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MRes - Mapping the transcriptomic landscape of cerebrovascular repair following inflammation
Supervisors: Dr Helen Stolp, Dr Dong Xia and Prof Caroline Wheeler-Jones Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Project Details Vascular dysfunction is recognized as contributing to the etiology of neurological, and particularly … -
MRes Simulating the locomotion of an extinct archosaurian reptile
Supervisors: Professors John R. Hutchinson and Friedl De Groote Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences and and KU Leuven, Belgium Project Details How did extinct dinosaurs (and their close relatives) move? Archosaurs (crocodiles, birds … -
MRes - Testing the ‘legs as linkages’ paradigm
Supervisors: Prof Jim Usherwood and Prof Alan Wilson Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Project Details Animal legs are not wheels. However, during fast running, they appear to act like wheels or skates, supporting body weight ( … -
MRes - Using veterinary practice data to improve understanding of equine Strangles
Supervisors: Professor Nicola Menzies-Gow and Professor Dave Brodbelt Department: Clinical Science and Services Project Details The Veterinary Companion Animal Surveillance System (VetCompass) programme analyses veterinary clinical … -
MRes - Contribution of acidosis to chronic pain in Paget’s disease of bone
Supervisors: Prof Chantal Chenu (Royal Veterinary College) and Prof Shafaq Sikandar (QMUL) Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College Project Details Paget’s disease of bone (PDB) is a common metabolic bone disorder, … -
MRes - Simulating the locomotion of an extinct archosaurian reptile
Supervisors: Professors John R. Hutchinson and Friedl De Groote Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College; and KU Leuven, Belgium Project Details How did extinct dinosaurs (and their close relatives) move? Archosaurs … -
MRes - How broiler chickens walk: an experimental and computational study of locomotor biomechanics across growth
Supervisors: Professor John R. Hutchinson and Dr. Chris Richards Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Project Details Broiler (meat) chickens are a major food source globally. They have intensely been artificially selected to grow very … -
MRes - Towards efficient selection of attenuated bacterial vaccine strains against enzootic pneumonia
Supervisors: Dr Rob Noad and Professor Dirk Werling Department: Pathobiology and Population Sciences Project Details Enzootic pneumonia is one of the most common respiratory diseases in pigs. Current vaccines are not able to stop the … -
MRes - Do cln3 mutant zebrafish recapitulate Batten disease, a childhood neurodegenerative disease?
Supervisors: Dr Claire Russell and Dr Valentina Marchica Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Project Details The zebrafish is a prominent model to study inherited diseases. Mutations in CLN3 cause approximately half the cases of a … -
MRes - Mapping the transcriptomic landscape of cerebrovascular repair following inflammation
Supervisors: Dr Helen Stolp, Dr Dong Xia and Prof Caroline Wheeler-Jones Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Project Details Vascular dysfunction is recognized as contributing to the etiology of neurological, and particularly …