The function of genes and cellular phenotypes in animal systems
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: The Roslin Institute
Abstract
The aim of this project is to understand how gene products (proteins and ncRNAs) determine the properties of cells, tissues, organs and whole animals.Initial evidence of a functional role for predicted elements will be based on evolutionary and selection constraints. Direct evidence of function will be inferred from naturally-occurring genetic variants, use of targeted CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis or using highthroughput cell-based reporter systems. Novel editing strategies will be developed and exploited, including for knock-outs, allele substitutions and reporter knock-ins. The function of selected genes and regulatory elements in cell differentiation, tissue patterning and homeostasis of a range of cell and tissue types will be studied using cell lines, primary cells, organoids, organ systems and whole animals. The project will also study cell, tissue and body phenotypes during development and how these change through life.
Organisations
- University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- University College London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University of Gothenburg, Sweden (Collaboration)
- Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh (Collaboration)
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) (Collaboration)
- Roslin Technologies (Collaboration)
- AquaGen (Collaboration)
- University of California Davis, United States (Collaboration)
- Genus plc, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (Collaboration)
- University of Santiago de Compostela (Collaboration)
- Babraham Institute (Collaboration)
- University of Hokkaido, Japan (Collaboration)
- Purdue University, United States (Collaboration)
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (Collaboration)
- Francis Crick Institute (Collaboration)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Collaboration)
- University of Perugia, Italy (Collaboration)
- University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Collaboration)
- NARO Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science (Collaboration)
- Karolinska Institute, Sweden (Collaboration)
- Keio University, Japan (Collaboration)
- Guangxi University (Collaboration)
- École Normale Supérieure, Paris (Collaboration)
- National Institutes of Health, United States (Collaboration)
- Scotland's Rural College (Collaboration)
- Semmelweis University (Collaboration)
- Beijing University (Collaboration)
- Destina Genomics Ltd, EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
Publications
Alibhai JD
(2018)
Unravelling the glial response in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.
in FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Alterauge D
(2020)
Continued Bcl6 Expression Prevents the Transdifferentiation of Established Tfh Cells into Th1 Cells during Acute Viral Infection.
in Cell reports
Alton EWFW
(2020)
Gene Therapy for Respiratory Diseases: Progress and a Changing Context.
in Human gene therapy
Alzaid A
(2018)
Growth hormone transgenesis in coho salmon disrupts muscle immune function impacting cross-talk with growth systems.
in The Journal of experimental biology
Amilon KR
(2018)
Generation of Functional Myocytes from Equine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.
in Cellular reprogramming
Anacleto O
(2019)
Genetic differences in host infectivity affect disease spread and survival in epidemics
in Scientific Reports
Asfahani RI
(2018)
Activation of podocyte Notch mediates early Wt1 glomerulopathy.
in Kidney international
Audzevich T
(2017)
Pre/pro-B cells generate macrophage populations during homeostasis and inflammation.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Bakke F
(2022)
Exploration of the Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) Plasma Immunoproteome Using High-Resolution LC-MS/MS
in Frontiers in Immunology
| Description | The function of genes and cellular phenotypes in animal systems. To advance genome editing and transgenic technologies in support of fundamental bioscience, livestock improvement, and understanding human health (Objective 2.1), we have developed a high-fidelity CRISPR/Cas9 vector for single and multiplex editing. This was validated in the chicken by targeting two mutations associated with altered feather structure and thus heat-tolerant phenotypes, promoting adaptation and productivity in tropical conditions. With significant industry co-funding and media interest, we have developed sterile host technology in the chicken to enable germline transmission of edited germ cells with 100% efficiency. We are developing this system further to permit restoration of entire flocks, permitting population cryopreservation for an indefinite period. We have also optimised and validated transgenic chicken bioreactors for lower cost production of pure, high quality, biologically active proteins. Using core-funded capability unique to Roslin, we continue to develop and characterise novel transgenic chicken lines with broad utility. For example, a reporter for Notch signalling activity was instrumental in investigation of the role of this pathway in early neural development, and embryos ubiquitously expressing a red fluorescent protein underpinned our study of the mechanism of feather patterning. We have characterised our Cre-inducible multiplex 'Chameleon' line that enables precise lineage tracing and sparse labelling of cells for tracking cell behaviour and fate in tissues. To accelerate such gene editing, funding is being used to produce chickens and pigs that constitutively express Cas9, permitting efficient DNA modification of somatic cells. Cas9 transgenic chickens will also allow analysis of gene and regulatory functions in edited early embryos without the need to generate edited breeding colonies, accelerating progress and reducing animal use. We have validated sgRNA:Cas9 libraries for genome-scale mutagenesis of chicken, pig and cattle cells, permitting screening of gene function in vitro through assessment of cellular phenotypes. To develop these technologies in aquaculture and related research, in conjunction with uplift funding from industry, we have developed effective methods for gene editing of embryos and cell lines of the major farmed fish species. To enable testing of gene and regulatory element function in cellular systems, we used CRISPR/Cas9-mediated recombination to develop rat and mouse embryonic stem cells carrying a range of fluorescent reporters indicating cell state. Our studies of the basic biology of pluripotent stem cell maintenance have demonstrated that Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor-dependent survival of mouse embryonic stem cells under metabolic stress is regulated by a variant of the Gab1 signalling adaptor protein, increasing understanding of stem cell resilience under adverse nutritional conditions and offering potential to improve early embryo survival in vitro. A significant breakthrough in support of the 3Rs has been propagation of pluripotent stem cells from pig species, paving the way to their use in in vitro infection assays, modelling phenotypes and genome-scale mutagenesis to identify resistance genes. This is complemented by our differentiation of bovine pluripotent stem cells into macrophages and neural cells, with the macrophages responding to infection with tuberculosis bacillus (BCG strain), suggesting that this system can be developed as an in vitro model to study host-pathogen interactions. To study haematopoetic cell differentiation in chicken (Objective 2.2.1), we have created and characterised a CSF1R-deficient line, a CSF1R reporter line, a transgenic line in which GFP is selectively expressed in haematopoetic cells using RUNX1 regulatory elements, and a line expressing Cre recombinase under control of these elements to enable gene ablation and clonal analysis. The CSF1R-/- chickens lack macrophages and related myeloid cells, are osteopetrotic with evidence of growth retardation, and, unexpectedly, lack B-cells. Using the CSF1R reporter line, we found that macrophage subpopulations rely on different regulatory elements to express this gene. The RUNX1 reporter chicken enabled us to identify and differentiate chicken granulocyte subsets, allowing assessment of their distinct contributions in response to pathogens. We have also used fluorophore-conjugated FLT3 ligand to label chicken dendritic cells (DCs) in situ, revealing that some experimental inbred lines are deficient in conventional DCs and providing a means to target FLT3L-fused antigens to DCs to potentiate immunity. We have made immunological tools to identify and purify chicken XCR1+ FLT3+ conventional DCs and transcriptomic analysis of these cells indicates that they express a gene set that is highly conserved with the equivalent cell populations in mammals. These cells are therefore likely to be specialised for antigen cross-presentation and thus of interest for potentiating immunity, particularly to viral pathogens. We have gone on to generate a mutation in chicken XCR1 by editing to enable the assessment of this receptor's role in dendritic cell development and function. Our investigations into gut function (Objective 2.2.2), found that CSF1R-dependent macrophages provide essential homeostatic support to intestinal stem cells, with implications for the ability of the gut to sample antigens. We have also created and characterised 'mini-gut' organoid cultures, or 'enteroids', from a number of livestock species to advance 3Rs research using in vitro systems. This includes development of chicken and bovine organoids that form with their apical epithelial surfaces, normally in contact with the gut lumen, facing either the organoid's interior or outwards to be exposed to the culture medium, facilitating a range of different experimental uses. The chicken gut organoids with an inside-out morphology and leukocyte component provide a tractable 3Rs model to replace animal use in the study of avian and zoonotic pathogens and have attracted significant investment to study the mode of action of dietary additives. In relation to reproductive health (Objective 2.2.3), we demonstrated that the miR-183-96-182 cluster, and in particular miR-96, is essential for luteal cell survival and progesterone production both in vitro and in vivo, building on our identification of specific circulating miRNA signatures of early pregnancy in cattle. These biomarkers of successful establishment of pregnancy are being used to develop novel diagnostics to increase reproductive efficiency and milk production in dairy cattle herds, as are a distinct set of miRNA biomarkers that we identified associated with early stages of mammary gland inflammation to serve as indicators of mastitis. We have used gene editing to generate chickens with targeted mutations in the DMRT1 gene. The resulting chromosomally male (ZZ) chickens with a single functional copy of DMRT1 developed ovaries in place of testes, demonstrating a sex determining mechanism based on DMRT1 dosage. However, these ZZ adult birds with an ovary in place of testes were otherwise indistinguishable in appearance from wild type adult males, supporting the concept of cell-autonomous sex identity (CASI) in birds. Further analysis found that production of oestrogen is also a key factor in primary sex determination in chickens, and that its production is linked to DMRT1 expression. We showed that oestrogen can promote formation of a partly competent ovary in male embryos. This work establishes that the basic mechanism of sex determination in birds is strikingly different to that operating in mammals, where the sex chromosomes determine the type of gonad formed, and sex hormones largely define the secondary sexual phenotype. In birds, the sexual phenotype is directly determined by the sex chromosome content of individual cells in different tissues. Our findings help advance our understanding of the evolution of sex determination systems and the nature of sex identity. These findings inform the design of strategies to manipulate sex ratios for production systems that require females (layers) or prefer males (broilers). For Objective 2.2.4 we have shown that PHOSPHO1 is essential for bone mineralisation, including during fracture repair, and identified a target of FGF2 that promotes osteocyte differentiation. We find that PHOSPHO1 and ENPP6 have similar physiological functions, and that these proteins likely act in concert inside the extracellular vesicles that are critical for mineralisation, with ENPP1 acting immediately upstream of PHOSPHO1. PHOSPHO1 is also a skeletal regulator of insulin resistance and obesity, contributing to the endocrine function of bone at least in part through modulation of serum choline abundance. This connection between bone, diet and whole-body metabolism highlights a key endocrine role of the skeleton in determining body composition and energy use. Also in musculoskeletal development, we found that an adverse uterine environment experienced by pig embryos alters the balance of stem cell differentiation to produce fat at the expense of bone and cartilage formation. To understand tissue pattern formation (Objective 2.2.5), we defined the relationship between cell signalling and movement in hair follicle development, and devised a mathematical model to explore these processes during feather patterning. We tested this model experimentally, establishing that a set of interactions between the EDA, BMP and FGF signals, together with cell movement and mechanical influences, determines feather arrangement and number in avian skin. This understanding is enabling approaches to tune feather density through breeding to improve heat tolerance and reduce feather waste. We also developed a model of limb patterning by Sonic Hedgehog, based on experimental data from chicken, and in sheep identified and characterised phenotypically a 10 base-pair deletion in the PRICKLE1 gene as a cause of developmental limb deformity. A DNA test for this mutation has been developed to permit the elimination of this condition from flocks. A new research area, led by a Tenure-Track Fellow (Rainger), has defined tissue fusion in the embryonic chicken eye, revealing significant genetic and mechanistic similarity with this process in other vertebrates. This establishes avian embryos, and our editing and transgenic reporter tools, as a tractable system for studying fusion defects in humans in a manner that replaces protected animal use. Toward objectives on nervous system health and homeostasis (Objective 2.2.6), we used quantitative proteomics to identify regulators of synaptic architecture, and neuronal stability in vivo, and super-resolution imaging and proteome profiling to define the cellular and molecular anatomy of the neuromuscular junction. By comparing multiple mammalian species we reported that livestock neuromuscular junctions are more similar to that of human than are those of rodents or companion animals. We also showed how edited livestock can be used to model a human neurological disorder by introducing a PPT1 mutation into the sheep genome to model the human lysosomal storage disorder Batten's disease. Edited sheep exhibit the same phenotypes as human patients, providing a valuable screening platform for candidate therapies and attracting further industry funding. |
| Exploitation Route | Understanding how fundamental processes such as sex determination, pattern formation, and organ development and function are controlled helps us understand the biology of the organisms we study, which in turn leads to understanding of what happens when these processes go wrong. Phenotypes such as hair and follicle pattern formation are targets for selective breeding for animals that are adapted for different environmental conditions, such as low and high temperature environments. Studying fundamental biological processes can also lead to unexpected and unpredictable findings and impacts. The investigation of skull morphology and shape, and understanding the genetic basis of such, has impacts across human health and in animal breeding, for both companion and food producing animals. Abnormal skull shape is additionally an animal welfare concern that is important to breeders of all types. The emerging links between the skeleton and regulation of glucose homeostasis and obesity may suggest means to control weight gain or loss in animals or human. Linking the genes, epigenetic marks and regulatory regions encoded in animal genomes to complex phenotypes such as cell type and function, organ formation, organ malfunction and whole animal growth and health is an important part of the research theme that may have implications across farm animals and human health. These genomic regions may be the focus of selective breeding in farm animals for better health and productivity, and may become the focus of drug targets and other interventions in humans. The surrogate host chicken system that we have developed to reconstitute a living germline from cryopreserved or cultured primordial germ cells greatly increases the efficiency of genome editing in chicken breeding and is likely to be widely used for this purpose, as well as serving as a direct template to adapt this technology into other species. It is also likely to find use in permitting long term cryopreservation of poultry flocks, providing a less costly alternative to ongoing breeding and one protected from potentially devastating disease outbreaks. The production of therapeutic or other biologically active high-value proteins in eggs, using transgenic chicken 'bioreactors,' is a widely applicable system. This can be used in a number of contexts, from production of such proteins in organised and centralised commercial facilities in developed countries, to local production in LMICs, reducing or obviating the need for a complex storage and transport system. Identification of genes and interactive processes underlying determination of feather number in chicken can be used in breeding programmes to alter feather coverage in poultry lines, particularly useful in increasing heat tolerance. The derivation, and methodology to propagate and manipulate stem cells from large animal species enables lower cost and more rapid in vitro study of phenotypes that can be recreated in vitro. Based on findings thus far, this will be particularly useful in determining mechanisms of pathogen interaction with host cells, and the genetic basis and cellular mechanisms of susceptibility and resistance to infection. Our definition of the developmental origins and overall diversity of cell types in the avian immune system contrast with what would be predicted directly from mammals, and may be used to design improved timings and routes of administration for vaccines. Our studies of the gut and methods to generate and culture organoids from cattle and from chicken, with ongoing work in pig, can be used broadly for the study of intestine function, to test the effects of different agents on intestinal structure and function, and to study intestinal cells' interaction with pathogenic and commensal microbes. Our work on miRNA profiling of biological tissues in cattle may be used or adapted by others to detect pregnancy or mastitis at very early stages in this or other species. Early detection of pregnancy is particularly useful in the dairy industry to make management more efficient, and may also be useful in many breeding programmes. Sex determination is a fundamental step in animal development and impacts on a wide range of agriculturally relevant traits. Our work to understand the genetic basis of sex determination in birds underpins sexing assays to be used in the poultry industry and may be taken forward to design strategies to manipulate sex ratios for increased production of eggs (females) or meat (males). Our analyses of the genetic and cellular basis underlying the formation of many organ systems (skin, the kidneys, the skeleton, the nervous system, the eye) can be taken forward in understanding the basis of healthy development, organ function, and ageing in humans. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Description | Our development of methodology to culture primordial germ cells (PGCs), to cryopreserve these, and to reintroduce them into host embryos for propagation of germ cells and thus restoration of intact animals underlies technology to cryopreserve avian genetic resources. This is now made far more efficient by our generation and characterisation of novel sterile host chicken lines engineered to lack their own PGCs, which, when present, compete with introduced cells for contribution to gamete production. This set of technological advances is being commercialised as a 'bio-banking' service by Roslin Technologies Ltd, permitting frozen archiving of avian genetic resources as cells, without requiring continual maintenance of live animals, which incurs expense and the risks of inbreeding and loss of lines through infectious disease outbreaks. Contracts for use of this service are already secured to archive Cobb avian lines. Transgenic chicken lines as bioreactors, including those producing valuable proteins in eggs from past research, continue to be advanced toward commercialisation using MRC Confidence-in-Concept and Roslin Technologies investment. A novel gene edited sheep model of Batten's disease that we produced, and for which we characterised the molecular pathophysiology in comparison to the human disease, attracted £400k in funding from an industry partner to test novel therapeutic approaches in a large animal model of this condition. Investigators linked to this award have contributed to consultations on genome editing in farm animals, crops, and human health, building public understanding and collecting information from the public to understand societal perceptions of this technology and its potential uses. Having found that changes in levels of specific miRNAs in circulation occur very early during pregnancy in cattle, providing the opportunity to develop novel diagnostic approaches to increase reproductive efficiency and milk production, we carried out a Pathfinder-funded UK-wide market survey on the commercialisation potential of diagnostic miRNAs for cattle. This aided in our securing Super Follow-on funding to take the developed knowledge on miRNA biomarkers to further development and commercialisation of a novel early pregnancy test for dairy cattle. This work has played a key underpinning role in the establishment of a new company, Vetsina Animal Diagnostics, on the Easter Bush campus in Midlothian. We are also engaged in an ISCF-funded industrial collaboration to explore the potential of existing diagnostic platforms towards the application of miRNAs in cattle diagnostics and have collaborative projects with groups in both Brazil and Kenya to explore the potential of this novel technology for improving livestock production in LMICs. Our development of organoid culturing systems for gut tissue ('enteroids') from chicken and cattle has enabled replacement of in vivo experimentation with this in vitro alternative, and has attracted commercial funding to accelerate development and industrial uptake of this model. In addition to replacing live animal use, this system accelerates the scale and speed of research on gut function and its interaction with pathogens, microbiome, and antigens. We have established commercial partnerships to enable use of such organoids to evaluate feed additives. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | Infrafrontier 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Description | MRC Data Sharing |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Member of Veterinary Advisory Committee for the Horserace Betting Levy Board |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The HBLB Codes of Practice set out voluntary recommendations to help breeders, in conjunction with their veterinary surgeons, to prevent and control specific diseases in all breeds of horse and pony. |
| Description | Postgraduate training |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | As Dean of Postgraduate Studies I sit on various committees relating to PG training, monitoring, mentoring and health. These committees work at the School and College level |
| Description | Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation Industry Blueprint Workshop |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.fishfarmermagazine.com/news/capital-workshop-to-devise-salmon-blueprint/ |
| Description | Veterinary Advisory Committee - HBLB |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Description | (BovReg) - BovReg - Identification of functionally active genomic features relevant to phenotypic diversity and plasticity in cattle |
| Amount | € 6,033,458 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 815668 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | 100 years of Animal Genetics - Engagement across Scotland |
| Amount | £35,137 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | 2018/2019 Travel & Partnerships Fund |
| Amount | £2,950 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 05/2019 |
| Description | A data-driven single cell sequencing approach to support innovation in Atlantic salmon aquaculture |
| Amount | £49,944 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Department | Scottish Funding Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | A novel stem cell-based platform for generating pig macrophages for African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) vaccine production |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | A novel stem cell-based platform for generating pig macrophages for African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) vaccine production |
| Amount | £42,654 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Roslin Technologies |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | A tale of two phosphatases: How do matrix vesicles generate phosphate for healthy bone mineralisation? |
| Amount | £17,684 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | M847 |
| Organisation | Rosetrees Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 05/2020 |
| Description | A tale of two phosphatases: how do matrix vesicles generate phosphate for bone mineralisation |
| Amount | £17,684 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Rosetrees Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 05/2020 |
| Description | British Society for Developmental Biology PI Award |
| Amount | £1,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Society for Developmental Biology |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 04/2017 |
| Description | British Society for Developmental Biology Travel Award |
| Amount | £500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Society for Developmental Biology |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 04/2017 |
| Description | British Society for Developmental Biology Travel Award |
| Amount | £1,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Society for Developmental Biology |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 04/2017 |
| Description | COOLFISH: Improving Atlantic salmon health and welfare by metabolic programming |
| Amount | kr 12,491,000 (NOK) |
| Funding ID | 325571 |
| Organisation | Research Council of Norway |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Norway |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 06/2026 |
| Description | Chicken enteroids: exploring their potential as mucosal immunological model |
| Amount | £13,275 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FTMA Panel- Email-10/12/19 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Chromatin, Epigenetics and Transcriptional Regulation - UoE Network 2018 |
| Amount | £1,100 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Department | The Institute for Academic Development (IAD) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 07/2018 |
| Description | Confidence in Concept (TR) - Barry McColl - CSF1-Fc to enhance brain repair and functional recovery after stroke: a preclinical proof-of-concept study |
| Amount | £62,620 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MRC/CIC5/07 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Confidence in Concept (TR) - Consortium Funding - Tom Wishart for RI - Developing SFXN3-targeted therapies to prevent neurodegeneration |
| Amount | £108,059 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MC_PC_16043 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 06/2018 |
| Description | Confidence in Concept (TR) - Helen Sang - Increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of the chicken bioreactor biologics production platform |
| Amount | £81,423 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MRC/CIC5/02 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | Cryo-storing research lines of chicken to eliminate breeding and save genetic resources |
| Amount | £478,116 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NC/V001124/1 |
| Organisation | National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2020 |
| End | 11/2023 |
| Description | Dendritic cell targeting to enhance vaccination efficacy in immunologically naïve chicks |
| Amount | £9,544 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BBSRC IAA PIII-016 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | Developing stem cell-derived macrophages to study host pathogen interactions and advance strategies to combat globally important disease in the pig Burdon |
| Amount | £438,735 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NC/T002565/1 |
| Organisation | National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2020 |
| End | 10/2022 |
| Description | Development of a high-throughput pipeline to identify causal variants and its demonstration in pig muscle |
| Amount | £746,468 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T014067/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2020 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | Development of bovine abomasal enteroids as a tool to study host-pathogen interactions in Ostertagia ostertagi infections |
| Amount | £11,525 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Does anti-RANKL therapy prevent glucocorticoid induced bone loss and promote muscle function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
| Amount | £99,444 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 9896312 - WT10270634 |
| Organisation | LifeArc |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2021 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| Description | Does anti-RANKL therapy prevent glucocorticoid induced bone loss in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy? |
| Amount | £19,992 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10154767 |
| Organisation | Duchenne Parent Project Holland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | EBSOC Schools Outreach Programme |
| Amount | $20,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | Waters Corporation |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | Edinburgh Gallus Genome and Embryonic Development Workshops (EGGED Workshops) |
| Amount | £14,941 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 1933 |
| Organisation | Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Edinburgh Gallus Genome and Embryonic Development Workshops (EGGED Workshops) Small Meeting Grant |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Company of Biologists |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 08/2022 |
| Description | Exemplification Of Germline Transmission Using The CH1 Chicken (Silkie) Addendum 6 |
| Amount | £66,925 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Addendum No. 6 |
| Organisation | Cobb Vantress |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | FTMA 3: Immersive training in scanning serial block face electron microscopy |
| Amount | £2,380 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 12126831 BB/W510944/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Follow on Novozymes work |
| Amount | £87,283 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 9734074 |
| Organisation | Novozymes |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Denmark |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Follow on Novozymes work |
| Amount | £87,283 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 9734074 |
| Organisation | Novozymes |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Denmark |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | GCRF Global Challenges Research Fund - Tim connelley - International Veterinary Vaccinology Network |
| Amount | £2,113,339 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/R005958/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | GENE-SWitCH |
| Amount | € 5,999,886 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | SEP-210522342 |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 06/2019 |
| End | 06/2023 |
| Description | General Fund - Consortium - Colin Farquharson for RI - The role of VBP6, a steroid analogue, on growth and bone health in a novel mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 5768105 |
| Organisation | Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) |
| Department | British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | General Scheme - Bruce Whitelaw - Editing RELA S531P |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 6668838 |
| Organisation | Genus plc |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | General Scheme - Consortium - Gerry McLachlan for RI - The Development Collaboration (DCA) - funding amount confidential as stipulated by funder |
| Amount | £0 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | WH/3897302 |
| Organisation | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 07/2018 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | General Scheme - Cristina Esteves - Characterising the responses of stem cells to inflammatory and infectious stimuli - towards cell-free regenerative therapies for horses |
| Amount | £9,980 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2017-568-606 |
| Organisation | Petplan Charitable Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | General Scheme - Ian Dunn - Designer nutrition; Betaine and bone strength in laying hens |
| Amount | £17,224 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | WT 4474578 |
| Organisation | AB Agri Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | General Scheme - Lonneke Vervelde - Chicken Intestinal Organoids: A Novel In Vitro System To Study Mucosal Vaccine Targeting |
| Amount | £24,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | WT 5906748 |
| Organisation | Intervet International B.V. |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | General Scheme - Vicky MacRae - Regulation of insulin resistance by NPP1 in bone: a new pathway underpinning Type 2 diabetes? |
| Amount | £11,951 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Tenovus Cancer Care |
| Department | Tenovus Scotland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | General Scheme - consortium funding - Gerry McLachlan for RI - Lenti viral gene therapy (RCA) - funding amount confidential as stipulated by funder |
| Amount | £0 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | WH/3896880 |
| Organisation | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 07/2018 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Genome editing for quantitative traits in livestock |
| Amount | £97,227 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Addendum 32: BB/N015339/1 |
| Organisation | Genus plc |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | ISSF- EBSOC Outreach Schools Programme |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 10/2020 |
| Description | ISSF3- "The control of tempo during embryonic development: insights from hybrid vertebrates" |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | Identification of host resistance factors to avian influenza virus using genome-wide CRISPR Cas9 screens |
| Amount | £235,355 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T005815/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Immune cell dynamics predictive of vaccine protection in Atlantic salmon |
| Amount | £500,839 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/W005859/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Industrial Case - Tom Burdon - Development of pluripotent cell lines from livestock |
| Amount | £98,212 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R506151/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Infections and Immunity Research Board - Neil Mabbott - Determining the role of CSF1R-dependent macrophages in Paneth cells and the intestinal stem cell niche |
| Amount | £529,437 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/S000763/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | Innovation placement and industrial partnership with the European Squirrel Initiative |
| Amount | £7,505 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 8922735 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Integration of tissue mechanics and cell signalling in developmental patterning of the skin |
| Amount | £377,338 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T007788/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2020 |
| End | 01/2023 |
| Description | Investigation of the mechanics of gastrulation in the chick embryo using new transgenic chicken lines |
| Amount | £235,357 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T005815/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Japan Partnering Award: Defining the factors that regulate M cell-development in the intestines of livestock |
| Amount | £42,125 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S019294/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 06/2023 |
| Description | Large memory HPC infrastructure to underpin world-class biological research |
| Amount | £600,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S019367/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal cells (MSCs) as novel tools for combating antimicrobial resistance in dogs |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Dogs Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2019 |
| End | 11/2022 |
| Description | National Institute of Food and Agriculture Default Scheme - Tim Connelley - Role of the T cell receptor in interacting with WC1 for bovine gamma delta T cell activation |
| Amount | £75,612 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Subaward no 17 009922 A 00 |
| Organisation | U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA |
| Department | National Institute for Food and Agriculture |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 05/2020 |
| Description | Novel Tools for early diagnosis of mastitis in cattle |
| Amount | £29,982 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BBSRC IAA PIII056 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Novel approaches to define tissue fusion mechanisms in embryonic development |
| Amount | £874,217 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/S033165/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | One Health Models of Disease: Science, Ethics and Society |
| Amount | £5,328,962 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 218471/Z/19/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 09/2028 |
| Description | PITChERS for meat: Application of a high efficiency gene targeting strategy to accelerate advances in cellular agriculture |
| Amount | £16,225 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BBSRC IAA PIII093 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Description | Pathfinder (TR) - Xavier Donadeau - miRNA-based diagnostics to improve livestock production |
| Amount | £12,097 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S011277/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Portfolio Awards - Consortium Funding - Gerry McLachlan for RI - Respiratory Gene Therapy Portfolio (RGTP) |
| Amount | £1,472,247 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | WH/3695144 |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | Precision Medicine DTP PhD Studentship |
| Amount | £93,092 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | Project Grants - Vicky MacRae - How does NPP1 ablation drive arterial calcification? |
| Amount | £176,162 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | PG 18 26 33589 |
| Organisation | British Heart Foundation (BHF) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | Proteolytic machinery executing axon degeneration |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | R-3150 |
| Organisation | International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia (IRP) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Proteolytic machinery executing axon degeneration (Neukomme [PI] Lusanne university & Wishart [Co-I] UOE) |
| Amount | € 150,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia (IRP) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Start | 06/2019 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Research Grant - Colin Farquharson - Potential of humanin to prevent bone growth impairment and osteoporosis in inflammatory bowel disease |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Description | Research Grant - Ian Dunn - A practical phenotypic solution to reduce keel and skeletal bone damage in laying hens |
| Amount | £347,567 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Grant ID: 550396 |
| Organisation | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Research Grant - Lonneke Vervelde - Development of in vitro chicken enterocyte and organoid cultures |
| Amount | £136,852 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | WT 6571120 |
| Organisation | Novozymes |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Denmark |
| Start | 12/2018 |
| End | 11/2019 |
| Description | Research Grant - Mike McGrew - Initial validation of the CH1 Surrogate Host |
| Amount | £31,005 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Description | Research Grant - Simon Lillico - Application of genome editors for improved bioreactor productions - goats |
| Amount | £34,929 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 5873746 |
| Organisation | BioSourcing SA |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | Research Grant Simon Lillico - Application of genome editors for improved bioreactor production |
| Amount | £31,675 (GBP) |
| Organisation | BioSourcing SA |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | Responsive Mode - Adam Balic - Exploitation of new technologies to advance understanding of avian dendritic cell biology |
| Amount | £589,932 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R003653/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 10/2020 |
| Description | Responsive Mode - Mike McGrew - Investigating the role of ANP32A in the replication of avain influenza virus |
| Amount | £520,795 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S006796/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Role of IFNGR1 in reactive astrocyte activation |
| Amount | £560,720 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/V006444/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Description | Selective clearance of lipid droplets by lipophagy reduces inflammation and mortality in farmed Atlantic salmon. |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10710595 |
| Organisation | Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Small Grants - Neil Mabbott - UK-Japan partnership to explore the role of subepithelial mesenchymal stromal cells in M cell-development and homeostasis |
| Amount | £2,340 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R012377/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | Sub-award from BBSRC Flexible Talent Mobility Award (BB/R506564/1). Dr Xavier Donadeu. 'Evaluation of circulating miRNAs as biomarkers of the onset of puberty in Nelore cattle'. |
| Amount | £2,990 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R506564/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Sub-award from BBSRC Impact Acceleration Account BB/S506722/1. 'Report to establish the market for large animal models of human diseases'. |
| Amount | £14,500 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S506722/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Sub-award from Flexible Talent Mobility Award (BB/R506564/1). Dr Tom Burdon & Sympromics Ltd. 'Optimisation of synthetic tissue-specific promoters using an embryonic stem cell-based screen'. |
| Amount | £86,300 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R506564/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Sub-award from ISCF Transforming Food Production Seeding Award (ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh). Dr Adam Balic 'Generation of a Cas9 chicken as a platform to identify causative production alleles for application in breeding programmes;. |
| Amount | £17,848 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Sub-award from ISCF Transforming Food Production Seeding Award (ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh). Dr Kenneth Baillie 'Generating evidence of the benefits of Cas9 pigs for validation of genotypes underlying key production traits'. |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Sub-award from ISCF Transforming Food Production Seeding Award (ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh). Dr Xavier Donadeu 'Exploring the commercialisation potential or miRNA diagnostics for dairy cattle'. |
| Amount | £6,200 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Sub-award from ISCF Transforming Food Production Seeding Award (ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh). Dr Xavier Donadeu 'Roslin-DestiNA Genomics Ltd collaboration: a microRNA (miRNA) diagnostic platform for early pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cattle'. |
| Amount | £19,250 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Sub-award from ISCF Transforming Food Production Seeding Award (ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh). Professor Bruce Whitelaw 'Quantifying stakeholder & public views on genome edited animals in the human food chain' |
| Amount | £17,969 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | The Genetics Society Summer Studentship |
| Amount | £2,350 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Genetics Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Description | Translating MiRNA Biomarker Discovery Into Novel Veterinary Diagnostics To Increase The Efficiency Of Milk Production |
| Amount | £10,039 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FTMA -Email-20/12/2019 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | What Actually Makes Up a Thumb- An Analysis of Tissues within the Duplicate Thumb Using Specialised Staining and Three-Dimensional Microscopy Techniques |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wayne Rooney Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 01/2019 |
| Description | gene-editing program |
| Amount | £269,603 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Cobb Vantress |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 11/2021 |
| Description | self funded |
| Amount | £240,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Taiwan |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Taiwan, Province of China |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Title | Antibody - Tim4 antibody |
| Description | A monoclonal antibody directed against chicken TIM4, a receptor for phosphatidylserine. Phosphatidylserine is expressed on the surface of apoptotic cells. Therefore this monoclonal antibody stains cells that interact with apoptotic cells. |
| Type Of Material | Antibody |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | In liver, highly-phagocytic TIM4hi cells shared many transcripts with mammalian Kupffer cells and were associated with uptake of apoptotic cells. TIM4 is associated with phagocytes that eliminate apoptotic cells in the chick. In the liver, TIM4 and CSF1R reporters distinguished Kupffer cells from an abundant population of DC-like cells. |
| URL | http://www.jimmunol.org/content/early/2019/01/08/jimmunol.1800504 |
| Title | Chicken line for investigating sex determination |
| Description | chicken line with edited sex-determining gene |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - non-mammalian in vivo |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Chicken surrogate host |
| Description | Sterile surrogate host chicken lines that can be used in biobanking to recover live offspring from gametes ultimately produced from previously cultured, manipulated and/or cryopreserved primordial germ cells. |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - non-mammalian in vivo |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | More efficient production of gene edited chickens for analysis has greatly reduced the number of birds produced during breeding, and has saved considerable investigator time and expense in screening by genotype. |
| Title | Flt3 antibody |
| Description | A monoclonal antibody against chicken Flt3. Flt3 is the receptor for the major dendritic cell growth factor Flt3 ligand. |
| Type Of Material | Antibody |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Publication near completion. Antibody will be made available to other researchers upon publication |
| Title | In vitro Generation of pig macrophages from stem cells |
| Description | The generation of functionally active monocytes and macrophages from pluripotent pig stem cells |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This work may provide an in vitro experimental platform for: - Investigation of the pig innate immune system - Investigation of pig macrophage/pathogen interactions - Functional analysis of genetic variation in pigs |
| Title | In vitro testing of Flt3 function |
| Description | We developed an in vitro FLT3L-Fc binding assay that is a direct functional readout of FLT3 ligand binding.. Briefly, wild type and a mutated forms of chicken FLT3 were expressed in murine Ba/F3 cells. Fluorescent labelled FLT3L-Fc was added to these cells and binding was assessed by flow-cytometry. This assay allows us to determine effect of specific mutations on the Flt3 receptor ligand interactions. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This assay allows us to test function of variations of FLT3 that exist within the chicken population. Using this assay we have identified a deleterious mutation that exists in both inbred experimental birds and native chickens from Africa. Prior to the development of this assay it would not be possible to identify these deleterious mutations without experimentally testing hundreds, if not thousands for birds. |
| Title | Lines of edited PGCs for investigating germ cell development |
| Description | Lines of edited PGCs for investigating germ cell development |
| Type Of Material | Cell line |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Sexing assay |
| Description | Assay to determine sex of chickens |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Interest from industry and research groups using chick embryo as model system |
| Title | Tom1L1 antibody |
| Description | Antibody to Target of Myb-1-like 1 |
| Type Of Material | Antibody |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | n/a |
| Title | avian 2D intestinal organoids |
| Description | After successfully developing avian 3D enteroid technology the next step was to develop a 2D model that can be applied on transwell insert. Although the 3D model is extremely versatile and relatively cheap, they can not be employed in combination with transwell inserts to allow to study for example transepithelial resistance. To expand our toolbox of in vitro avian tissue models we then developed 2D enteroids. The preparation and culture method are highly similar to the mammalian 2D enteroids and could therefore not be patented as done for the 3D enteroids. The chicken 2D enteroid model recapitulates all major differentiated cell lineages and self-organises into an epithelial and mesenchymal sub-layer. Functional studies demonstrated they formed a tight cell layer with minimal paracellular flux and a robust epithelial integrity. The chicken 2D enteroids provide a useful ex vivo model to study intestinal cell biology and innate immune function, and have potential uses in screening of nutritional supplements, pharmaceuticals, and bioactive compounds. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This novel chicken tissue model was funded by an industrial partner and supported by BBSRC ISP. After successfully establishing the chicken 2D model the company then went on to fund the next project to set up a similar bovine 2D enteroid model. |
| URL | https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13567-021-01010-z |
| Title | avian 3D intestinal organoids |
| Description | We have developed complex multilobulated 3D chicken enteroids from intestinal embryonic villi and adult crypts. These avian enteroids develop optimally in suspension without the structural support required to produce mammalian enteroids, resulting in an inside-out enteroid conformation with media-facing apical brush borders. Histological and transcriptional analyses show these enteroids comprise of differentiated intestinal epithelial cells bound by cell-cell junctions, and notably, include intraepithelial leukocytes and an inner core of lamina propria leukocytes. The advantageous polarisation of these enteroids has enabled infection of the epithelial apical surface with Salmonella Typhimurium, influenza A virus and Eimeria tenella without the need for micro-injection. We have created a comprehensive model of the chicken intestine which has the potential to explore epithelial and leukocyte interactions and responses in host-pathogen, food science and pharmaceutical research. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The development of this tools has led to follow up funding: BB/V019899/1 in which the technology is employed to study determinants of virulence or emerging virulent non-notifiable avian influenza viruses. The technology may be developed as diagnostic tool to rapidly asses virulence of viruses and thereby may reduce the number of animals used for IVPI scores. BB/V011286/1 in which the technology is employed to study the effect of innate immune pressure and host jumps on evolution of newly emerging avian influenza viruses. Since the publication of this novel tool there has been substantial interest from animal nutrition industries and breeding companies. This led to a directly funded collaborative research project to develop the 3D enteroids into a 2D system to be employed in transwell insert culture systems. Additional funding from Adisseo was obtain in a collaborative project with INRAE (France) and LMU (Germany) in which the enteroids are used to study the effect of the gut microbiome on immune development and responses to infectious diseases. |
| URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-01901-z |
| Title | bovine 2D intestinal organoids |
| Description | After successfully developing avian 2D enteroid technology we developed a bovine 2D enteroid model that can be applied on transwell inserts. The bovine 2D enteroid model is derived from 3D enteroids that are dissociated into single cells. Confluent monolayers are established that recapitulate all major differentiated cell lineages. Functional studies demonstrated they formed a tight cell layer with a robust epithelial integrity. The bovine 2D enteroids provide a useful ex vivo model to study intestinal cell biology and innate immune function, host pathogen interactions and have potential uses in screening of nutritional supplements, pharmaceuticals, and bioactive compounds. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The outcomes of this work will be published in 2022. |
| Title | Comparative profiling of murine CLN1 Thalamus and Cortex at early and late disease timepoints |
| Description | CLN1 disease or Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis is a fatal inherited neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease of early childhood with no currently available therapy. CLN1 disease is caused by mutations in the CLN1 gene, which encodes the enzyme Palmitoyl Protein Thioesterase-1 (PPT-1). We recently found significant spinal pathology in Ppt1-deficient (Ppt1-/-) mice and human CLN1 disease, that contributes to clinical outcome, and precedes the onset of similar changes in the brain of these mice. To further understand the underlying mechanisms that cause such regional vulnerability, we used quantitative proteomic profiling to analyze the cortex and spinal cord tissue from wildtype (WT) and Ppt1-/- mice at early (3 months) and late (7 month) timepoints respectively. Tandem Mass Tagged (TMT) proteomic analysis revealed a significant early inflammatory response as well as changes in mitochondrial function, cell-signalling pathways and developmental processes in the spinal cords of Ppt1-/- mice at 3 months, as compared to their wildtype counterparts. Taken together, these early and progressive pathological and related proteomic changes in this largely unexplored region of the CNS may help explain the limited success of previous brain-directed therapies for CLN1 disease. More importantly, these data fundamentally change our understanding of the progressive, site-specific disease pathogenesis in CLN1 disease, and highlight the importance of early inflammation. This will greatly impact our approach to the timing and targeting of future therapeutic trials for the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs). The proteomic data generated in the process of this research has been uploaded for general access here. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Publication. Data freely available to the research community. |
| URL | https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3549 |
| Title | Identification of putative causal variants |
| Description | Bioinformatics pipeline to fine map a locus and identify and quantify the probability of a variant being a causal variant |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Protocol described in this paper. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07691-z |
| Title | Investigating early cellular and molecular responses to misfolded protein |
| Description | PMDs such as AD, PD, HD and TSE are associated with the accumulation of abnormally folded proteins. However, the mechanisms involving seeding, processing and degradation of these rogue proteins are poorly understood. In this project, the response of primary hippocampal cultures to fibril challenge was investigated on a transcriptome level. This provided insights into molecular mechanisms associated with misfolded protein handling using cultures that either support misfolded protein generation (101LL) or that curtail its production (WT). Initial baseline transcriptome profiles were generated by microarray analysis then a more comprehensive analysis using RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) for pre and post-fibril challenge transcriptome analysis was carried out. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | published manuscript. Data set available for researchers in the field. Demonstration of degree of validity of cultured vs invivo tissue for transcriptomic analysis - potential knowck on to 3Rs. |
| URL | https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3168 |
| Title | Proteomic analysis to identify the pathways and processes affected by altered levels of Sideroflexin3 (SFXN3) in the synapse. |
| Description | Proteomic data from TMT based analysis of synapses biochemically isolated from Sfxn3-KO mice (http://www.mousephenotype.org/data/genes/MGI:2137679). See attached word/.txt description for further information. Briefly - Synapses are a primary pathological target in neurodegenerative diseases. Identifying therapeutic targets at the synapse could delay progression of numerous conditions. The mitochondrial protein SFXN3 is a neuronally-enriched protein expressed in synaptic terminals and regulated by key synaptic proteins, including alpha-synuclein (previously reported in Amorim et al., 2017 [PMID:28049726] and Graham et al., 2017 [PMID: 29078798]). Applying high-resolution proteomics to synapses biochemically isolated from Sfxn3-KO mice (http://www.mousephenotype.org/data/genes/MGI:2137679), we sought to identify what the molecular consequences of altered SFXN3 expression are in vivo. Analysis of the data contained within this submission suggest that Sfxn3 regulates proteins and pathways associated with neurodegeneration and cell death (including CSP alpha and caspase-3), as well as cascades altered in other neurological conditions (including Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Publication. Data freely available for researchers. |
| URL | https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3940 |
| Title | Proteomic profiling of primate synapses during normal healthy ageing |
| Description | Normal mammalian brain ageing is characterised by the selective loss of discrete populations of dendritic spines and synapses, particularly affecting neuroanatomical regions such as the hippocampus. Although previous investigations have quantified this morphologically, the molecular pathways orchestrating preferential synaptic vulnerability remain to be elucidated. Using quantitative proteomics and healthy rhesus macaque and human patient brain regional tissues, we have profiled the temporal expression of the synaptic proteome throughout the adult lifespan in differentially vulnerable brain regions. Comparative profiling of hippocampal (age-vulnerable) and occipital cortex (age-resistant) synapses revealed discrete and dynamic alterations in the synaptic proteome, which appear unequivocally conserved between species. The generation of these unique and important datasets will aid in delineating the molecular mechanisms underpinning primate brain ageing, in addition to deciphering the regulatory biochemical cascades governing neurodegenerative disease pathogenesis. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Publication. Data freely available to the research community. Methodological validation of impact of individual vs pooled sample analysis for proteomics - impact on depth of coverage etc. |
| URL | https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3175 |
| Title | Synaptic and non synaptic proteome in ageing murine cortical isolates, [dataset]. |
| Description | Label free proteomic analysis of "synaptic" and "non-synaptic" mitochondrial subpopulations isolated from murine cortex throughout the process of "normal healthy" ageing. These are sub populations of mitochondria as isolated and defined by Lai JC, Walsh JM, Dennis SC, Clark JB. Synaptic and non-synaptic mitochondria from rat brain: isolation and characterization. J Neurochem. 1977;28(3):625-31. Files attached include synaptic or non-synaptic mitochondrial time course data output from Progenesis software. This data is an update with additional content (superseding https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/2333). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Publication. Freely available data for researchers. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/3181 |
| Title | TMT generated proteomic identification and quantification of muscle and NMJ enriched fractions in mice and humans |
| Description | The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) plays a fundamental role in transferring information from lower motor neurons to skeletal muscle to generate movement. It is also an experimentally-accessible model synapse routinely studied in animal models to explore fundamental aspects of synaptic form and function. This dataset comprises part of a wider study examining the composition and form of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) in mice and humans. The data sets demonstrate differential expression of core synaptic proteins and molecular pathways at the human NMJ. This data as part of a larger study reveals human-specific cellular and molecular features of the NMJ that distinguish them from comparable synapses in other mammalian species. Abbreviation: TMT - "Tandem Mass Tag multiplexing reagents" for labelling amine groups. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Published manuscript. Data freely available to researchers in the field. Implications for degree of model relevance and hence 3Rs considerations for NMJ research. |
| URL | https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/2937 |
| Title | Transcriptomic analysis of the follicle associated epithelium of Peyer's Patches, intestinal villous epithelium and ileum from young and aged mice |
| Description | mRNA profiles of follicle associated epithelium of Peyer's Patches (n=3 mice), intestinal villous epithelium (n=4-6 mice) and ileum (n=4 mice) from young and aged mice. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data published in the following manuscript Donaldson DS, Shih BB, Mabbott NA. Aging-Related Impairments to M Cells in Peyer's Patches Coincide With Disturbances to Paneth Cells. Front Immunol 2021;12:761949. PMID: 34938288 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE182252 |
| Title | mRNA microarray analysis data derived from BMDM, brain and spleen of wild-type and CSF1R-deficient rats |
| Description | We used microarray to examine changes in gene expression in bone marrow derived macrophages, the brain and spleen of wild-type and CSF1R-deficient rats. RNA was isolated from spleen, hippocampus, striatum, olfactory bulbs, pituitary glands and bone marrow derived macrophages and mRNA expression compared on Affymetrix Rat Gene 2.1 ST Arrays [transcript (gene) version]. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This database allows scientists around the world to freely access and use our mRNA expression data |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE100696 |
| Title | mRNA-seq analysis data derived from in vitro bovine ileum enteroid cultures |
| Description | In vitro 3D enteroid, or "mini gut", cultures were prepared from bovine small intestinal (ileal) crypts. mRNA was isolated from bovine small intestinal crypts, freshly prepared enteroids (P0) and enteroids after multiple serial passages (P1-5). Global gene expression was compared in these samples by mRNA-seq. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Significant interest from many other researchers was generated from these data |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE112674 |
| Description | Centre for tropical livestock genetics and health (CTLGH) |
| Organisation | International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Mick Watson is co-leading programme 5 (informatics and bioresources) programme of CTLGH which aims to collect data on genotype and phenotype into a central database which can subsequently be mined for useful associations. So far we have ensured that scientists have access to the latest high performance computing environment for research, we have analysed and continue to analyse hundreds of farm animal genomes from LMIC countries, and we have built the data portal (http://data.ctlgh.org) |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners are involved in all programmes, which include:Program 1: Harnessing genetic variability among indigenous and exotic breeds of cattle (as well as their crosses) to develop genetic and genomic tools that will be used to improve productivity under harsh tropical conditions and to mitigate the impact of cattle on climate change. Program 2: Harnessing genetic variability in tropical productivity and adaptation among various breeds of Chickens. Program 3: Development and application of precision breeding (through novel reproductive and germplasm technologies) to achieve step changes in livestock genetic improvement. Program 4: Understanding the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the tolerance of certain cattle and poultry breeds to tropical diseases and pests. Program 5: A shared global data and biological sample resource to support continued research and development on tropical livestock genetics and health. |
| Impact | The data portal so far: http://data.ctlgh.org The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, bringing together geneticists, parasitologists, virologists, epidemiologists and data scientists together. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Centre for tropical livestock genetics and health (CTLGH) |
| Organisation | Scotland's Rural College |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Mick Watson is co-leading programme 5 (informatics and bioresources) programme of CTLGH which aims to collect data on genotype and phenotype into a central database which can subsequently be mined for useful associations. So far we have ensured that scientists have access to the latest high performance computing environment for research, we have analysed and continue to analyse hundreds of farm animal genomes from LMIC countries, and we have built the data portal (http://data.ctlgh.org) |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners are involved in all programmes, which include:Program 1: Harnessing genetic variability among indigenous and exotic breeds of cattle (as well as their crosses) to develop genetic and genomic tools that will be used to improve productivity under harsh tropical conditions and to mitigate the impact of cattle on climate change. Program 2: Harnessing genetic variability in tropical productivity and adaptation among various breeds of Chickens. Program 3: Development and application of precision breeding (through novel reproductive and germplasm technologies) to achieve step changes in livestock genetic improvement. Program 4: Understanding the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the tolerance of certain cattle and poultry breeds to tropical diseases and pests. Program 5: A shared global data and biological sample resource to support continued research and development on tropical livestock genetics and health. |
| Impact | The data portal so far: http://data.ctlgh.org The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, bringing together geneticists, parasitologists, virologists, epidemiologists and data scientists together. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Chicken Diversity Consortium |
| Organisation | Queen Mary University of London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As part of the Chicken Diversity consortium led by Dr Laurent Frantz, we have provided >500 whole genome sequences of indigenous chicken breeds for pangenomic meta-analysis. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Each consortium partner has provided chicken genome sequences for shared use. High performance compute space has been made available at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich for analysis of genome data. |
| Impact | Formation of a working consortium, bringing together multidisciplinary researchers for shared access to a large amount of chicken genomic data, allowing study of chicken diversity, evolution, domestication, genetic variation etc. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Collaboraion with DestiNA Genomics to develop novel diagnostic biomarkers for livestock |
| Organisation | DestiNA Genomics Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Scientific expertise in molecular biomarkers and access to farm animal samples |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of proprietary technology for direct nucleic acid detection in clinical samples |
| Impact | BBSRC: Super FoF project - miRNA based diagnostics to improve livestock production (£473000, 2020-2022) BBSRC: FTMA -Translating MiRNA Biomarker Discovery Into Novel Veterinary Diagnostics To Increase The Efficiency Of Milk Production (£ 10039; 2020 - 2020) BBSRC: BB/S011277/1 - Pathfinder (TR) - miRNA-based diagnostics to improve livestock production (£ 12097; 2018 - 2019) BBSRC: ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh - Sub-award from ISCF Transforming Food Production Seeding Award (ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh). 'Roslin-DestiNA Genomics Ltd collaboration: a microRNA (miRNA) diagnostic platform for early pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cattle'. (£ 19250; 2018 - 2019) BBSRC: ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh - Sub-award from ISCF Transforming Food Production Seeding Award (ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh). 'Exploring the commercialisation potential or miRNA diagnostics for dairy cattle'. (£ 6200; 2018 - 2019) |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Collaboration with AquaGen - functional genomics of salmonid embryos |
| Organisation | AquaGen |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Functional genomics of salmonid embryos - work with Atlantic salmon |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of high quality Atlantic salmon embryos |
| Impact | In process |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration with Brian Brooks - Director, National Eye Institute. NIH |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Department | National Eye Institute (NEI) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Establishing the use of chick as a model for vertebrate structural eye development. This is novel and complements other groups use of alternative models (zebrafish and mouse) for understanding human eye development. In particular, our strengths are the investigation of structural development, such as optic fissure closure and anterior segment and iris development. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Professor Brooks is the Director of The National Eye Institute. (NIH, US). His group is focused on the identification of mutations in genes that cause structural eye defects, and uses zebrafish to model genetic defects. |
| Impact | Currently we have a manuscript in preprint, detailing the identification of a novel coloboma associated gene and the transcriptional landscape of tissue fusion in the embryonic chicken eye. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with Mariya Moosajee |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Institute of Ophthalmology UCL |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are identifying novel genes expressed during tissue fusion through combining transcriptomic datasets from multiple vertebrates. We are using Spatial gene expression in chicken embryos. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Acquisition and analysis of transcriptome data from zebrafish eye tissues. Variant searching in 100,000 genomes project. Spatial gene expression in zebrafish embryos. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration with Prof. Marco Prinz |
| Organisation | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg |
| Department | Institute of Neuropathology |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration with Marco Prinz, Professor of Neuropathology at the University of Freiburg, Germany. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cross-species analysis of gene expression in microglia, the brain-resident macrophage population. We isolated and generated data on chicken microglia. Our partners combined these resources with that of many other species to perform a large scale analysis of gene expression in microglia. |
| Impact | Geirsdottir et al., Cell. 2019. 179(7):1609-1622.e16. PMID: 31835035 |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Developmental basis of Radial Aplasia |
| Organisation | Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | My research team at The Roslin Institute are developing an animal model of radial aplasia. We provide unique transgenic animal facilities, specialist skills in embryonic manipulation and the majority of intellectual contribution, understanding the developmental basis of congential radial aplasia. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mr W L Lam provides the insight of human congenital limb abnormalities |
| Impact | As a result of this collaboration I have be invited to speak at several major limb surgical conferences, which has improved the communication between the clinical and scientific fields. Following this Mr WL Lam (consultant plastic surgeon, limb surgery) and myself (lead scientist) organised the first 'Clinical Workshop' at the 14th International Conference on Limb Development and Regeneration Meeting 2017 to formalize the links between the Developmental biology and Clinical Limb Surgery fields. We have established that the Clinical field lacks understanding of genetic diagnosis and fundamental biology underpinning congenital limb malformations so at this conference we including world leading leading speakers on genetic diagnosis of human congenital diseases. We have obtained funding from the British Society for Developmental Biology, The British Society for Surgery of the Hand and The Rooney Foundation to develop this project. This is a reflection on the increasing importance this collaboration has for clinical understanding of congenital disorders. We have joint published a book chapter on limb development. We have published a joint paper proposing a model to explain the developmental basis of radial aplasia. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Differentiation of pluripotent pig stem cells |
| Organisation | University of Hong Kong |
| Department | School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Evaluating the differentiation potential of pig pluripotent stem cells |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of pluripotent pig stem cell lines, culture medium and detailed protocols for maintaining and manipulating the cells in culture. |
| Impact | BBSRC response mode grant application; BB/R018669/1 Sept 2017 " Pluripotent stem cells as a novel in vitro experimental platform for functional studies in pigs" (not funded) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Donna Fekete. Purdue University, Indiana, US. |
| Organisation | Purdue University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I share resources, methodologies and data pertaining to the delivery of exogenous gene constructs into the developing chicken embryo, and details of their impact on embryonic tissue fusion events. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They reciprocally share resources, methodologies and data pertaining to the delivery of exogenous gene constructs into the developing chicken embryo, and details of their impact on embryonic tissue fusion events. |
| Impact | None as yet. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Effect of Humanin in reversing/preventing bone defects in inflammatory conditions |
| Organisation | Karolinska Institute |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We completed the pre-clinical animal (mouse) studies in which we injected the humanin protein into mice with inflammatory bowel disease (and associated control mice) |
| Collaborator Contribution | The bones were sent to Sweden for analysis |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Emiliano Lasagna collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Perugia |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Hosted PhD student, Francesco Perini for 3 months at Roslin Institute. Francesco was taught how to carry out RNAseq analysis. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of RNAseq data relating to dietary supplementation in indigenous chicken breeds |
| Impact | Identification of chicken genes differentially expressed under different dietary conditions. Upcoming trip to University of Perugia to teach international MSc students. Transcriptomic publication in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | EuroSoftCalc European COST action |
| Organisation | European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) |
| Department | COST Action |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | UK representative to the Management Committee and Working Group Leader (scientific exchanges and training) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Clinical, research and training expertise in rare diseases of calcification. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Evaluation of Notch-reporter transgenic embryos |
| Organisation | École Normale Supérieure, Paris |
| Department | Institute of Biology |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We developed a line of transgenic chickens carrying a transgene that would express green fluorescent protein as a reporter of notch signalling activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners utilised embryos from this line to exemplify its utility in experiments to understand vertebrate embryo development. |
| Impact | A paper has been published. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | John Wingfield collaboration |
| Organisation | University of California, Davis |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Sequencing and analysis of field samples collected from whitecrown sparrows (RNAseq/WGBS/iso-seq/genome assembly) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of sparrow tissue samples for whole genome sequencing and genome assembly. Collection of field samples for RNAseq/WGBS (California/Alaska). |
| Impact | Datasets produced to date: 240 RNAseq libraries (2 species sparrows; 2 sexes; 4 tissues; 3 breeding stages; 5 replicates) 2 genome assemblies (Pacbio long reads + Omni-C assembly) - two species of whitecrown sparrow Multidisciplinary collaboration: Jacqueline Smith - avian genomics John Wingfield - environmental endocrinology |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Lamprey neuroregeneration - collaboration with Dr Anton Barreiro-Iglesias (University of Santiago de Compostela) |
| Organisation | University of Santiago de Compostela |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We produce, analyse and interpret RNA sequencing data, and generally help with bioinformatics and statistics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They provide samples, funding and interpret the results in the wider context of neuronal regeneration in lamprey. They integrate the RNA-Seq with other experiments, and design the publication strategy. |
| Impact | This collaboration has produced three publications so far, and we are still involved and planing new projects together. The manuscripts: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00429-019-01999-2 https://dmm.biologists.org/content/12/2/dmm037085.long https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2020.00173/abstract |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Ontogeny of chicken CSF1R-transgene reporter cells. |
| Organisation | Semmelweiss University |
| Country | Hungary |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are actively collaborating on determining the ontogeny of chicken CSF1R-transgene reporter cells. We have produced the CSF1R-transgene reporter line of chickens and have used these to identify and characterise multiple cell types. We have also supplied tissues samples from these lines for further analysis |
| Collaborator Contribution | Experimental procedure, such as embryonic grafting to generate primary data. |
| Impact | Paper published in 2018.. J Anat. 2018 Oct;233(4):401-410. doi: 10.1111/joa.12863. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Pig breeding with Genus |
| Organisation | Genus plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Developed and demonstrated gene editing in pig zygotes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supply of animal resources and funds. |
| Impact | Several publications, presentations at scientific meetings, media opportunities and joint research grants. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Role of M cells in the sampling of mucosal antigens by B cells in Peyer's patches |
| Organisation | University of Gothenburg |
| Department | Microbiology and Immunology UGOT |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We provided our expertise in M cell immunobiology and use of unique in vivo systems to study M cells |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof. Nils Lycke is an expert in mucosal immunology and provided his unique systems in which to study the generation of antigen-specific IgA responses in the intestine. |
| Impact | A manuscript was published in Nature Communications (2019) describing how activated Peyer´s patch B cells sample antigen directly from M cells in the subepithelial dome to maintain gut germinal center responses Komban RJ, Stromberg A, Biram A, Cervin J, Lebrero-Fernandez C, Mabbott N, Yrlid U, Shulman Z, Bemark M & Lycke N. (2019) Activated Peyer's patch B cells sample antigen from M cells in the subepithelial dome to maintain gut germinal centre responses. Nature Communications 10:2423. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Roslin Technologies Ltd. |
| Organisation | Roslin Technologies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Transfer of know-how and intellectual property to Roslin Technologies is in progress. RT is a company joint owned by University of Edinburgh and investors to translate inventions in agribiotech. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Currently the partners are developing the protein purification and marketing strategies. |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Study of role of genes and transcription factors in M-cell development |
| Organisation | Keio University |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration aims to determine the role of genes and transcription factors in M-cell development in large animal species. Prof. Mabbott obtained a BBSRC travel award in 2017 to enable him to visit the Japanese partner Prof. Koji Hase in Tokyo, Japan, to discuss a potential collaboration. Prof. Mabbott through obtaining the travel award initiated this collaboration and provided the means to explore potential collaborations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof. Koji Hase, the Japanese partner, has provided his extensive expertise in the role of genes and transcription factors in M cell development. During my visit his institution also provided in-kind support for our meetings and small workshop. Since this visit our discussions have continued and a BBSRC Japan partnering award was submitted in November 2018 to provide further pump priming support. |
| Impact | A BBSRC Japan partnering award was submitted in November 2018 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Study of role of subepithelial mesenchymal stromal cells in M-cell development |
| Organisation | Hokkaido University |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration aims to determine the role of subepithelial mesenchymal stromal cells in M-cell development in large animal species. Prof. Mabbott obtained a BBSRC travel award in 2017 to enable him to visit the Japanese partner Prof. Sawa in Hokkaido, Japan, to discuss a potential collaboration. Prof. Mabbott through obtaining the travel award initiated this collaboration and provided the means to explore potential collaborations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof. Sawa, the Japanese partner, has provided his extensive expertise in subepithelial mesenchymal stromal cells. During my visit his institution also provided in-kind support for our meetings and small workshop. Since this visit our discussions have continued and a BBSRC Japan partnering award was submitted in November 2018 to provide further pump priming support. |
| Impact | Submission of BBSRC Japan partnerinig award in November 2018. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Study of the role of Cxcr5 in ectopic germinal centre formation in the lung |
| Organisation | Babraham Institute |
| Department | Lymphocyte Signalling |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Our major contribution was the provision of our unique Cxcr5-floxed mice to this project. These mice were originally created on BBSRC grant BB/F019726/1. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our lead partner, Dr. Michelle Linterman at the Babraham Institute used these mice to study the role of Cxcr5 in ectopic germinal centre formation in the lung. |
| Impact | Paper published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine in 2019 "Type I interferon induces CXCL13 to support ectopic germinal center formation" JEM 03-04-2019 issue, vol. 216 no. 3. http://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20181216 |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Training visit to NIGL laboratory by three members of Roslin Institute 2017 |
| Organisation | NARO Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Three of my laboratory scientists (two junior level postdoctoral scientists) and myself (group leader) went to Dr Tagami's lab to be trained in his biobanking techniques |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners hosted our meeting and held a Biobank symposium |
| Impact | We are coululting and communication on how to meet the food standards in each of our countries using biobanked cellular material for poultry production sytems |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | What makes a microglia? Comparing relatives in the molecular age. |
| Organisation | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf |
| Department | Institute of Neuropathology |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our group produced purified chicken brain microglia from macrophage reporter chickens and collected brain tissue for histological stainings, morphological 3D reconstruction. |
| Collaborator Contribution | they examined the the evolutionary divergence of microglia for clues about the ancient and diverse phylogenetic origins of microglial functions by examining 19 different species (including chickens), ranging from leeches to humans. To do this they used histological stainings, morphological 3D reconstruction and sorted microglia based on evolutionary shared microglial markers for next generation single cell sequencing. |
| Impact | Workshop Presentation: Keystone symposia Myeloid cells 2018. Manuscript submitted to Cell in 2019. Geirsdottir et al. Cross-Species Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Divergence of the Primate Microglia Program. Cell. 2019 Dec. 179(7):1609-1622. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | avian gonadal development |
| Organisation | Guangxi University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | discussions and laboratory work |
| Collaborator Contribution | discussions and laboratory work |
| Impact | publications |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | sex determination in birds |
| Organisation | Francis Crick Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | discussions, laboratory work, funding applications |
| Collaborator Contribution | discussions, laboratory work, funding applications |
| Impact | publications |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | sex determination in birds |
| Organisation | University of Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Expertise and training |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff effort |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Company Name | VETSINA ANIMAL DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED |
| Description | Development of miRNA-based animal diagnostics using PCR-free technology |
| Year Established | 2020 |
| Impact | None |
| Description | "Application of proteins to chicken embryos via beads", Avian Research Symposium, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented work of ISP1/2 highlighting novel transgenic chicken lines produced at The Roslin Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | "Birds have dinosaur feet- why counting toes matters", TAMU, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented research from ISP1/2 highlighting the novel transgenic chicken resources developed at The Roslin Insitute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | "Determining the Interacting Network of TALPID3 through Proteomic Studies" Cold Spring Harbour Centrosome Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A description of work discovering the fundamental proteins involved in action of the centrosome via chicken mutants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | "Fate mapping the limb using Chameleon"- Julia Oh 14th ICLDR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk describing the use of The Roslin Institute transgenic bird lines and their uses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | "From Barnyard to Bedside" University of Lund |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk on the use of avian models in research understanding the action of SHH signalling to scientists working at The University of Lund and associated spin-out companies. Subsequently I demonstrated the practical use of avian embryos in research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | "From Barnyard to Bedside- A modern age story of genomics and genome engineering" Royal Society of Biology Annual Teacher's Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I presented the novel work undertaken in ISP1/2 including new genome engineering approaches used at The Roslin Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | "Gene-editing panel from the University of Edinburgh", New Scientist Live Online |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online panel event exploring genome editing as part of New Scientist Live Online event with Ross Houston, Simon Lillico, Christine Tait-Burkard from Roslin and Joyce Tait from Innogen. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | "How Do Fingers and Toes Grow?", Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented work of ISP1/2 highlighting novel transgenic chicken lines produced at The Roslin Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | "It's not just about the tips of our fingers (Barnyard to Bedside and Back)", Understanding Human Birth Defects in the Genomic Age, CoB Workshop, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A follow-up workshop to 2019 Understanding Birth Defects in a Modern Age |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | "New Tools and New Ideas for a Classic Model System", EMBO Workshop: Limb Development and Regeneration Conference, Spain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An invited talk at International Limb Development and Regeneration Meeting at which I presented work based on novel transgenic chicken lines |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | "Spots, Stripes and Rainbows" Avian Systems Meeting 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk describing the use of The Roslin Institute chicken transgenic lines to a scientific audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | "The Chicken, the Emu and You" Max Plank Institute for Ornithology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 40 scientists attended the talk on embryonic development, genetics and genomics. We built stronger collaborative |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | "The Function of TALPID3" University of Copenhagen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk to scientists and students on the role of chickens in discovering new centrosomal proteins |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | "Using the developing choroid plexus to explore cilia transcriptomics" Cold Spring Harbour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk to 120 scientists about the use of transcriptomics to understanding ciliogenesis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | "Walking with (the feet of) Dinosaurs", Ecology, Evolution and the Environment, Trinity College, the University of Dublin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented work undertaken in ISP1/2 understanding the evolution of traits and phenotypes in birds. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | "Walking with the Feet of Dinosaurs" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 40 undergraduate students from the University of Edinburgh Zoological Club attended the talk. Subsequently students came to undertake research at The Roslin Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | "Where did the 5th Toe Go" University of Basel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk describing the use of The Roslin Institute transgenic bird lines and their uses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | "Where did the 5th Toe Go?" 14th ICLDR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk describing the use of The Roslin Institute transgenic bird lines and their uses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 'Cute Egg' activities for P5 school pupils as part of Borders Agricultural Society Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Primary school pupils at local schools were engaged in an event run by the Borders Agricultural Society involving c. 225 visitors. Our activities built on the BBSRC-funded 'Cute Egg' exhibit, which uses coloured eggs to demonstrate the presence of a cuticle under the shell that protects the egg from spoilage. The scope to measure cuticle thickness as a quantitative trait for genetic selection was described in simple terms. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 'Scaling in space and time' Talk at Workshop on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Biological Dynamics, Royal Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk on dynamical modelling over different scales of space and time in the embryo |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | 'Science Insights' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Developed and run through EBSOC at Easter Bush Campus, Science Insights is on-going work experience programme designed to give 5th year high school pupils a real insight into the work and life of research scientists. Science taster sessions delivered under "The function of genes and cellular phenotypes in animal systems" included "Sheep model for brain disease talk", "Cystic fibrosis and gene therapy", "Bone formation and calcified arteries" "No bones about it: the microscopic anatomy of bones" "Stem cells" Genome edited pigs talk" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/outreach/science-insights |
| Description | 24th Annual Meeting of Biology Teachers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A forward looking discussion on the role of genetic selection and genome engineering in order to update biology teachers on new technologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 25 years after Dolly the Sheep was announced |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Alan Archibald was interviewed by a journalist from DW about the research that led to the generation of Dolly the Sheep. The legacies of this research to clone a mammal from an adult cell were discussed including the inspiration for the development of induced pluripotent stem cells and the generation of cloned and genetically modified that pigs that have been used as a source of a donor heart for xenotransplantation. Recent developments and applications of gene editing technology were also discussed. Whilst he was at Roslin in 1996 Alan Archibald was not part of the Dolly research team as erroneously stated in the article. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.dw.com/en/25-years-of-dolly-whats-become-of-the-worlds-first-cloned-sheep/a-60864024 |
| Description | 25 years since the announcement of Dolly the Sheep |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Alan Archibald was interviewed by a journalist from The Sunday Post about the research that generated the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, i.e. Dolly the Sheep. The legacies of this research were discussed including induced pluripotent stem cells, cloned and genetically modified pigs as organ donors for xenotransplantation and investment in Roslin CT. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/along-came-dolly-the-sheep/ |
| Description | 32nd Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions, York, UK( April 2017) "Birds for the Table", I presented a lecture entitled "Chykenns in cawdel to KFC: development of the modern broiler chicken". |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I organised the theme and guest list for the 32nd Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions, York, UK ( April 2017) "Birds for the Table". I also presented a lecture entitled "Chykenns in cawdel to KFC: development of the modern broiler chicken. The purpose of this talk was to communicate how the modern broiler chicken was developed from earlier chickens and red jungle fowl ancestors; and how modern broiler production is managed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | A public talk on the Science of Sci-Fi (Jurassic Park) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 30 members of the public attended an event comparing the technologies on breeding and genome engineering |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Annual Roslin Institute Open Doors Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The annual Roslin Institute Open Doors day was held on 14 October 2017 and was attended by 491 people. It involved 81 members of staff and students and showcased a wide range of research arising from BBSRC strategic investment, including (but not limited to), food safety, influenza, genetic improvement, DNA, imaging and the ethical treatment of animals in research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Article around research from new award into intestinal disease |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | article on Roslin Institute webpages and other departmental University of Edinburgh webpages publicising research associated with a new award |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03638-6 |
| Description | BBC Countryfile film related to the work of the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics & Health at Roslin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bill Gates was interviewed by BBC Countryfile on 26 January 2018 in relation to work funded by the Gates Foundation involving Roslin Institute scientists towards the genetic improvement of farmed animals in low- and middle-income countries. The programme aired on 11 February 2018 and reached an estimated audience in excess of 5 million. The interview took place on the same day as the launch of the Global Academy of Agriculture & Food Security, which was attended by the Secretary of State for the Department for International Development the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt (see separate activity) and generated significant press interest, featuring on BBC Scotland news. Particular emphasis was placed on the work of Roslin scientists to understand the genetic make-up of African diary cattle and chickens and to understand how this relates to performance traits in order to guide breeding decisions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BBC World Service Crowd Science 'How does a single cell become me' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I participated in a BBC World Service programme 'How does a single cell become me' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz1sw |
| Description | BBSRC Livestock research focus at international event plus associated news coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | BBSRC Livestock research focus at international event and associated news coverage in The Guardian, Sky, The Telegraph, Hereford Times, Yahoo, Daily Mail, The Sun, Mail on Sunday, The Times, Aol, BT, Sky News, The Irish Sun, Scotsman Food and Drink, The Herald, The National, Breaking News.ie, The Irish News, Irish Examiner, Classic FM, Eagle Radio, Spirit FM, Capital FM, Heart, Gazette and Herald, Farm Week, Gazette, Evening Express, Border Telegraph, Times and Star, TalkTalk, Wales Farmer, Evening Telegraph, South West Farmer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/livestock-research-focus-at-international-event |
| Description | BDSRA - Patient family conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Patient family conference for Batten Disease Scientific Research Association (USA based charity). Out of hours presentation on model systems for pre clinical investigation to family members of patients, other researchers and industry.. Approx 15 other short talks took place. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Bioinformatics Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Each year, 20 to 22 participants received hands-on training in bioinformatics to analyse next generation sequencing omics data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019 |
| Description | Biology Teachers CPD Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk and discussions with 20 Higher Biology teachers about science, specifically about next generation sequence analysis technology and how that is being applied to address many different scientific questions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Blog post NC3Rs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Wrote blogpost about how transgenic technologies can help the 3Rs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news/when-3rs-and-transgenic-technologies-meet |
| Description | Brainstorming workshop on somatic cell derived bovine gametes/embryos |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Brainstorming Workshop on Somatic Cell derived Bovine Gametes/Embryos Attended by heads of Indian organisations NDDB, DBT, the company TAG, and international research scientists (New Delhi, 25-26th June 2018) Presented talk entitled " Pluripotent stem cells: Achievements and Challenges" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | British Endocrine Society, Glasgow. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented and contributed to a publishing workshop "Career Skills Symposium 'How do I respond to peer review'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Cafe Scientifique, Brighton Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk in the Brighton Science Festival October 27 2018, "Genome editing in agriculture - a new apprpach or still GM?". Broad audience of engaged public including students from an access course, who engaged in long question/answer and discussion session after talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.brightonscience.com/events/genome-editing-in-agriculture/ |
| Description | Campus Open Day- Midlothian Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Roslin Institute and Easter Bush Campus Open Day was an event undertaken within the Midlothian Science Festivals. Hands on public activities lead by scientists under "The function of genes and cellular phenotypes in animal systems" included Stem Cell Challenge, Science is for Everyone, Bio-imaging: The Nature of Fluorescence, Cells up close, Vitamin D: Weighing = Knowing! Heart of the Matter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre |
| Description | Celebrating Dolly the Sheep's legacy, 25 years on |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | article around 'Celebrating Dolly the Sheep's legacy, 25 years on' appearing in La Nacion (ES), Emol.com (ES), La Vanguardia (ES), La Opinion de Murcia (ES), ARD Tagesschau (DE), Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (DE), The Herald, Daily Mirror, The Poultry Site |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Changing World Conversations - The future of food. Live online panel session plus prerecorded researcher interviews. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Changing World Conversations - The future of food. Live online panel session plus prerecorded researcher interviews. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Conference Organiser- The 14th Limb Development and Regeneration Meeting Clinical Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As an addition to the 14th Limb Development and Regeneration Conference, I organised a Clinical Workshop to engage the specialist discipline of congenital hand/foot surgeons, to better integrate the clinical aspects of limb development with the developmental biology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/igmm/news-and-events/events/latest-events/limb-development-2017 |
| Description | Contribution to presentation on Will Pigs Save Our Bacon? (Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas was held during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that attracts people and audiences from around the world. The Cabaret of Dangerous ideas has been held over a number of years now. At this particular event the discussion was led by an academic with interests in the history of science. The topic evolved from a project focusing on genome research in humans, but also in pigs. The discussion focused on pigs and their potential uses as donors for xenotransplantation. A scientist from The Roslin Institute contributed expertise on pig genome analysis and also on genetic manipulation and gene editing in pigs. The event was conducted as a discussion with the audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://codi.beltanenetwork.org/event/will-pigs-save-our-bacon-cabaret-of-dangerous-ideas-2018/?insta... |
| Description | Coordinated meeting of the international 'Functional Annotation of All Salmonid Genomes' initiative |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This meeting was attended by 30 salmonid biologists linked to the international FAASG initiative (https://www.faasg.org/). Key discussions were held on the future of the initiative, its links to UK infrastructure (EMBL-EBI) and future funding priorities, influencing funders in attendence (Norwegian Research Council and Genome Canada) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://icisb.org/faasg-meeting/ |
| Description | Crowd Science on BBC World Service |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed on developmental biology related to this project for the BBC World Service programme Crowd Science - episode 'How does a single cell become me?' Broadcast international to listeners of the World Service. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csz1sw |
| Description | Data-Driven Breeding and Genetics course (2 weeks) on-line |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The principles of animal and plant breeding are increasingly coalescing due to advances in technology and increasing demands and opportunities for agriculture. This two-week graduate level course of integrated lectures and practicals is designed to equip students, academics, and practitioners with theoretical and applied knowledge, skills and tools to design, optimise, and deploy Data Driven Breeding and Genetics techniques for Animals and Plants. It was jointly delivered by scientists and teachers from the University of Edinburgh and colleagues from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the CGIAR's Excellence in Breeding Platform, with guest lectures from various academic and industry collaborators. Due to the pandemic the course took place in virtual format from the 20th Sep and 1st Oct 2021. The course lectures were pre-recorded to enable asynchronous worldwide delivery. Course participants engaged with the lectures and practicals at their own pace. They engaged with course instructors and other participants via Slack and daily Zoom sessions (one in the UK morning and one in the UK afternoon time). Day 1 - Introduction to breeding Welcome and Introduction (Gregor Gorjanc) Introduction to breeding programme modelling (Gregor Gorjanc) AlphaSimR MOOC - Introduction (Gregor Gorjanc) AlphaSimR MOOC - Relationship between DNA & traits (Gregor Gorjanc) R crash course on using ggplot and tidyverse (Thiago Paula Oliveira) The role of livestock in global food security (Geoff Simm) Day 2 - Breeding programme design AlphaSimR MOOC - DNA lottery (Gregor Gorjanc) AlphaSimR MOOC - Response to selection (Gregor Gorjanc) AlphaSimR MOOC - Modelling complex breeding programmes (Gregor Gorjanc) How does a major multinational animal breeding programme operate in the 21st century (Andreas Kranis) How does a major multinational plant breeding programme operate in the 21st century (Brian Gardunia) Day 3 - Genomic data in breeding Genomic data, SNP array genotyping and sequencing, and Strategies to generate genomic data in breeding programmes (Gregor Gorjanc) Phasing genomic data with heuristic and probabilistic methods (Gregor Gorjanc) Imputation of genomic data (Gregor Gorjanc) AlphaPeel practical - probabilistic genotype calling, phasing, and imputation of genomic data in pedigreed populations (Jana Obsteter) AlphaImpute2 practical - fast phasing and imputation (Jana Obsteter) AlphaFamImpute practical - genotype calling, phasing, and imputation algorithm for large full-sib families (Jana Obsteter) AlphaAssign practical - parentage assignment (Jana Obsteter) Breeding in aquaculture (Ross Houston) Tea breeding and a genomic selection outlook (Nelson Lubanga) Day 4 - Modelling phenotype data to estimate environmental effects Introduction to experimental design of field trials (Daniel Tolhurst) Introduction to linear mixed models for plant breeding (Daniel Tolhurst) Analysis of phenotype data, including data collected from i) single field trials (with spatial) and ii) field trials across multiple (Daniel Tolhurst) ASReml practicals (Daniel Tolhurst & Thiago Paula Oliveira) Overview of forest tree breeding (Jaroslav Klapste) Genomic selection provides new opportunities for intercrop breeding (Jon Bancic) Day 5 - Population and Quantitative genetics for breeding Introduction to population and quantitative genetics for breeding (Martin Johnsson) Change in frequencies with drift (Martin Johnsson) Change in frequencies with mutation, migration and selection (Martin Johnsson) Additive effects (Martin Johnsson) Non-additive effects (Martin Johnsson) Inbreeding depression and heterosis (Martin Johnsson) Practicals (Martin Johnsson) Genetic evaluation in a multinational plant breeding programs AND/OR CGIAR Excellence in Breeding platform (Eduardo Covarrubias-Pazaran) Roadmap for black soldier fly breeding (Leticia de Castro Lara) Day 6 - Quantitative genetics for breeding II Variance, covariance, correlation and heritability (Eduardo Covarrubias-Pazaran) Correlated response to selection (Eduardo Covarrubias-Pazaran) Recurrent selection strategies (Eduardo Covarrubias-Pazaran) Practicals (Eduardo Covarrubias-Pazaran) National breeding programme for the Norwegian Red dairy cattle (Janez Jenko) Breeding a man's best friend (Joanna Ilska) Day 7 - Modelling phenotype data to estimate genetic effects Genetic evaluations with focus on pedigree-based BLUP (Ivan Pocrnic) Introduction to genome-wide association studies (Ivan Pocrnic) Genomic evaluations (Ivan Pocrnic) Practicals (Ivan Pocrnic) A multipart breeding strategy for introgression of exotic germplasm in elite breeding programs using genomic selection (Irene Breider) Population genetics tools with perspective in dog research (Mateja Janes) Day 8 - Sustainable breeding Breeders' dillema Optimal contribution selection Optimal cross selection AlphaMate practical - optimising selection, management of diversity, and mate allocation in breeding programs A walk-through of three examples AlphaPart - quantifying the drivers of genetic change (Jana Obsteter & Thiago Paula Oliveira) Recursive models in animal breeding (Maria Martinez Castillero) Economic objectives in animal and plant breeding (Cheryl Quinton) Day 9 - Exploiting modern technologies in breeding programmes The role of reproductive technologies to boost animal breeding (Gabriela Mafra Fortuna & Gerson Oliveira) Breeding for disease resistance in animals (Andrea Doeschel-Wilson) Editing livestock genomes (Simon Lillico) Evaluating the use of gene drives to limit the spread of invasive populations (Nicky Faber) The potential of genome editing and gene drives for improving complex traits (Gregor Gorjanc) Day 10 - Open-ended work on topics of participants' interest |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Dolly the Sheep - looking back 25 years. TV Documentary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Alan Archibald, Bruce Whitelaw and others recalled the research that led to the production of Dolly the Sheep, including earlier research concerned with generating human therapeutic proteins in the milk of genetically modified sheep. We contributed to a TV documentary produced by Tern TV and broadcast by the BBC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011xqp |
| Description | EBSOC Led Engagement Activities- Talks/Discussions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre (EBSOC) which opened in January 2018 is the first of its kind in Scotland. EBSOC is a unique, purpose-built laboratory space where visitors, including primary and secondary pupils and their teachers, engage with real-life science. Supported by scientists from "The function of genes and cellular phenotypes in animal systems", EBSOC's schools workshops enable pupils to meet scientists from The Roslin Institute. As well as supporting scientist-lead workshops both to National and International audiences, scientists undertaking research within "The function of genes and cellular phenotypes in animal systems" undertake discussions and talks within these activities on research undertaken within this theme for example genome engineering and pattern formation during embryogenesis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre |
| Description | EBSOC Newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Regular communications from EBSOC about our resources, activities and workshops are communicated to all contacts. These contacts are working in or closely with Scottish education settings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Edinburgh-Tsukuba Symposium: Stem cells and regenerative medicine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented talk at Symposium entitled " Tuning Self-renewal in rat ESCs" on April 16th 2018 at Tsukuba Medical Research Institute, Japan. Promoted collaborative discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Expertise to be shared in chicken embryo workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | article around 'Expertise to be shared in chicken embryo workshops' appearing in The Poultry Site |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Fast embryos- slow embryos. Understanding 'developmental tempo' using chickens", Incubation and Fertility Research Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Keynote talk at the international Incubation and Fertility Research Group - an industry based conference in avian production, which increased awareness of embryonic development traits which could form breeding strategies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Fish Farming Expert Magazine Piece "Full exploitation of genetics in aquaculture requires a better understanding of how the genome 'blueprint' functions" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Published the non-scientific piece "Full exploitation of genetics in aquaculture requires a better understanding of how the genome 'blueprint' functions" in Fish Farming Expert Magazine. Pg. 46-47 (April 19), an example of knowledge exchange via lay communication of the objectives of our work relevant to the BBSRC Roslin ISP1 goals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Gel Electrophoresis Wall Tank |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A classroom resource developed by EBSOC to support teachers to explore how gel electrophoresis works with their pupils. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Gel Electrophoresis in Action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This video has been designed to support Higher Biology and Higher Human Biology learners to develop their knowledge and understanding of gel electrophoresis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre/teacher-zone/home-classroom-educatio... |
| Description | Genetic tool could improve heat tolerance in cattle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article around 'Genetic tool could improve heat tolerance in cattle' in Farming UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Genome editing talk at New Scientist Live. Bruce Whitelaw. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Genome editing talk at New Scientist Live. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Genomics of fishes from aquaculture to evolution - Presentation at Launch Event for "Genomics at Edinburgh" network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at University of Edinburgh launch event for 'Genomics at Edinburgh'. This was an online event, with ~200 individuals in attendance representing the broad base of genomics researchers within the University. There were several follow up questions, and the talk achieved knowledge exchange on aquaculture genomics research at the Roslin Institute, and there were several follow up questions and additional off-line discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Great Science Share (online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In 2018 the Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre became the Great Science Share's Edinburgh Satellite and in 2020 the Roslin Institute's Education & Engagement Officer (Jayne Quoiani) became Regional Champion for Scotland. Supported by scientists and technicians from The Roslin Institute we offered Edinburgh and Midlothian participating schools our Big Balloon Blow Up Investigation kits, which included all the experimental materials, teacher CPD session, classroom resources and the creation of a celebration video fo the pupils doing their investigations in school which was shared on the day in June 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Great Science Share for Schools in Scotland Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In partnership with the Scottish Schools Research Center (SSERC) we will run a national information session for Scottish primary school practioners on the 2022 Great Science Share for Schools Campaign. Our Education & Engagement Officer is a Regional Champion of this global programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Great Science Share | Penicuik Beeslack Cluster Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In 2018 the Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre became the Great Science Share's Edinburgh Satellite and in 2020 the Roslin Institute's Education & Engagement Officer (Jayne Quoiani) became Regional Champion for Scotland. Supported by scientists and technicians from The Roslin Institute we offered our local participating schools to use our Science @Home Investigation packs and submit photos and videos of their pupils at home doing the investigations (first lockdown) so that we could create a video to be shared on the Great Science Share day in June 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre/teacher-zone/great-science-share-202... |
| Description | HiLIFE Webinar - Fishing into fish genomes: from evolution to applications - Life Sciences Departmental seminar - University of Helsinki |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was a departmental seminar held online, attended by academics, post-docs, post-graduate and undergraduate students. There were a range of follow up questions and discussions surrounding my research, with various faculty members and their teams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/hilife-life-science-seminars/hilife-webinars-fall-2021#secti... |
| Description | Highland Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Institute stand at the Royal Highland Show. Demonstrating focussed activity and discussing the work of the University and the institute in relation to food safety, farm animal welfare, production efficiency, disease resistance etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | HighlanderLab Twitter channel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The HighlanderLab updates the scientific community and a broader audience about news around our research group, scientific output and engagement activities - on management and improvement of populations using data science, genetics, and breeding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/HighlanderLab |
| Description | HighlanderLab website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The HighlanderLab updates the scientific community and a broader audience about news around our research group, scientific output and engagement activities - on management and improvement of populations using data science, genetics, and breeding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | http://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/HighlanderLab |
| Description | Inside-out mini-guts aid research into poultry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | article in MRCVS online around 'Inside-out mini-guts aid research into poultry' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Interaction with BBC Expert Voices |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | I produced content and a talk presented to BBC Expert Voices |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Interview for NCL Stiftung |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Interview with NCL Stiftung following award of the 7th NCL Stiftung research award |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.ncl-foundation.com/main/pages/index/p/660 |
| Description | Interview for US national newspaper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article on gynandromorph birds |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Interview for industry magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interview on gynandromorph birds for Poultry Industry magazine |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Interview for international news article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An article in Poultry World on GMO for poultry breeding. Influenced poultry farmers and consumers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.poultryworld.net/Genetics/Articles/2017/7/Gene-editing-has-potential-for-future-poultry-... |
| Description | Interview for international news_The Atlantic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A press interview on a recent publication that was printed in the online magazine, The Atlantic. The reach of this journal is international and substantial |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/10/frozen-aviary/600271/ |
| Description | Interview for podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The podcast featured three segment about canine genetics. I was interviewed as expert to talk about canine welfare, morphology, disease and selective breeding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://geneticsunzipped.com/news/2021/2/25/jeff-schoenebeck-building-a-boopable-snoot |
| Description | Interview for podcast and charity newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | This was a telephone interview by the BDFA which was made into a podcast and excerpts were included in the charity news letter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bdfa-uk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BDFA-Spring-Newsletter-2017.pdf |
| Description | Interviews for international news |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interviews provided to numerous media outlets including newspapers, podcasts, and radio |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Introduction to the Research of the Roslin Institute - Royal Society of Biology Scottish Branch Annual Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Stevens provided an overview of the research of The Roslin Institute to members of the public and the Royal Society of Biology, who convened for the annual symposium of the RSB Scottish Branch on 14 October 2017 at Roslin. The event coincided with the annual Roslin 'Open Doors' day and featured BBSRC-funded research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited departmental seminar, University of Bristol |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk titled 'Genome duplication and diversification: insights served with salmon' to an academic audience interested in genome evolution, which led to discussions around new collaborations and sparked a range of questions and stimulating discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.bris.ac.uk/biology/events/2019/research-seminar-16122019.html |
| Description | Invited lecture at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | PI Prof Vervelde gave an invited lecture at BI-AH in Hannover Germany. BI colleagues from other offices all over the EU and USA participated thorugh WebEx connection. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited lecture at MSD-Animal Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture at MSD-Animal Health in Boxmeer the Netherlands, with WebEx connection to all other location o MSD -AH around the world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited lecture at the annual BSI meeting 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave an invited lecture in the session Immune surveillance and lymphoid tissue architecture at the annual BSI congress in Liverpool. It sparked questions and request fo further info and collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.bsicongress.com/sessionspeakers |
| Description | Invited seminar Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited visit to CCHMC to give seminar and discuss future collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited seminar LUMC Leiden, the Netherlands |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar at the Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited speaker for EISF (Edinburgh International Science Festival) Panel Session: The Healthcare Revolution. Focus on CRISPR-Cas9. Bruce Whitelaw. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker for EISF Panel Session: The Healthcare Revolution. Focus on CRISPR-Cas9. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited talk University of Guelph, The 'Who ate all the pies gene', University of Guelph, 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at the Animal Science department of the University of Guelph |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://animalbiosciences.uoguelph.ca/events/2018/07/who-ate-all-pies-gene-and-its-implications |
| Description | Invited talk at BSDB/Nordic meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at joined meeting of the British Society for Developmental Biology and Scandinavian developmental biologists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Irish Radio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | live radio interview on Newstalk on National Radio of Ireland on our publication on hair colour genetics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lab Techniques: Gel Electrophoresis in Action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This video has been designed to support Higher Biology and Higher Human Biology learners to develop their knowledge and understanding of PCR. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Lab Techniques: PCR in Action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This video has been designed to support Higher Biology and Higher Human Biology learners to develop their knowledge and understanding of gel electrophoresis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Lead coordinator of the fourth International Conference on the Integrative Biology of Salmonids (https://icisb.org/). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The fourth International Conference on Integrative Salmonid Biology (ICISB 2019), followed on from previous meetings in 2012 (Oslo, Norway), 2014 (Vancouver, Canada) and 2016 (Puerto Varas, Chile). The ICISB meetings have been core funded and organized by the International Cooperation to Sequence the Atlantic Salmon Genome (ICSASG), a trilateral effort between Canada, Chile and Norway. The theme of ICISB 2019 was'Beyond the genome: taking leaps forward in salmonid biology' to reflect the recent staggering progress in genomic resource development and exploitation since the Atlantic salmon reference genome was published in 2016. There was an audience of ~200, which represented a mixture of researchers from Professors leading in the field, to undergraduate students. Many international collaborations and opportunities for further research, funding and meetings were explored with a range of stakeholders, including funders, media and industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://icisb.org/ |
| Description | MRC Harwell Institute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was part of the research institute seminar series. One collaboration arose from the visit to map the functional significance of genes for complex traits across species. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Media attention after 3D chicken gut model publication initiated by Prof L Vervelde |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release after publication of the novel chicken 3D gut model https://www.poultryworld.net/health-nutrition/3d-gut-models-from-stem-cells-to-support-studies/ https://www.farminguk.com/news/-inside-out-mini-guts-aid-studies-into-poultry-health_57927.html https://vetcommunity.com/vc/newsitem/?story=20327 https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/poultry-scientists-develop-inside-out-approach-to-health-and-disease-research https://www.wattagnet.com/articles/42652-mini-gut-model-aids-chicken-infection-immunity-research?v=preview |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.wattagnet.com/articles/42652-mini-gut-model-aids-chicken-infection-immunity-research?v=p... |
| Description | Media interview for Understanding Animal Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Described the beneficial use of our mouse experiments from our study describing the effects of aging and the microbiota on Paneth cells and M cells to the blog Understanding Animal Research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/index.php?cID=1977 |
| Description | Meet The Scientists |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Visit to a local primary school to engage with a questions and answers session about science and science careers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meet a Roslin Scientist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In response to the global pandemic, the Roslin PE team created an online schools engagement programme to replace the hands-on sesssions normally delivered at EBSOC. Meet a Roslin Scientist is an online, interactive event for school pupils and FE college students to get the opportunity to learn about Roslin research and meet with one of our researchers or technical staff. These sessions give young learners a unique opportunity to learn about some current science happening here in Scotland, hear about different career paths and give them the opportunity to ask their own questions. Sessions like this can increase pupils´ curiosity in STEM, help raise awareness of STEM careers and support pupils to reflect on their own science-related skills. So far sessions have involved postdocs, core scientists and technical staff from across the Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre/meet-roslin-scientist |
| Description | Meet a Roslin Scientist - various scientists over 2021 and early 2022 (online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In response to the global pandemic, the Roslin PE team created an online schools engagement programme to replace the hands-on sesssions normally delivered at EBSOC. Meet a Roslin Scientist is an online, interactive event for school pupils and FE college students to get the opportunity to learn about Roslin research and meet with one of our researchers or technical staff. These sessions give young learners a unique opportunity to learn about some current science happening here in Scotland, hear about different career paths and give them the opportunity to ask their own questions. Sessions like this can increase pupils´ curiosity in STEM, help raise awareness of STEM careers and support pupils to reflect on their own science-related skills. In the 2021/22 reporting period we ran 11 sessions which involved postdocs, core scientists and technical staff from across the Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Midlothian Science Festival Schools Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In response to the global pandemic the Roslin PE team created an online Midlothian Science Festival Schools Programme. In addition to coordinating the overall programme with partners from across the University of Edinburgh and wider STEM organisations, we also ran "Meet our Scientists" sessions for pupils aged 10 to 14 years old. These online, interactive events for Midlothian school pupils gave them the opportunity to learn about Roslin research and meet with one of our researchers or technical staff. These sessions give young learners a unique opportunity to learn about some current science happening here in Scotland, hear about different career paths and give them the opportunity to ask their own questions. Sessions like this can increase pupils´ curiosity in STEM, help raise awareness of STEM careers and support pupils to reflect on their own science-related skills. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre/teacher-zone/msf-schools-programme-2... |
| Description | Midlothian Science Festival Schools Programme (online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In response to the global pandemic the Roslin PE team created an online Midlothian Science Festival Schools Programme. In addition to coordinating the overall programme with partners from across the University of Edinburgh and wider STEM organisations, we also ran "Meet our Scientists" sessions for pupils aged 10 to 14 years old. These online, interactive events for Midlothian school pupils gave them the opportunity to learn about Roslin research and meet with one of our researchers or technical staff. These sessions give young learners a unique opportunity to learn about some current science happening here in Scotland, hear about different career paths and give them the opportunity to ask their own questions. Sessions like this can increase pupils´ curiosity in STEM, help raise awareness of STEM careers and support pupils to reflect on their own science-related skills. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Mini Symposium on pluripotent stem cells |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at a Mini symposium, held at Kumamoto University - Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics. Presented talk entitled " A beta adaptor for stem cell survival" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Naked Scientist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An interview for the NAked Scientist radio programme and podcast about our publication on hair colour genetics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | New Tools and New Ideas for a Classic Model System |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk at the EMBO Workshop 'Limb Development and Regeneration- New Tools for a Classic Model System' to 100+ international scientists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | News artcile on BBC news website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A press release was developed relating to our publication in BMC Biotechnology describing production and purification of bioactive proteins in the eggs of transgenic hens. This article was written by Pallab Ghosh of BBC and attracted a lot of attention and other news articles across the world. Contacts have been received from interested businesses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47022070 |
| Description | Newspaper coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 115 newspaper articles in response to press release about our publication on hair colour genetics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | Nuffield Research Placement |Calderhead High School (online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Nuffield Research Placement |Calderhead High School (online) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Online Workshop: Single cell transcriptomics: unlocking innovation in aquaculture research - Friday 18th June 2021, 1000-1300 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was an online workshop organized by my lab at the Roslin Institute. There were approximately 100 in the audience, largely representing aquaculture researchers, mainly from academic and research organizations from Europe, but also some multi-national companies. The workshop included multiple talks from experts in single cell transcriptomics and sessions about how this transformative technology can be uptaken for impact in aquaculture research and innovation. There was extensive discussion at the workshop and offline afterwards with several international groups. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://genetics.org.uk/events/single-cell-transcriptomics-unlocking-innovation-in-aquaculture-resea... |
| Description | Online talks for Penicuik and District U3A group on the gut microbiome and immunity; and alternatives to antibiotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online talks for Penicuik and District U3A group on the gut microbiome and immunity; and alternatives to antibiotics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Organised talk with general public about companion animal welfare and research. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Midlothian Science Festival "Walkie Talkie" companion animal welfare and research talk in regional park. General public and their pets were attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Oyster Research exhibit at the UKRI stand in the COP26 Green Zone |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On Sunday, 7th of November 2021, members of Dr. Tim Bean's lab, Dr. Tim Regan and PhD student Hannah Farley joined Roslin Institute's Public Engagement with Research Manager Dr. Nicola Stock joined the UKRI stand in the COP26 Green Zone at Glasgow Science Centre. They spoke with delegates and visitors about their work that aims to keep farmed and wild oysters healthy. This included face-to-face communication in addition to a short video of their work being played on a large screen next to the stand. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | PCR in action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This video has been designed to support Higher Biology and Higher Human Biology learners to develop their knowledge and understanding of PCR. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre/teacher-zone/home-classroom-educatio... |
| Description | Patient family meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Batten Disease Family Association annual conference. Presentation of current research from our group to patients and family members and companies with interests in this group of neurodegenerative conditions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
| URL | http://www.bdfa-uk.org.uk/category/family-conference/ |
| Description | Phalanx formation- Fingers grow from the finger tips" Bone Seminars in Lockdown |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A scientific research talk to a general field of biologists researching bone development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Pigs in a dish: a new recipe for livestock research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The talk given on 23/7/2020 was part of a University of Edinburgh's 3Rs symposium open to personal and project licence holders at the University of Edinburgh (only individuals involved at some level with the use of animals for scientific purposes), some vets working at other establishments, who have an interest in research involving animals and the 3Rs, and animal care staff. The talk was on pluripotent Livestock ES cells and their potential for replacement of some animal use, and how they can complement in vivo research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Pint of Science Edinburgh 2018: Unlocking life's code: CRISPR and you. Bruce Whitelaw. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Pint of Science Edinburgh 2018: Unlocking life's code: CRISPR and you" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/unlocking-lifes-code-crispr-and-you |
| Description | Pipetting Pointillism |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Developed and run through EBSOC at Easter Bush Campus and in local schools. Micropipetting is one of the most common techniques in a biological science laboratory, allowing us to transfer small and precise volumes of liquid. Older participants learned to use laboratory micropipettes by practicing with different volumes, the then used their new skill to create a pointillism style picture with paint. Younger participants used fixed volume pipettes to create their own pointillism picture. While participants are pipetting researchers undertaking research within "The regulation an function of genes and cellular pheotypes in animal systems" had the opportunity to discuss and talk research undertaken within this theme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Pondering Pond Life (online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This microbiology toolkit was developed with Roslin researchers and with funding provided by the Microbiology Society. The toolkit is availible to download for free and comes with teaching guide, pupil worksheet, classroom presentation and template risk assessement. We also worked in partnership with Raising Aspirations in Science Education (RAiSE) a Wood Foundation and Education Scotland programme to engage teachers and pupils from all over Scotland to engage with this resource https://education.gov.scot/media/lcthsdlm/nih027-pondering-pond-life-case-study.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentations & pitches to animal nutrition and breeding companies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A series of presentation to potential industrial partners who are interested in the chicken enteroid model for application as a screening tool. A range of nutrition companies are seeking an in vitro tool to screen the effects of feed additives on immune responses. Breeding companies are seeking for an in vitro tool to test resilience. Both sectors are keen to replace in vivo trials with in vitro models . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Press article on new research project publication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sample of coverage from press release on recent publication |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-birdflu-chickens/scientists-edit-chicken-genes-to-make-them... |
| Description | Press coverage of new NC3R grant to biobank chicken breeds: poultry world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Coverage of our awarded grant to reduce numbers of chickens used in research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.poultryworld.net/poultry/chicken-biobank-to-cut-numbers-of-birds-for-research/ |
| Description | Press coverage of new bio banking technique Poultry world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The poultry community (researchers, breeders and commercial companies) were informed of our new bio banking technique through press coverage of our new publication |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.poultryworld.net/poultry/genetics/safeguarding-genetic-diversity-of-indigenous-chickens/ |
| Description | Press coverage of research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press coverage of study reporting the generation of sheep that carry the gene for a childhood brain disease. "The Guardian" was the primary release site that cascaded to other news outlets and websites. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/24/mutant-sheep-may-help-cure-batten-disease-roslin-ins... |
| Description | Press coverage: Gene editing to enhance production in developing nations Poultry world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Gene editing to enhance production in developing nations: magazine coverage of our research in Poultry World Magazine |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.poultryworld.net/Genetics/Articles/2021/2/Gene-editing-to-enhance-production-in-developi... |
| Description | Press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release -"One (Reproductive) Health" on a study showing the value of cattle as a model to elucidate mechanisms of ovarian function in humans |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release in national and international printed and online media-"Body's stem cells could be used to treat bacterial infection" on the identification of mesenchymal stem cells as novel antimicrobials in farm animals" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Press release - Predicting the future health and productivity of cattle" on a study demonstrating the value of miRNAs as biological predictors of long-life health and productivity in cattle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Press release - Hair colour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The story collected over 127 pieces of coverage with a potential reach of around 9 million in the UK alone. There was quite a bit of pick up in Australia too but we weren't able to get stats from there. The paper has been tweeted about more than 350 times and is still growing. The Altmetric score is already in the top 1% of all papers tracked, and is currently 14th of all Nature Communications papers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07691-z/metrics |
| Description | Press release on Denton et al 2019-J Exp Med: Lung tissue forms immune cell hubs when needed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A press statement was issued describing our study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine: Denton et al. 2019 J Exp Med; PMID: 30723095 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/lung-tissue-immune-cell-hubs?platform=hootsuite&... |
| Description | Press release pattern formation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release and attributed quote on our work, published, on biological pattern formation February 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://bbsrc.ukri.org/news/food-security/2019/190221-n-understanding-feather-formation-could-lead-t... |
| Description | Primary School "Big Science" visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Visit to local primary school as part of their Big Science activity. Discussing science and scientific careers with the pupils and presenting awards to them based on a science project they had recently completed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Protein is key to red blood cell formation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | article around 'Protein is key to red blood cell formation' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Public lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public lecture about clinical and basic research involving companion animals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/news-events/college-events/let-s-talk-about-health-lectur... |
| Description | Public leture in Penicuik town hall |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Around 50 members of the university of the third age attended a presentation by Dr Tim Bean and Dr Diego Robledo, Roslin Institute. The presentation title was "Science on the fish farm", which initiated widespread engagement, questions and debate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Public talk by Bruce Whitelaw. Esk Valley Trust. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Roslin science and livestock genetics for Esk Valley Trust. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | REport about Livestock surrogates successfully made fertile |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | in addition to the online about Livestock surrogates successfully made fertile, this article appeared in BBC, The Guardian, New Scientist, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Metro, Daily Sun, Libero 24x7 (IT), Focus (DE), Irish Examiner, Australian Online News, Foreign Affairs (NZ), Ekologia (PL), Dnevnik (HU), The Scotsman, The Press and Journal, Swiss Info, Largs and Millport, Science Daily, Explica, My Republica, Prudent Press Agency, Trading U, Merco Press, The Armenian Reporter, DevDiscourse, MenaFN, Inverse, Kesk, News Beezer, Yahoo News, New Paper 24, EnviroLink, Knowledia, Free Republic, National Hog Farmer, GEN, Farmers Weekly, Farming UK, County Gazette, Fintech Zoom, Times of India, DispatchLIVE, Farmers Guardian, Express, ZME Science, Free News, The National, Farm Journal's Pork, Future Human, Utah Public Radio, Farming Independent, TDNews, Farmers Guardian, SciTechDaily, South West Farmer. online and social media views in excess of 6000 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Radio NZ |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Radio interview with New Zealand Radio on our publication on hair colour genetics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Radio interview on genome editing in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Radio interview on BBC4 the food programme. The future of GE food in the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sxg2 |
| Description | Radio interview on genome editing in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Radio interview with Voice of Islam radio station-Drive Time show We discussed the new Defra public consultation on genome editing and the benefits that could come from this technology for improved animal welfare. How this issue could affect the Muslim population. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://voiceofislam.co.uk/shows/drive-time/ |
| Description | Real-Life Research: How to build a bone - PHOSPHO1 and the skeleton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This case study is a free downloadable resource and was created for a secondary school audience. It explores Colin Farquharson's work on the genetic components involved in bone development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Real-Life Research: How to build a bone - PHOSPHO1 and the skeleton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This case study is a free downloadable resource and was created for a secondary school audience. It explores Colin Farquharson's work on the genetic components involved in bone development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | Research Insights: Healthy Birds and Happy Feet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online panel event as part of series organised by UoE College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine featuring Megan Davey and Alewo Akoh-Idoko |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Research Insights: Science After Dolly online panel event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Research Insights: Science After Dolly online panel event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Research partnership wins industry accolade |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | report around 'Research partnership wins industry accolade' in Herald, Press and Journal, Scotsman |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Response to UK Government's gene editing consultation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | article around 'Response to UK Government's gene editing consultation' appearing in VNonline, MRCVonline, The Pig Site |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Roslin Institute Open Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was involved in discussion about the use of animals in research as well as presenting the imaging work from my own laboratory. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Roslin Institute stand at the Royal Highland Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration at stand entitled " Genome Assembly" Attended by general public, farming community and schools Purpose was to inform and educate on the research activity at The Roslin Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Roslin Open door day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Open day to public to show case the work of the institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | STAR Lecture 2019- provided material for lecture/podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Provided video material of developing embryos for the Royal Society Christmas lectures (in Singapore) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.mewatch.sg/en/series/star-lecture-2019/ep1/840029 |
| Description | STEM ambassador activity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | STEM Speed dating careers event at Drummond Community High School, 9.30 - 12.00am 8th February 2019 Providing insight to school students (S2 and S3) on career path and research at The Roslin Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | SUSS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk on impact of genome editing technology on society at annual Scottish universities science school. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | School Workshop- Gene Editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This workshop was run twice with international secondary school students examining the way in which gene editing technology is current used and could be used in the future, with an emphasis on technology and ethics of gene editing in food production. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre |
| Description | School Workshop- PCR A Question of Taste 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This workshop was run 15 times at the Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre, to school pupils studying Higher Biology and Higher Human Biology attended this hands-on, researcher-supported workshop, which starts by establishing their phenotype for PTC tasting and ends with them discovering their genotype for the TAS2R38 gene, via the techniques of DNA extraction, PCR, restriction digests and gel electrophoresis (all included in the school curriculum). The session was also run for secondary school biology teachers, to provide an update on current DNA lab techniques. Pupils and teachers reported an improved understanding of the techniques used, especially PCR, after taking part in the workshop as well as an increased interest in genetics and its applications after meeting researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre |
| Description | School Workshop- PCR A Question of Taste 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This workshop was run once at the Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre, to school pupils studying Higher Biology and Higher Human Biology attended this hands-on, researcher-supported workshop, which starts by establishing their phenotype for PTC tasting and ends with them discovering their genotype for the TAS2R38 gene, via the techniques of DNA extraction, PCR, restriction digests and gel electrophoresis (all included in the school curriculum). The session was also run for secondary school biology teachers, to provide an update on current DNA lab techniques. Pupils and teachers reported an improved understanding of the techniques used, especially PCR, after taking part in the workshop as well as an increased interest in genetics and its applications after meeting researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre |
| Description | School outreach visit for International Women and Girls in Science Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | School outreach visit for International Women and Girls in Science Day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | School visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | During the Midlothian Science festival, I visited 5 primary schools in Midlothian, holding 15 workshops in total, on the topic of women in science, and on my work as a scientist. Additionally, we created a bespoke colouring book featuring Roslin women in science to give to the children for the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/community-engagement/resources |
| Description | School visit (Peebles, Scottish Borders) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | As part of Digital Learning Week at Kingsland Primary School, Peebles I spoke to 3 classes of 20-25 Primary 2 pupils about how I use digital technology in my scientific research . There were lots of questions from the children about both technology and working in science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | School visit - World of work week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Career talk. What is an academic and/or a scientist? How do you move through that career path? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | School visit to St David's RC Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A general talk on the science the science of molecular biology to young (7-10 year olds) by Dr Babarah Shih |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Science @Home- Marvellous Mixtures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This Science @Home investigation (designed for families to use with young learners aged 9-14) is used to explore the question "Can I separate my leafy mixture?". The investigation builds confidence in using the scientific method and reveals Roslin's research using chromatography to analyse metabolites (Proteomics & Metabolomics facility, Kurian/Wishart) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre/science-home |
| Description | Science @Home- Marvellous Mixtures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This Science @Home investigation (designed for families to use with young learners aged 9-14) is used to explore the question "Can I separate my leafy mixture?". The investigation builds confidence in using the scientific method and reveals Roslin's research using chromatography to analyse metabolites (Proteomics & Metabolomics facility, Kurian/Wishart). for significant outcomes/impact, in addition to plans being made for future related activity, the audience reported a change in views, opinions or behaviours |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Science @Home- Wonder with Worms |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This Science @Home investigation (designed for families to use with young learners aged 9-14) is used to explore the question"Do worms prefer wet or dry places?". The investigation builds confidence in using the scientific method and reveals Roslin's research on animal welfare and the application of the 3Rs (Meddle/Lawrence). For significant outcomes/impact, in addition to plans being made for future related activity, the audience reported a change in views, opinions or behaviours. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Science Insights 2021: Webinar 1: Where Biology can take you |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Science Insights 2021: Webinar 1: Where Biology can take you |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Science Insights Online work experience programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A week-long online work experience programme for 60 penultimate year high school pupils, exploring research and work in biological, biomedical and animal sciences, with contributions from research staff and students from the Roslin Institute and across the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Science Insights Research Taster Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Science Insights Research Taster Session - hosting of 2 high school students in the laboratory for one day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Science Insights work experience for S5 school pupils |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | We ran our Science Insights work experience programme for local school pupils on 24-28 July 2017. 38 S5 pupils attended, 20 of whom worked in the Roslin Institute for 2 days alongside BBSRC-supported researchers from this ISP, including our core-funded staff scientists. All 38 students also had a tour of the Langhill farm and attended a presentation and debate about the use of animals in research. Students also had the opportunity to discuss career paths and what it is like to work as a research scientist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/working/opportunities/young-people/science-insights |
| Description | Science Talks: Megan Davey- The day in the life of a scientist- Chicken Finger, Dinosaur toes. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A video of Megan Davey talking about her current scientific research that she does here at The Roslin Institute, and describes what inspired her to get into science in the first place! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Science Talks: Megan Davey- The day in the life of a scientist- Chicken Finger, Dinosaur toes. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A video of Megan Davey talking about her current scientific research that she does here at The Roslin Institute, and describes what inspired her to get into science in the first place! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | Scientists back plans to progress gene editing regulations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | article around 'Scientists back plans to progress gene editing regulations' in The Observer, BBC Online, The Daily Express, The Scotsman, The Scottish Farmer, Genomeweb, Financial Gazette (Harare), Farming Online, Nature World News, BBC Radio, Vet Times, Farming UK, The Herald, The Guardian, Borsa Gündem (Turkish), Iltalehti (FI) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Stand at the Royal Highland Show, including Genetic Toolbox exhibit. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Roslin Institute stand at the Royal Highland Show 22-25 June 2017. Approximately 25 Roslin Institute staff and students were involved. Exhibits of relevance to this ISP included A Genetic Toolbox exhibit, highlighting the heritable nature of traits and how these can be selected or changed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Study reveals complexities governing sex of birds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | report around 'Study reveals complexities governing sex of birds' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Surrogate cockerels and hens produce donor breed chicks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | article in The Poultry Site, Food & Farming Futures, MRCVS, Poultry World, WATTPoultry, Zoo Tecnica International around 'Surrogate cockerels and hens produce donor breed chicks' https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20812-x |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | TEDx Talk by Professor Helen Sang on 'Why do we need GM chickens?' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Helen Sang delivered a Tedx Talk in Glasgow on 2 June 2017 on 'Why do we need GM chickens?'. The event was attended by approximately 1700 people and has been shared online with over 900 views. It highlighted the challenge of achieving global food security and the potential of BBSRC-funded research to improve poultry, including via genetic alteration. Examples for ongoing research using GM poultry in this programme were shared. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUbqrh5otWs |
| Description | TV documentary tells the story of Dolly the Sheep |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TV documentary tells the story of Dolly the Sheep, also appeared in the i paper, Metro, The Times, The Mirror, UK Today News, The Scotsman, Belfast News Letter, Birmingham Live |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | TV interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TV news interview about our publication on hair colour genetics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk Radio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | live radio interview on TalkRadio on our publication on hair colour genetics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk at AAAS annual meeting, Washington DC. Bruce Whitelaw. "Genome Edited Livestock and Regulatory Stalemates" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Genome Edited Livestock and Regulatory Stalemates" at AAAS annual meeting, Washington DC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk at BovReg kick-off meeting: AQUA-FAANG: Advancing European Aquaculture by Genome Functional Annotation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented H2020 project AQUA-FAANG to the participants of a related H2020 project (BovReg), answered questions about project, and facilitated broader coordination between projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk to Aviagen regarding Embryonic Tempo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A talk at Aviagen regarding the detection and selection of pre-hatch traits in chicken breeding strategies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk to Schools "Discover Veterinary medicine and Agricultural Sciences" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I spoke about my life as a scientist to raise awareness of career routes in STEM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk to patient group for Primary Ciliay Dyskinesia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | To mark PCD Awareness Day I talked on my models for PCD and the potential for large animal models using genome engineering |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Teaching at 10th Advanced Paediatric Oncology Course (APOC), Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Teaching at this course for paediatric oncology nurses |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | The Avian Immunology Research Group (AIRG) 2018 meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation "Identification and characterisation of avian conventional dendritic cells" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The Bee Lab 2021 (online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This Royal Society funded project will see our researchers working with three Scottish schools (Kelso High School, Borders, St Ninian's High School (Glasgow) and Annan Academy (Dumfries & Galloway) over the course of an academic year to suppor them to ask and answer a scientific questions about their own bee colonies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Food Chain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC World Service radio interview on genetically engineered livestock for The Food Chain |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The Human Body activities at a BBC-sponsored Edinburgh Festival event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Researchers from The Roslin Institute joined colleagues from across the University's College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine in the grounds of George Heriot's School in central Edinburgh to deliver family-friendly activities about 'The Human Body' on 15 August 2017. The event was part of a series of science-themed activities hosted by the BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals to support BBC Learning's 'Terrific Scientific' campaign, which aims to inspire children and young people to engage with science. Our staff and Ph.D students ran interactive activities about their research on lungs and skin, including inflating and examining real pig lungs, comparing healthy and diseased organs, and a chance for visitors to use their craft skills to make a model of their skin. Other activities at the event included anatomy face and body painting and a chance to see dissections of animal brains and hearts close-up. An estimated 1,400 family visitors were engaged, with great questions about our research and what it's like to work as a scientist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/community-engagement/public-events/events-archive/the-human-body-bbc-at-... |
| Description | The Lab Skills Teacher Information Session(online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We have selected eight Scottish high schools in our target demographics of pupils living in rural isolation and/or socioeconomic deprivation, and we will work with nine Nat 5 Lab Skills classes between March and June 2022. Around 120 pupils will take part in the full programme, each receiving at least six hours interaction time with Roslin Institute staff, plus our support for class teachers to supervise pupil investigations and reports. We have also offered free EBSOC Lab Skills workshop sessions to classes from 17 additional schools, who expressed an interest in the programme but could not be accommodated, increasing our potential for impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Tissue distribution and dynamic regulation of chicken peptide YY (PYY) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 18th International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology , Communication of work by PhD student which as will be apparent from the URL was a great learning and confidence building experience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://goabroadfund.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/18th-international-congress-of-comparative-endocrinolo... |
| Description | Twitter hair colour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 526 twitter responses to newspaper reports on our publication on hair colour genetics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | Understanding Human Birth Defects in the Genomic Age, Company of Biologists Workshop, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk at the Company of Biologists Workshop on 'Understanding Human Birth Defects in the Genomic Age' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit by Bill Gates and the Secretary of State for the Department of International Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bill Gates and the Secretary of State for the Department of International Development (DfID; Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt) visited The Roslin Institute on 26 January 2018. This involved separate sessions with the Gates Foundation and DfID to learn about the research undertaken by the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics & Health (CTLGH), in which the Roslin Institute is a major partner and researchers in the Institute Strategic Programmes are heavily involved. DfID announced £4m of funding for the CTLGH, adding to £10m already received from the Gates Foundation. In the presence of the Principal of the University of Edinburgh, Bill Gates and the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt formally opened the Global Academy for Agriculture & Food Security which will provide undergraduate and postgraduate training in sustainable agriculture. The event took place in the new Campus Innovation Building (which received BBSRC strategic funding). The University of Edinburgh press office tracked the following activity related to the visit, in which many participants in the ISPs were involved: • 109 individual articles and broadcast pieces that mentioned the University with regards to the visit, with an estimated potential reach of more than 7 million people. • Of these, more than half of the coverage mentioned one of more of the Global Academy of Agriculture & Food Security, the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics & Health, SEBI, the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Roslin or the Easter Bush Campus in addition to name checking the University. • In addition to the UK, we also attracted press coverage in the USA, France, New Zealand, China, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Taiwan and Egypt. • Across social media, we reached more than 1.4 million people with 14k+ engagements (likes, shares, retweets etc). Of these, 99.8% were positive. • The Facebook Live streaming alone reached more than 100k people. More than 18k people have watched the video. • Our news videos have garnered more than 35k views across platforms. • We tracked a spike in traffic to the Global Academy website on the day of the visit - 1405 visits (11 times the average for the previous month). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visiting undergrad students Wyoming |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I discussed the effects of Brexit on science funding and networking with visiting undergrad students from Wyoming |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Wellcome Trust Schools Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Opening speaker in the Wellcome Trust Summer Symposium for school students (penultimate year of school), discussed the use of genetic techniques in agriculture and how my career developed in science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Working Group- Understanding Human Birth Defects in the Genomic Age |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participant in a formal working group addressing the needs for integration of patient, clinician and scientists in the field of rare diseases |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | a report around a Gene-editing tool to speed disease studies in fish |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | in addition to this website report, it appeared alongside HatcheryFM, Feedstuffs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | an article around Hen eggs with human proteins offering drug hope |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Website article information about Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs which can offer a cost-effective method of producing drugs. Also appearing in BBC Newsday, BBC Scotland, BBC, The Times, Independent, STV, ITV, BT, Sky News, Edinburgh Evening News, EPM Magazine, MRCVS, News-Medical, Daily Mail, Graphic News, Mirror, Evening Express, Belfast Telegraph, Jersey Evening Post, Express & Star, The Poultry Site, SDE, Down To Earth, News Now, domain-b.com, The Health Site, ECNS, WDTV, Bovine Veterinarian, Drovers, The Blaze, Infosurhoy, New Atlas, Geek, Feedstuffs, BrinkWire, Science Codex, Lab Manager, 7th Space, Tunisiesoir, Science Daily, Cosmos, Drug Target Review, GDN online, EPM Magazine, Sify News, Phys.org, ANI News, Nature World News, AOL, Genetic Literacy Project, Food Processing, Tech Times, Interesting Engineering, Earth.com, Laboratory Equipment, Evolving , Sience, Times Now News, Business Insider, The Naked Scientists, ANSA, Blasting News, TRT, BBC (Portuguese), TVI24, Xinhua (China), CBS (US), USA Today, 2News (US), WBOC News (US), WFMJ (US), CBS8 (US), The Hilltop Monitor (US), Smithsonian Magazine (US), Indianapolis Today (US), Statesman Journal (US), Arizona Central (US), Detroit Free Press (US), Greenville News (US) , The Irish News, Business Standard (India), New Kerala (India), The Siasat Daily (India), Dhaka Tribune, FNB News (India), TUK0 (Kenya), Asharq Al-Awsat (Saudi Arabia), Business Insider (South Africa), Kuam News (Guam), Focus.it, Sputnik News, Colombia.com, Televisa News, Ecuavisa.com, globo.com, Linea Directa, ATV.pe, Blasting News, Meionorte.com, Modern Farmer, Top Health Journal, Colombia (ES) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/hen-eggs-human-proteins-drug-hope |
| Description | article around Roslin science in verse |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | To celebrate World Poetry Day, Roslin scientists presented Poems about their research on viruses, chickens, bees, genome sequencing and more |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/roslin-science-verse |
| Description | article around function of microRNA levels in the blood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | article around function of microRNA levels in the blood on health and productivity of cattle, article appeared in various national and international journals of professional animal practitioners, industry journals and in various newspapers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31099-w |
| Description | article around gene expression and sex differences in chickens |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | article around gene expression and sex difference in chickens, appearing on the Roslin Institute webpages |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-018-0178-6 |
| Description | article around the link between fighting bacterial infection and Mesenchymal Stem Cells from horses |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | article appeared in various professional animal practitioners' publications both national and international |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1089/scd.2017.0241 |
| Description | article outlining how Livestock farms could benefit from genome editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | in addition to the online report outlining how Livestock farms could benefit from genome editing , this article appeared in Food & Farming Futures, Farming UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | article with a talk by Dr Xavier Donadeu on stem cells and reproduction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | web article with Xavier DONADEU discussing Research for more efficient livestock production, challenges of research funding and how he became a scientist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/meet-our-scientists/dr-xavier-donadeu-stem-cells-reproductio... |
| Description | interview in our Meet the Scientists series with Dr Joe Rainger on the genetics of birth defects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | interview in our Meet the Scientists series with Dr Joe Rainger on the genetics of birth defects online views in excess of 2000 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/meet-our-scientists/dr-joe-rainger-genetics-birth-defects |
| Description | press release on Survey to gauge public opinion on gene-edited meat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | press release relating to the launch of a survey by Researchers for people to share their views on the use of gene-editing in animals through an online survey. coverage in BBC news, The Times, Scotsman, Daily Mail, Farming UK, Gazette, The Scottish Farmer, The National, YahooNews, BreakingNews.ieNewsLetter, Midlothian Advertiser, Agriland, Farm Ireland, Daily Nation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/survey-public-opinion-gene-edited-meat |
| Description | press release relating to How bird feathers form in wave-like motion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | press release around how Scientists have revealed how bird feathers form in a wave-like motion, which could help cool birds. Coverage in Feedstuffs, Earth, La Liberte' (FR), El Pais (CR), Science Daily |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/how-bird-feathers-form-wave-like-motion |
| Description | public workshop for Anatomy Nights - matters of the heart |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 20 adults and children attended for a talk, dissection demonstration, and viewing of experimental slides. This sparked questions and discussion throughout the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | report about Immune cell ageing reversed by young microbes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | in addition to the online report about Immune cell ageing reversed by young microbes, this also appeared in Understanding Animal Science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | report about Stem cell approach to aid vaccine development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | in addition to this online report about a Stem cell approach to aid vaccine development, the article also appeared in National Hog Farmer, Feed Stuffs, Farming UK, Food & Farming Futures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | report about a Stem cell study which could curb need for animal tissue |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | in addition to the online report about a Stem cell study which could curb need for animal tissue, this appeared in National Hog Farmer, VetCommunity, Feedstuffs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | report about a Surrogacy method to aid welfare in poultry research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | in addition to the online report about a Surrogacy method to aid welfare in poultry research, this appeared in Poultry World, MRCVS online |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | report about the Future of livestock production in the spotlight |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | in addition to the online report about the Future of livestock production in the spotlight this article appeared in Food and Farming Futures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | school visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 15 High school students (from various locations in Scotland) were given a tour of the Easter Bush Campus followed by hands on activities using techniques that are routinely performed by our group in the lab. We focus on cardiovascular research, therefore, we performed alizarin red staining for calcium ions on vascular cell monolayers. They also conducted a colorimetric calcium assay. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | series of gene-editing based video articles posted on social media |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | series of gene-editing videos to explain the concept of gene editing, the tools used and the outlook for the future |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | talk by Dr Gerry McLachlan on cystic fibrosis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | talk by Gerry McLachlan non choosing the best model to evaluate gene therapy strategies for cystic fibrosis in humans |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/meet-our-scientists/dr-gerry-mclachlan |
| Description | web article and press release relating to Surrogacy advance which could aid rare chicken breeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | web article relating to Infertile hens used to carry eggs containing other breeds, in a development using gene editing. Also press coverage in The National, Evening Express, Farming UK, Irvine Times, Evening Times, Daily Times, STV, Times & Star, Technology, Business Telegraph, Herald Publicist, The World News, Selector News, VGA News, Newscabal, Wired Focus, Irish News, Metro, Food & Farming Futures, The Atlantic, The Poultry Site, Poultry World, Industria Avicola (ES) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/surrogacy-advance-could-aid-rare-chicken-breeds |
| Description | web article and related press coverage relating to Sheep research which could aid insights into childhood dementia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | web article relating to Sheep research which could aid insights into childhood dementia, A new research approach could help progress towards therapies for a devastating childhood illness. Press coverage in The Observer / The Guardian, Brinkwire, Micro Finance Reporter, Best in Australia, Diario Veterinario (ES), La Vanguardia (ES) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/sheep-research-insights-childhood-dementia |
| Description | web article on Livestock farms which could benefit from genome editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | web article on Information relating to Animal breeding which could become more efficient with an approach that combines DNA-editing techniques with new reproductive technologies plus associated press coverage in Food & Farming Futures and Farming UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/livestock-farms-could-benefit-from-genome-editin... |
| Description | web article relating to Eye disease patients who could benefit from chicken study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | web article relating to chicken study which could benefit eye disease patients. Associated press coverage in Vnonline, MRCVS, Poultry World |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/eye-disease-patients-benefit-chicken-study |
| Description | web article relating to Fellowship supporting research into birth defects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | web article relating to a National award recognising work towards understanding tissue fusion in embryonic development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/fellowship-supports-research-into-birth-defects |
| Description | web article relating to Protein playing a crucial role in hardening of arteries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | web article relating to research led by Roslin scientists highlighting a key protein linked to the formation of hardened arteries and the mechanisms behind this. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/protein-has-crucial-role-in-hardening-of-arterie... |
| Description | web article relating to Survey for dairy farmers in effort to improve diagnostic techniques for cattle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | web article around Scientists launching a survey for dairy farmers to inform research studies aiming at improving diagnostics for cattle pregnancy and disease. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/survey-dairy-farmers-cattle |
| Description | web article relating to a Chicken gene find which could help improve vaccines |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | web article relating to The discovery of a gene active in specialised chicken gut cells which could pave the way for studies investigating better design of vaccines plus associated press coverage in Animal Pharm, Poultry World and Feedstuffs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/chicken-gene-find-could-help-improve-vaccines |
| Description | web article relating to how Protein supports embryo cell survival under metabolic stress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | web article relating to a Journal front-cover study which identifies a novel protein in mice that may support embryo cell survival during its very first days of existence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/protein-supports-embryo-cell-survival |
| Description | £74m investment for AgriTech Hub on campus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | report and DDI-arranged press release on £74m investment for AgriTech Hub on campus on STV television and in Daily Business, Farming UK, Scotsman, FPC Fresh Talk Daily, Horti Daily, Fresh Produce Journal, Far-Eastern Agriculture, Future Scot |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |