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• Dissecting the genetic architecture of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats

  

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiac disease in humans (1 in 500) and cats (1 in 7).  The disease is strikingly similar in the two species, although the feline prevalence is much higher. HCM is characterized by …

   01 Mar 2019

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiac disease in humans (1 in 500) …

• RVC research into canine respiratory coronavirus could provide insights into current pandemic

  

  Just published in the journal Veterinary Pathology, the RVC's Prof Simon Priestnall is the author of an invited commentary on canine respiratory coronavirus.

   06 May 2020

  Just published in the journal Veterinary Pathology, the RVC's Prof Simon Priestnall is the author …

• X-ray technology reveals a new bone in a very old fish

  

  Scientists from the RVC’s Structure and Motion Lab use CT scanning to reveal new bone in fossil specimens of Eusthenopteron

   24 Aug 2015

• Do owls have superpowers?

  

  Dr Jim Usherwood features on the BBC Two wildlife series Natural World, exploring "Super Powered Owls". Dr Usherwood, a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at the RVC, investigates the mechanics of terrestrial and aerial locomotion. He appears …

   13 Mar 2015

• Walk This Way

  

  New research by Dr Tatjana Hubel and Dr Jim Usherwood provides fresh insight into the impact of size and speed for the way we humans walk and run. Dr Hubel, working alongside Structure and Motion Lab colleague Dr Usherwood, has been conducting …

   25 Sep 2015

• Professor Alan Wilson and SML research featured on BBC One: Big Cats

  

  Professor Alan Wilson’s research will be featured in the final episode of the three-part BBC One series entitled Big Cats. Professor Alan Wilson with cheetahs and the Structure and Motion Lab research aircraft. ©BBC/Stuart Dunn Professor Wilson …

   19 Jan 2018

• PhD student awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize for young researchers

  

  Congratulations to Stefano Catalano who has been awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize for young researchers at last week's Veterinary Research Club meeting for his abstract presentation that focussed on the role of rodents in the …

   30 Apr 2018

  Congratulations to Stefano Catalano who has been awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial …

• Butterfly documentary filmed at SML

  

  The Structure and Motion Lab has had a two-day visit from French film makers of Peaks et Trames Production. They are working on a set of four documentaries about great aerial migrations with independent documentary production company La Compagnie …

   17 May 2018

• Identical mice: which is the kindest way to mark them?

  

  RVC research is helping improve care of laboratory mice. Lab mice usually appear identical, so the most common way to identification mark them is to cut small holes or notches in their ears. A less common alternative is to mark them using ink on the …

   11 Jun 2021

  RVC research is helping improve care of laboratory mice. Lab mice usually appear identical, so the …

• Visit the Structure and Motion team

  

  On Saturday 9 May 2015 the Royal Veterinary College will be hosting our Annual Open Day, where you can meet members of the Structure and Motion Lab and find out more about how we work.  If you are considering studying at the RVC and have an …

   29 Apr 2015