REP Project Reports 2024

13 undergraduate candidates undertook summer Research Experience Placements across the EastBio partner institutions of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dundee, St Andrews, MRI and SRUC.

Each student was asked to produce a report detailing their research and experience in whatever format they choose.

How Omega-3 sources in salmon feeds modulate immune gene expression and resolve inflammation

Megan Mitchell with Dr Marlene Ritchie & Prof Sam Martin (University of Aberdeen)

 

Evaluating Sustainable Strategies to Reduce N2O Emissions from Scottish Agriculture 

Osatohamwe Daniel with Dr Mohamed Abdalla (University of Aberdeen)

 

Does the presence of NLR have an impact on barley phenotypes? 

Kirsty Patterson with Dr Davide Bulgarelli (University of Dundee)
Kirsty Patterson EastBio 2024 REP Project Report
Kirsty Patterson EastBio 2024 REP project report

 

Novel insights into the genetic determinants of the rhizosphere microbiota

Lidija Basic with Dr Davide Bulgarelli (University of Dundee)
Lidija Basic EastBio 2024 REP Project Report
Lidija Basic EastBio 2024 REP Project Report

 

Investigating DPP6 Expression and Cryptic Splicing in TDP-43 KO motor neurons

Manyata Kedar with Dr Bhuvaneish T Selvaraj (University of Edinburgh)

 

A Systems-Level Analysis of Total-Body PET data in pigs

Chloe Brown with Dr Karla Suchacki (SRUC)
Chloe Brown EastBio 2024 REP Project Report
Chloe Brown EastBio 2024 REP Project Report

 

Understanding Superspreaders in a Wild Population

Leah Melrose with Prof Amy Pedersen (University of Edinburgh)

 

Sources of Cryptosporidium infection on a beef/sheep farm

Hashim Said with Dr Frank Katzer and Dr Paul Bartley (Moredun Research Institute)

 

Building brains in a dish: Understanding the role of PAX6 in neural connectivity

Julia Oh with Dr Wai Kit Chan (University of Edinburgh)
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