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
GIS-based Liver Fluke Risk Forecasting System
INNOVATE UK (UK)
December 2018 - November 2020
Development of a pen-side diagnostic test for Fasciola hepatica
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2018 - October 2018
Transitions to resilience and sustainability through UK dairy systems and supply chain innovation
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2018 - September 2022
Application of a lateral flow diagnostic test for Fasciola hepatica that can be used on-farm in sheep and cattle
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (UK)
November 2021 - February 2022
An integrated parasite control framework for ruminants
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2022 - September 2023
Development of a penside diagnostic test for Fasciola hepatica.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2020 - November 2021
Genetic and molecular basis of triclabendazole resistance in Fasciola hepatica
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2017 - September 2021
The impact of liver fluke on the welfare of horses
BRITISH VETERINARY ASSOCIATION ANIMAL WELFARE FOUNDATION (UK)
November 2016 - December 2017
YEAR 1 Wellcome Trust ISSF Non-Clinical Fellowships
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2011 - May 2018
YEAR 1 (part2) Wellcome Trust ISSF Non-Clinical Fellowships
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2012 - March 2023