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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
The non-pathogenic microorganisms that live in animals (the microbiota) play vital roles in disease resistance, nutrition and wellbeing. My group studies the function of these microbial communities in various species.
I graduated from the University of Leeds in 2011 with a BSc hons in medical microbiology. After briefly working in industry I went on to do a masters by research at the University of Edinburgh, followed by a PhD at The Roslin Institute. My PhD focused on the composition and dynamics of the sheep lung microbiota. I joined Mick Watson’s group as a research fellow (core scientist) in 2018. In 2022 I joined Andy Law's group as a research fellow. In 2023 I became a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.
External positions
Member of committee B for BBSRC 26RM1 Responsive Mode, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2026
Member of committee B for 25RM2 BBSRC Responsive Mode (, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2025
Member of Agence Nationale de la Recherche: CE20 - Biology of animals, photosynthetic organisms and micro-organisms panel, Agence Nationale de la Recherche
2024 → …
Member of committee A for 24RM2 BBSRC Responsive Mode, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2024
Member of UKRI pool of experts , Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2024 → …
Member of the academic advisory board for CEAM (Centre of Excellence for Agrifood Microbiomics) , Centre of Excellence for Agrifood Microbiomics
2024 → 2026
Member of UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College panel, UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College
2023 → 2025
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Research output
- 30 Article
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Integrative multi-omics analysis of dietary fibre-induced modulations in the composition and function of chicken caecal microbiota
Ahmad, A., Watson, K., Khattak, F., Thekkedath Kurian, D., Kline, R., Guizard, S. & Glendinning, L., Dec 2026, In: NPJ biofilms and microbiomes. 12, 1, p. 1-14 14 p., 73.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Metagenomics reveals fibre fermentation and AMR pathways in red grouse (Lagopus scotica) microbiota
Ahmad, A., Fletcher, K., Hesford, N. & Glendinning, L., Dec 2025, In: BMC Microbiology. 25, 1, p. 1-11 11 p., 520.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The selective culture and enrichment of major rumen bacteria on three distinct anaerobic culture media
Buckner, A. M., Glendinning, L., Palma Hidalgo, J. M., van Munster, J. M., Stevens, M., Watson, M. & Newbold, C. J., 4 Nov 2025, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 13, 11, p. 1-18 18 p., e0056325.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interleukin 10 controls the balance between tolerance, pathogen elimination and immunopathology in birds
Meunier, D., Corona Torres, R., Boulton, K., Wu, Z., Ballantyne, M., Glendinning, L., Ahmad, A., Borowska, D., Taylor, L., Vervelde, L., Del-Pozo, J., Vasilogianni, M., Jjaramillo-Ortiz, J., Sanchez-Arsuaga, G., Psifidi, A., Tomley, F., Watson, K., McGrew, M., Stevens, M. & Blake, D. & 1 others, , 16 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: eLIFE. p. 1-25 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age-related impairment of intestinal inflammation resolution through an eicosanoid-immune-microbiota axis
Goepp, M., Milburn, J. V., Zhang, B., Dong, Y., Tyrrell, V., Zheng, X., Marshall, J. M., Bolsega, S., Basic, M., Glendinning, L., Ho, G.-T., Satsangi, J., Breyer, R. M., Narumiya, S., McSorley, H. J., Schwarze, J. K. J., Anderson, C. J., Dockrell, D. H., Rossi, A. G. & Bleich, A. & 6 others, , 14 May 2025, In: Cell Host & Microbe. 33, 5, p. 671-687.e6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Una Europa: Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance by 360 One Health Approach
Cousquer, G. (Chair and Invited Speaker), Lurz, P. (Contributor), Glendinning, L. (Contributor) & Walker, I. (Contributor)
20 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Chicken dendritic cell – microbiota interplay in vaccine-mediated responses”.
Glendinning, L. (Principal Investigator) & Sutton, K. (Co-investigator)
1/10/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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IDG2023/28 - PP2024 - Capability -Meta-Muss-PAV-SVs, metagenomics in mussels unveiling immune gene presence-absence variation and large structural variants
Regan, T. (Principal Investigator), Chapuis, A. (Co-investigator) & Glendinning, L. (Co-investigator)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/08/24 → 28/02/25
Project: Research
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IDG2023/28 - PP2024 - Capability - Testing establishment of MDR Escherichia coli ST131 in the pig gastrointestinal tract and impact of phage intervention in vivo and in bioreactors
Gally, D. (Principal Investigator), Glendinning, L. (Co-investigator), Muwonge, A. (Co-investigator), Paterson, G. (Co-investigator), Stevens, M. (Co-investigator) & Woods, G. (Co-investigator)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/07/24 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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IDG 2021 - 23 - Capability-Early Career Researchers
Whitelaw, B. (Principal Investigator), Glendinning, L. (Co-investigator), MacRae, V. (Co-investigator), Phadwal, K. (Co-investigator), Shih, B. (Co-investigator), Steketee, P. (Co-investigator) & Waddell, L. (Co-investigator)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
6/09/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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Microbiology toolkit Pondering pond life
Quoiani, J. (Principal Investigator) & Glendinning, L. (Co-investigator)
1/07/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Datasets
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Metagenome assembled rumen-uncultured genomes (RUGs)
Glendinning, L. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 2 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2640
Dataset
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Minion Equine Grass Sickness Gastrointestinal Mycobiota
Glendinning, L. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 5 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3069
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OTU table: Caecal microbiota transplantation between two different chicken broiler lines
Glendinning, L. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 9 Sept 2021
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3129, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2021.101624
Dataset
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Metagenomic characterisation of the caecal microbiota of XCR1 knockout chickens (ANI 99% MAGs: ENA project PRJEB64517)
Glendinning, L. (Creator), Balic, A. (Creator), Watson, M. (Creator) & Vervelde, L. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 1 Feb 2024
DOI: 10.7488/ds/7678
Dataset
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Metagenomic analysis of dietary fiber-induced modulations in the caecal microbiota of chickens (ANI 99% MAGs: ENA project PRJEB77488)
Glendinning, L. (Creator) & Ahmad, A. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 3 Sept 2025
DOI: 10.7488/ds/8020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.27.672358
Dataset