 2018
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2372
Dataset
Alan Archibald, Emily Clark & Mick Watson
23/08/17 → 23/09/17
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
14/11/12 → 26/12/12
85 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
2/02/17
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
8/10/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
23/02/17
17 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research