2024-2025: "Characterising the epigenetic landscape of mesenchymal stem cells in relation to tendinopathies and aging" Hong Kong Jockey Club Equine Welfare Research grant. Principal Investigator (£30,849)
2024: “Effects of incubating broiler eggs under White and Green light upon production parameters and hormones” Internal RVC-Petersime grant. Co-Investigator (£38,008.31)
2024-2027: “Reducing reliance on ionophores in chickens: Eimeria population biology and impact on selection for antimicrobial resistance” BBSRC-DBT Farmed Animal Disease and Heath Future. Co-Investigator (£837,012)
2024-2027: "Integrating multi-omics to reveal the genetic risks underlying catastrophic fracture" HBLB Horserace Betting Levy Board. Co-Investigator (£351,758.52)
2023-2026: "Integrating clinical, data-driven and in-vitro approaches to the study of host- pathogen interactions in bovine digital dermatitis” BBSRC response mode; Joint application between University of Liverpool, SRUC and RVC. RVC Principal Investigator (£565,000; total amount ca £1,500,000)
2023-2027: “Characterising Enterococcus cecorum and the host response in field broiler chickens” RVC-APHA PhD studentship. Principal Investigator (£126,749.93)
2022-2025: “Aetiopathogenesis and genetic architecture of recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER) in UK Thoroughbred horses” Horserace Betting Levy Board. Principal Investigator (£267,000 plus £500,000 industrial contribution (Holos Scientific))
2022-2024: “Ovine Respiratory Disease: A Pathway to Prevention” BBSRC Endemic Livestock Disease Priming Partnerships grant application; Joint application between Moredun, University of Edinburgh and RVC. Co-Investigator (£249,930)
2022-2026: “Breeders to broilers: optimising chicken health and performance to reduce susceptibility to zoonotic bacteria, viruses, and parasite colonisation” BBSRC iCASE studentship between LSHTM and RVC with Moy-Park. Co-Investigator (£205,000)
2022-2025: “Integrating genetics with functional genomics to dissect the genetics of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis” RVC iCASE studentship funded by the Mellon Fund and Holos Scientific. Principal Investigator (£310,000)
2022-2026: “A multidisciplinary approach to investigating canine diffuse B-cell lymphoma” BBSRC iCASE studentship with IDEXX. Co-investigator (£135,000)
2022-2023: “Using ATAC-Seq to shed light in the genetic architecture of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis” Petplan Charitable Trust. Principal Investigator (£15,000)
2022-2024: “Unravelling the genetic mechanisms underlying fracture risk in horses” Honk-Kong Jockey Club Equine Welfare Research Foundation. Co-investigator (£164,851)
2022-2024: “Defining a transcriptomic signature for equine recurrent laryngeal neuropathy” Honk-Kong Jockey Club Equine Welfare Research Foundation. Co-investigator (£169,393)
2021-2024: “Characterisation of Campylobacter infection and gut microbiome composition in chicken under the influences of Eimeria co-infection and/or heat stress” UKRI GCRF One Health Poultry Hub (OHPH) Pump Priming Award. Co-Investigator (£19,755)
2021: “Capacity building in scientific techniques: identification of selection targets in chickens raised in African village conditions” Global Impact Accelerator Award funded by the Scottish Funding Council GCRF Strategy. Co-investigator (£38,961)
2021- 2025: “Understanding the contribution of host genetics, intestinal structure and microbiome diversity to gut health in broiler chickens” LIDo iCASE PhD Studentship with Cobb Europe Ltd. Co-investigator (£162,000)
2021-2024: “Genetic control of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in cats: genomic and transcriptomic characterisation” Petplan Charitable Trust. Principal Investigator (£147,389)
2021: “Implementing genome-wide association studies to assess the impact of host genetic variation on enteric microbiome structure and diversity in chickens” One Health Poultry Hub Researcher Mobility Award Application. Host Researcher (£9,600)
2020-2021: “Aetiopathogenesis and genomic architecture of resistance to claw horn disruption lesions in dairy cattle” UKRI COVID-19 Extension Allocation funding for the grant. Principal Investigator (£22,862)
2020-2022: “Dissecting Campylobacter-Eimeria co-infections to understand pathogen dynamics and develop a model for future poultry studies” Small Project Research Grant awarded by the Houghton Trust. Principal Investigator (£10,471)
2020-2022: “COVID-19: Lessons in pathophysiology and genetic susceptibility from fatal coronavirus infections in companion animal” UKRI funding for COVID-19. Co-investigator (£242,000)
2019-2024: “One Health Poultry Hub” Interdisciplinary Research Hub funded by UKRI GCRF. Co-investigator (£20,489,488)
2019-2023: “Identification of biomarkers associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in cats” BBSRC iCASE studentship with Zoetis. Principal Investigator (£157,000)
2019-2022: “Omics based characterisation of host genetics and gut microbiome composition in relation to pathogen abundance in chickens” Bloomsbury PhD studentship. Principal Investigator (£75,000)
2018-2022: “Mapping genetic susceptibility to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats and assessing their utility as a disease study model” BBSRC London Interdisciplinary Biosciences PhD Consortium (LIDo) studentship. Principal Investigator (£82,511)
2018-2023: “Aetiopathogenesis and genomic architecture of resistance to claw horn disruption lesions in dairy cattle” BBSRC response mode; Joint application of RVC with SRUC and University of Liverpool. RVC Principal Investigator (£360,994; total amount awarded £1,042,298)
2018-2023: “SMARTER, SMAll RuminanTs breeding for Efficiency and Resilience” EU Horizon 2020 project. Co-Investigator (£490,000; total amount awarded ca £6,000,000)
2018-2022: “Dissecting the genetic architecture of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis” RVC PhD studentship funded by Mellon Fund. Principal Investigator (£130,218)
2018-2020: “Identification of genomic markers associated with susceptibility to equine exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER)”, MRes RVC project. Principal Investigator (£53,380)
2018: “Dissecting the genetic architecture of hypertrophy cardiomyopathy in cats” Petplan Charitable Trust. Principal Investigator (£10,000)
2017-2023: “Identification of selection targets and development of analytical tools to optimise breeding programmes in African chicken populations” Department for International Development and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Co-Investigator (£800,000)
2017-2021: “The role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) in the regulation of innate immunity in the domestic chicken” BBSRC Industrial partnering award, Joint application of RVCwith Roslin Institute and Cobb-Vantress. Co-Investigator (£588,280, total amount awarded ca £1,000,000)
2016-2019: “A systems-wide approach to the control of Campylobacter in the food chain: exploiting genetic variation” the Scottish government. Co-Investigator (£500,000)