Veterinary Diagnostic Services

Research & Publications

COVID-19 RESEARCH

• Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples from cats in the UK associated with human-to-cat transmission

Corresponding Author: Professor Margaret Hosie

• Human rhinovirus infection blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication within the respiratory epithelium: implications for COVID-19 epidemiology
• Elevated temperature inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium independently of IFN-mediated innate immune defences

Corresponding Author: Professor Pablo Murcia

Dr Sambit Kumar Nanda

• Senior Research Associate, University of Glasgow

Distinct signals and immune cells drive liver pathology and glomerulonephritis in ABIN1[D485N] mice

Corresponding Author: Dr. Sambit Nanda

Dr Francesco Marchesi

• Senior University Clinician (Veterinary Pathology, Public Health & Disease Investigation)

Collaborative research with pathology support to the establishment and characterisation of mouse models of human disease.

Attempts to Image the Early Inflammatory Response during Infection with the Lymphatic Filarial Nematode Brugia pahangi in a Mouse Model

Corresponding Authors: Dr Elmarie Myburgh, Dr Francesco Marchesi & Prof Eileen Devaney

 

 

The Journal of Immunology, Volume 197, Number 11, Dec 1st 2016.

Suppression of IRAK1 or IRAK4 Catalytic Activity, but Not Type 1 IFN Signaling, Prevents Lupus Nephritis in Mice Expressing a Ubiquitin Binding–Defective Mutant of ABIN1

Corresponding Authors: Dr Sambit Nanda & Prof Sir Philip Cohen 

 

 

Karyomegalic interstitial nephritis and DNA damage-induced polyploidy in Fan1 nuclease-defective knock-in mice

Corresponding Author: Prof John Rouse

Dr Francesco Marchesi University profile. 

Dr Daniel Cozens

• Affiliate Researcher (Bacteriology)

The development, production and application of organotypic models of ruminant airway epithelia for the study of host-pathogen interactions.

Temporal differentiation of bovine airway epithelial cells grown at an air-liquid interface

Development and optimization of a differentiated airway epithelial cell model of the bovine respiratory tract

Corresponding author Dr Robert L Davies

Dr Paul Capewell

• Research Associate (Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health & Comparative Medicine)

The skin is a significant but overlooked anatomical reservoir for vector-borne African trypanosomes

Corresponding author Prof Annette MacLeod

Dr Paul Capewell University profile

Dr Nicky O'Boyle

• Research Associate (Bacteriology)

The development, production and application of organotypic models of ruminant airway epithelia for the study of host-pathogen interactions.

Optimisation of growth conditions for ovine airway epithelial cell differentiation at air-liquid interface 

Temporal dynamics of ovine airway epithelial cell differentiation at an air-liquid interface

Corresponding author Dr Robert L Davies

Dr Nicky O'Boyle University profile

Dr Chris Halsey

• Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Experimental Therapeutics)

Investigation of mechanisms of leukaemia infiltration to sites outside the bone marrow.

Dynamic Clonal progression in xenografts of acute lymphoblastic leukemia with intrachromosomal amplification of chromosome 21 

CARMA1 is a novel regulator of T-ALL disease and leukemic cell migration to the CNS

 

 

Blood, Volume 127, Number 16, April 21st 2016

The ability to cross the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier is a generic property of acute lymphoblastic leukemia blasts

Professor Chris Halsey University profile

Dr Douglas Dyer

The chemokine receptor CXCR2 contributes to murine adipocyte development

CXCR2 deficient mice display macrophage-dependent exaggerated acute inflammatory responses

Corresponding Author Prof Gerard Graham

Dr Abdulqader AL Ibrahim

• PhD thesis, University of Glasgow

Studies to characterise ovarian tumours in the mare.

Corresponding Author: Dr Monika Mihm Carmichael