Pathogen diversity, host specificity and virulence
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: The Roslin Institute
Abstract
This project will examine the diversity of pathogen populations and identify factors that contribute to virulence and host tropism, define their mode of action and use this knowledge to develop strategies to detect, treat and prevent infections.
Organisations
- University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Lead Research Organisation)
- Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Collaboration)
- Zoetis (Collaboration)
- Public Health England, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- James Hutton Institute (Collaboration)
- Utrecht University (Collaboration)
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) (Collaboration)
- Roslin Technologies (Collaboration)
- Scottish National Reference Laboratories (Collaboration)
- AB Vista (Collaboration)
- National Veterinary Institute (Collaboration)
- Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany (Collaboration)
- Animal Health Service (Collaboration)
- Wageningen University & Research (Collaboration)
- Government of Malawi, Malawi (Collaboration)
- Animal and Plant Health Agency (Collaboration)
- Marine Scotland Science (MSS) (Collaboration)
- Genus plc, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- National Food Chain Safety Office (Collaboration)
- University of Hokkaido, Japan (Collaboration)
- Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (Collaboration)
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (Collaboration)
- Konkuk University (Collaboration)
- AbacusBio (Collaboration)
- Government of Canada (Collaboration)
- Friedrich Loeffler Institute (Collaboration)
- University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Collaboration)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Collaboration)
- Texas Technical University (Collaboration)
- University Libre Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB) (Collaboration)
- Laval University, Canada (Collaboration)
- Vetline Services (Collaboration)
- Charoen Pokphand Group (Collaboration)
- University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Yale University (Collaboration)
- Quadram Institute Bioscience (Collaboration)
- Animal Health Research Institute (Collaboration)
- Scotland's Rural College (Collaboration)
- Wellcome Trust, LONDON (Collaboration)
- Makerere University, Uganda (Collaboration)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA (Collaboration)
- Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of the Venezie (Collaboration)
- Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) (Collaboration)
- Erasmus MC (Collaboration)
- Moredun Research Institute (Collaboration)
- US Geological Survey (Collaboration)
- National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Argentina) (Collaboration)
Publications
Abbas AH
(2018)
The Structure of a Conserved Telomeric Region Associated with Variant Antigen Loci in the Blood Parasite Trypanosoma congolense.
in Genome biology and evolution
Abouelhadid S
(2019)
Quantitative Analyses Reveal Novel Roles for Glycosylation in a Major Enteric Bacterial Pathogen.
in mBio
Akram KM
(2018)
An innate defense peptide BPIFA1/SPLUNC1 restricts influenza A virus infection.
in Mucosal immunology
Alber A
(2019)
Avian Pathogenic (APEC) Strain-Dependent Immunomodulation of Respiratory Granulocytes and Mononuclear Phagocytes in -Reporter Transgenic Chickens.
in Frontiers in immunology
Alfituri OA
(2019)
Effects of host-derived chemokines on the motility and viability of Trypanosoma brucei.
in Parasite immunology
Amzati GS
(2018)
Mitochondrial phylogeography and population structure of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in the African Great Lakes region.
in Parasites & vectors
Amzati GS
(2019)
Genetic and antigenic variation of the bovine tick-borne pathogen Theileria parva in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa.
in Parasites & vectors
Areda D
(2019)
Tuberculosis in Animals: An African Perspective
Bacigalupe R
(2019)
A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species.
in Science advances
| Description | Pathogen diversity, host-specificity and virulence. In this theme we utilise genome-wide studies of pathogens combined with detailed research on mechanisms to understand variation in microbial pathogens and infection outcomes in hosts. The work also contributes to development of novel diagnostics. Bacterial pathogens: we have developed a novel 3R approach to quantify the entry and persistence of diverse Salmonella serovars in the bovine lymphatic system by massively-parallel sequencing of polymorphic alleles of strains screened in pools. The approach has much potential to reduce animal use in screening strain phenotypes or evaluating cross-protective efficacy of vaccines or treatments. We have also retrospectively applied transposon-directed insertion-site sequencing to a library of Salmonella Typhimurium mutants screened for their ability to colonise the intestines of calves. The study independently validated the role of c. 3000 Salmonella genes in a key natural animal host using archived lymph node tissue without any further animal use. As such it also represents an advance of 3R principles. ISP-funded research contributed to ground-breaking collaborative work to describe the evolutionary history of host-switching by Staphylococcus aureus, including the identification of genetic signatures of host-adaptation. The study highlights humans as a major hub for the transmission of S. aureus to livestock but also the emergence of new human clones from a bovine reservoir, with important public health implications. It relied on extensive sequencing using core facilities and data analysis by ISP-supported staff. Host-adaptation in S. aureus was also found to involve a novel mechanism of phage transduction in collaboration with the University of Glasgow. We also identified a S. pseudintermedius adhesin that binds fibronectin in a host-specific way to promote biofilm formation and innate immune evasion. We further demonstrated the potential of machine learning to predict host tropism and differential virulence of bacterial pathogens, building on work supported by the last ISP that predicted that only a subset of E. coli O157 found in cattle pose zoonotic risk. A similar approach predicted variants of Salmonella Typhimurium that may differ in tropism for farm animals, virulence and zoonotic risk, and we plan to evaluate strain phenotypes using a novel 3Rs method developed with ISP support. Machine learning has also been applied to predict bacteriophage resistance, supported by high-density mutagenesis strategies to identify phage resistance genes, toward the selection of bacteriophage therapies for chronic bacterial infections. These computational approaches are complemented by genome-wide mutagenesis screens to assign functions to genes such as TraDIS, which we plan to apply to S. aureus and mastitis. We now have a joint appointment with Public Health England with ISP funds to extend collaborations on microbial genomics and facilitate translation of our research for prediction of zoonotic risk and source attribution. We have developed methods for direct sequencing of Lawsonia intracellularis from clinical samples, enabling the first population-level view of genomic diversity and identifying candidate antigens for novel vaccines and diagnostics with a commercial partner. We also analysed the serotypes and genomes of the neglected pig pathogen Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae towards an application to develop improved vaccines based on knowledge of diversity. We further dissected the regulation of the Type 3 secretion system in E. coli O157 that is critical for colonisation of cattle and a key target for vaccines. We have shown that different M. bovis strains can induce distinct transcriptional profiles, cytokines and cell death responses in bovine macrophages that may impact the effectiveness of bTB diagnostics and interventions. We are examining phenotypes of c. 4000 dairy cattle in Tanzania for brucellosis, Q fever and leptospirosis to provide epidemiological data on the risk of animal disease and zoonotic exposure, with host genotyping linked to Theme 1. We also investigated the epidemiology of bTB in African countries and contributed to the WHO Roadmap for control of zoonotic TB. Viral pathogens. For influenza, we have found mutations that affect the viral accessory proteins PA-X and PB1-F2 impacting on innate immune responses and modulation of virulence of an H9N2 virus in chickens and mice. Moreover, we have found that PA-X mutations can enhance the yield of human IAV vaccines from embryonated eggs, priming a UK patent to exploit our findings for practical gain. Similarly, we identified an epistatic interaction between viral polymerase genes that can also improve IAV vaccine yield in eggs and are exploring the impact of modulating CpG or UpA dinucleotide frequencies on viral fitness and vaccine yield. A swine-derived pandemic H1N1 strain of IAV was found to express a variant of the viral nucleoprotein that influences virulence in mice and pigs, and we assigned a new function to the IAV NS1 protein in mRNA transport. Bioinformatic and phylodynamic tools have been developed and applied to avian IAV sequence data to define factors affecting transmission and evolution on a global scale, providing new insights into the origins and spread of novel variants. Additionally, we were able to apply phylodynamic methods to improve the understanding of the evolution of serotype A and SAT2 FMDV and prospects for disease control, including the observation of rapidly diversifying strains in Africa that may be associated with vaccine use. We have also analysed transmission clusters using the phylodynamic methods from the Scottish Government EPIC III Bovine Viral Diarrhoea sequencing project to inform the Scottish eradication programme. Protozoal pathogens. We have identified and characterised a pathogen-derived sRNA as a sensitive and specific diagnostic for African trypanosomiasis, for which we have sought patent protection and initiated IAA-funded market research. PacBio sequencing of trypanosome variant surface glycoprotein revealed unprecedented diversity of the types expressed, indicating the challenges that will need to be overcome for vaccines targeting this key surface antigen. To inform strategies to block entry of trypanosomes into the lymphatic system from bites, we examined the role chemokines but found they do not act as chemoattractants for T. brucei. Prions. Toward an understanding of risk factors for prion disease, we have found that prion neuroinvasion after oral infection occurs independently of gut microbiota, or the level of PrPC expression in intestinal epithelial cells, involves delivery of prions to follicular dendritic cells by CXCR5-expressing DCs, and was influenced by co-infections with gut-restricted helminths. We also demonstrated that spermine can facilitate prion degradation by enhancing autolysosomal flux, thereby informing the design of therapies for protein mis-folding diseases. We provided the first evidence that PRNP codon 129 genotype of the host does not influence the strain characteristics of vCJD; specifically that vCJD strain properties are not affected by transmission through an individual with the PRNP methionine/valine codon 129 genotype and thus no alteration in virulence should be associated with the different host genotype. This has implications for public health as any changes in strain characteristics can lead to changes in clinical phenotype and diagnosis or changes in infectious potential. Application of organoids to study host-pathogen interactions. Linked with ISP1, we have established a robust methodology to generate three-dimensional enteroids ('mini-guts') from small intestinal crypts of cattle. Histological and transcriptional analyses indicate that these comprise intestinal epithelial cell lineages, including intestinal stem cells, enterocytes, Paneth cells, goblet cells and enteroendocrine cells, that are stably maintained over long-term passage and can be cryopreserved and recovered. Protocols to obtain enteroids from pigs and chickens have also been devised with ISP support. Bovine enteroids have been used to establish that Shiga toxin produced by E. coli O157 inhibits host cell proliferation to colonise the rectal epithelium of cattle. This work is being extended to define interactions between bovine enteroids and Cryptosporidium, Salmonella serovars and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Avian 3D enteroids require distinct protocols for isolation and culture, for which patent protection is being sought owing to commercial interest in their applications to study vaccines, adjuvants, feed additives and novel antibiotics. Such models significantly advance the 3Rs and are also being adopted to study cellular responses and interactions underlying innate immunity. |
| Exploitation Route | Impact from our ISP-funded research frequently involves partnerships with animal breeding and health companies. Our five strategic alliances are advancing ISP-supported research to commercialisation, in particular PRRS-resistant pigs via Genus Plc., fish resistant to aquatic diseases via Hendrix Genetics and WorldFish, and research to dissect the architecture of Eimeria resistance and edit chickens for influenza resistance with Cobb. We have also worked with Zoetis and Boehringer on vaccines for PCV, PRRSV and Lawsonia in pigs. We expect industry interactions to grow via our role in nascent Agri-Tech Centres (CIEL & Agri-EPI), the recent formation of Roslin Technologies Ltd with £10m private equity funding, and the opening of the adjacent Roslin Innovation Centre in August 2017 which now has 14 tenants. I terms of specific examples: 1. A roadmap to combat Zoonotic Tuberculosis was launched in 2017 at the Union World Conference on Lung Health in Mexico. Zoonotic Tuberculosis (TB) is a form of tuberculosis in people caused by Mycobacterium bovis, which is often transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals, mainly cattle, and consumption of infected products. Ending the global TB epidemic is part of the goals set by the United Nations, aiming at inclusive, multidisciplinary approaches to improving health throughout the world by 2030. Dr Adrian Muwonge chairs the Zoonotic TB section at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) that has been key to developing the roadmap which defines 10 key priority areas for limiting the impact of this disease on humans and their livestock and calls on stakeholders such as government, donors, academia, non-governmental organisations and private partnerships to action. The roadmap advises stakeholders to prioritise: (i) Mitigation of risk of transmission of zoonotic TB; (ii) Strengthening diagnostic capability; (iii) Access to timely diagnosis and effective treatment; (iv) Fostering inter-sectoral collaboration. 2. In Northern Tanzania our preliminary data indicates the same farmer-led control having an impact upon tsetse population and trypanosome prevalence, as well as examining the sustainability of this approach in terms of insecticide use and trypanocide resistance. Findings are being disseminated through regular meetings with stakeholders, including both farmers, policy-level individuals in Tanzania and those involved in developing new control methods (GALVmed), in order to feed findings back and try to influence future sustainability of control. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education,Healthcare |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/research/isp/control-infectious-diseases/pathogen-diversity-host-specificity-and-virulence |
| Description | Our proposed outputs for this theme of the programme are: (1) New experimental models for pathogens in relevant hosts, including genome-edited cell lines and animals; (2) markers for improved diagnostics and risk analysis; (3) bioinformatic tools for assembling and analysing pathogen genomes and for modelling pathogen transmission on local and global scales; (4) new antigens and attenuated mutants as candidate vaccines; (5) novel targets for anti-infective agents and alternatives to antibiotics; (6) training in vulnerable capacities, in particular in vivo skills and bioinformatics. Specific non academic impacts to date include: 1. The first ever global Zoonotic TB roadmap. Zoonotic Tuberculosis (TB) is a form of tuberculosis in people caused by Mycobacterium bovis, which is often transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals, mainly cattle, and consumption of infected products. Ending the global TB epidemic is part of the goals set by the United Nations, aiming at inclusive, multidisciplinary approaches to improving health throughout the world by 2030. The roadmap defines 10 key priority areas for limiting the impact of this disease on humans and their livestock and calls on stakeholders such as government, donors, academia, non-governmental organisations and private partnerships to action. The roadmap advises stakeholders to prioritise: (i) Mitigation of risk of transmission of zoonotic TB; (ii) Strengthening diagnostic capability; (iii) Access to timely diagnosis and effective treatment; (iv) Fostering inter-sectoral collaboration. 2. Development of genome wide association and machine-learning approaches to dissect bacterial host adaptation and predict risk. Improved bioinformatics tools and sequence data are being used outbreak investigations with Public Health England and the Scottish E. coli reference laboratory. The tools are also defining specific targets for diagnostics and vaccine development. 3. Phylodynamic tools to integrate movement networks and cross host species transmission to quantify transmission patterns and strain evolution. This work has contributed to the Scottish Government EPIC III Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) sequencing project towards the Scottish eradication programme for BVD. 4. Building on our identification of PA-X mutants in influenza virus, it is apparent that such strains yield higher levels of the critical antigens for protection and a patent has been filed with interest in how this can be used commercially to improve flu vaccine production levels. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Healthcare,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Impact Types | Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Member of Defra's Science Advisory Council |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Impact | As a member of Defra's Science Advisory Council, I provide comments on a wide variety of Defra science-related policies and draw upon both my personal research experience, but also the broader research community at the Roslin Institute |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/science-advisory-council/about/our-governance#members |
| Description | Presentation to the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens TSE subgroup on chronic wasting disease in deer |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Description | World health Organisation global zoonotic tuberculosis road map |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | http://www.who.int/tb/publications/2017/zoonotic_TB/en/ |
| Description | Agritech- catalyst PigBoost: Sustainable data-driven pig production for Uganda |
| Amount | £520,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Alberta Prion Research Institute's Explorations Program Round VI |
| Amount | $493,700 (CAD) |
| Funding ID | PEX17009 |
| Organisation | Alberta Prion Research Institute |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Canada |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | An integrated approach to tackling drug resistance in livestock trypanosomes. |
| Amount | £159,757 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 6326355 |
| Organisation | GALVmed |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | BBSRC Future Leader Fellowship |
| Amount | £304,886 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/P007767/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | BBSRC-A strategic approach to identifying and combating porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus outbreaks and other porcine viral diseases |
| Amount | £983,771 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R013187/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | BBSRC-SFI-Tackling a multi-host pathogen problem - phylodynamic analyses of the epidemiology of M. bovis in Britain and Ireland |
| Amount | £448,073 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/P010598/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | BBSRC_Understanding the CD163 - PRRS virus interaction to improve genetic engineering for resistance |
| Amount | £674,353 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R004463/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 11/2020 |
| Description | Boehringer Ingelheim The PCV2 European Research Award |
| Amount | € 25,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Department | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Canada |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 04/2018 |
| Description | Carnegie Research Incentive Grant |
| Amount | £9,886 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Carnegie Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 07/2018 |
| Description | Carnegie Trust Research Incentive Grant |
| Amount | £9,740 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Carnegie Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 05/2019 |
| Description | Cattle farming practices and the emergence of Escherichia coli O157 (Stx2a+): an international workshop award with INTA Argentina |
| Amount | £9,100 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T019743/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | Center for Tropical Livestock Health and Genetics |
| Amount | £15,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Collaborative Award - Liam Morrison for RI - Challenging trypanosome antigenic variation paradigms using natural systems |
| Amount | £2,070,288 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 206815/Z/17/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Collaborative Award - Rold Kao - Thinking forward through the past: Linking science, social science and the humanities to inform the sustainable reduction of disease in British livestock farming |
| Amount | £218,525 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 209818/C/17/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 11/2022 |
| Description | Defining early entry mechanisms of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis into the host |
| Amount | £552,222 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T007354/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | Determining the role of CSF1R-dependent macrophages in of Paneth cells and the |
| Amount | £520,952 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/S000763/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | Developing dairy-specific molecular screening tools to quantify the within herd dynamics of antimicrobial resistance |
| Amount | £9,090 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Hannah Research Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 05/2020 |
| Description | Development of a PCR assay for the direct detection of Mycobacterium bovis DNA to improve the diagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis |
| Amount | £4,567 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Roslin2352 |
| Organisation | MV Diagnostics Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 05/2019 |
| Description | Dissecting the molecular pathways of MDV oncoprotein Meq for understanding pathogenesis and aid vaccine development |
| Amount | £384,966 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R007632/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | EU-Dynamics of avian influenza in a changing world |
| Amount | £403,373 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 727922 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Environmental and Economic Impacts of Improved Antibiotics Stewardship in Poultry Systems |
| Amount | £647,418 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T004436/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2019 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Fleming fellowship fund for Uganda |
| Amount | £510,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Mott Macdonald UK Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 08/2020 |
| Description | Fleming fellowships for Malawi |
| Amount | £520,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Mott Macdonald UK Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2020 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | Food Standards Scotland Open Tender |
| Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CRF:MRI/104/17 |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Department | Food Standards Agency (FSA), Scotland |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| 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 | 07/2017 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | General Scheme - Abigail Diack - A comparative platform for strain typing CWD |
| Amount | £131,947 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RES0036432-S001 |
| Organisation | Alberta Prion Research Institute |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Canada |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | General Scheme - Consortium funding - David Gally for RI - The risk of STEC (Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli) contamination in Wild Venison |
| Amount | £58,578 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MRI/104/17 |
| Organisation | Scottish Parliament |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | General Scheme - Fiona houston - Investigating the susceptibility of British deer to chronic wasting disease |
| Amount | £24,563 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | General Scheme - Jacqueline Smith - Genetic characterisation of Avian Leukosis Virus (ALV)-like tumours identified in commercial chicken lines |
| Amount | £8,896 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | wt 5448961 |
| Organisation | The Houghton Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | General Scheme - Ross Fitzgerald - Direct diagnostic genomics towards effective antimicrobial stewardship |
| Amount | £242,381 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | WT 5613240 |
| Organisation | Dogs Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | General Scheme - Tim Connelley - MHCI genotyping in horses |
| Amount | £5,800 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | SPrj028 |
| Organisation | Horserace Betting Levy Board |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Growth of avian leucosis virus stocks |
| Amount | £10,824 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | roslin 2107 |
| Organisation | Aviagen Group |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 11/2019 |
| Description | H2020 |
| Amount | € 5,500,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | DELTA-FLU |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Horizon H2020 - Fast Track to Innovation - Lonneke Vervelde - Dynamics of avian influenza in a changing world |
| Amount | £403,373 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 727922 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Implementation of operationally useful models to analyse bacterial whole genome sequence data for control of bovine Tuberculosis in cattle and badgers |
| Amount | £7,147 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FTMA Email-17/01/2020 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Industry Partnership Award (TR) - Liam Morrison - An integrated approach to tackling drug resistance in livestock trypanosomes. |
| Amount | £660,569 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S00243X/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | International Veterinary Vaccinology Network |
| Amount | £600,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MC_PC_17219 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Investigation into the prevalence and aetiology of a novel form of feline meningoencephalitis: 'Robotic cat' disease |
| Amount | £7,974 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Petsavers Charitable Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2020 |
| End | 05/2023 |
| Description | Large memory HPC infrastructure to underpin world-class biological research |
| Amount | £602,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S019367/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2019 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | MSc by Research in Infectious Diseases |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Machine-learning to predict and understand the zoonotic threat of E. coli O157 isolates |
| Amount | £421,490 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/P02095X/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Market assessment for a novel diagnostic for Animal African |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | PIII-041 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2019 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | Newton fund - Christine Tait-Burkard - A strategic approach to identifying and combating porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus outbreaks and other porcine viral diseases |
| Amount | £983,771 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R013187/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| 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 | 04/2020 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Policy Research Programme - Abigail Diack for RI - Consortium Funding - Assessing and defining pre-clinical vCJD infectivity using transmission and protein aggregation models |
| Amount | £1,553,441 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | PR-R17-0916-23001 |
| Organisation | Department of Health (DH) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Policy Research Programme - Fiona Houston - Comparative evaluation of the performance of proposed diagnostic tests for vCJD in preclinical blood samples |
| Amount | £882,178 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 3782585 |
| Organisation | Department of Health (DH) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 02/2021 |
| Description | Research Grant - Paul Digard - Tylvalosin as a porcine antiviral compound |
| Amount | £90,833 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Roslin 1840 |
| Organisation | Eco Animal Health Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Research Grant - Ross Houston - Investigating genetic resistance to Bonamia in European flat oyster |
| Amount | £165,026 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Blue Marine Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2018 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | Research Incentive Grants - Liam Morrison - Unravelling the epidemiology of tropical theileriosis |
| Amount | £9,740 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RIG007514 |
| Organisation | Carnegie Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | Research Incentive Grants - Robin Cassidy - Cloning, expression and characterisation of lymphostatin-like molecules from Chlamydia spp. |
| Amount | £9,886 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RIG007401 |
| Organisation | Carnegie Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Responsive Mode - David Gally - Machine-learning to predict and understand the zoonotic threat of E. coli O157 isolates |
| Amount | £535,103 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/P02095X/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Responsive Mode - Finn Grey - Identification of interferon stimulated genes that restrict cross-species transmission of influenza A virus. |
| Amount | £768,377 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S00114X/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Responsive Mode - Kellie Watson - The role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) in the regulation of innate immunity in the domestic chicken. |
| Amount | £801,119 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/P022049/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 11/2020 |
| Description | Responsive Mode - Mick Watson - Dissecting the molecular pathways of MDV oncoprotein Meq for understanding pathogenesis and aid vaccine development |
| Amount | £391,146 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R007632/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 05/2021 |
| Description | Responsive Mode - Neil Mabbott - Role of distinct mononuclear phagocyte subsets in oral prion disease pathogenesis |
| Amount | £558,982 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S005471/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2018 |
| End | 11/2021 |
| Description | Responsive Mode - Rowland Kao - Joint estimation of epidemiological and genetic processes for Mycobacterium bovis transmission dynamics in cattle and badgers |
| Amount | £302,174 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/L010569/2 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 06/2018 |
| Description | Responsive Mode - Rowland Kao Bilateral BBSRC-SF1: Tackling a multi-host pathogen problem - phylodynamic analyses of the epidemiology of M. bovis in Britain and Ireland |
| Amount | £560,091 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/P010598/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Resposive 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 | Sir Henry Dale Fellowship - Eleanor Gaunt - The role of CpG dinucleotides in regulating virus replication kinetics |
| Amount | £1,025,674 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 211222/Z/18/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Small Grants - Rowland Kao - US-UK Collab: Mycobacterial Transmission Dynamics in Agricultural Systems: Integrating Phylogenetics, Epidemiology, Ecology and Economics |
| Amount | £137,328 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/M01262X/2 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | Studentship - Fiona Houston - Modelling the susceptibility of British deer to chronic wasting disease |
| Amount | £26,782 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RES2017FH |
| Organisation | British Deer Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 06/2018 |
| Description | Sub-award from BBSRC Flexible Talent Mobility Award (BB/R506564/1). Professor Lonneke Vervelde & Dr Sam Ellis. 'Identification of protective epitopes for control of avian influenza virus'. |
| Amount | £14,138 (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 Accelerator Account BB/S506722/1. Professor David Gally 'Using bacteriophage to remove Escherichia coli O157:H7 from cattle colonised at the terminal rectum' |
| Amount | £33,439 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S506722/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Sub-award from ISCF Transforming Food Production Seeding Award (ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh). Dr Thibauld Porphyre 'Developing an online cost-estimator to support breeding and disease management decisions in the pig industry' |
| Amount | £15,744 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ISCF-TFP-SA-Edinburgh |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | VEO - Versatile Emerging infectious disease Observatory forecasting, nowcasting and tracking in a changing world |
| Amount | € 14,994,726 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 874735 Proposal number |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2025 |
| Description | Vacation Scholarship - Paul Digard - Mechanisms of antiviral drug resistance in influenza A virus |
| Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 208707/Z/17/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 08/2017 |
| Description | Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award |
| Amount | £2,021,766 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 206815/Z/17/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund-University of Edinburgh |
| Amount | £31,700 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IS3-R1.09 19/20 |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Wellcome Trust Pathfinder Award |
| Amount | £129,709 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 204521/Z/16/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Description | [18-EEID US-UK DDCOVMP] Drivers of diversity and transmission of co-circulating viral lineages in host meta-populations |
| Amount | £407,215 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T004401/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Title | ELISpot for PRRSV |
| Description | An ELISpot for PRRSV was developed to investigate cellular immune responses in vaccine development studies. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The tool is essential to do vaccine efficacy studies. |
| Title | ELispot for PCV2 |
| Description | The assay is able to detect a cellular immune response to PCV2. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Improvement of vaccine efficacy assessment. |
| Title | Nanopore sequencing of aquaculture viruses |
| Description | Methods for targeted whole genome sequencing were developed for several economically important aquaculture RNA viruses for use on nanopore MinION sequencing platform. No whole genome sequencing of these viruses had previously been performed using nanopore sequencing. This work also established this method for use in other experimental scenarios and is currently being used for other projects. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | NA |
| URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-34464-x |
| Title | Strategy for quantifying individual bacterial strains during mixed infections |
| Description | We devised a novel strategy to follow the fate of individual bacterial strains during mixed infections. Specifically, we wished to follow the fate of multiple Salmonella enterica serovars during colonisation of the bovine host. These are indistinguishable by culture, and while they can be specifically detected by serology, quantification of numbers of each serovar during mixed infection would involve analysis of many hundreds or thousands of individual colonies. We devised a method based on massively-parallel sequencing of a polymorphic allele (rpoB), whereby sequence reads can be used to identify the strain present (based on single nucleotide polymorphisms specific to each strain) and the number of sequence reads can be taken as a measure of the abundance of the cognate strain. Using this method we were able to simultaneously define the fate of 12 different S. enterica strains during infection of cattle, including as they colonised the gut over time and spread from the gut to the lymphatic system and other tissues. This 3R approach should allow phenotypes to be derived with reduced use of animals in experiments and could, for example, be used to see if vaccine-induced responses are effective in control of all the different members of a bacterial population present - in this case toward a pan-serovar cross-protective vaccine. A manuscript reporting these findings was published in late 2017 (Vohra et al). Though a direct output of BBSRC responsive-mode funding, the project was underpinned by core-strategic grants from 2012 and 2017 (e.g. via the involvement of core-funded staff in animal studies) and a BBSRC US-UK partnering award, where the ideas for following serovars based on massively-parallel sequencing of rpoB and ileS were jointly developed. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Too early to say, but the method has the potential to reduce animal use in evaluating the cross-protective efficacy of vaccines or treatments as it enables many strains to be tested at once in a single animal rather than in separate groups that each receive a single strain. |
| Title | Targeted sequence capture of viruses in aquacultured fish |
| Description | Using a wide-ranging panel of probes, tiled across the genomes of several important aquaculture-related RNA viruses, a whole genome sequencing approach was established to efficiently enrich for viral nucleic acids. This was validated using a number of viral isolates to detect and characterise multi-viral infections which can produce important industry-regulator information. This approach has allowed us to study viral genetic diversity using an unbiased method unlike any other previously attempted. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Not applicable yet - the paper is currently in preparation |
| Title | Avianbase: a community resource for bird genomics |
| Description | The Avianbase Project is an initiative led by the Roslin Institute in collaboration with the Avian Phylogenomics Consortium and Ensembl to make the initial sequence and annotation available for 48 bird species within the Ensembl framework. The Avianbase Project is using the Ensembl infrastructure to share data brought together by the Avian Phylogenomics Consortium (as part of the Avian Genome Consortium) for 48 birds. Giving access to sequence and annotation data for genome assemblies is important because, while facilitating research, it places both assembly and annotation quality under scrutiny, resulting in improvements to both. Therefore we announce Avianbase, a resource for bird genomics, which provides access to data released by the Avian Phylogenomics Consortium. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Avianbase project was overviewed in the paper of 2015 (Lél Eöry, M Thomas P Gilbert, Cai Li, Bo Li, Alan Archibald, Bronwen L Aken, Guojie Zhang, Erich Jarvis, Paul Flicek and David W Burt (2015) Avianbase: a community resource for bird genomics. Genome Biology 16:21) which has been sited by over 18 times. It provides a valuable one-stop-shop to access a wealth of Avian genomic information to allow easy interrogation of genotype across species. |
| URL | http://avianbase.narf.ac.uk/index.html |
| Title | Comparative ribosome profiling uncovers a dominant role for translational control in Toxoplasma gondii |
| Description | We deposited in ToxoDB, which is a database of Apicomplexan parasite genome and genomic data (such as RNA-seq, DNA-seq, proteomics, etc), whole genome ribosome profiling and RNA-sequencing data of intracellular and extracellular parasites to facilitate the identification of parasite genes that are essential for intercellular transmission. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This is the first genome-wide ribosome profiling data on any strain of Toxoplasma and is helping research understand the role of translational regulation in the parasites's lifecycle. IT has informed current ongoing research in various aspects of Toxoplasma biology in many labs. |
| Title | Viral genome sequencing |
| Description | Whole genomes of salmonid alphavirus sequenced using second and third generation methods |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Ongoing collaborations with industry partners and Marine Scotland Science |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044848619321970 |
| Description | Canadian Big data centre University of Laval |
| Organisation | University of Laval |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am currently working with the Jacques Corbiel's group at the University of Laval. His group is providing capacity and training for me with regards to analysing big data. We are the fore collaborating on methodology as i contribute a rare insight into metagenomic dynamics in a resource limited setting. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The have given me access to one of Canada's super computer for my computing component. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH) |
| Organisation | International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Research contribution to the CTLGH result framework. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research links and collaboration with its member partners in the UK and Africa. |
| Impact | No output to report yet. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| 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 | Charoen Pokphand (CP) group |
| Organisation | Charoen Pokphand Group |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Charoen Pokphand (CP) group are a large Asian conglomerate with an interest in farming, food production and feed additives. They have placed one of their staff members with me for PhD training, fully funded by them. We are training the staff member in laboratory and bioinformatics techniques related to microbiome research in chickens. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CP provide access to large chicken flocks both in at their farms and in their production facility. This enables us to study chicken breeds in the actual environments in which they live throughout Asia. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary project involving both laboratory and computational techniques. The major outcome so far include a review paper (http://aem.asm.org/content/early/2018/01/29/AEM.02627-17.abstract) and the technology transfer from our group into the commercial partner. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration on salmonid virus genomics |
| Organisation | Marine Scotland Science (MSS) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Analysis of salmonid virus genomes to understand disease transmission and for strain/subtype diagnostics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Marine Scotland - co-supervision of PhD, sample and data provision, intellectual input PHARMAQ AS - sample provision, intellectual input |
| Impact | In process |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration on salmonid virus genomics |
| Organisation | Zoetis |
| Department | PHARMAQ AS |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Analysis of salmonid virus genomes to understand disease transmission and for strain/subtype diagnostics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Marine Scotland - co-supervision of PhD, sample and data provision, intellectual input PHARMAQ AS - sample provision, intellectual input |
| Impact | In process |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with AB Vista |
| Organisation | AB Vista |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We are researching the activity of ovodefensins, naturally-occurring egg peptides with antimicrobial properties. With BBSRC LINK funding we are exploring the activity of diverse ovodefensins from multiple avian species, dissecting their structure and mode of action, and exploring their capacity to act as growth promoters and novel therapeutics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | AB Vista have made a substantial cash contribution to the LINK project (c. £460k) and also provide access to natural populations of broilers for feed trials using diets supplemented (or not) with Trichoderma-expressed ovodefensins. They also support analysis of the impact of such diets on intestinal microbiota and metabolites. |
| Impact | Commercially sensitive and to be disclosed following scrutiny for Intellectual Property. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Organisation | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration is to advance diagnostics in relation to specific bacterial infections in pigs. We are carrying out basic science investigating antigens and immune responses |
| Collaborator Contribution | The company is providing reagents and expertise in this subject area |
| Impact | Part-funded PhD studentship |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with Public Health England |
| Organisation | Public Health England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provision of animal and human STEC for sequencing, working with PHE to analyse strain phylogeny and epidemiology. We have contributed through further analysis of long read strain sequences to understand changes in strains that occur during outbreaks. We have co-upervised 2 PhD students on STEC bioinformatics projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Reduced rate sequencing of STEC, analysis of data, provision of metadata. Co-publication |
| Impact | Publications as in main list |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Collaboration with Texas Tech University |
| Organisation | Texas Tech University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Partner in this BBSRC US-UK Partnering Award related to Salmonella and E. coli infections in food-producing animals. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We hosted a visiting postdoctoral research fellow (Marie Bugarel from TTU) in 2015 and provided training in methods to study the basis of Salmonella virulence (inc. mutagenesis, cell-based assays & in vivo models). Drs Bugarel and Loneragan were co-authors on our manuscript describing the use of massively-parallel sequencing of polymorphic alleles to track the fate of Salmonella enterica serovars following inoculation of cattle. |
| Impact | A manuscript relating to a novel method to follow the fate of Salmonella enterica serovars during mixed infections was published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology in late 2017. This arose, in part, from the collaboration funded by a BBSRC US-UK partnering award (see tools), with resources from BBSRC- and Zoetis-funded project (BB/K015524/1) and core strategic grants to the Roslin Institute awarded in 2012 and 2017. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Collaboration with USDA Nebraska |
| Organisation | U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Exchange of STEC sequence information. Analysis of PacBio long read sequencing of human and cattle isolates |
| Collaborator Contribution | Exchange of STEC sequence information. Carrying out of PacBio sequencing. Discussion of feedlot trials for E. coli O157 vaccine |
| Impact | Publications are provided in main list |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Collaboration with the Quadram Institute |
| Organisation | Quadram Institute Bioscience |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is a joint project with the Quadram Institute, where the lead Principal Investigator is Dr Rob Kingsley. The BBSRC contribution to our component of the project is £123,594. It is envisaged that we will evaluate the virulence of variants of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in porcine models, both to quantify the magnitude and duration of intestinal colonisation in orally challenged pigs and the ability of strains to induce secretory and inflammatory responses in a porcine surgical model. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Quadram Institute will select Salmonella strains for testing in vivo, based on analysis of their genome sequences, transcriptomes and the phenotypes of the strains in cell-based assays. |
| Impact | None at this stage. We await strains for testing. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Collaborative research with Public Health England |
| Organisation | Public Health England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We provide samples and analysis of bacteria that are present in livestock that are the potential source of infections in humans |
| Collaborator Contribution | PHE analyse bacterial infections in humans and so by working in partnership we can improve our capacity to determine the source of particular infections in humans and hopefully prevent or limit these to improve public health |
| Impact | Outputs are publications as defined elsewhere as well as improved value to PHE surveillance |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Developing tools for estimating AMR in developing Countries |
| Organisation | Yale University |
| Department | School of Public Health |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | This group has supported my UKRI- Future Leader Fellowship application. They will be providing advance training for human microbial analysis. Through this group i also have access to the largest consortia of experts on AMR in the United State https://arlg.org this networking expertise would be much needed when the next fellowship is funded |
| Collaborator Contribution | The contribution has mainly been in Kind and mostly intellectual input for developing the next program of research |
| Impact | This has only just started, but i have used it write an application to the Soulsby Foundation to support efforts of developing an framework for estimating AMR in developing countries (Makerere University in Uganda, Edinburgh and Cambridge University in UK and Yale University in United States) |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | EHEC O157 research groups in Argentina |
| Organisation | National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Argentina) |
| Country | Argentina |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This award is a 'partnering award' and it has been successful in leading to research exchange trips and discussion between our laboratory and several groups in Argentina, primarily Dr Marina Palermo, CONICET, Buenos Aires and Dr Angel Cataldi, Instituto de Biotecnología, Hurlingham. We have provided genomics and gene expression expertise to aid their analysis of argentinian E. coli O157 isolates. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They have provided strains, immunological expertise and access to a mouse model to investigate Shiga toxin release and pathology |
| Impact | manuscript as presented in main section. The partnering award allows me to travel to Argentina, present our work and initiate discussions with Dr Angel Cataldi at an institute separate from Conicet. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | EPIC Consortium |
| Organisation | Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Roslin Institute leads on improving veterinary surveillance (Prof Mark Bronsvoort, Dr Sam Lycett), analyses of disease control options (Dr Thibaud Porphyre) and horizon scanning for disease threats (Dr Paul Bessell). Through EPIC, Roslin staff will be providing expertise and the scientific evidence to policy makers, including during animal disease emergencies (should one occur). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The EPIC consortium delivers advice about livestock diseases to the Scottish Government under 5 themes: Topic 1 - Preparedness, Topic 2 - Risk, Topic 3 - Surveillance, Topic 4 - Control, Topic 5 - Futures. All Topics are co-lead with different combinations of partners from the collaborating institutes: Glasgow, Moredun, Roslin, James Hutton, BioSS, SRUC. |
| Impact | Multi-institution, multi-disciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | EPIC Consortium |
| Organisation | James Hutton Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Roslin Institute leads on improving veterinary surveillance (Prof Mark Bronsvoort, Dr Sam Lycett), analyses of disease control options (Dr Thibaud Porphyre) and horizon scanning for disease threats (Dr Paul Bessell). Through EPIC, Roslin staff will be providing expertise and the scientific evidence to policy makers, including during animal disease emergencies (should one occur). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The EPIC consortium delivers advice about livestock diseases to the Scottish Government under 5 themes: Topic 1 - Preparedness, Topic 2 - Risk, Topic 3 - Surveillance, Topic 4 - Control, Topic 5 - Futures. All Topics are co-lead with different combinations of partners from the collaborating institutes: Glasgow, Moredun, Roslin, James Hutton, BioSS, SRUC. |
| Impact | Multi-institution, multi-disciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | EPIC Consortium |
| Organisation | Moredun Research Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Roslin Institute leads on improving veterinary surveillance (Prof Mark Bronsvoort, Dr Sam Lycett), analyses of disease control options (Dr Thibaud Porphyre) and horizon scanning for disease threats (Dr Paul Bessell). Through EPIC, Roslin staff will be providing expertise and the scientific evidence to policy makers, including during animal disease emergencies (should one occur). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The EPIC consortium delivers advice about livestock diseases to the Scottish Government under 5 themes: Topic 1 - Preparedness, Topic 2 - Risk, Topic 3 - Surveillance, Topic 4 - Control, Topic 5 - Futures. All Topics are co-lead with different combinations of partners from the collaborating institutes: Glasgow, Moredun, Roslin, James Hutton, BioSS, SRUC. |
| Impact | Multi-institution, multi-disciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | EPIC Consortium |
| Organisation | Scotland's Rural College |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Roslin Institute leads on improving veterinary surveillance (Prof Mark Bronsvoort, Dr Sam Lycett), analyses of disease control options (Dr Thibaud Porphyre) and horizon scanning for disease threats (Dr Paul Bessell). Through EPIC, Roslin staff will be providing expertise and the scientific evidence to policy makers, including during animal disease emergencies (should one occur). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The EPIC consortium delivers advice about livestock diseases to the Scottish Government under 5 themes: Topic 1 - Preparedness, Topic 2 - Risk, Topic 3 - Surveillance, Topic 4 - Control, Topic 5 - Futures. All Topics are co-lead with different combinations of partners from the collaborating institutes: Glasgow, Moredun, Roslin, James Hutton, BioSS, SRUC. |
| Impact | Multi-institution, multi-disciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | EPIC Consortium |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Roslin Institute leads on improving veterinary surveillance (Prof Mark Bronsvoort, Dr Sam Lycett), analyses of disease control options (Dr Thibaud Porphyre) and horizon scanning for disease threats (Dr Paul Bessell). Through EPIC, Roslin staff will be providing expertise and the scientific evidence to policy makers, including during animal disease emergencies (should one occur). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The EPIC consortium delivers advice about livestock diseases to the Scottish Government under 5 themes: Topic 1 - Preparedness, Topic 2 - Risk, Topic 3 - Surveillance, Topic 4 - Control, Topic 5 - Futures. All Topics are co-lead with different combinations of partners from the collaborating institutes: Glasgow, Moredun, Roslin, James Hutton, BioSS, SRUC. |
| Impact | Multi-institution, multi-disciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Fleming Fellowship partnership for Malawi |
| Organisation | Government of Malawi |
| Country | Malawi |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration, is similar to the one in Uganda. The application that attracted these funds is build on the one in Uganda which was developed around my fellowship. I am the deputy director for these fellowships at the University of Edinburgh |
| Collaborator Contribution | Malawi will be supported by the Fleming fund where we shall train stakeholders in AMR, the grant is ~£520,000 |
| Impact | This only started in January 2020, therefore we do not have any outcomes as yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Flemings AMR training programme Uganda |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Department | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am co-PI on an application to the Fleming's fund administered by Mott MacDonald on behalf of the UK department of Health and social care. This grant is for training AMR stakeholders in Uganda. This application is developed directly on the basis of my fellowship in Uganda |
| Collaborator Contribution | Edinburgh Infectious disease is the umbrella through which the University of Edinburgh applied to become a host institution for the Fleming's fund country training programme. The mentors for the training programme for the AMR stakeholders from Uganda(Mentees) are chose from the pool of experts in the Edinburgh infectious disease umbrella |
| Impact | We organised a fellow's workshop in Kampala in January this year to kick start the training activities https://www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-infectious-diseases/news/news/edinburgh-host-fleming-fund-fellows |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | In vivo challenge of genome edited deltaSRCR5 pigs with PRRSV-1 |
| Organisation | Genus plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Following the successful generation of pigs lacking domain 5 (SRCR5) of the CD163 and the promising in vitro results, showing primary cells of these pigs to be resistant against PRRSV infection we obtained further funding from Genus plc. to conduct an in vivo study. 4 delta SRCR5 pigs and 4 wild type pigs were challenged with PRRSV-1. We conducted the study and analysed the outcomes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Genus plc contributed funding to conduct the in vivo study to assess infectability of delta SRCR5 pigs with PRRSV-1 |
| Impact | We published the results of this study in a scientific publication, disseminated the results in a press release package, as well as presented the work at various scientific conferences and public engagement events. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industrial partnership with Zoetis Animal Health |
| Organisation | Zoetis |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Identification of conserved antigens expressed during infection which represent candidate vaccine components |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cash funding and challenge experiments in dairy cows |
| Impact | Subject to confidentiality agreement |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Influence of chronic stress condition on neuroinvasion of prions and progression of prion disease |
| Organisation | Hokkaido University |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I was personally approached by Prof. Masaaki Murakami and Asso. Prof. Rie Hasebe at the Institute for Genetic Medicine at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan to collaborate on a study to determine the influence of chronic stress condition on neuroinvasion of prions and progression of prion disease. I contributed my expertise in the study of oral prion disease pathogenesis and designed a series of in vivo studies to address the projects main aims. I also provided bioinformatics expertise and taught Asso. Prof. Rie Hasebe how to perform meta-analyses of multiple mRNA-seq data sets. During my visit I also gave an international seminar at Hokkaido University Medical School. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Japanese partners, Prof. Masaaki Murakami and Asso. Prof. Rie Hasebe hosted my visit to their department at Hokkaido University. This lab will also provide the funding and consumables and conduct the in vivo experiments. |
| Impact | As a consequence of this collaboration, a General Joint Research Program grant was submitted to the Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University. The aim of the project was to study the influence of chronic stress condition on neuroinvasion of prions and progression of prion disease. This application was successful and we received JPY 650,000 (approx. £5000). |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Pigboost consortium- Uganda |
| Organisation | AbacusBio |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This is an Agritec catalyst funded by Innovate UK. This projects builds on the work i do in Uganda and it is based in the same districts. It aims at developing data driven solution to support sustaibable pig production in Uganda |
| Collaborator Contribution | The three members are primary contributing expertise in breeding, quantitative data management and capture, farmer landscape mapping. This work provide the dept for me to understand the factors the drive the use of antibiotics in my study areas |
| Impact | It has just started |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Pigboost consortium- Uganda |
| Organisation | Makerere University |
| Country | Uganda |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is an Agritec catalyst funded by Innovate UK. This projects builds on the work i do in Uganda and it is based in the same districts. It aims at developing data driven solution to support sustaibable pig production in Uganda |
| Collaborator Contribution | The three members are primary contributing expertise in breeding, quantitative data management and capture, farmer landscape mapping. This work provide the dept for me to understand the factors the drive the use of antibiotics in my study areas |
| Impact | It has just started |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Pigboost consortium- Uganda |
| Organisation | Vetline Services |
| Country | Uganda |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This is an Agritec catalyst funded by Innovate UK. This projects builds on the work i do in Uganda and it is based in the same districts. It aims at developing data driven solution to support sustaibable pig production in Uganda |
| Collaborator Contribution | The three members are primary contributing expertise in breeding, quantitative data management and capture, farmer landscape mapping. This work provide the dept for me to understand the factors the drive the use of antibiotics in my study areas |
| Impact | It has just started |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Scotland's Rural College, Epidemiology Unit |
| Organisation | Scotland's Rural College |
| Department | Inverness Veterinary Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data/results sharing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sample provision and data sharing |
| Impact | No outputs yet. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Scottish Escherichia coli Reference Laboratory (SERL) |
| Organisation | Scottish National Reference Laboratories |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Sample and data analysis sharing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff training, sample and data analysis sharing. |
| Impact | No outcomes yet. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Animal Health Research Institute |
| Country | Taiwan, Province of China |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Animal Health Service |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Animal and Plant Health Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency |
| Country | Korea, Republic of |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences |
| Department | Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (HVRI) |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Erasmus MC |
| Department | Department of Viroscience |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of the Venezie |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Friedrich Loeffler Institute |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Government of Canada |
| Department | Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Government of Canada |
| Department | Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Hokkaido University |
| Department | Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Hokkaido University |
| Department | Research Center for Zoonosis Control |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) |
| Country | Hungary |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Konkuk University |
| Country | Korea, Republic of |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | National Food Chain Safety Office |
| Department | Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate |
| Country | Hungary |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | National Veterinary Institute |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA |
| Department | National Wildlife Research Center |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA |
| Department | Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | US Geological Survey |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | University Libre Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB) |
| Department | Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Department of Zoology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Utrecht University |
| Department | Department of Farm Animal Health |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Wageningen University & Research |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Department | Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam |
| Country | Viet Nam |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I performed phylogeographic analysis on avian influenza sequence data from the 2014/2015 highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks supplied by the collaborators, resulting in a paper in Science. Since then I have also been performing analysis on the 2016/2017 outbreaks and investigating the generation of reassortments by phylodynamic (computational) methods. This work has now been submitted to a journal and we are doing the revisions (Feb 2020). Following on from this, many of the partners (including Roslin) are now in a recently (2020) funded European collaborative grant (details reported separately). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed sequence data from avian influenza cases, other avian influenza case data and expertise relating to bird migration. This collaboration was mediated through GISAID http://platform.gisaid.org/epi3/frontend The main collaborators are Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Utrecht and Friedrich Loeffler Institute. |
| Impact | Paper: "Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8" The Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses: S Lycett, R Bodewes, (many others), .. M Woolhouse, T Kuiken Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 213-217 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8852 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Vaccine development for EHEC in cattle with Roslin Technologies Ltd |
| Organisation | Roslin Technologies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have provided expertise on the selection of antigen for the vaccine, published trial vaccine data and IP contributions |
| Collaborator Contribution | RTL are funding are now licensing the IP, funding production production of antigens in the USA, a small scale safety and efficacy trial of the antigens produced at MRI, consultancy for a submission to CVB (USA) to allow cattle that have received the experimental vaccine to be returned to the food chain. If successful RTL will then fund a trial of the vaccine in a commercial feedlot with collaboration from ARS-USDA |
| Impact | not applicable yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Title | IMMUNOGENIC OMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ESCHERICHIA COLI H7 FLAGELLA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF |
| Description | Immunogenic compositions containing Escherichia coli O157:H7 flagella including fusion proteins and methods using the immunogenic compositions are disclosed. Inducing an immune response in an animal to Escherichia coli O157:H7 flagella will result in prevention of colonization by Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the animal or a reduction in the amount of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infecting the animal. The immune composition will prevent or reduce the attachment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to cells within the animal. |
| IP Reference | WO2009050474 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | A commercial partner (Roslin Technologies Ltd) has now licensed the patents associated with this potential cattle vaccine and the wider possibilities for the mucosal adjutancy of H7 flagella. They are currently supporting manufacture of the antigens as well as some safety and efficacy testing towards a trial of the vaccine in a commercial feedlot. |
| Title | PULpy |
| Description | Polysaccharide utilisation loci (PUL) are regions within bacterial genomes that encode all the necessary machinery for the cleavage of particular carbohydrates. For the Bacteroidetes phylum, prediction of PUL from genomic data alone involves the identification of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) co-localised with susCD gene pairs. Here we present the open prediction of PUL in 5414 public Bacteroidetes genomes, and an open-source pipeline to reproduce or extend the results. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | We use this software in our metagenomics and microbiome research |
| URL | https://github.com/WatsonLab/PULpy |
| Description | Speaker at an International Conference on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance - Leiden |
| 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 a talk on 'alternative approaches to tackling antimicrobial resistance'. A number of scientists at RI have now contributed to a review in this area to be published in 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.icohar2019.org/icohar2019/organization.html |
| 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 "Pathogen diversity, host specificity and virulence" included Science is for Everyone |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre |
| 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 | 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 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) workshop at Earlham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Inter-institute workshop that discussed main applications of AI in their fields and potential for further research collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Aviagen / CP workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I presented our work on functional microbiome analysis during a one-day workshop which I set up and organised at The Roslin Institute. In attendance were employees of CP (a large Asian conglomerate) and Aviagen (one of the world's largest chicken breeding companies). The focus of the workshop was animal genetics and microbiome. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2017 |
| 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 | BBSRC Animal Health Research Club Final Dissemination Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A final presentation was given on the BBSRC Animal Health Research Club project on "Genetics of host responses to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSV) was given followed by discussion of the results. There was also a wider discussion on the challenges of studying the genetics of host responses to infection in pigs - challenge experiments in animal research facilities lack the power as the numbers that can be studied are too small on the one hand, but field data from natural exposure to disease can be noisy and logistically challenge to acquire. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BBSRC workshop & briefing at Science Media Centre 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 workshop & briefing at Science Media Centre plus 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 | British Science Festival Hull 2018: "From lab to farmyard: genome editing our livestock" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk on genome editing and it's potential impact on livestock breeding was presented to the general public at the British Science Festival in Hull in 2018. Around 50-100 people attended the talk. Publicity around the event, including blogging, press releases etc. reached a much larger public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.britishsciencefestival.org/event/from-lab-to-farmyard-genome-editing-our-livestock/ |
| Description | CLSU "Updates on Swine Diagnostics" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A presentation on the benefits of new pen-side diagnostics and how they could help decision making by farmers and veterinary professionals. The audience were Veterinary students from Central Luzon State University (The Philippines). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Careers event for S4 secondary pupils |
| 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 | Opportunity for S4 pupils to interact with professionals across a range of areas including STEM. Aim was to give pupils information on careers in biological research prior to choosing final year subjects and University degrees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| Description | Development of new public engagement activity |
| 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 | Development of outreach activity on theme of bacterial host-adaptation funded by Wellcome Trust HostBusters! Highschool activity. Midlothian Science Festival 2019. Midlothian, UK. 7-11 October 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | EASTBio student symposium invited speaker and panel member |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | EASTBio supported PhD students attended a two day symposium in Dundee, and I was invited as a speaker. I gave a talk about my experiences as a PhD student and how they have impacted me throughout my career. I had several messages from students after the event thanking me for sharing personal information and saying how they found my story so relatable. After the talks the invited speakers held a panel Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EBSOC Led Engagement Activities- Talks/Discussions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| 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 "Pathogen diversity, host specificity and virulence", 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 "Pathogen diversity, host specificity and virulence"undertake discussions and talks within these activities on research undertaken within this theme for example antimicrobial resistance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre |
| Description | EBSOC PCR Masterclass: A Question of Taste |
| 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 | Regional high school pupils (25) attended a full day PCR workshop to learn about the PCR techniques we can use in the lab to explore genetic differences between individuals and how these impact on characteristics such as ability to taste certain flavours. There was opportunity for discussion about careers in science and the pupils reported increased interest in the subject area afterwards and felt there perception of science accessibility had improved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre |
| Description | Farm detectives |
| 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 | Pupils attended for a school visit to carry out hands-on science workshops. This led to questions and awareness of what jobs are available in science and what they entail |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Fellows Debate at the Royal Society for Edinburgh, 5/11/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to lead a Fellows Debate at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on the subject of "Should we care any more about BSE and other prion diseasea? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Host and convenor of the joint SAPHIR and VET-VAC workshop, Roslin, UK, May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Roslin Institute hosted the 2nd International Veterinary Vaccinology workshop with the goal to provide scientists and practicioners integrated and up-to-date knowledge on the challenges facing the development of effective veterinary vaccines |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.vetvaccnet.ac.uk/events/european-veterinary-vaccinology-workshop-2018 |
| Description | Hosted a PRRS eradication workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of the 1 day meeting was to determine how research in Roslin could contribute to eradicating PRRS in Scotland and the UK, and to map out future collaborations. Outcomes of the day include highlighting the need to consider pig genetics and other risk factors (e.g. transportation) in current and future studies, and has instigated regular dialogue with the pig farming community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | International PRRSV symposium - South Korea |
| 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 | 60-100 practitioners met to learn about advances in PRRSV including control and diagnostics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International workshop on Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli at The Roslin Institute |
| 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 | A two-day international workshop was held at The Roslin Institute on Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), funded partly by this award (for travel of US collaborators) and partly by the Food Standards Agency of Scotland via a £2m award for collaborative research by a consortium led by Professor Gally. The workshop attracted leading academics working on E. coli O157 and other STEC from the US (Jim Bono, Guy Loneragan, Tom Edrington), Canada (Tim McAllister, Kim Stanford), Germany (Christian Menge), Belgium (Eric Cox), Sweden (Erik Eriksson, Lena-Mari Tamminen, Robert Soderlund) and the United Kingdom (Claire Jenkins, Tim Dallman, Dominic Mellor, Norval Strachan [Chief Scientific Advisor for FSA Scotland]). The workshop shared the latest advances in understanding of the biology of E. coli O157 and other STEC, including epidemiology, genomics, virulence, super-shedding and control strategies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| 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 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 speaker - Avian Genetics and Immunity Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research on Avian Genetics and Immunity (RAGI) has been established to strengthen global partnerships and links between academic researchers, students and the poultry professionals working on the genetics of avian immunity. The purpose of the symposium was to provide a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas around the single theme of exploiting available opportunities in ultimately dealing emerging and existing infectious avian diseases in poultry production systems and to safeguard food supplies and human health. The purpose of KW talk was to overview the current situation in industry for breeding for disease resistance and introduce the NARF. The overview of NARF included a review of facilities, lines available and current work being carried out using NARF avian lines. The presentation stimulated significant discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://geneticsandimmunity.com/ |
| Description | Invited speaker at Genome Science 2019 Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on the genomics of zoonotic E. coli O157 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-infectious-diseases/news/events-archive/genome-science-2019-edinburgh |
| Description | Invited speaker at the 'Women in Science' career day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk about my career progression and how I thought being a woman had impacted that through my career so far. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited speaker: Wellcome Trust - Hosts, Pathogens & Global Health (HPGH) PhD retreat. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of scientific studies to PhD students. Discussion and questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited speaker: • The University of Edinburgh AWERB |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of scientific background pertaining to animal use to AWERB (members include scientists, lay members, animal unit staff, vets) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited talk European Veterinary Vaccinology Workshop 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk on career opportunities in academia for young scientists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTujbImUCcI |
| Description | Joint organiser of the Gordon Lawson Memorial Symposium |
| 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 | We organised the first International conference on Lawsonia intracellularis in association with Boehringer Ingelheim. The conference was in memory of Dr Gordon Lawson to honour his pioneering work on the important pig pathogen that bears his name. ~100 people attended, mainly veterinary practitioners dealing with the disease and companies trying to detect and prevent it. The symposium was held over two days at the Roslin Institute and RDSVS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/scientific-events/archive/gordon-lawson-memorial-symposium |
| Description | Kick Start Summer Widening Participation- DNA profiling The Great Escape Workshop |
| 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 | Workshop for schoolchildren who may not have had exposure to science and were from disadvantaged backgrounds |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lead Organiser of the BBSRC Cross Institute workshop on "The Future Role of Livestock in Food Production |
| 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 | In this 2 day workshop, funded by the BBSRC, scientists and industry experts examined the need and scope for change in the livestock sector in response to increasing societal and environmental challenges. The outcome of the workshop resulted in a recommendation document sent to BBSRC that outlined the status quo and research and funding needs for future livestock research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/future-of-livestock-production-in-the-spotlight |
| Description | Media comments on identification of case of BSE in a cow on an Aberdeenshire farm |
| 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 | I was contacted by the media to provide my professional expertise and opinion on the identification of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on a Scottish farm in 2018. I provided a press statement with some information, as well as a detailed Q&A document. These were used by the media in both print and on-line articles. For example, The Herald, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/comment-on-bse-case-aberdeenshire |
| Description | Media interviews for Nature Ecol evol paper |
| 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 | Talking to various media including print and radio regarding our Nature Ecology and Evolution publication |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meet the Bees, workshops held as part of the Midlothian Science Festival |
| 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 | Run as part of the Midlothian Science Festival, Meet the Bees is an opportunity for members of the public to visit our beekeeping facilities at the Roslin Institute. These two hour workshops include listening to an introductory talk, then viewing bits of bees down a microscope, then a honey tasting then a trip to the campus apiary to look through an active hive. We run 4 back to back sessions on the same day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | Newspaper article on infection threat from unpasteurised milk products |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The article was written by myself and Dr Deborah Hoyle in response to an outbreak of E.coli O157 for which the epidemiology strongly pointed to the source being an unpasteurised soft cheese from a local producer, the outbreak resulted in the death of a three year old girl. The causative organism was not found in the company's product and the article discussed key issues around unpasteurised and minimally processed food, especially with an increase in artisan food producers, what are the risks and how should they be controlled, or not? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/15565022.Health_warnings_on_unpasteurised_cheese__should_b... |
| Description | One Health Models of Infectious Disease. University of Edinburgh. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presenting our work on generation of genome wide CRISPR Cas9 libraries for pig and chicken. The meeting was aimed at establishing a Wellcome Trust studentship program at the Roslin Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Open lecture on African trypanosomes in cattle to Royal Society of Biology Scottish Branch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Liam provided an overview of his research on African trypanosomes in cattle 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 | PCR Masterclass: A Question of Taste |
| 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 | Pupils attended for a school visit to carry out hands-on science workshops. This led to questions and awareness of what jobs are available in science and what they entail |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Panel interview for Chinese media |
| 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 | Under the framework of the Newton Swine and Poultry Workshop in Beijing, China, a panel interview with selected grant holders of the "UK-China-Philippines-Thailand Swine and Poultry Research Initiative" was held at China Agricultrual University. Chinese and China-based international press was in attendance (amongst others, Reuters) and reported on the initiative, developing new antiviral strategies, diagnostics and on other developments in the pig- and poultry industry in China and related research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Participated as one of 4 panellists in the Science Media briefing event Can We Have Our Meat and Eat It? - The Future of Meat Production" Science Media Centre London 2019 |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The briefing resulted in a wide media coverage in many regional and national newspapers, including the Guardian, The Sun, The Times etc.: Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/28/gm-could-help-cut-livestock-methane-emissions-say-scientists PA via Hereford Times https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/national/18063917.breeding-help-cattle-become-environmentally-friendly-scientists-say/ Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/11/27/meat-crucial-feeding-planet-going-vegan-not-green-say-scientists/ PA via iNews Clips Sky News https://news.sky.com/story/cattle-may-be-bred-to-grow-faster-and-eat-less-and-could-cut-methane-emissions-by-a-third-11871988 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Pig practitioner workshop - Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Update on Erysipelothrix due to outbreaks in pigs and chickens |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation to the BBSRC executive committee "Bringing high throughput approaches to livestock species" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The BBSRC executive were visiting Roslin Institute to review on going research programs as part of the ISP funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| 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 on study describing the effects of gastrointestinal worm infection on prion disease susceptibility |
| 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 | A press release was issued describing our recent study in Scientific Reports showing how co-infection with a gastrointestinal helminth parasite can affect oral prion disease pathogenesis. This story was featured on home page of the BBSRC website in their News section (amongst others). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://bbsrc.ukri.org/news/health/2019/190516-n-gut-worms-may-hinder-the-spread-of-prions-to-the-br... |
| Description | Press release on the development of a method to simultanoeusly analyse multiple Salmonella strains in animals |
| 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 on work arising from this US-UK collaboration to understand the risk to food safety and animal welfare posed by Salmonella enterica serovars in cattle. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/novel-sequencing-study-salmonella-cattle |
| Description | Public lecture - Inaugural Lecture of Professor Tanja Opriessnig |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Professor Opriessnig delivered her Inaugual Lecture on 'From 'circus virus' to mostly commonly used swine vaccine on 24 April 2017, relating to her BBSRC-funded research on porcine viral diseases and strategies to detect and control them. The event was attended by children from local schools, members of the public and students of the University of Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Public lecture entitled Confronting the Microbial Menace in Our Food'. Professor Mark Stevens |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The inaugural lecture of Professor Mark Stevens was held on 30 October 2017 on his BBSRC-funded research to identify bacterial and host factors influencing the ability of Salmonella, Campylobacter and E. coli to colonise farm animals and cause disease. It was attended by children from local schools, members of the public, students at The Roslin Institute and wider University of Edinburgh and posted online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| URL | https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Inaugural+lectureA+Confronting+the+microbial+menace+in+our+food/1_x5k5e... |
| Description | Public lecture on microbes and antimicorbial resistance by Professor David Gally, U3A event Centre for Life, Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor David Gally delivered a public lecture at the Centre for Life, Newcastle, organised by the University of the Third Age for their Microbes and Antibiotics Day on 9 October 2017. BBSRC-funded research at the Roslin Institute featured in his presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Publish or Perish: Ethical Issues Facing Researchers. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The workshop addressed ethical issues from study design to publication and was aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers. This sparked debate over ethical issues in research and the questions over the practicalities of the issues involved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Regulation of splicing by the host ubiquitin segregase, VCP/p97, is essential for human cytomegalovirus replication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | invited seminar at Glasgow Virology Workshop, University of Glasgow . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Roslin Institute Open Day |
| 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 | The Roslin Institute open day is an invitation to the general public to come and see what we do at Roslin, with open doors all day on a Saturday. I have helped on the beekeeping stand (having trained at the Roslin apiary) and demonstrated microscopy and honey tasting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | School Workshop- ELISA- Flu Fighters |
| 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 three times at the Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre to pupils studying Advanced Higher Biology attended this hands-on, researcher-supported workshop, which is based around an ELISA as well as other laboratory techniques from the curriculum, with a research-linked storyline about flu infection in wild birds and chickens. Pupils and teachers reported an improved understanding of the techniques used, after taking part in the workshop as well as an increased interest in immunology and infectious diseases after meeting researchers working in these areas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre |
| Description | School Workshop- Gene Editing: Cows, Coughs and CRISPR |
| 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 newly developed workshop was developed in collaboration with the Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre, where it was also run. Advanced Higher Biology pupils from disadvantaged schools in North Lanarkshire (40-50% of pupils in SIMD1&2) took part in this hands-on workshop based on current research at the Roslin Institute, which was developed and co-delivered by the research team. They really enjoyed the challenge of using real laboratory equipment and reagents and the chance to find out about current research from the scientists doing the work. Pupils and teachers also learned about the scientific method in action and reported an increased interest in science and further study after the workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre |
| Description | School visit (George Watsons S4 career day) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | School visit to discuss research and scientific careers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | School visit (KIngsland primary) |
| 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 | Outreach activity at local primary school |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Science Insights "Pathogen diversity, host specificity and virulence" |
| 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 "Pathogen diversity, host specificity and virulence" included "Measuring flu infectious particles" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/outreach/science-insights |
| 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 | Seminar at the Infectious disease diagnosis symposium - 14th Nov 2018, University of Edinburgh. Talk "'Advanced sequencing diagnostics of salmon viral disease reveals unrecognized strain diversity affecting aquaculture" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk titled "Advanced sequencing diagnostics of salmon viral disease reveals unrecognized strain diversity affecting aquaculture'. The purpose was to outline the progress made in our understanding of fish virus genetic diversity at the whole genome level, gained from the BBSRC award in question (Mike Gallagher's PhD). The audience was diverse, ranging from medical practitioners working in diagnosics, to researchers working on improving animal production. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/news-events/events/infectious-disease-diagnosis-symposium-programme |
| Description | Stand at the Royal Highland Show, including the BBSRC-funded Flu Fighters 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 include the BBSRC-funded Flu Fighters exhibit, highlighting the problem of influenza and our research to combat it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Swine Practitioner workship - Vietnam |
| 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 | 150 practitioners attended a workshop to learn about new strategies on virus control in pigs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Swine Practitioner workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Practitioner meeting in France to inform them on new insights on vaccination protocols. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Swine Practitioner workshop - Brazil |
| 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 | 200 pig vets attended a workshop on updates on current pig diseases. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Swine Practitioner workshop - China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Practitioners met to learn about advances in PCV2 research including control and diagnostics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Swine Practitioner workshop - France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Key opinion leaders from Asia were invited to discuss advances in PCV2 research including control and diagnostics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Swine Practitioner workshop - Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 3--40 veterinarians/industry representatives discussed other approached to diagnose and treat infectious disease in pigs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| 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 | 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 | Trip to Firbush as a chaperone for the new intake of postgraduate students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 20 new intake postgraduate students made a 2 night trip to the countryside to get to know each other. This required the presence of 'grown ups', so I went along as a chaperone. This included chairing evening workshops where the students presented their planned projects and giving a 'keynote' talk about my career path. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Union University Insight to Roslin Research and Public Engagement Activity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Discussion over what science I do and how I got into science, tailored to the students home country (USA) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | VGTI, Portland Oregon. ""Discovering novel host-pathogen interactions using systematic approaches" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Was invited to give a presentation at Portland VGTI on our work on Human cytomegalovirus. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| 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 | Visit to Iowa State University to give talk and discuss my research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On October 8th 2018 I gave a talk to approx. 100 post-graduate students at Iowa State University in the Immunology and Neurobiology research programmes. I also attended small workshop group sessions with the students to discuss my science and also give career advice etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | article about 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 gene study pinpointing superbug link between people and animals |
| 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 | article and press release around a gene study pinpointing superbug link between people and animals. appeared on Roslin Institute webpaes plus various industry, medical and veterinary publications plus local and national press |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0617-0 |
| Description | article around higher rates of human Ecoli in Scotland |
| 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 | article around higher rates in Scotland of human E coli infection, appearing in the Roslin Institute webpages, departmental University of Edinburgh webpages and various industry publications and Scottish daily newspapers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | article around scientific breakthrough to potentiallly explain how superbugs evolve |
| 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 about a scientific breakthrough which could explain rapid evolution of superbugs (appeared in Roslin Institute webpages plus press release to general public) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | article around superbug discovery renewing hope for antibiotic treatment |
| 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 | article and press release announcing superbug discovery renewing hope for antibiotic treatment appeared on national television and various medical and food industry publications |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007525 |
| Description | comment by Roslin Scientist on BSE case in Aberdeenshire for national and international press |
| 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 | comment from a Roslin Scientist about BSE case in Aberdeenshire which appeared in the national and international press |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | dissecting the interferon response to human cytomegalovirus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar to the Edinburgh infectious disease symposium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | press release and web article around a $3 million grant to tackle costly pig virus |
| 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 Research funding which will help to understand how one of the world's most costly animal diseases spreads. Press coverage in National Hog Farmer, Portal Veterinaria (ES), Animal Pharm, MRCVS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/3-million-dollar-grant-tackle-costly-pig-virus |
| Description | press release and web article relating to how the Genetic clues of TB spread are revealed |
| 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 and press release around Tuberculosis in cattle and badgers passing between members of the same species at least twice as often than between cow and badger. Press coverage in The Guardian, The Telegraph, Independent, Daily Mail, iNews, Farming UK, Farmers Weekly, Stackyard, Farmers Guardian, Food & Farming Futures, Farming Life, Herald Planet, Irish Times, Go Tech Daily |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/genetic-clues-of-tb-spread-revealed |
| Description | web article and press coverage outlining how Bacteria overcome hurdles to jump between species |
| 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 | web article relating to how The remarkable ability of some bacteria to transfer from one species to another has been highlighted by a novel study method. press coverage in Phys.org, Market Research Feed, Chochilino, Animal's Health (ES), Actualidad CEU (ES), Europa Press / C. Valenciana (ES), Ruvid, Invest Records |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/bacteria-overcome-jump-species |
| Description | web article and press coverage outlining how a Cow gut study could help tackle disease |
| 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 describing how A common, chronic gut disease in ruminants will be the focus of a £1 million study. Press coverage in Farming UK and Animal Pharm |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/cow-gut-study-could-help-tackle-disease |
| Description | web article and press coverage relating to Identification of prion diseases aided by novel marker |
| 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 scientists discovering that Differentiation between brain diseases could be aided by detection of a novel protein. Press coverage in National Hog Farmer, The Pig Site, Animal Pharm, Veterinary Practice News, AG Week. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/identification-prion-diseases-novel-marker |
| Description | web article around a Gene study set to investigate how flu jumps species |
| 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 around a New study which will identify genes that reduce Influenza A infection in pigs and chickens, and genes that limit the spread of the virus to people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/gene-study-flu-jumps-species |
| Description | web article concerning World Zoonoses Day: diseases that spread from animals to people |
| 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 the Investigation of superbugs, flu, malaria, rabies and tuberculosis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/world-zoonoses-day-diseases-spread |
| Description | web article of Professor Rowland Kao on disease transmission networks |
| 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 | talk by Rowland Kao on our Meet the Scientist series on Modelling networks of transmission to better understand the spread of diseases. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/meet-our-scientists/prof-rowland-kao-disease-transmission-ne... |
| Description | web article relating to Gut worms which may hinder the spread of prions to the brain |
| 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 | web article relating to the Study of an infectious brain condition that destroys nerve cells which helps to explain why some individuals may be at more risk than others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/gut-worms-may-hinder-spread-of-prions-to-brain |
| Description | web article relating to Over 100 years of bird flu and human pandemic |
| 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 reporting that scientists say that Human pandemic by new bird flu viruses is a continuing threat, but control measures can minimise the risks. Associated press coverage in Animal's Health (ES), Diario Veterinario (ES) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/over-100-years-bird-flu-human-pandemic |
| Description | web article relating to a New grant to investigate drug resistance in serious African cattle disease |
| 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 a £1.75M grant to support research to uncover mechanisms of drug resistance in African livestock trypanosomes, transmitted by tsetse flies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news/new-grant-investigate-drug-resistance-cattle |
| Description | web article with Dr Finn Grey on the genetics of virology |
| 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 with Finn Grey in our Meet the Scientist series relating to the genetics of viruses and the people and animals they infect |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/meet-our-scientists/dr-finn-grey-genetics-virology |
| Description | web article with Dr Fiona Houston on transmission of prion diseases |
| 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 in our Meet the Scientist series with Dr Fiona Houston on Prion diseases in animals and people, blood transfusions and commonalities with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/meet-our-scientists/dr-fiona-houston-on-transmission-of-prio... |
| Description | web article with Dr Musa Hassan on host-pathogen interactions |
| 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 in our Meet our Scientists series with Dr Musa Hassan relating to Why some individuals get sick while others don't, challenges in science, drug development, and similarities between science and law. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/meet-our-scientists/dr-musa-hassan |
| Description | web article with Professor Jayne Hope on diseases of cattle |
| 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 in our Meet the Scientists series on a talk by Jayne Hope on Developing new vaccines, investigating tuberculosis and integrating human and veterinary medicine. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/meet-our-scientists/prof-jayne-hope-diseases-cattle |
| Description | web article with Professor Mark Stevens on bacterial disease |
| 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 in our Meet the Scientist series with Mark Stevens relating to Bacterial disease in animals and people, his role as Deputy Director for Research and some of life's professional challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/meet-our-scientists/professor-mark-stevens-bacterial-disease |