Research output per year
Research output per year
PROF, Professor
Accepting PhD Students
I am interested in what large datasets tell us about biological function, and how we can correlate patterns in big data with phenotypes of interest in farm animal health, disease and productivity.
Mick Watson is a bioinformatician and genome scientist, with almost 20 years’ experience in industry and academia. He was involved in the implementation and management of pipelines for functional genomics at GlaxoWellcome, SNP discovery at Incyte Genomics and Target Discovery at Paradigm Therapeutics, before joining the Institute for Animal Health as Head of Bioinformatics in 2002. He joined the Roslin Institute in 2010 as Director of ARK-Genomics and research group leader. His group's research focuses on the use of computational and mathematical techniques to understand genome function with an emphasis on systems of relevance to animal health and food security. Publications include both primary bioinformatics research papers and collaborative research in a variety of technical and scientific journals. The outputs from his research have included novel algorithm development, as well as the application of bioinformatics techniques to microbial and meta-genomics.
Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioinformatic analysis of genome-scale data reveals insights into host-pathogen interactions in farm animals, University of Edinburgh
1 Jan 2014 → 1 Jan 2015
Award Date: 1 Oct 2015
Biological Computation, Master in Science, University of York
1997
Biology, Bachelor of Science, University of York
1996
Head of Bioinformatics, Institute for Animal Health
2002 → 2010
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Paradigm Therapeutics, Cambridge, UK
2001 → 2002
Bioinformatics Scientist, Incyte Genomics, Cambridge, UK
2000 → 2001
Research Scientist, GlaxoWellcome, Medicines Research Centre
1997 → 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
Bruce Whitelaw (Speaker), Mike Coffey (Speaker), Joram Mwacharo (Speaker), Gregor Gorjanc (Speaker), Rainer Roehe (Speaker), Mick Watson (Speaker), Amanda Warr (Speaker), James Prendergast (Speaker), Emily Clark (Speaker), Andrea Wilson (Speaker), Ivan Pocrnic (Chair) & Mateja Janes (Contributor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Mick Watson (Associate editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Mick Watson (Associate editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Mick Watson (Associate editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Mick Watson (Associate editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Fletcher, I., Alexander, P., De Oliveira Silva, R., Gorjanc, G., Jaacks, L., Moran, D., Watson, M. & Wilson, A.
1/06/22 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
3/12/21 → 2/12/24
Project: Research
Fitzgerald, R., Argyle, S., Gally, D., Nuttall, T., Paterson, G. & Watson, M.
1/12/19 → 1/12/23
Project: Research
Watson, M., Archibald, A. & Kranis, A.
1/07/19 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
Kaiser, P. (Creator), Simpson, C. (Data Manager), Bishop, S. (Creator), Simmonds, P. (Creator), Glass, E. (Creator), Sharp, C. (Creator), Hopkins, J. (Creator), Kumar, A. (Creator), Ait-Ali, T. (Creator), Goldmann, W. (Creator), Hunter, N. (Creator), McLachlan, G. (Creator) & Watson, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataVault, 2019
Dataset
Watson, K. (Creator), Pallen, M. (Creator), Watson, M. (Creator), Stewart, R. (Creator) & Glendinning, L. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 15 Jul 2019
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2584
Dataset
Watson, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 18 Sep 2018
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2438, https://doi.org/10.1101/421024
Dataset
Watson, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 23 Nov 2018
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2470
Dataset
Watson, M. (Creator) & Griffin, D. K. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 16 Jul 2018
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2379
Dataset
1/03/18 → 6/03/18
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Alan Archibald, Emily Clark & Mick Watson
23/08/17 → 23/09/17
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
10/06/17 → 14/06/17
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
25/02/13
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment