PhD Sponsorship by the BEMB Trust
Projects/Institutions/Supervisors/Students supported
| Dates | Institution | Student | Supervisor | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92-95 | Roslin | Martin Reynard | Dr Savory | Stress induced ovi-position in laying hens |
| 92-95 | Glasgow | Alex Fraser | Dr Bain | Environmental and physiological factors influencing the formation of the eggshell of the domestic fowl |
| 93-96 | Compton | Iain Shaw | Dr Davison | Virulent strains of IBD |
| 94-97 | Compton | Clifford Luke | Dr Skinner | "Very infectious" bursal disease virus |
| 95-98 | Loughborough | Charlotte Sutcliffe | Dr Boorman | Phosphate availability and loss from laying hens |
| 95-98 | Compton | Scott Sellers | Dr Bumstead | Quantitative analysis of Marek's disease vaccine virus in relation to host genetic resistance |
| 95-98 | Glasgow | Sally Darnell | Prof. Solomon | Study of the relationship between medullary bone activity and shell formation in 3 populations of birds |
| 96-99 | Roslin | Dorothy McKeegan | Dr Savory | An investigation of the hormonal basis of behaviour in sexually maturing layer pullets |
| 97-00 | Compton | Andrew Williams | Dr Davison | Vaccination with recombinant avipox virus expressing IBDV proteins |
| 97-00 | Leeds | Giles Barkley | Dr Miller | Phosphorus nutrition and phytase in laying hens |
| 98-01 | PHLS Exeter | Tristan Cogan | Prof Humphrey | Factors influencing the contamination and growth in egg content by salmonella enteritidis |
| 98-00 | Liverpool | Nick Ashton | Dr Bradbury | Investigations into mycoplasma synoviae infections in layers |
| 99-02 | Compton | Karen Hackney | Drs Britton & KaIser | In ovo vaccination using infectious bronchitis virus defective RNAs expressing chicken cytokine and heterologous pathogen genes |
| 99-02 | CVL | Paul Carroll | Prof Woodward | Immune responses of chicks and layers to S.enteritidis |
| 00-03 | Compton | Elizabeth Haygreen | Drs Davison & Burgess | Enhancing in-ovo vaccination against MDV and IBDV using novel DNA-vaccines. |
| 01-04 | Cambridge | Chris Hansell | Prof McConnell | Interactions between chicken dendritic cells and salmonella |
| 01-04 | Liverpool | Jennifer Hagan | Dr Bradbury | Investigations into Mycoplasma synoviae infections in layers |
| 01-04 | Compton | Helen Walter | Drs Butter and Davison | Protentiation of in-ovo vaccination by the modulation of immune development |
| 02-05 | Belfast | Stuart McPeake | Drs Ball & Smyth | Investigation into primary septicaemia infections caused by Escherichia coli strains in adult chickens |
| 02-05 | Compton | Sousan Izadkhasti | Drs Cavanagh & Britton | Recombinant infectious bronchitis viruses for rational vaccine design and to gain insight into IBV recombination in the field |
| 02-05 | Bristol | Alisdair McMeechan | Prof Humphrey & Dr Jorgensen | Role of poly-b-hydroxybutyrate of virulence for Salmonella enterica in laying hens and its survival in the environment |
| 04-07 | Compton | Laura Fyfe | Dr Butter | The role of the lung in producing effective in ovo immune responses |
| 04-07 | Compton | Susanne Davidson | Drs Wigley & Barrow | Virulence and colonisation factors of Salmonella enteritidis |
| 06-09 | Moredun | Harry Wright | Dr Huntley | Identification of vaccine candidates against poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae |
| 08-12 | VLA | Luke Mappley | Dr La Ragione | Intervention strategies for avian spirochaetosis |
| 10-14 | Liverpool | Charlotte Collingwood | Dr Wigley | Use of pathogenomic approaches to characterise emerging layer-asssociated Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli |
| 12-16 | RVC | James Pritchard | Prof Tomley | Control of poultry red mite: expression and administration of vaccine antigens to poultry in the protozoan parasite Eimeria tenella |
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