Research Experience Placements Scheme 2023

13 undergraduate candidates were offered a placement across the partner institutions of Aberdeen, Edinburgh (College of Science and Engineering and College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine) and SRUC:

Anna Amorgianou to work with Dr Prerna Vohra on the project "Detection of virulence plasmids and antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella isolated from cattle" (Edinburgh CSE)

Sandhya Behera to work with Dr Naomi Fox on the project "Characterising the immune response to coinfections in lambs" (SRUC)

Oliver Bellarby to work with Drs Lesley Smith and Arianne Lowe on the project "Phenotypic AMR resistance livestock and linked environments" (SRUC)

Roddy Black to work with Dr Ruth Morgan on the project "Understanding the pathogenesis of equine pituitary tumours" (SRUC)

Isabel Entwistle to work with Dr Tom Little and Dr Amy Pederson on the project "Ageing in a wild mouse population" (Edinburgh CSE)

Georgia Goddard to work with Dr Douglas Vernimmen on the project "The biological role of UTX isoforms" (Edinburgh CMVM)

Elizabeth Hanson to work with Professor Sam Martin on the project "Genes underlying gill inflammation in Atlantic salmon" (Aberdeen)

Scott Hildersley to work with Drs Victoria Lee & Arianne Lowe on the project "Developing a validated method for the non-invasive analysis of an important biomarker to improve pig health and welfare" (SRUC)

Eve Kenicer to work with Dr Ben Swallow on the project "Long-term monitoring of survival in Trinidad birds through a mark-recapture study" (St Andrews)

Piotr Kruc to work with Professor Heather Wilson on the project "The impact of anti-diabetic therapy on susceptibility to fungal infection" (Aberdeen)

Ciara McCulloch to work with Dr Jennifer Paxton on the project "Investigating the effect of fluid flow on musculoskeletal cell types" (Edinburgh CMVM)

Fergus Paterson to work with Dr Darren Obbard on the project "A new multipartite virus" (Edinburgh CSE)

Kevin Woo to work with Dr Jelena Baranovic on the project "Investigation of a novel class of protozoan and fungal transmembrane proteins" (Edinburgh CSE)

Examples of project reports by our 2023 REP awardees

Induction

We met the 2023 REP awardees and their supervisors at the 2023 REP Induction (Dundee, 22-23 May 2023).

The REP Induction provided the opportunity to explore the PhD route from a variety of perspectives and gain confidence in considering a career in research. Students have interacted with former and current EastBio students, the host REP supervisors and members from the Management Group and industry.

Find tweets about this event with the hashtag: #eastrep23

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EastBio thanks EastBio Co-Director Dr Edgar Huitema, EastBio lead for the University of Dundee, for hosting the Induction, and the local support team for their assistance with the logistics of this event.

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It was an honor to be joined by current and former EastBio students on both days and benefit from their insights on both PhD and post-PhD experiences!