Research
Research Interest 1
My research interests are in the immunology and control of neosporosis caused by Neospora caninum – a protozoan parasite causing abortion in cattle; and the immunoepidemiology of Fasciola hepatica, a trematode parasite and a major cause of production losses in sheep and cattle and an emerging and serious zoonosis in some developing countries.
Research grants
Bench fees for SHAMSUL BAHRIN BIN GULAM ALI
MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT (MALAYSIA)
January 2016 - June 2019
Development of a pen-side diagnostic test for fluke infection in sheep and cattle
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (UK)
October 2014 - September 2017
Improving the control of liver fluke infection in cattle in the UK
AGRISEARCH (UK) (IRE), BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL, DAIRYCO (UK), EBLEX (UK), HYBU CIG CYMRU MEAT PROMOTION WALES (UK), QUALITY MEAT SCOTLAND (UK)
October 2013 - February 2019
The epidemiology of liver fluke in dairy farms
TESCO PLC (UK)
October 2012 - September 2014
Quantitative PCR for investigating gene expression response to challenge by environmental change, pathogen infection or neoplasia.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2003 - April 2006
Vaccines against helmiths infections - PARAVAC
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
April 2011 - March 2015
Summer Research Project relating to the development of pen-side tests for fluke diagnosis based on antigen detection
MERIAL ANIMAL HEALTH LTD (UK)
July 2013 - September 2013
The Bovine Monocyte-derived Macrophage Response Following Co-stimulation with Antigens Derived from Fasciola hepatica and Mycobacterium species: Does Fluke Infection affect Macrophage responses to Mycobacteria?
DAPHNE JACKSON MEMORIAL F/SHIPS TRUST (UK)
October 2013 - December 2015
Mapping triclabendazole resistance in Fasciola hepatica using next generation sequencing technologies
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2011 - August 2014
DELIVER- Transfer from Aberystwith Contract Ref Food CT02005-023025
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
July 2006 - May 2009
Innovative and Sustainable Strategies to Mitigate the Imact of Global Change on Helminth Infections in Ruminants - GLOWORM
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
January 2012 - December 2014