Grants awarded since 2012
| Awarded (£) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applicant | Affiliation | Project | Individual | Total p.a. |
| 2025 | ||||
| Dr. Laura Glendinning | Roslin Institute | Chicken dendritic cell – microbiota interplay in vaccine-mediated responses | 10,000 | 53,000 6/14 |
| Mr. Conor Noonan | Royal Veterinary College | Combined Whole Genome Amplification and Nanopore Sequencing Approach to Unlock Genome-Wide Analysis of Eimeria Parasites Without In Vivo Amplification | 9,000 | |
| Dr. Beatriz Vidana Mateo | University of Bristol Veterinary School | Spatial Immunophenotyping of the Chicken Trachea: A Spatial Multimodal Approach to Avian Respiratory Immunity to Influenza Virus Infection | 5,000 | |
| Dr. Soumendu Chakravarti & Dr. Steven Fiddaman | Pirbright Institute | Functional activity of Meq oncoprotein isoforms from Marek’s disease virus strains circulating in the UK: correlation with pathogenicity and virulence | 12,000 | |
| Mr. Sesny Gall | University of St. Andrews | Gut Microbiota and Survival in Guinea Fowl: Evaluating Sustainable Diets with Black Soldier Fly Larvae | 8,000 | |
| Dr. Simon Clegg | University of Lincoln | Linking Carriage of Salmonella and Campylobacter with Microplastics in Chickens | 9,000 | |
| 2024 | ||||
| Dr Leah Goulding | University of Nottingham | In ovo screening of novel compounds to identify broad spectrum antiviral candidates for treatment of avian influenza virus and coronavirus infections in poultry | 12,275 | 60,154 6/6 |
| Dr Yaoyao Zhang | Pirbright Institute | Gene editing of chicken cell line DF-1 for increased HVT vaccine production | 11,000 | |
| Dr Colin Sharp | Roslin Institute | Identifying key genetic composition features influencing protein expression in chicken cells during viral infection | 9,700 | |
| Dr Jai Mehat | University of Surrey | Harnessing phage as tool for targeted suppression of pathogens in the chicken gut microbiome | 12,019 | |
| Dr Jiayun Yang | Pirbright Institute | Investigating Role of Neuraminidase in Expanding Avian Host Range of Clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses | 10,000 | |
| Dr Jenny Dunn | Keele University | Dynamics of avian blood parasites (Apicomplexa) from the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon | 5,160 | |
| 2023 | ||||
| Dr Melanie Hay | Royal Veterinary College | Dysbiosis in chicken caecal and faecal microbiomes Read summary → |
14,885 | 45,687 5/6 |
| Dr Jacqueline Smith | University of Edinburgh | Functional validation of lncRNA ENSGALG00000053987 and/or PCDH15 gene in avian flu resistance in chickens Read summary → |
10,140 | |
| Dr Samer Halabi | University of Edinburgh | Innate versus adaptive immunity in embryonic and neonatal chickens: examining expression of BF1 and BF2 MHC I molecules Read summary → |
3,000 | |
| Dr Tom Peacock | Pirbright Institute | Creating a molecular toolbox to study the activating proteases for avian viruses Read summary → |
7,500 | |
| Dr Jose Jaramillo Ortiz | Royal Veterinary College | Yeast-based vaccine platform as a tool to target avian M-cells: an approach for tackling infectious intestinal diseases in chickens Read summary → |
10,162 | |
| 2022 | ||||
| Virginia Marugan-Hernandez | Royal Veterinary College | Ferrochelatese inhibitors as a potential control strategy against coccidiosis in chickens Read summary → |
15,000 | 30,000 2/2 |
| Prerna Vohra | University of Edinburgh | Vaccination & challenge experiment in chickens using live-attenuated knock-out strains of S. Typhimurium Read summary → |
15,000 | |
| 2021 | ||||
| E. Emmott | University of Liverpool | Understanding proteolytic cleavage of host proteins during avian coronavirus infection Read summary → |
9,900 | 41,900 4/7 |
| R. Baptista | Royal Veterinary College | Novel vaccine candidate discovery through host-pathogen interaction network Read summary → |
10,000 | |
| Sarah Hill | Royal Veterinary College | Reducing avian influenza virus introduction risk to the UK through preventing emergence and transmission at the source Read summary → |
15,000 | |
| Sarah Keep | The Pirbright Institute | Assessing the role of structural and accessory genes and viral replication in vaccine-induced immunity to IBVto IBV Read summary → |
7,000 | |
| 2020 | ||||
| Kelsandia Aguiar-Martins | Royal Veterinary College | Cultivation of eimeria in MDBK cells in different forms Read summary → |
10,000 | 33,981 *5/6 |
| P. Chang | Generation of attenuated duck enteritis virus as a vector for chicken viral disease control using CRISPR/Cas9 technology Read summary → |
5,000 | ||
| Androniki Psifidi | Royal Veterinary College | Dissecting campylobacter/eimeria co-infections in understanding pathogen dynamics Read summary → |
10,471 | |
| V. Reddy | Pirbright Institute | Optimising in ovo HVT-vectored vaccines: defining the role of the vNr-13 protein in late-stage embryonic tissues Read summary → |
5,000 | |
| W. Smith | Oxford University | Characterisation of parasite prevalence and diversity in four different populations of Columbia livia Read summary → |
3,510 | |
| 2019 | ||||
| A. Asfor | University of Surrey | IBD vector for conserved B- and T-cell epitopes for IBV Read summary → |
5,000 | 32,666 *5/8 |
| A. Broadbent | Pirbright Institute | Do circadian oscillations in chBms1 expression influence virus replication? Read summary → |
4,500 | |
| Laura Glendinning | Roslin Institute | Influence of natural biota on respiratory biota and live respiratory vaccines Read summary → |
4,971 | |
| Francesca. Soutter | Royal Veterinary College | MHC locus diversity in commercial vs inbred chickens to E.tenella infection Read summary → |
9,000 | |
| A.Tsaousis | University of Kent | To establish a highly reproducible culture system for E. tenella Read summary → |
9,375 | |
| 2018 | ||||
| C.Ball | University of Liverpool | Viable vs non- viable IBV and aMPV: using propium monoazide | 3,000 | 41,072 6/7 |
| Victoria Smyth | Agri-Food & Biosciences NI | Use of GFP for CAstv tracing in chick tissues | 9,960 | |
| Janet Daly | University of Nottingham | IAV in chicks vs ducks using the PP13K pathway | 6,000 | |
| J.Mehat | University of Surrey | Avian colibacillosis: beneficial properties of probiotics in control | 8,092 | |
| J.Pastor-Fernandez | Royal Veterinary College | Use if transgenic E. tenella as a vector for E. maxima | 9,020 | |
| Sarah Keep | Pirbright | Ability of IBV to express heterologous genes, especially VP2 | 5,000 | |
| 2017 | ||||
| X. Dong | Royal Veterinary College | Impact of Eimeria infection on host microbiota and host responses | 9,600 | 34,456 5/6 |
| L.Grau Roma | University of Nottingham | Transmissible viral proventriculitis: assessment and collaboration | 9,160 | |
| A.Hernandez | University of Liverpool | Study of malaria in zoo penguins
Read publication A → Read publication B → Read publication C → |
4,000 | |
| Margherita Maniero | University of Bristol | Effects of essential oils on mites | 2,800 | |
| Jaqueline Smith | Roslin Institute | Characterisation of ALV-like tumours in commercial chicken lines | 8,896 | |
| 2016 | ||||
| Virginia M-Hernandez | Royal Veterinary College | Developing an E. tenella assay in MDBK cells | 7,000 | 25,000 4/11 |
| Y.Sadigh | Pirbright Institute | Generating a toolbox to understand innate resistance of viral infections | 7,000 | |
| Holly Shelton | Pirbright Institute | Sequence diversity of H9N2 diversity shed from buccal and cloacal cavities | 5,000 | |
| J.Williams | Royal Veterinary College | The role of micro-RNAs in E. tenella induced dysbiosis | 6,000 | |
| 2015 | ||||
| A.Broadbent | Pirbright Institute | IBDV in ex-vivo B cells from resistant and susceptible chickens | 8,000 | 26,000 4/8 |
| C.Chintoan-Uta | Roslin Institute | Immunity to histomonas; responses in chickens | 5,000 | |
| M. Christodoulides | University of Southampton | Reverse vaccinology of Brachyspira genomes/ spirochaete vaccines? | 5,000 | |
| P.Wigley | University of Liverpool | Faecal transplantation: effect on gut health | 8,000 | |
| 2014 | ||||
| Erica Bickerton | Pirbright Institute | Importance of IBV E protein in virus pathogenicity | 5,000 | 29,497 4/8 |
| E. Giotis | Imperial College | Responses of chick embryo stem cells to viruses | 9,937 | |
| M. Karavalos | Roslin Institute | Basis of resistance to salmonella by proteomics | 9,560 | |
| Helen Maier | Pirbright Institute | Role of spherules during IBV multiplication | 5,000 | |
| 2013 | ||||
| D. Blake | Royal Veterinary College | Genome sequencing archived E. tenella /genetic basis of drug resistance | 9,340 | 21,840 *3/5 *awarded//applied |
| A. Roberts | Pirbright Institute | Screen of phage adhirons for attachment to MDV proteins | 7,500 | |
| Victoria Smyth | Agri-Food & Biosciences NI | Broiler reovirus sequencing: is one isolate the direct cause of stunting? | 5,000 | |
| 2012 | ||||
| G. Maglennon | Royal Veterinary College | Not recorded | 2,000 | 10,000 3/3 |
| Lonneke Vervelde | Roslin Institute | Not recorded | 4,000 | |
| P. Wigley | University of Liverpool | Not recorded | 4,000 | |
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