Using single cell approaches to interrogate host immunity to pathogens
Supervisors: Dr Tim Connelley, Dr Musa Hassan, Dr Iain Macaulay
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Studying African buffalo evolution to map pathogen resistance genes
Supervisors: Prof Chris Haley, Dr Christelle Robert, Dr Liam Morrison, Dr James Prendergast
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Developing effective rat control for rural Madagascar landscapes: using individual based modelling approaches to inform strategies to increase agricultural productivity and reduce zoonotic disease risk
Supervisors: Dr Sandra Telfer, Professor Justin Travis, Prof Xavier Lambin
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Dynamic interactions between health and growth in salmon: The role of insulin like factor binding proteins
Evolution and epigenetic regulation of host plant choice in a specialised herbivore, the global crop pest seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus
Supervisors: Dr Lesley Lancaster, Prof Mike Ritchie, Dr Carolin Kosiol, Dr Tyler Stevenson
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The impact of phytochemicals on the gut microbiome and bile acid metabolism
Supervisors: Andreas Kolb, Dr Gordon McDougall, Karen Scott, Claus-Dieter Mayer
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The role of the Rab32/BLOC3 host defence pathway in controlling Staphylococcus aureus infections
Supervisors: Dr Massimiliano Baldassarre, Prof Stefania Spanò, Prof Ross J Fitzgerald
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S. aureus is an emerging problem in animal agriculture and veterinary medicine and our recent studies have shown how livestock could represent a source of pathogenic S. aureus (1) with the potential to spread in human populations.